Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is famous for its setting of Friedrich Schiller’s poem ‘Ode to Joy’ – a text the composer had been fascinated with for over twenty years. Here’s just a short passage below.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Nielsen Chorale warms up their voices Monday evening for an epic season finale. At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, the Rockford Symphony Orchestra (RSO) will perform ...

I prefer the listener to think back to it once the entire symphony is over. Beethoven wants to move on – ‘Nicht diese Töne!’. You feel the pain and violence, almost physically, of that opening chord.

Philadelphia Orchestra has — at least this season — the Beethoven Symphony No. 9, intriguingly programmed with Florence Price, whose music appeared a century later and an ocean apart.

WATERVILLE — The Colby-Kennebec Choral Society invites all interested singers to join it for performances of Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9. Starting on Tuesday, Feb. 13, rehearsals are ...

On Sunday afternoon, Michael Tilson Thomas will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in performances of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and “Psalm 90” of Charles Ives. JEREMY YUDKIN: BSO ending ...

The National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington Chorus united for a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth to close the “Beethoven & American Masters” festival.

In celebration of DR’s centenary, Denmark’s national classical ensembles join the BBC Proms for landmark performances of ...

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra has a new music director, Perry So, who’s conducting Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Sept. 22 at Yale’s Woolsey Hall.

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.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the BSO during a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. (Courtesy Hilary Scott) Their angelic voices were back in full force, joined by four soloists, ...

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