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 ...

I have had the opportunity to perform full cycles of the Beethoven symphonies several times in the past few years and, when you look at the full group, it’s the Sixth Symphony that stands out as an ...

Ludwig van Beethoven followed his percussive, brooding Fifth Symphony with an ode to nature. The piece bursts with idyllic passages, including sounds of a brook and a thunderstorm. Yet Symphony No. 6 ...

Conductor Christoph Eschenbach says the common idea of the piece as a set of lovely outdoor scenes is a bit misleading. He says Beethoven used the metaphor of the outdoors to portray internal ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The complete Beethoven Symphonies is a multi-year project, with the performances ...

If you are a connoisseur of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, conductor Carlos Kleiber and the great Bavarian State Orchestra; and if, like me, you missed the first issue of this 1983 live performance, ...

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, ...

Maestro Hannu Lintu interprets Beethoven’s glorious “Pastoral” symphony, a leisurely stroll through the countryside. He also presents two absorbing works by his fellow Finns: gems from Sibelius’s ...

“I fight for no theories, and cherish no prejudices. My sole point of view is the truth.” Such is the apology of American journalist and librarian Alexander Wheelock Thayer whose biography of Ludwig ...

CAMDEN, N.J. (WPVI) -- Symphony in C is presenting work from 'Beethoven & Schubert' for one night only, on February 22 at Gordon Theater. Noam Aviel is the Music Director for Symphony in C and is ...

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 ...