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Beethoven: "An die Hoffnung" Op. 32

DW staff (kjb)September 24, 2008

"An die Hoffnung" was Beethoven's first setting of Christoph August Tiedge's "Urania." The version here was composed in 1805.

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Robert Holl
Bass Robert Holl was accompanied by Elena BashkirovaImage: KCommunications / Beethovenfest

Not unlike "Ode to Joy" by Friedrich Schiller, which Beethoven later used in his Ninth Symphony, Tiedge's poem is an appeal to hope itself.

Bass Robert Holl and pianist Elena Bashkirova performed the song in the chamber music hall next to Beethoven's birth house as part of the 2008 Beethovenfest in Bonn.

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Beethoven: 'An die Hoffnung' Op. 32; performed by Robert Holl, bass, and Elena Bashkirova, piano (MP3 / 10:23)

Beethovenfest 2008 / Konzert am 22. September / Elena Baschkirowa & Friends, An die Hoffnung. Lied, op 32 (Erste Vertonung), Holl, Robert (Bass);Baschkirowa, Elena (Klavier)
23. September 200810:23 min
Der Dirigent Kurt Masur, aufgenommen am Dienstag (08.04.2008) während einer Probe in der Beethovenhalle in Bonn. Masur war viele Jahre Gewandhauskapellmeister in Leipzig. Von 1991 bis 2002 wirkte er zudem als Chefdirigent des New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Von 2000 bis 2007 war er Musikdirektor des London Philharmonic Orchestra. Seit 2002 hat Masur die musikalische Leitung des Orchestre National de France in Paris inne. Foto: Felix Heyder dpa/lnw +++(c) dpa - Report+++

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