Watch a full orchestral performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (1st movement) from BBC NOW.
You might say Ludwig van Beethoven’s Great Fugue was ahead of its time. Critics thought it was unintelligible, and musicians ...
On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria. On its 200th anniversary, much was made about this seminal achievement of a composer routinely touted as the ...
In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent a letter to Ludwig van Beethoven petitioning the great composer to reconsider his plans to premiere his latest work in Berlin and instead ...