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New Year's Eve 2022: Nelsons conducts Beethoven's Ninth

New Year's Eve 2022: Nelsons conducts Beethoven's Ninth

Concert

Gewandhausorchester

Production Date: 31/12/2022
77 Min

In Leipzig, the tradition of the Gewandhausorchester performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to herald the new year stretches back over century. This concert filmed on New Year’s Eve 2022 sees the current Gewandhauskapellmeister, Andris Nelsons, continue the custom in style, with a first-class line-up of soloists and no fewer than three Leipzig choruses lending their voices in a rousing musical celebration.

Soloists
Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Mezzo-Soprano), Christiane Karg (Soprano), Andrè Schuen (Baritone), Mauro Peter (Tenor)
Ensembles
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Rundfunkchor, GewandhausChor, GewandhausKinderchor
Conductor
Andris Nelsons

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