The Beethoven 9 as we explore the world of Beethoven through the lens of his symphonies with renowned classical biographer Jan Swafford. Each month is dedicated to a different symphony. Each week ...

Symphony No. 8 Thomas Dausgaard, Conductor Swedish Chamber Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer König Stefan, Movements: Overture Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Thomas Dausgaard, Conductor Swedish ...

The Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 75th season with a nine-year project to perform all nine of Beethoven's symphonies. The first concert, featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 and ...

Beethoven conceived his Eighth Symphony at the same time as his Seventh, focusing on the former during the summer of 1812. The Eighth, part of the third period of his career, continued his trend of ...

It’s a puzzle, isn’t it, this symphony? When we think of Beethoven, we always think of music with great depth and profundity. So is it really possible that, after his Seventh Symphony and before his ...

My opinion may be little better than the layman's, but I believe it is incorrect to consider Beethoven's cycle of nine symphonies the 'bedrock of western music." It is not. The bedrock of western ...

Whether Beethoven saved his best symphony for last is a matter of opinion. However, one can hang several descriptors on his Symphony No. 9, and “anticlimactic” isn’t one of them. If you’re performing ...

Beethoven's Symphony No. 8The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has been performing an annual concert series in Carnegie Hall for nearly three decades. One of its concerts last year included this performance ...