Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is a universalist call for the social and spiritual liberation of the masses. But the Ninth, with its “Ode to Joy,” can — and must — also speak to the elite among us, as it ...

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 ...

With even his stern face and wild artist's hair as iconic as his music, it’s not easy to remember that Ludwig van Beethoven was once a struggling up-and-comer. But at the end of the 18 th century and ...

There’s an exalted air about the Kansas City Symphony’s recently announced 2019-20 season. With spiritually rapturous works like the cosmic “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss and Anton ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 Instead, the pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has recorded works by the master’s now-obscure contemporaries. By David Allen The pianist ...