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The European Anthem
Music from the last movement
of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Musical arrangement: Herbert von KarajanORCHESTRE D'HARMONIE DES JEUNES DE L'UNION EUROPÉENNE
conducted by André ReichlingShort version for Wind Orchestra
recorded at Teatro da Trindade - Lisboa - 1994
Full recording, 60 sec, format WAV, 661.556 bytes
Extract, 8,18 sec, format WAV, 90.316 bytesProducer: European Commission in collaboration with the Council of Europe
The European Commission thanks everyone involved for their generous contribution to the making of this recording.
ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER AND THE OWNER OF THE WORK REPRODUCED RESERVED.
The European Anthem - adapted from the final movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony - was adopted by the Council of Europe in 1972. It is also used by the European Union. Herbert von Karajan, one of the greatest conductors of this century, acceded to a request by the Council of Europe to write three instrumental arrangements for solo piano, wind and symphonic orchestras.
The musical unions of four member states founded the dynamic Orchestre d'Harmonie des Jeunes de l'Union Européenne in 1988 to promote new European works for wind orchestra. Some seventy of the most talented young wind players are selected each year to study and tour together throughout the European Union.
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