L.Beethoven: Symphony No.9 / Ponte Orchestra & Ponte Singers

L.Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (Ode to Freedom) / 貝多芬：第九交響曲（自由頌）

17.11.2019
performed by Ponte Orchestra & Ponte Singers
Conducted by Stephen Lam Lik Hin
Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

Ponte Orchestra 及 Ponte Singers 演出
林屴汧指揮
香港大會堂音樂廳

圍牆倒下，暴政結束，人民歡欣歌唱。

貝多芬用《快樂頌》寫第九交響曲，寫作之時，頌的是對大同世界的願景。
指揮家伯恩斯坦改編成《自由頌》，在柏林圍牆倒下的一際，頌的是對自主命運的渴求。聯合東西德的樂團和合唱團，為世人獻奏貝多芬最劃時代的鉅作。

交響曲，寫的就是生命。

30年後，Ponte Singers 及 Orchestra 聯同香港各大院校，再度獻奏「自由頌」，並邀請歐洲最當紅的四位獨唱家來港獻技，以及本地作曲家鄺展維譜寫新曲，慶祝柏林圍牆倒下30周年，也祈求民主與自由，縱荊棘滿路，一直都在。

The wall falls. Tyranny ends. People sing.

Beethoven writes the No.9 Symphony with lyrics from ‘Ode to Joy’. When he writes, he sings the vision of a cosmopolitan world.
Conductor, Leonard Bernstein, changes the song to ‘Ode to Freedom’. When performed at the moment the Berlin Wall falls, they yearn for an autonomous destiny.

Symphony speaks life.

Thirty years later, Ponte Orchestra & Singers present another performance of ‘Ode to Freedom’ in collaboration with local school choirs and four renowned European soloists. Our concert also features a new piece by local composer Charles Kwong in commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Though facing new difficulties, we continue to pray that democracy and freedom will ultimately prevail.
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