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Orchestral and Choral Concert Southbank Sinfonia
Beethoven's Ninth with Mayfield Festival Choir and Southbank Sinfonia
Part of the Mayfield Festival 2016
Add to my Calendar 08-05-2016 19:30 08-05-2016 21:30 36 Orchestral and Choral Concert Southbank Sinfonia Is Beethoven’s Ninth the greatest symphony ever written? Many would say so. Indeed, the perceived greatness of the ‘Choral’ Symphony is the reason that Japanese-led CD technology of the early 1980s fixed upon 75 minutes as the maximum length that would be required on one disc. And in 2001, Beethoven’s handwritten score of the Ninth Symphony became the first physical piece of music to be added to the heritage list of the United Nations Memory of the World Programme. Following the Southbank Sinfonia’s performances at the 2012 and 2014 Festival they make a welcome return for the closing concert of the 2016 Festival. St Dunstan's Church, Mayfield DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Dunstan's Church
High Street
Mayfield
Kent
TN20 6AB
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.9 in D minor 'Choral', Op.125
Performers
Southbank Sinfonia
Mayfield Festival Choir
Mayfield School Schola Cantorum
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Programme Note
Is Beethoven’s Ninth the greatest symphony ever written? Many would say so. Indeed, the perceived greatness of the ‘Choral’ Symphony is the reason that Japanese-led CD technology of the early 1980s fixed upon 75 minutes as the maximum length that would be required on one disc. And in 2001, Beethoven’s handwritten score of the Ninth Symphony became the first physical piece of music to be added to the heritage list of the United Nations Memory of the World Programme.
Following the Southbank Sinfonia’s performances at the 2012 and 2014 Festival they make a welcome return for the closing concert of the 2016 Festival.
