Ludwig van Beethoven had his hands full before the premiere of his Ninth Symphony on May 7, 1824. The work was eagerly awaited in Vienna. Copyists were working flat out to reproduce the ...

In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent a letter to Ludwig van Beethoven petitioning ... Berlin and instead debut the symphony in Vienna. Beethoven had lived in Vienna since ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He wrote nine symphonies. A symphony is a long piece for orchestra usually split into four sections known as movements. His Symphony No. 5 ...

In the ancient theater of Delphi, against the backdrop of the ruins of the Temple of Apollo, musicAeterna, conducted by Teodor Currentzis, performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s 7th Symphony ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a well-known composer ... quietly straight away - it adds to the drama. The symphony opens with a series of dominant seventh chords, which gradually move towards the ...

Fired by ambitions to turn his gifted son into a second Mozart, Johann van Beethoven would keep him slaving at the piano all night, raining blows on him when he made a mistake. Young Ludwig was an ...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s sparkling “Symphony No. 1 in C major,” a work ... The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are priced at $20 general admission, $10 for seniors, and just $5 for students.