I have had the opportunity to perform full cycles of the Beethoven symphonies several times in the past few years and, when you look at the full group, it’s the Sixth Symphony that stands out as an ...

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 ...

Conductor Christoph Eschenbach says the common idea of the piece as a set of lovely outdoor scenes is a bit misleading. He says Beethoven used the metaphor of the outdoors to portray internal ...

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If you are a connoisseur of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, conductor Carlos Kleiber and the great Bavarian State Orchestra; and if, like me, you missed the first issue of this 1983 live performance, ...

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The full schedule for the San Francisco Symphony's 2008-09 season follows. All events are in Davies Symphony Hall except where indicated; (m) denotes matinee; (Friday 6.5) denotes the 6.5 Series.

When Chuck Berry first sang “Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news!” in 1956, he was trumpeting the rise of rock ‘n’ roll and, perhaps, forecasting the decline of classical music. Sixty-four ...

It was quite a profound transition for a young Ludwig van Beethoven to go from being a celebrated virtuoso pianist not long after he arrived in Vienna from Bonn, Germany, in 1792, to feeling ...