Some twenty years ago the world watched in awe as freedom swept Eastern Europe.
On 25 December 1989 the immortal Leonard Bernstein conducted Beethovens 9th Symphony from Berlin.
For the performance, the Ode to Joy was changed to ode to Freedom, and hundreds of millions watched and wept.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsXmOHo7EA&feature=PlayList&p=3F6092AB36AABA3C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=20It should be noted that the ovation for the master conductor went so long they had to end the broadcast.. and rightly so