Hughes vividly remembers the 2019 countdown, when Beethoven was nominated as Australia's favourite composer and she took part in celebrating the win with a performance of Ode To Joy. "I hopped in ...

Indie folk sensation Conor Oberst used the melody to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy as an inspiration for ... who also used the French "Impressionist" composer’s Rêverie as inspiration for her ...

The final program of the BSO’s cycle featured Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9, and like the two others I attended, the house was ...

After listening to pianist Jon Batiste’s most recent record album, Blues, for the umpteenth time, I reveled in the fact that this is “easy listening” music that could provide the soundtrack for the ...

Written when Beethoven was almost completely deaf, Symphony No. 9 received enthusiastic applause during its premiere in Vienna in 1824. The finale, Ode To Joy, scored for choir and soloists ...

Classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and singer ... this concert will contain famous pieces such as Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered.” ...

Beethoven was a brilliant keyboard performer and composer. After much success as a young composer, he moved to Vienna to be taught music by composer Joseph Haydn. This did not work out for ...