Despite his deteriorating hearing, though, Beethoven persevered with writing this mammoth symphony. Encouraged, no doubt, by his status as the composer of the moment, he penned a colossal work. But, ...

A 19th-century print depicting the premiere of the Ninth; and Schiller, author of the famous ode (Bridgeman Images) No symphony has been more widely discussed, or been a greater divider of musical ...

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus can put their energies together for a fine Beethoven Ninth. Anyone who was in Davies Symphony Hall in June to hear them wind up the ...

“He wrote very instrumentally,” said mezzo-soprano Abigail Nims, who will be featured in the alto part in the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra’s performance of Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9 ...

Are performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 cursed in Columbus? The German composer’s 1824 masterpiece is best-known for its magisterial “Ode to Joy” choral section ...

Last Friday night, the New York Philharmonic welcomed 2005 with a performance of the Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven. We drop in on that New Year's Eve performance at Avery Fisher Hall to hear the ...

A 19th-century print depicting the premiere of the Ninth; and Schiller, author of the famous ode (Bridgeman Images) No symphony has been more widely discussed, or been a greater divider of musical ...

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is so massive, we can't fit it all into one hour. Today, we start wrapping up our series on Christoph Eschenbach, Beethoven and the Philadelphia Orchestra.