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DESCRIPTION:A Theater for A Symphony. A Film by Barbara Weissenbeck \n(ORF 
 & WDR\, 2024)\n\nLength: c. 52 minutes\n\nOn 7 May 1824\, Vienna’s Kärn
 tnertortheater hosted the world premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony\,
  alongside the Viennese premiere of three movements from the Missa solemni
 s and a performance of his last overture Die Weihe des Hauses. A film by d
 irector Barbara Weissenbeck returns to this historic stage—demolished in
  1873/74 and later replaced by the Hotel Sacher—through a rigorously res
 earched digital reconstruction.\n\nViennese architects and animators\, led
  by Bernhard Rapf with students from TU Wien\, conducted a detective-style
  hunt through historical plans and construction records to rebuild the los
 t theater in 3D and approximate its original acoustics. The film interweav
 es scholarly and technical strands\, documenting the animation workflow an
 d the green-screen reenactments. Berlin electroacoustician Stefan Weinzier
 l measured and modeled the auditorium to make the sound world of the premi
 ere newly audible.\n\nDrawing on Beethoven’s rich conversation books\, t
 he film traces the symphony’s genesis and the chaotic lead-up to the lon
 g-awaited premiere. Commentary by Birgit Lodes and John Wilson (University
  of Vienna)\, Johannes Prominczel (Head of the Vienna Philharmonic Archive
 )\, conductor Martin Haselböck\, horn player Herbert Ebner\, and percussi
 onist Evelyn Glennie illuminates Beethoven’s working methods and lived c
 ontext. The score of the Ninth propels the narrative to its finale\, where
  the period-instrument Wiener Akademie under Martin Haselböck performs ex
 cerpts from the “Ode to Joy” on the digitally “re-erected” Kärntn
 ertortheater stage—a musical detective story brought to a triumphant clo
 se.\n\nJoin the Beethoven Center for this screening followed by a presenta
 tion with Professor Birgit Lodes (Vienna/Stanford). Light refreshments to 
 follow the event. \n\nAll are welcome! Free entry\, no registration requir
 ed.
GEO:37.335601;-121.885371
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Junior Library\, 580 Beethoven Center
SUMMARY:A Theater for a Symphony Screening and Discussion 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.sjsu.edu/event/a-theater-for-a-symphony-screen
 ing-and-discussion
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions\, Performances\, Installations
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