No other symphony has such instant recognition as Beethoven’s Fifth. Rising from its four powerful opening chords, it follows ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He wrote nine symphonies. A symphony is a long piece for orchestra usually split into four sections known as movements. His Symphony No. 5 ...

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

Austin concert pianist Anton Nel magnificent playing all five Beethoven concertos with Austin Symphony Orchestra ...

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

Already one of Europe’s leading conductors, Szell took over the Ohio orchestra in 1946 and, until his death in 1970, made a series of outstanding recordings of the core repertoire. He was also an ...

and Sibelius’s towering Symphony No. 5. It also offers a sparkling fairy-tale overture by Mendelssohn.

Beethoven's Ninth was "revolutionary," Otto Biba said The musicologist Otto Biba said the symphony was revolutionary, partly because it culminated with singing. “It was a symphony, but with ...

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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 ...

Aiken Symphony will present works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms at its November Masterworks concert. The Aiken Symphony, led by Music Director and Conductor Dr. Scott Weiss, will perform music by ...

Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. A symphony is a long piece for orchestra usually split into four sections known as movements. His Symphony No. 5 contains one of the most famous motifs in musical ...