Beethoven’s Third Symphony marked the beginning of a musical revolution. It begins with two simple chords that completely surprised me last summer at the Bravo! Vail festival. I was working backstage ...
My opinion may be little better than the layman's, but I believe it is incorrect to consider Beethoven's cycle of nine symphonies the 'bedrock of western music." It is not. The bedrock of western ...
On Thursday night at the Kennedy Center, the National Symphony Orchestra capped off the first half of its “Beethoven and American Masters” festival. When the cycle concludes in spring 2023, the NSO ...
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Music Director Jader Bignamini returns from Italy to conduct a program on Friday that will highlight works by Jessie Montgomery and Richard Strauss, and feature Beethoven's ...
Beethoven admired the ideals of the French Revolution, so he dedicated his third symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte, until Bonaparte declared himself emperor. Beethoven then sprung into a rage, ripped the ...
The concert: The San Antonio Symphony under the direction of Sebastian Lang-Lessing. “Beethoven 6 & 7” repeats at 8 p.m. today at the Majestic Theatre downtown. Audience: 1,900 First Take: A solemn ...