Symphony No. 9 was the pinnacle of Beethoven's remarkable career. Boston Public Library/Flickr, CC BY In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent a letter to Ludwig van Beethoven ...

On this significant day in 1824, in Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 premiered, marking a pivotal moment in musical history. Despite his profound deafness, Beethoven conducted the ...

The Phoenix Symphony and Chorus under Maestro Tito Muñoz perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. It has been called the most important piece of music ever written. The Phoenix Symphony and The Phoenix ...

The first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on May 7, 1824, in Vienna, will be celebrated during a 200th anniversary performance by Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. Joyful Voices: ...

Members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra string section perform for students at Skyview High School in February 2022. Arts and concert programming is on the rebound locally, leading to more jobs ...

New Jersey Symphony’s Music Director Xian Zhang will conduct four performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Three of the performances will take place at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) ...

Beethoven’s last symphonic work, Symphony No. 9, premiered 200 years ago on May 7, 1824, in Vienna, Austria. The Elgin Symphony Orchestra will wrap up its 74th season with performances of this ...

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, was the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news ...

Whether Beethoven saved his best symphony for last is a matter of opinion. However, one can hang several descriptors on his Symphony No. 9, and “anticlimactic” isn’t one of them. If you’re performing ...

Fred Child and Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Christoph Eschenbach discuss the diametrically opposed messages Beethoven wrote into the final movements of his Ninth Symphony. A universal expression ...