In Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, the composer set his romantic understanding of nature to music. Now the "Pastoral" is the starting point for a worldwide art project against environmental destruction.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Beethoven started composing his Septet for strings and winds in E-flat in 1799. It's in the style of a ...

Mitchell wraps his inaugural season in a cloak of exquisite musical beauty, concluding with a sense of optimism and joy for Beethoven’s expansive “Pastoral” Symphony.

The Sixth is the outlier among Beethoven’s symphonies, rural and rustic where the others are driven and dramatic. Richard Osborne makes a selection of the best versions from a rich recorded history ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The four Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Severance Music Center this weekend are as traditional in form as orchestral programs can be. Although they follow the long-established ...

A special livestream concert with the Beethoven Orchestra in Bonn honors World Environment Day on June 5. Rehearsing with an orchestra during coronavirus times prompted creative solutions. Ludwig van ...

In the distance, a low murmur of basses evolved into a roar of thunder, as timpani rained down lightning on a woodsy, country scene created by strings and woodwinds. The passage, which arrived briskly ...

“Tranquillity and freedom are the greatest treasure, ” mused Ludwig van Beethoven in one of his notebooks. It’s no secret that Beethoven sought and found a measure of tranquillity and freedom in the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The latest work by the choreographer Pam Tanowitz combines music and design in fresh and delightfully unpredictable ways. By Brian ...