The Beethoven 9 as we explore the world of Beethoven through the lens of his symphonies with renowned classical biographer Jan Swafford. Each month is dedicated to a different symphony. Each week ...

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, was the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep, marking an anniversary. Two hundred years ago today ...

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 ...

The Fourth Symphony provided the listening public relief after the monumental 'Eroica' Symphony, and most popular Fifth Symphony. The Eighth Symphony follows the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Symphonies, ...

Last Friday night, the New York Philharmonic welcomed 2005 with a performance of the Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven. We drop in on that New Year's Eve performance at Avery Fisher Hall to hear the third ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is considered to be a genius of orchestral composition. Was he equally good at composing for singers? Well, some think that even geniuses have limitations. “He wrote very ...

I’ve had dozens of conversations that discussed the greatest symphonies of all time. I’ve read dozens of articles on the same topic. The usual suspects are all there, Beethoven’s Ninth, Mahler’s Ninth ...

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GRAND RAPIDS – What do comedies such as “Get Smart,” action films such as “Die Hard,” and cartoons such as “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto” have in common. Not easy, huh? How about we throw in ...

Raphaël Pichon led the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a take on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that, with an added prelude, unfurled ...