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The big premiere of The Consecration of the House, op, conducted by Beethoven himself, occurs tonight, in celebration of the eve of the Emperor&#;s Name Day. Emperor Franz II attended in person. Tickets have been sold out for this gala event for weeks. For a change, Vienna is ready to appreciate a new work by Beethoven wholeheartedly. It is also a tremendously important evening for Beethoven, who largely has been out of the public eye for years. The titular &#;Consecration&#; was a celebration of the reopening of the Theater in the Josephstadt, which had undergone a significant renovation over the summer.
Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic playing the Overture, op, here:
Nr. 2, the beautiful and dramatic Duet, Ohne Verschulden (op/2), borrowed from Beethoven&#;s earlier composition The Ruins of Athens, is performed here by Bernhard Klee conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, Klaus Hirte and Arleen Augér, soloists:
Nr. 5, the newly-composed Ballet with Soprano and Chorus, &#;Wo sich die Pulse&#; (WoO 98) is performed here by Jutta Vulpius, soprano, the Rundfunkchor Berlin, and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by Helmut Koch:
Nr. 6, the March and Chorus op, also recycled from The Ruin of Athens, &#;Schmückt die Altare,&#;
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The Ruins of Athens
(Overture)
(Chorus)
Tochter des mächtigen Zeus! erwache!
Sein Ruf ertönt!
Geschwunden sind die Jahre der Rache!
Er ist versöhnt!
&#;Daughter of Mighty Zeus! Awake!
Her name resounds!
The years of wrath are past!
We are reconciled!
(Duet)
Alle Tage neue Plage um das bischen liebe Brot!
Von den Zweigen winkt der Feigen süsse Frucht,
Nicht dem Knechte der sie pflegte,
Nur dem Herren, dem er flucht!
Hingegeben wilden Horden,
Tiefgebeugt in ihre Hand,
ach! ach! ach! ach!
Was ist aus dir geworden,
Armes, armes Vaterland!
Every day new sorrow to get our scrap of bread!
On its branch shines the fig tree’s sweet fruit,
not for the slave that tended it
but for the cursed master!
The people oppressed,
bent low by his hand,
ah! ah! ah! ah!
what has befallen you,
my poor fatherland!
(Chorus)