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Maestro Rattle cooks up a fresh Ninth with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Westminster at Carnegie Hall

By Jacob Slattery, 24 November 2015
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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 21 November 2015
Programme
Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Performers
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Soprano
Eva Vogel, Mezzo-soprano
Christian Elsner, Tenor
Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass
Westminster Symphonic Choir
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Jacob Slattery
Jacob Slattery
Jacob is a musician and raconteur based out of New York City. As a writer, he operates an online arts and culture blog with the goal of providing momentum for community-based arts projects in NYC. As an oboist, Jacob has performed internationally with orchestras from Vienna to Seoul. Born and raised in the lake-ridden, gopher empire of Minnesota, Jacob received a dual-degree in Music Performance and Marketing from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. His blog can be found here.