Say farewell to 2024 with a marathon featuring Beethoven's symphonies!
Starting at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, Classical IPR will broadcast all nine of Beethoven's symphonies in order.
It all starts at noon with the Symphony no. 1, and the marathon will conclude in the 5 p.m. hour with the Symphony no. 9 and its famous "Ode to Joy" finale.
Approximate airtimes
12:01 p.m.: Symphony no. 1
Jordi Savall/The Concert of Nationa
12:29 p.m.: Symphony no. 2
Frans Brüggen/Orchestra of the 18th century
1:02 p.m.: Symphony 3 "Eroica"
Jader Bignamini/Detroit Symphony Orchestra (2024 Interlochen performance)
1:52 p.m.: Symphony no. 4
Jos van Immerseel/Anima Eterna Brugge
2:26 p.m.: Symphony no. 5
Yannick Nézet-Séguin/Chamber Orchestra of Europe
2:59 p.m.: Symphony no. 6
Georg Solti/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
3:43 p.m. Symphony no. 7
Kurt Masur/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
4:23 p.m. Symphony no. 8
Philippe Jordan/Vienna Symphony
4:48 p.m.: Symphony no. 9
Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic
Juilliard Chorus, Marina Arroyo, Regina Sarfaty, Nicholas di Virgilio, Norman Scott
