Are performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 cursed in Columbus? The German composer’s 1824 masterpiece is best-known for its magisterial “Ode to Joy” choral section, but in recent years, ...
Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth and final symphony took orchestral music in thrilling new directions when it debuted in 1824. It lasts more than an hour. Its climax calls for a full choir singing poet ...
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 ...
Honoring important classical composers on the anniversaries of their births and deaths may not be the most imaginative tradition, but it is a longstanding one. And 2024 marks the bicentennial of Anton ...
Beethoven's epic Ninth Symphony has long been a traditional fan favorite at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Since 1997, it's ended every season but one at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home in ...
These accounts are quite magnificent, and their claims on the allegiance of collectors remain strong. Their freshness and vigour remind one of what it was like to hear these symphonies for the first ...
Czech composer Antonin Dvorak came to the US to be Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City for three years in the 1890s. During the summer of 1893 he chose to vacation in ...
At first glance, Octave 9, Seattle Symphony Orchestra’s new performance space at Benaroya Hall, might not look like much — it could pass as a circular, medium-size conference room at an upscale ...