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 ...

When asked how important in the history of music is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Beethoven biographer Jan Swafford replied, "It's immensely important. It's literally and metaphorically bigger than any ...

Fifty years ago, it was a truth commonly, if not universally, acknowledged that Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was the greatest composer of all time. With his granite visage and wild Einsteinian ...

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Even anyone who avoids classical music will instantly recognize the "Ode to Joy". Today, this complex masterpiece is an anthem of Europe. Before that, it was birthday music for Hitler. It all started ...

In the final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s towering Symphony No. 9, he sets his transcendental music to the text of Friedrich Schiller’s poem “An die Freude” (“Ode to Joy”) to impart a universal ...

The night Ludwig van Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony rang out in a Vienna concert hall for the first time almost exactly two centuries ago, the great German composer was anxious for all to go ...

Next week we perform the final classical concerts of the season. We’ll open with a brand-new work composed by Tarik O’Regan, commissioned by the Jacksonville Symphony. O’Regan was born in England of ...

José Daniel Flores-Caraballo is the Opalka family artistic director, leading and conducting Albany Pro Musica, the chorus in residence at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. What do “Die Hard,” the ...

Robertson's innovative program takes audiences on a transformative journey toward Beethoven's idealized vision of the human experience through the majestic Ninth Symphony, featuring the iconic "Ode to ...