The Beethoven 9 as we explore the world of Beethoven through the lens of his symphonies with renowned classical biographer Jan Swafford. Each month is dedicated to a different symphony. Each week ...

Program: Felix Mendelssohn: “Intermezzo, Nocturne, and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61”; Antonin Dvořák: “Romance in F minor for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 11,” “Silent Woods for ...

On the program: Beethoven, Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"). Justin Brown, conductor. Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano; Margaret Jane Wray, mezzo-soprano; Jay ...

It’s a puzzle, isn’t it, this symphony? When we think of Beethoven, we always think of music with great depth and profundity. So is it really possible that, after his Seventh Symphony and before his ...

After the pulsating Seventh Symphony, Ludwig van Beethoven gave audiences something very different. The lighthearted Symphony No. 8 looks back to a simpler time in European life with music full of ...

Exclusive concert recordings with the recently-deceased maestro and the Dresden Philharmonic, as download or on-demand audio stream. Tension and release: Beethoven's symphonies follow a certain ...

Two of Beethoven’s greatest works, performed with flair! An essential part of any music collection. Established in 1974, ABC Music is one of Australia’s largest and longest-running independent music ...

The Brazilian youth orchestra Sinfonica Heliopolis recruits its members from one of Sao Paulo's favelas and offers young people the chance for a better life - through music. It all started 14 years ...

The full schedule for the San Francisco Symphony's 2005-06 season follows. All events are in Davies Symphony Hall except where indicated; (m) denotes matinee. SEPT. 8, 10 (Flint Center, Cupertino) - ...

It’s tempting to feel sorry for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Hidden away amid the Fifth (the most famous opening four notes in the history of classical music, the Sixth (how could anyone fail to love ...

Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's most playful symphony, the Eighth, to reveal a mastery of the form and a work replete with as many radical ideas as many others he created. Show more The musical ...