In Japan, #Beethoven Symphony No. 9 chorus (of 10,000 singing from memory) rec Dec 2012, cond YutakaSado studied under #LeonardBernstein & #SeijiOzawa
https://youtu.be/8wzXZRd087I?si=BOc-i1iHW_qRNkLA
(54:09) doc (perf starts 31:00)
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extracts fr Article by David Ng, LATimes July 5, 2009
https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2009-07-05/beethovens-ninth-unites-the-japanese-in-song
Some say the tradition of singing βOde to Joyβ helped to restore the Japanese sense of social cohesion as the country rapidly transformed to a modern society after World War II...