Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which includes the magnificent "Ode to Joy," premiered on May 7, 1824. We recently passed its bicentennial. The Ninth was greeted as a masterpiece from the outset and ...

The Key Chorale season concludes on May 10 with Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” Like a thunderbolt, the finale to Beethoven’s immortal Ninth Symphony was unleashed into the world. 200 years later it has ...

Fifty years ago, it was a truth commonly, if not universally, acknowledged that Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was the greatest composer of all time. With his granite visage and wild Einsteinian ...

The Phoenix Symphony and Chorus under Maestro Tito Muñoz perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. It has been called the most important piece of music ever written. The Phoenix Symphony and The Phoenix ...

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is arguably the most popular and celebrated piece of classical music ever written. Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin once declared that "Everything will pass, and the world ...