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Tonight's Sare Symposium
-- A Beethoven Anniversary
discussion
May 8th was the 200th anniversary of
the birth of Beethoven’s unique, relentlessly optimistic Ninth
Symphony, the “Choral” Symphony based upon Friedrich Schiller’s
revolutionary poem, An die Freude (Ode to Joy). The
co-founder and conductor of the only joint Israeli-Palestinian
orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, celebrated the birth of the Ninth by
posing Beethoven’s genius: “The greatness of music, and the Ninth
Symphony, lies in the richness of its contrasts. Music never just
laughs or cries; it always laughs and cries at the same time. Creating
unity out of contradictions—that is Beethoven for me. Music, if you
study it properly, is a lesson for life. There is much we can learn
from Beethoven. He is the master of bringing emotion and intellect
together. With Beethoven, you must be able to structure your feelings
and feel the structure emotionally—a fantastic lesson for
life!”
Join us tonight, Friday
May 10, at 7 pm, for a Sare New York Symposium entitled "How
Can the Sorrows of the Current World Coexist with the
Joy of an Emerging New Paradigm"? How do we think like
Beethoven?
--Diane
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