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, but in recent years, ...

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performs Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 "From the New World." The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performs Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 "From the New World." Following performances ...

Honoring important classical composers on the anniversaries of their births and deaths may not be the most imaginative tradition, but it is a longstanding one. And 2024 marks the bicentennial of Anton ...

Beethoven's epic Ninth Symphony has long been a traditional fan favorite at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Since 1997, it's ended every season but one at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home in ...

The first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on May 7, 1824, in Vienna, will be celebrated during a 200th anniversary performance by Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. Joyful Voices: ...

The choral finale of Beethoven’s epic Symphony No. 9, composed in 1824, was a revolutionary moment that fundamentally transformed the culture of 19th-century Europe. Beethoven had for some time wanted ...

Is there a symphony as popular as Dvořák’s “New World?” Michael Griffith, University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra director, encourages those who know this piece to attend the orchestra’s ...

(Ormandy, London Symphony; Columbia MS-7089). Ormandy says he can make any orchestra sound like the Philadelphia. The London Symphony’s strings are less lush, but otherwise there is fair resemblance.