From the Archives - New Year's Eve with Beethoven's 9th

By Frank Byrne,

Sam Wisman

Published April 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM CDT

Did you know that in Japan it’s been tradition for decades to perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 to celebrate the New Year? Frank Byrne and Classical KC join that tradition as a hopeful prelude to a new and better year ahead.

Compositions and Recordings

Symphony No. 9 in D minor
by Ludwig van Beethoven
John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique

From the Archives with Frank Byrne

Frank Byrne

Frank Byrne is the host of From the Archives on 91.9 Classical KC.

Sam Wisman

Sam Wisman is a senior producer for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3