Beethoven

If you're a fan of the original Star Wars films, imagine how you would have felt if Luke Skywalker suddenly changed his allegiance and joined the evil…

What do Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and every baseball game ever played have in common?The quest for self.Sound lofty? I'll explain.Monday afternoon, I…

As we head toward the Fourth of July weekend, the next Symphony @ 7 will feature the Third Symphony of American composer Charles Ives, a work from 11910…

The next Classical Showcase on Friday evening at 7 on Classical 101, will present two great works: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G and Symphony No.…

This evening on Symphony @ 7 on Classical 101, I'll have a new release of John Eliot Gardiner conducting his Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra on…

The "Carnegie Hall Live" series on Classical Showcase Friday evening at 7 will feature a solo piano recital by Andras Schiff. He'll play sonatas by four…

Friday evening at 7 on Classical 101, Classical Showcase presents three piano concertos in an all-Beethoven program with Leif Ove Andsnes, who will lead…

A letter known from other sources to have been penned by Beethoven in 1823 - four years before his death - and involving the composer's Missa Solemnis has…

Had Beethoven’s body fared as well in history as have his image and his art, that body would have been 241 years old today. On this auspicious occasion,…