On Christmas Day in 1989, Leonard Bernstein conducted Ludwig van Beethoven’s "Symphony No. 9" at the Schauspielhaus in East Berlin to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall. The "Ode to Freedom" Concert was televised worldwide. The orchestra and chorus, with members of East and West German ensembles (the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden, Children's Chorus of the Dresden Philharmonic, and Berlin Radio Choir), symbolized unification and peace. Also, rep