Musical interlude, 10,000 singers edition

Tonight's musical interlude - the final movement from Beethoven's majestic Ninth Symphony:

From the video's description:

The performance of "Daiku", "The Ninth", Beethoven's 9th Symphony with 10000 (amateur) chorus singers is a Japanese highlight every year in the end of December. Here is the last movement, recorded at the 2011 concert in Osaka, this year dedicated especially to the memory of the victims of the desastrous tsunami in March. ...