Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Symphony No. 9 was the pinnacle of Beethoven's remarkable career. Boston Public Library/Flickr, CC BY In early 1824, 30 members of ...

Are performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 cursed in Columbus? The German composer’s 1824 masterpiece is best-known for its magisterial “Ode to Joy” choral section, but in recent years, ...

Is there ever a justification needed to perform Beethoven’s 9th, one of the most beloved and widely known pieces of music ...

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, was the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep, marking an anniversary. Two hundred years ago today ...

It was premiered almost two centuries ago. And Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 still feels as urgently needed today as ever. Later this week Ludovic Morlot will lead the Seattle Symphony and Chorale, ...

The first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on May 7, 1824, in Vienna, will be celebrated during a 200th anniversary performance by Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. Joyful Voices: ...

Beethoven's epic Ninth Symphony has long been a traditional fan favorite at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Since 1997, it's ended every season but one at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home in ...

Fred Child and Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Christoph Eschenbach discuss the diametrically opposed messages Beethoven wrote into the final movements of his Ninth Symphony. A universal expression ...

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus can put their energies together for a fine Beethoven Ninth. Anyone who was in Davies Symphony Hall in June to hear them wind up the ...

The Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 75th season with a nine-year project to perform all nine of Beethoven's symphonies. The first concert, featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 and ...

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep, marking an anniversary. Two hundred years ago today, Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" - a vision of peace and fraternity - premiered in Vienna, Austria. (SOUNDBITE OF ...