Beethoven had lived in Vienna since 1792, when he left his hometown of Bonn, Germany ... Orchestra and a Grammy Award-winning conductor. The Ninth Symphony was not the first long piece of music ...

Heidrun Irene Mittermair, an alto in the Vienna Singverein Choir, says that Beethoven's Ninth is a “wonderful ... “It was a symphony, but with something new in the fourth movement.

Who's afraid of the big, bad ninth ... Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, as well as a Beethoven piano concerto with a humorous twist.You may well know that Beethoven was born in the western German ...

On stage again this Sunday afternoon, May 12, it has all the earmarks of a season finale: a flashy violin concerto, an audience favorite soloist, a huge work for orchestra, chorus, and four ...