A torrential rainstorm lashed the southern Berkshires two and a half hours before the first Boston Symphony Orchestra concert ...

Beethoven has topped this year's Classic 100: Feel Good countdown with his Symphony No. 9, including the "Ode To Joy" anthem. The music is beloved across concert stages, as well as popular culture ...

Ludwig van Beethoven first performed his Ninth Symphony in Vienna ... assistance from the piano if necessary," says Kraus. All in the detail As a milestone in music history and a "symbol of ...

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Tchaikovsky's final symphony has fascinated generations of music lovers, amateur and specialist alike, since its first performance just over a century ago. Timothy L. Jackson explores sensitively and ...

The piano, short for pianoforte, is a keyboard instrument made up of 52 white keys and 36 black keys. As well as being a solo instrument, the piano can be found playing a range of music in the ...

Robert Schumann: Piano concerto A minor, op. 54. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano concerto no. 6 D major, op. 61a. (Arrangement of the violin concerto D major, op. 61.) The 'Neue Zürcher Zeitung ...

“Beethoven: Symphony No. 9” (Deutsche Grammophon). Video credits: NAOC, “Nagano 1998 Opening Ceremony”; Inside Chile, “La canción de la rebeldía”; Disney, Muppet Music ...

Written when Beethoven was almost completely deaf, Symphony No. 9 received enthusiastic applause ... of the most recognisable pieces of classical music. Ode To Joy has accompanied some of the ...