Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world’s most popular symphony – Beethoven’s 9th – with a performance documentary culminating in the ecstatic “Ode to Joy” that everybody knows and loves. The live concert performance is prefaced with an engaging documentary about Beethoven's life, his struggle with deafness and the ultimate triumph of his greatest symphony.
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Special | 1h 26m 46s | Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world’s most popular symphony – Beethoven’s 9th. (1h 26m 46s)
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Beethoven's 9th - Ode to Joy is presented by your local public television station.
Distributed nationally by American Public Television