Beethoven was stone deaf and in poor health when his last and greatest symphony, the Ninth (“Choral”) with its “Ode to Joy” finale, was premiered in May 1824. Although several eyewitness accounts of ...

The community is invited to experience a performance of Beethoven 9: An Ode To Joy, Hope & Community, the opening weekend of The Santa Barbara Symphony‘s 2023/24 Season. Nir Kabaretti, music and ...

Artistic Director Joseph Caulkins wanted to end Key Chorale’s 40th season with as big a bang as the organization could provide. “We picked the most celebratory piece in the whole repertoire that ...

Beethoven's Ninth is lengthy - well over an hour and a quarter with a gradual buildup to the final 25-minute choral movement. Harris has the somewhat daunting task of taking the vocal lead and singing ...

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The maestro’s final bows came Sunday afternoon at the end of “Ode to Joy,” a fitting conclusion to the 12-year career of Christopher Warren-Green as music director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.

Read this article in Yiddish. This week marks the 250th anniversary of what is believed to be the birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most influential composers of all time, and a favorite ...

Out of all the grand figures in classical music, Beethoven is one of the most talented, heroic and strong personalities who despite his weakening hearing and eventual complete deafness composed a ...

You don't have to love Beethoven to know him. He's brewed into some of your favorite pop music, from Billy Joel's "This Night" (the "Pathetique Sonata) to Rapper Nas' "I Can" ("Für Elise"). You've ...

Barricaded behind barbed-wires, a dusty POW camp on a foliage-shrouded Japanese island seems like a strange birthplace for one of the world’s largest singalongs. But in the shadow of World War I, a ...