Beethoven’s 9th Symphony is a near-universal Western cultural marker, a sweeping musical masterpiece marked by its glorious and irresistible “Ode to Joy” choral section. Even people who have no ...

Joy: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir, featuring Michael Maliakel and Lesley Nicol, was made possible in part by Ronald C. & Kaye Gunnel, and Charles & Janet Stoddard. The Tabernacle Choir provides ...

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Demonstrating the continued power of Beethoven's profoundly human message, acclaimed First Nations composer William Barton has composed a new piece as a companion to this timeless symphony. Inspired ...

Composer and musicologist Andrew Ford reveals the ten pieces you MUST hear to understand the true joy of the medium ...

You could almost call it an ode to joy. Krystian Zimerman and Sir Simon Rattle’s landmark recording of Beethoven’s Complete Piano Concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra was a major ...

Consider this a free life-lesson in what not to buy for a child. Or, alternatively, what to buy for the child of a sworn ...

In Japan, you can set your watch by the arrival of a train. "Delays" (if that's the word) tend to be calculated in seconds – ...

Broadway star Michael Maliakel joins The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra to sing "Joy To The World." Broadway star Michael Maliakel joins The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra to sing "Joy To The World." ...

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with musician and composer Jon Batiste about his new album, "Beethoven Blues," in which he riffs on classical favorites.

18). Beethoven's song cycle An die ferne Geliebte (“To the distant beloved”), composed a few years after his Symphony No. 7, is the subject of a lecture by author Matthew Guerrieri (The First ...

Arguably the most unusual of all Christmas appropriations comes from Japan, where the ‘Ode to Joy’ from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony has become a Christmas carol. The background to this was the aftermath ...