Beethoven: "An die Hoffnung" Op. 32

Not unlike "Ode to Joy" by Friedrich Schiller, which Beethoven later used in his Ninth Symphony, Tiedge's poem is an appeal to hope itself.

Bass Robert Holl and pianist Elena Bashkirova performed the song in the chamber music hall next to Beethoven's birth house as part of the 2008 Beethovenfest in Bonn.