A new book, a new recording and some old instruments, all addressing the most memorable phrase in music: the opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Matthew Guerrieri has written a book about this ...

I cannot imagine what a celestial-level bummer it must be to spend more than two centuries hovering around the ether, waiting for your big sestercentennial bash to pop off and take over the planet, ...

Music’s most memorable da-da-da-dummm touched off a cultural and intellectual ferment that’s ably explored in this sparkling study. Boston Globe music critic Guerrieri opens with an engaging ...

The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes continues its Musicians Choice Chamber Music Series this month with a program that ...

Philadelphia Orchestra’s Thursday evening performance of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. (Photo: Jeff Fusco) We’re never really done with Beethoven. Uncovering and understanding his music is an endless ...

One can easily applaud the sincerity and passion that Hershey Felder brings to his one-man bio-portraits of composers George Gershwin and Frederic Chopin. But in taking on the life and music of Ludwig ...