At the final meeting on May 6, Beethoven was “dissolved in devotion and emotion” at the performance of the _Kyrie_, and after the Symphony stationed himself at the door and embraced all the amateurs who had taken part.[113] The official announcement of the concert read as follows: GRAND MUSICAL CONCERT by MR. L. VAN BEETHOVEN which will take place To-morrow, May 7, 1824 in the R. I. Court Theatre beside the Kärnthnerthor. The musical pieces to be performed are the latest works of Mr. Ludwig van Beethoven. First: A Grand Overture. Second: Three Grand Hymns with Solo and Chorus Voices. Third: A Grand Symphony with Solo and Chorus Voices entering in the finale on Schiller’s Ode to Joy. The solos will be performed by the Demoiselles Sonntag and Unger and the Messrs. Haizinger and Seipelt. Mr. Schuppanzigh has undertaken the direction of the orchestra, Mr. Chapelmaster Umlauf the direction of the whole and the Music Society the augmentation of the chorus and orchestra as a favor. Mr. Ludwig van Beethoven will himself participate in the general direction. Prices of admission as usual. Beginning at 7 o’clock in the evening. [Sidenote: INCIDENTS OF THE PERFORMANCE] The overture was that to “The Consecration of the House.” Duport had a hand in the drafting of the announcement and wanted to include in it the statement that Beethoven would conduct with Umlauf. Schindler in reporting the fact to Beethoven added: “I did not know what to reply and so it was omitted this time. You _could_ surely conduct the overture alone. It would put too severe a strain upon your ears and for that reason I would not advise you to conduct the whole.”