In 1800, when Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his First Symphony at the Burgtheater in central Vienna, there were those naysayers who wondered if there was any future in the symphony. Haydn had written ...

The 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth has somewhat fallen off the cultural radar owing to the pandemic, though a few of the musicians streaming online concerts from their music rooms have focused ...

But this bold, iconoclast who broke free of musical reigns was smart enough to wait his turn to write a symphony. He moved to Vienna in 1792 to stake his musical ground, but Haydn and Mozart ...

With his First Symphony Beethoven staked his claim as a rightful heir to the Classical symphonic tradition. After its premiere, at a typically gargantuan benefit concert in Vienna’s Burgtheater on 2 ...

Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies have influenced every generation of composers since they were written. Riccardo Chailly talks to Philip Clark about the enduring power of the symphonies Ludwig van ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Beethoven at 250 The conductor John Eliot Gardiner talks about a life listening to and performing the world’s most-played symphonies. John Eliot Gardiner rehearsing Beethoven’s ...