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 ...

This year marks the 250th birthday of one of the most revered composers who ever lived: Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770. Beethoven wrote hundreds of piano sonatas, ...

Beethoven’s last symphony, the Symphony No. 9 (“Choral”), holds a unique place in the canon of Western music, because it is beloved around the world as an expression of human idealism. The Ninth, ...

Among orchestral masterworks possessing built-in Event Status, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 probably holds the place of pride in the hearts of most music lovers. It's both the culmination of Beethoven's ...

The Los Angeles Philharmonic is calling its cycle of Beethoven’s nine symphonies, which Gustavo Dudamel began Thursday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, “Immortal Beethoven.” That may not be an ...

Each year, as the calendar winds to its close, the Seattle Symphony traditionally turns to Beethoven’s last symphony — the famous Ninth — to mark the end of one year and the arrival of the next. What ...

The centerpiece is the complete cycle of the nine symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven, performed in order on consecutive programs at Symphony Hall for the first time since BSO Music Director Serge ...

“HONOR TO BEETHOVEN” was the motto that appeared at the top of a program, printed by the Beethoven Quartet Society, in 1845. Over the course of eight weeks, the group of passionate London musicians ...