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 ...

Beethoven’s lifework includes nine majestic symphonies, five piano concertos, numerous chamber music pieces, sonatas, and individual violin and piano pieces. His genius stands out among history’s ...

Starting at the end, Georgia and Henry look at the report of Beethoven's post-mortem, carried out by Dr. Johannes Wagner in Vienna on the day after Beethoven died, 27th March, 1827. It makes grim ...

The final program of the BSO’s cycle featured Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9, and like the two others I attended, the house was ...

In a film about Beethoven in 1803 Vienna, the composer walks by a Black violinist. Dove looked at her husband — they had heard of colorblind casting, but really? Dove had stumbled upon George ...

Smith writes, “We all know that Beethoven strived to overcome many obstacles in his life.” He later expressed the desire to honor Beethoven’s determination to triumph over those adversities ...

Nelsons’ reading highlighted the music’s play of light and shadow vividly, the quiet spots in the Symphony’s outer movements ...

Judged in terms of name recognition, Ludwig Van Beethoven is almost certainly the best-known composer of classical music in ...

On Thursday evening, the BSO and music director Andris Nelsons launched the central series of concerts of the Beethoven and Romanticism festival Quick! Picture Beethoven in your mind. I wager you ...