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.

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.

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, ...

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.

Ludwig van Beethoven headed for Symphony No. 9 literally his entire life. As early as the 1790s, he had an eye on Ode to Joy, perhaps the most well-known poem by Friedrich Schiller, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Beethoven's beloved Symphony No. 9 has found itself at the center of controversy in South Korea in recent weeks. Earlier this month, a Korean-language version of Beethoven's masterpiece was ...

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.