Beethoven 9: Global Ode to Joy with Marin Alsop

A major choral celebration and one of music’s most exhilarating finales bring the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Beethoven journey to a resounding climax. Marin Alsop, the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor, leads a programme that opens in luminous reflection with Jennifer Higdon’s blue cathedral , a score of shimmering colours and spacious textures. Reena Esmail’s See Me only then adds a distinctive contemporary voice, broadening the evening’s sense of community, contemplation and shared humanity.