From NPR News, I'm Robert Siegel. And as I prepare to leave ALL THINGS CONSIDERED in a couple of weeks, I've been asked to replay an old favorite story. Well, this one is from 2003. It's about an old ...

The Colorado Springs Philharmonic is kicking off its Masterworks season, bringing in guest conductors and musicians to join the orchestra in tackling works from the greats. The series will open this ...

On stage again this Sunday afternoon, May 12, it has all the earmarks of a season finale: a flashy violin concerto, an audience favorite soloist, a huge work for orchestra, chorus, and four soloists ...

Today, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announces its highly anticipated 2023/24 season, featuring a wide variety of musical experiences that celebrate exceptional talent across genres and reflect ...

As the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas receives their final rounds of applause, executive director Ben Harris rushes for the door. "One of my favorite things about the concerts is greeting people in ...

On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria. On its 200th anniversary, much was made about this seminal achievement of a composer routinely touted as the ...

The Phoenix Symphony and The Phoenix Symphony Chorus under Maestro Tito Muñoz perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the Choral Symphony.

Ever since Beethoven's iconic Ninth Symphony premiered May 7, 1824 at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, it has remained arguably the most popular composition in the classical music canon, thanks ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Gabriela Lena Frank, a composer born with high-moderate/near-profound hearing loss, describes her creative ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 Louis Antoine Duport, the Nureyev of his day, also managed the theater where the great choral symphony had its premiere. By Patricia ...

A hunt was on in New York last week for the kind of chair Beethoven used when he played the piano. It had to have short, strong legs to suit a heavy, stumpy little man like Beethoven, a comfortable ...

This Wednesday, Dec. 16, is Beethoven’s 250th birthday, an occasion for celebration. Yet even before the pandemic shut down normal concert life, exactly how best to celebrate has not been a simple ...