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9 Beet Stretch: A 24-Hour Listening Experience

With its stirring orchestral arrangement and the “Ode to Joy” vocal chorus, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony has captivated audiences for centuries. In order to explore the choral suspensions, progressions, and movements, artist Leif Inge created a new way to hear this famous symphony. In his radical 9 Beet Stretch, Inge takes the normally one-hour-long piece and stretches it over twenty-four hours, without pitch distortions, turning it into a mesmerizing listening experience. It is a haunting meditation on time. If you take the time.

“A daylong Ninth effects an outright metabolic shift in the process of listening. It operates, in other words, like a drug. Because every quarter note takes forever, one’s sense of time and music is altered. A chord will swell so gradually that it becomes a tremendous event. Fortissimo does not mean loud in 9 Beet Stretch, it means a roar.” —Mark Swed, LA Times

Program Guide

Movement 1: 6:00 PM–11:30 PM (5½ hours)

Movement 2: 11:30 PM–4:30 AM (5 hours)

Movement 3: 4:30 AM–9:30 AM (5 hours)

Movement 4: 9:30 AM- 6:00 PM (8½ hours)

What to Expect

Tickets grant you access to the theater, an intimate space dedicated to listening. Both chairs and open floor space for seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in bringing a small cushion, yoga mat, or blanket for your listening experience, you may. We will have a limited number of cushions on hand. Larger items, such as bean bags or air mattresses, will not be allowed. Please be courteous to your fellow listeners: Talk and use cell phones outside the theater.

To get a sense of 9 Beet Stretch without a ticket, preview it in the K2 Lounge on the evening of Friday, February 2, or throughout the day in Café Serai on Saturday, February 3.

The galleries will only be open during normal Museum hours (11:00 AM–10:00 PM on Friday, 11:00 AM–6:00 PM on Saturday).

The café will be open until 10:00 PM on Friday night and will open early at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning. Light bites will be for sale during these extended hours. Please feel free to bring nonperishable snacks if you are listening while the café is closed. You may consume these in the café or the Art Lounge outside the theater.











When: Fri., Feb. 2, 2018 - Sat., Feb. 3, 2018 at All Day
Where: Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th St.
212-620-5000
Price: Overnight ticket (Movements 1–3): 6:00 PM­–9:30 AM, $25. Daytime ticket (Movement 4): 9:30 AM–6:00 PM, $25.
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With its stirring orchestral arrangement and the “Ode to Joy” vocal chorus, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony has captivated audiences for centuries. In order to explore the choral suspensions, progressions, and movements, artist Leif Inge created a new way to hear this famous symphony. In his radical 9 Beet Stretch, Inge takes the normally one-hour-long piece and stretches it over twenty-four hours, without pitch distortions, turning it into a mesmerizing listening experience. It is a haunting meditation on time. If you take the time.

“A daylong Ninth effects an outright metabolic shift in the process of listening. It operates, in other words, like a drug. Because every quarter note takes forever, one’s sense of time and music is altered. A chord will swell so gradually that it becomes a tremendous event. Fortissimo does not mean loud in 9 Beet Stretch, it means a roar.” —Mark Swed, LA Times

Program Guide

Movement 1: 6:00 PM–11:30 PM (5½ hours)

Movement 2: 11:30 PM–4:30 AM (5 hours)

Movement 3: 4:30 AM–9:30 AM (5 hours)

Movement 4: 9:30 AM- 6:00 PM (8½ hours)

What to Expect

Tickets grant you access to the theater, an intimate space dedicated to listening. Both chairs and open floor space for seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in bringing a small cushion, yoga mat, or blanket for your listening experience, you may. We will have a limited number of cushions on hand. Larger items, such as bean bags or air mattresses, will not be allowed. Please be courteous to your fellow listeners: Talk and use cell phones outside the theater.

To get a sense of 9 Beet Stretch without a ticket, preview it in the K2 Lounge on the evening of Friday, February 2, or throughout the day in Café Serai on Saturday, February 3.

The galleries will only be open during normal Museum hours (11:00 AM–10:00 PM on Friday, 11:00 AM–6:00 PM on Saturday).

The café will be open until 10:00 PM on Friday night and will open early at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning. Light bites will be for sale during these extended hours. Please feel free to bring nonperishable snacks if you are listening while the café is closed. You may consume these in the café or the Art Lounge outside the theater.

Buy tickets/get more info now