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This is quite an awesome sight.
10,000 Singers Belt Out “Ode to Joyâ€
In Japan, it’s an end-of-year tradition to sing “Ode to Joy,†the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The song is so well-known in Japan that it’s known simply as daiku, literally “number nine.†In Osaka, a 10,000-person-strong “Number Nine Chorus†of amateur singers performs daiku every December, to thundering effect. While there are some professionals involved (the soloists and orchestra), the Number Nine Chorus is largely a community effort. And the sound of 10,000 singers, trained or untrained, is unbelievable.
This is quite an awesome sight.
10,000 Singers Belt Out “Ode to Joyâ€
In Japan, it’s an end-of-year tradition to sing “Ode to Joy,†the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The song is so well-known in Japan that it’s known simply as daiku, literally “number nine.†In Osaka, a 10,000-person-strong “Number Nine Chorus†of amateur singers performs daiku every December, to thundering effect. While there are some professionals involved (the soloists and orchestra), the Number Nine Chorus is largely a community effort. And the sound of 10,000 singers, trained or untrained, is unbelievable.
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