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 ...

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 ...

Although many people are spending this year’s Christmas tucked away in their homes (like so many gnomes), there are still some grand holiday displays happening. Light shows are certainly popping off ...

In his San Francisco Symphony debut, conductor John Storgårds brings subtlety and eloquence to Beethoven's Fifth.

You don’t get anything more iconic than this symphony, especially its opening bars; and I don’t need to elaborate on all the different interpretations assigned to those bars, whether it’s ‘Fate ...

The opening four notes of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 are the most iconic in all of music. There’s an apocryphal story that Beethoven called those four notes “fate knocking at the door.” But the very ...

19th-century orchestral grandeur meets the cavernous Printworks London for an immersive concert experience unlike any other... Written at the start of the 19th century, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C ...

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica Olga Kern, on Saturday, February 9 at 7:30pm. In 2001, Olga Kern-a Steinway Artist-became the first woman in over thirty years to win the Van Cliburn ...

The ‘Three Great Bs’ of music—Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms—share this programme of solid-gold favourites. It ranges from Beethoven’s heartening, darkness-to-light symphonic journey, to the passionate ...