Ludwig van Beethoven performed Symphony No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous musical composition, for the first time in public in Vienna on this day in history, Dec. 22, 1808. Among other incredible ...

The opening four notes of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 are the most iconic in all of music. There’s an apocryphal story that Beethoven called those four notes “fate knocking at the door.” But the very ...

The opening notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony are iconic, but Alexander Shelley promises that the piece has much more in store. The next artistic and music director of the Pacific Symphony returns ...

Gerard Schwarz is back, and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra is entrusting him with four of the biggest notes in musical history. Hartford Symphony audiences got a taste of Schwarz’s musical mindset ...

With music director Fabio Luisi conducting, concertmaster Alexander Kerr performs with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson Symphony Center on Feb. 6, 2025. Sylvia Elzafon / Dallas Symphony ...

If asked to name my three favorite sounds, I’d choose waves crashing against the rocky shoreline of Lake Superior, wind blowing through a boreal forest, and the section of the finale of Beethoven’s ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Two performances of one of the most beloved classical works of all time — ...

The leaves haven’t even changed, and the Chicago Symphony has already given us one of its can’t-miss billings of the season. On paper, this weekend’s cycle has two big draws. German baritone Christian ...

Spotlight: Cascade Symphony Orchestra opens 2026 with ‘Beethoven’s Fifth’ Monday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m.
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