The final program of the BSO’s cycle featured Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9, and like the two others I attended, the house was ...
Beethoven’s lifework includes nine majestic symphonies, five piano concertos, numerous chamber music pieces, sonatas, and individual violin and piano pieces. His genius stands out among history’s ...
The pregame entertainment lineup at this year's Super Bowl will celebrate the rich musical heritage of New Orleans with a ...
Luisi must have been right on Beethoven’s markings for the Fifth’s first two movements — the first edgy, bristling with ...
COURTESY HAWAI’I SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Dane Lum conducting the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra. Judged in terms of name recognition, Ludwig Van Beethoven is almost certainly the best-known composer of ...
After listening to pianist Jon Batiste’s most recent record album, Blues, for the umpteenth time, I reveled in the fact that this is “easy listening” music that could provide the soundtrack for the ...
During Beethoven’s 250th anniversary celebrations in 2020, New York City’s Carnegie Hall was just one of the venues around the country highlighting the composer’s music with a symphony cycle.
“Simply put, Beyoncé is the queen and Beethoven is the king,” Hackman said. One might ask, “The king and queen of what?” It’s a fair question. And the answer is dance music. St. Louis ...
In fact, two of the works on the program were conventional, as they were both by Beethoven: the Overture to his ballet, “The Creatures of Prometheus” (1801), and his Symphony No. 3 in E-flat ...
This weekend, the Spokane Symphony and conductor James Lowe will be putting AI-produced art to the test as they play Beethoven’s Symphony No. 10 in full. If you’re reading this with any ...