Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which includes the magnificent "Ode to Joy," premiered on May 7, 1824. We recently passed its bicentennial. The Ninth was greeted as a masterpiece from the outset and ...

Check out photos from San Francisco Opera's October 26th performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, conducted by Eun Sun Kim, ...

Superb singing from the chorus and vocal soloists can’t entirely carry this performance of the symphony under Music Director ...

By STEVE MARTINDALE For SS Film Festival Society The Salt Spring Film Festival’s annual “Best of the Fests” series begins ...

From last Sunday to Nov 6, the Vienna Philharmonic is touring China under the baton of Andris Nelsons, visiting Beijing, ...

Ludwig van Beethoven debuted his Ninth Symphony, widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of Western classical music, in 1824 as he was losing his hearing. To celebrate 200 years since its debut ...

The Sinfonietta DuPage hosts its first concert of the season featuring Timothy Archbold on cello in Luigi Boccherini’s ...

In 2024, the World Youth Choir, accompanied by the Bundesjugendorchester, performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, as well as "Nine,” a commissioned work by star composer Tan Dun.

in Beethoven's iconic Symphony No. 9. As the composer's final symphony, it was revolutionary for incorporating vocal soloists and a chorus - an unprecedented innovation in the symphonic tradition.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a well-known composer of the late Classical period. His music was heavily influenced by his predecessors Mozart and Haydn. A symphony is a piece of music for an orchestra.

The works discussed include Beethoven's Pastoral and Eroica Symphonies, Haydn's Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf's symphonies on Ovid's Metamorphoses, and ...