Beethoven's First Symphony, dedicated to Baron Gottfried Van Swieten, came at age 29. Fittingly, it was the dawn of a new century. It appeared late in what scholars define as the first period of ...

(CBS 11) - I have had a love affair with classical music since 1965 when I started taking piano lessons in Dallas as a kid. From 1965-1972, I had anywhere between one and two lessons per week and came ...

The Beethoven & American Masters Festival begins with concerts on January 13, 15, and 16 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The first program opens with Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 and closes with his ...

This article was written by one of our Young Reporters, a scheme that gives 14 to 18-year-old school students a chance to write for a real newspaper. Find out more at the Young Reporter website. The ...

In this week's Feature Album, Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra present us with the first three symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven on ABC Classic. Thrilling live performances of ...

For more than a dozen years, Gustav Highstein, the Richmond Symphony’s principal oboist, has been a mainstay of the orchestra. For openers — literally — he plays the A to which the rest of the ...