The bassoons are plucking along with short note, then this oboe is playing ... but letting it shine through that music. - You know, the "Ode to Joy" that concludes the symphony is a world anthem ...

From this symphony, the finale, known as the "Ode to Joy," is ... perspective," notes Malte Boecker. The Ninth Symphony is, according to Boecker, "the essence of utopian music." ...