Is there ever a justification needed to perform Beethoven’s 9th, one of the most beloved and widely known pieces of music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Wichita Symphony Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Ninth on Saturday, April 12. (June Trieb/Courtesy photo) Arguably the ...

“Hogmanay” sounds like an unwieldy, less-than-lovely word, but it’s music to Spokane Symphony conductor James Lowe’s ears. When Lowe isn’t living and working in Spokane, home is in Scotland, where ...

Beethoven’s last symphony, the Symphony No. 9 (“Choral”), holds a unique place in the canon of Western music, because it is beloved around the world as an expression of human idealism. The Ninth, ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTYBeethoven’s 9th headlines Santa Cruz Symphony concert The Santa Cruz Symphony’s penultimate concert of its 2025-26 season will be a dramatic yet joyous affair, capped off by a ...

Arguably the classical icon’s second-best-known work, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony will close out the 80th season for the Wichita Symphony Orchestra next weekend. “We wanted to do something very ...