Ludwig van Beethoven had his hands full before the premiere of his Ninth Symphony on May 7, 1824. The work was eagerly awaited in Vienna. Copyists were working flat out to reproduce the ...

A Hymn for Peace: The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Performs Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android ...

Beethoven’s Ninth is a pinnacle of Western civilization. The first symphony to include voices, it culminates in a setting of Friedrich Schiller’s “The Ode to Joy.” Honeck will conduct four ...

The Firelands Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of music director and conductor Carl Topilow, has announced its upcoming performance of “Beethoven’s Ninth.” This event is scheduled for ...

This concert titled “Beethoven’s Ninth” is actually the penultimate classics season concert (the chorus, orchestra, and a soloist will return to Kleinhans to perform Mahler’s huge ...