Nobody knows what Beethoven had on his mind when he died, nor the plans he had for his unfinished work. There's been a lot of speculation, but the arrow of time flies in only one direction, and it's ...

When Ludwig von Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony but, ...

When Ludwig von Beethoven left us in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony ...

When Ludwig von Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his Tenth Symphony but, ...

Stefan Sanderling has been conducting Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica for 25 years. "The first was in the summer of 1987 in Weimar, I think," Sanderling said last week, recalling his early days as ...

When Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony but, ...

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 ...

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the BSO in Tanglewood’s traditional season-ending performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s intensely expressive, innovative, but ultimately uplifting Symphony No. 9.

The search for the new music director of the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus officially began this past weekend as Ruben Valenzuela led the orchestra in music by Joan Tower, Carlos Chávez and Beethoven.