Breaking News English

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has been played in Vienna to [hark / mark] the 200th anniversary of its [first / fast] performance. The [premiere / premier] of Beethoven's masterpiece took place at a theatre in Austria's [initial / capital] city on the 7th of May, 1824. Vienna is the city where the German composer lived and worked for [many / much] of his life. He composed many of his most famous [jobs / works] there. The anniversary performance earlier this week was conducted [by / of] the world-famous Italian conductor Riccardo Muti. A member of the [chair / choir] told the BBC how happy she was to sing in the 200-year [celebrate / celebration] . She said: "It's the whole world to us to be able to sing this wonderful message of love. You're lifted [up / down] …when you're singing."

The Ninth Symphony is [belief / believed] to be one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. It is also [once / one] of the most played and most widely-recognized classical works. The symphony's [finally / final] part – the fourth movement – is called Ode to Joy. This was revolutionary 200 years ago because it used [solo / solid] voices and a choir. An adapted [vision / version] of Ode to Joy is the anthem of the European Union. It is loved and [playable / played] by orchestras worldwide. In Japan, it is [sang / sung] each December by a choir [on / of] 10,000 singers. The Ode represents peace and international [understand / understanding] . Heidrun Irene Mittermair, a singer in a Viennese choir, called Beethoven's Ninth, "a wonderful message of love". She added that it "moves from the darkness to the [dusk / light] ".