One day after the third anniversary of the Russian attack on Ukraine, they perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony - a masterpiece and symbol of freedom and humanity - under the direction of Keri-Lynn Wilson ...

Abbado has been in semi-permanent revolt against the Italian school of Beethoven interpretation. In these vibrant Rome performances he achieves an intensity of effect his hero Furtwängler just might ...

New Jersey Symphony’s Music Director Xian Zhang will conduct four performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Learn more ...

The small forces, based on between 26 and (in No 9 ... Beethoven’s infinite subtleties of scoring in the ‘Szene am Bach’, not least the drowsily syncopated horns, are delicately etched. If the ear ...