In a season of joy, it is worth dwelling on and marveling at the world’s anthem of joy, arguably the best piece of music ever written, which hasn’t lost its power to astound after nearly 200 years and ...

The first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on May 7, 1824, in Vienna, will be celebrated during a 200th anniversary performance by Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. Joyful Voices: ...

Next week we perform the final classical concerts of the season. We’ll open with a brand-new work composed by Tarik O’Regan, commissioned by the Jacksonville Symphony. O’Regan was born in England of ...

The Key Chorale season concludes on May 10 with Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” Like a thunderbolt, the finale to Beethoven’s immortal Ninth Symphony was unleashed into the world. 200 years later it has ...

Shockingly, apparently not everyone is a fan of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. You know the one — it famously ends with the “Ode to Joy” chorus. The one that celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall, that ...

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which includes the magnificent "Ode to Joy," premiered on May 7, 1824. We recently passed its bicentennial. The Ninth was greeted as a masterpiece from the outset and ...