New Year's Eve concert

With four performances of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the North German Philharmonic Orchestra Rostock, under the direction of its chief conductor Marcus Bosch, is saying goodbye to the year 2024. In doing so, it is following a more than 100-year-old tradition from Leipzig. This work was performed there on New Year's Eve in 1918 with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Arthur Nikisch, welcoming the new year 1919 with the final chorus of Schi...