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The festival reaches its climax with a program embodying Queen Elisabeth’s deepest values: her tireless commitment to peace and her boundless curiosity about the world. The evening opens with Camille Saint-Saëns’s Fifth Piano Concerto, nicknamed 'The Egyptian.' Performed by the virtuoso Kojiro Okada, it transports us to the banks of the Nile, a direct reference to the Queen’s great passion for Egyptology. However, the true heart of the festival beats in the finale: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. There is no work that more powerfully voices the call for peace and human connection. With the famous Ode to Joy, Beethoven gave a voice to the hope the Queen cherished all her life: that music is the universal language that makes all people brothers. Under the direction of Bart Van Reyn, orchestra, choir, and soloists join forces to seal this message of peace.
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