In his San Francisco Symphony debut, conductor John Storgårds brings subtlety and eloquence to Beethoven's Fifth.
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 ...
It's one of the most famous musical passages ever written. Ludwig van Beethoven starts his Fifth Symphony with four percussive notes, then spends the next four movements inventing new ways to make ...
You don’t get anything more iconic than this symphony, especially its opening bars; and I don’t need to elaborate on all the different interpretations assigned to those bars, whether it’s ‘Fate ...
The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica Olga Kern, on Saturday, February 9 at 7:30pm. In 2001, Olga Kern-a Steinway Artist-became the first woman in over thirty years to win the Van Cliburn ...
An electric performance of two symphonic masterpieces, on period instruments. Drive Featured Album, 5 November 2012. John Eliot Gardiner's interpretation of the stately second movement of Symphony No.
The ‘Three Great Bs’ of music—Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms—share this programme of solid-gold favourites. It ranges from Beethoven’s heartening, darkness-to-light symphonic journey, to the passionate ...
Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's most popular work and arguably the most famous pieces of classical music ever written, the Symphony No. 5 in C minor. Show more Its the most famous piece of ...