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Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Pachamama is the word for Mother Earth in the Inca-Quechua language. The ode that Pachamama meets is from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Along with it is a connection to the Industrial Revolution of Beethoven’s time. Composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s message is that “Gifts from the past—especially odes—must be looked at with new and searching eyes.”
FRANK
Pachamama Meets an Ode
BEETHOVEN
Ah! Perfido
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, Choral
Minnesota Orchestra
Eun Sun Kim
conductor
Mei Gui Zhang
soprano
Taylor Raven
mezzo
Jack Swanson
tenor
Jarrett Ott
baritone
Minnesota Chorale