The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, by Ludwig Van Beethoven is a familiar theme to classical music fans that was used in the close of a daily network newscast in the 1950s and 1960s. Beethoven ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Ludwig Van Beethoven’s 9th symphony may be the defining work of a composer whose work has been immortalized for nearly two centuries. If only he could have heard it. When the ...

In the final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s towering Symphony No. 9, he sets his transcendental music to the text of Friedrich Schiller’s poem “An die Freude” (“Ode to Joy”) to impart a universal ...

The 2024-25 Symphonic Choir season, the first full one for new Executive Director Jennifer Cooper, is chock full of masterpieces and partnerships. The ensemble, for example, will join the Indianapolis ...

Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth and final symphony took orchestral music in thrilling new directions when it debuted in 1824. It lasts more than an hour. Its climax calls for a full choir singing poet ...

“Ode to Joy,” or “Ode to Freedom,” depending upon what historian you consult, is one of the most recognizable and groundbreaking works of classical music in the Western canon. And for good reason: ...

SAN ANTONIO - Starting his sixth season as San Antonio Symphony music director, Sebastian Lang-Lessing clearly has made the orchestra his creation more than ever. This was abundantly clear throughout ...