I’m not used to hearing the Boston Symphony Orchestra play Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 indoors. These days, when the BSO plays ...

The San Francisco Symphony will honor the late long-time conductor with June performances of Beethoven's Ninth.

The American Classical Orchestra announced its 42nd season, featuring Beethoven symphonies, an all-Bach choral program, and ...

Decades of research have been poured into every musical and instrumental aspect of the “Historically Informed Performance” (HIP) of classical music: From the way the continuo bands of the time ...

The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, shown here during its final concert of 55th season, will perform Beethoven’s Ninth ...

Whether Beethoven saved his best symphony for last is a matter of opinion. However, one can hang several descriptors on his Symphony No. 9, and “anticlimactic” isn’t one of them. If you’re performing ...

Sometime in the not-too-distant future, listeners will hear the complete Beethoven symphonies as recorded live by Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The recordings, still in progress as ...

The Los Angeles Philharmonic is calling its cycle of Beethoven’s nine symphonies, which Gustavo Dudamel began Thursday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, “Immortal Beethoven.” That may not be an ...

When Ludwig von Beethoven left us in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony ...