In an evening full of supremely weird moments, this was one of the weirdest: the long, arcing line of Beethoven’s greatest ...
Two hundred years ago, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was “a piece that completely shatters anyone's preconceived ...
In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony (2013, streaming on Kanopy) also showcases how the Ninth inspired protestors in the 1989 democracy movement in Tiananmen Square and against the ...
But to adapt a work as daunting as Beethoven’s 9th Symphony into a ballet is another thing entirely. One of the most performed symphonies in the world, the four movement work also incorporates ...
As the National Symphony’s music director Gianandrea Noseda observed at this early-season concert, both pieces featured that evening—Beethoven’s Piano Concerto ... and Symphony No. 9, to mark Soviet ...