In short
Ellie Dehn is a soprano scheduled to appear as a soloist with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida, singing in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. The program also includes Michael Tilson Thomas's Notturno and Mahler's Symphony No. 5, led by conductor Stéphane Denève.
What to listen for
In these concerts, listeners can expect the soprano's contribution to arrive in the final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the "Ode to Joy," where four vocal soloists join a chorus and orchestra in a setting of Friedrich Schiller's poem celebrating universal brotherhood. The soprano line sits high in the texture, often riding above the chorus in the movement's most exposed passages, including the famous unaccompanied quartet passages before the final choral surge. The rest of the evening surrounds this moment with Mahler's Symphony No. 5, a large-scale orchestral work moving from a funeral march to a triumphant finale, and a shorter piece by Thomas titled Notturno.
Written by OrchestraFinder, reviewed September 2026.