Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze rep­re­sents the human yearn­ing for hap­pi­ness in a tem­pes­tu­ous world. The wall-to-wall paint­ing is a com­men­tary on Beethoven’s ninth sym­pho­ny, end­ing in a rem­i­nis­cence of Schiller’s Ode an die Freude. Together with his ensem­ble, jazz pianist Rembrandt Frerichs explores the European anthem and its present-day context.