Riccardo Muti, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, calls Beethoven’s Ninth “the work of a divine architect” in this trailer for the CSO’s video stream, to be released May 7. The work’s message, Muti believes, is that “we should all become brothers and sisters,” united in humanity.
Riccardo Muti on the message of Beethoven’s Ninth
Published April 9, 2015
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