Ten years ago, the musicians and people of Nuremburg capture the spirit of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.
Forty million people watched the video.
It was an innocent, trusting time.
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.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Baroque Bridges: Ensemble Hesperi joins forces with Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble")
.JPG?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Thrilling moments, terrific theatre, intimacy & transcendence: Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Berlioz's Requiem at BBC Proms with London Symphony Orchestra")
