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Rui Tavares takes us back to 1950 and the post-war years to tell us about Robert Schuman’s declaration that set Europe on the path to today’s European Union. Starting from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the composition chosen to be the anthem of this united Europe, we give time to a period of hope
In December 1943, in the middle of the war, Arturo Toscanini directed the Anthem of the Nations in New York, a gesture of resistance, art and hope in a world marked by fascism, censorship and fear. This episode of “Tempo ao Tempo” follows the presence of music as an element of action, unity and political hope. It also follows the extraordinary journey of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, from the concert hall to the political arena, from Schiller’s cosmopolitan utopia to its consecration as the Anthem of Europe, passing through Schuman, Monnet, and the question that continues to echo: will we make Europe, or will we make war?
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From the Second World War to Europe Day, Rui Tavares reminds us that symbols are not born by chance: they are born from crises, difficult choices and an obstinate desire not to repeat the disaster. And perhaps that is why the Ode to Joy still moves us, because it speaks of a possible fraternity in a world so often divided.
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