Ludwig van Beethoven performed Symphony No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous musical composition, for the first time in public in Vienna on this day in history, Dec. 22, 1808. Among other incredible ...

Any list of the all-time best classical recordings would have to include the urgent, sinuous performances of Beethoven's fifth and seventh... Beethoven's Best: The Ultimate 5th Symphony Beethoven's ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, despite profound deafness, continued to compose masterpieces like the Ninth Symphony. He developed an ...

Beethoven, the wild-haired German composer, is ubiquitous during the fall symphony season. It makes sense, as his booming, blustery compositions have a lot in common with the darkening, windy autumn ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite being composed almost two centuries apart, two legendary musical works have unique connections, say two local musicians.

The New Jersey Symphony presented two mature works by classical music’s masters this weekend: Mozart and Beethoven. But ...

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, doors open at 6 and pre-concert lecture at 6:30; 3 p.m. Sunday, doors open at 1:30 and pre-concert lecture at 2. Where: Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave ...