A few years ago Leif Ove Andsnes revisited Beethoven's Piano Concertos on what he called his "Beethoven Journey." We'll hear the second step with his performance of the Concerto No. 2 during our music ...

Speaker 4: Okay, here are your tickets. Enjoy the show. Speaker 5: Your tickets, please. Follow me. Jeff Spurgeon: In New York City, there are lots of ways to get to Carnegie Hall, a subway, a taxi, a ...

Beethoven’s publishers often gave nicknames to his sonatas without asking him. His Sonata No. 15 is called the 'Pastoral.' But is that about its connection to nature, or maybe its calm and simple feel ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Manfred Honeck, a leading Beethoven conductor, guides us through the beginning of the end of the mighty Ninth Symphony. Credit...Video by Ross Mantle For The New York Times ...

I cannot imagine what a celestial-level bummer it must be to spend more than two centuries hovering around the ether, waiting for your big sestercentennial bash to pop off and take over the planet, ...

When I listen to Beethoven, and when I play him, I sometimes feel as if I am being chased by the theme. The tension is ...

When we finally see the return of concerts, shared experiences by full audiences, everyone together, the moment will be less for fireworks than for thanksgiving. Let us begin, then, with Beethoven as ...

MANCHESTER – A piece of music composed by Ludwig van Beethoven nearly 200 years ago has been unearthed by a University of Manchester scholar. Watch footage of Professor Barry Cooper playing the new ...

Listen to the epic crescendo that bridges the third and fourth movements of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. It’s just remarkable. Wagner might have higher decibels and Richard Strauss might have more ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. Today's Morning Edition music is from North Dakota's Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra and chorus with a 2012 performance of Beethoven's "Choral Fantasy." ...