Franz Wüllner established a long tradition of important interpretations of this key classical work in Berlin. Hans von Bülow, who loved Baden-Baden, once even organised a double performance of the work, which was of course also given special interpretations by Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado. On taking up his post in August 2019, Kirill Petrenko explained: "There is only one work with which I can begin my work here in Berlin, Beethoven's Ninth." He now bids farewell to Baden-Baden with this work.
