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Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as a masterpiece of Western classical music.

By the time of its 1824 premier, the composer was completely deaf. At the end of the piece, the crowd burst into applause, but Ludwig van Beethoven, who had been a few measures behind the symphony, continued to conduct. The contralto walked over to the composer and turned him around to accept the rousing applause.

The Santa Fe Symphony will perform the Beethoven classic on Sunday, May 19, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.

The concert will open with Hector Berlioz鈥檚 鈥淟es nuits d鈥櫭﹖茅, op.7 (Summer Nights)鈥� with soprano Ana Mar铆a Mart铆nez.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a song cycle, quite possibly the most beautiful thing he ever wrote,鈥� said conductor/music director Guillermo Figueroa, a known Berlioz fan.

The piece was originally written as separate songs before the composer decided to knit them together into a song cycle.

鈥淟es nuits d鈥櫭﹖茅鈥� is a setting of six poems by Th茅ophile Gautier. The cycle, completed in 1841, was originally for soloist and piano accompaniment. Berlioz orchestrated one of the songs in 1843, and did the same for the other five in 1856.

鈥淚f people are used to the grandiose Berlioz, this is a very subtle, gentle piece, but also ravishingly beautiful,鈥� Figueroa said.

The songs form a unified whole by virtue of the single authorship of the words and the composer鈥檚 use throughout of delicate, atmospheric musical shadings framed by exuberant opening and closing ones reflecting the themes of unrequited or lost love.

鈥淭he last line, 鈥業 want to go where love never ends鈥� to me refers to paradise,鈥� Figueroa said.

Grammy Award-winning soprano Mart铆nez will perform the cycle. Figueroa said he performed the piece with Mart铆nez at Carnegie Hall back when he was leading the Puerto Rican Symphony.

Mart铆nez possesses 鈥渁bsolutely expressive and incredible range,鈥� he said. 鈥淪he can also sound like a soprano with a lower register that is about almost an alto.鈥�

Fittingly, May 7 marked the 200th anniversary of Beethoven鈥檚 masterwork the Ninth Symphony.

鈥淚t鈥檚 easily among the symphony鈥檚 most important works ever written,鈥� Figueroa added.

The Ninth was the first symphony to incorporate vocal soloists and chorus into what, until then, had been a purely instrumental genre.

鈥淗e makes the symphony a dramatic work,鈥� Figueroa said.

While other composers stuck with the formula, Beethoven defied all the rules.

鈥淪ymphony No. 9鈥� broke many patterns of the classical style of Western music to foreshadow the monolithic works of Gustav Mahler, Richard Wagner and other composers of the later Romantic era. Its orchestra was unusually large, and its length 鈥� more than an hour 鈥� was extraordinary.

鈥淭o this day, symphonies recognize this as one of the most revolutionary works ever done,鈥� Figueroa said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 very complex and long. Every movement relates to each other dramatically and emotionally. You feel a continuance of expression that is unparalleled in history.鈥�

People whose knowledge of the piece is limited to the 鈥淥de to Joy鈥� section are often surprised that it comes 35 minutes later at the end.

鈥淭he way he manipulates the orchestra and our emotions when he introduces that theme,鈥� Figueroa said. 鈥淣o more of these sad songs; let鈥檚 do something more joyful. He also recapitulates all the themes from the last movement 鈥� something that has never been done before.鈥�