After Friday night’s concert, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announced the formal title it’s bestowing upon music director Riccardo Muti beginning next season, when he leads the orchestra’s ...

Maestro Riccardo Muti receives a standing ovation with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus following a performance of Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” in D Major, Opus 123, at ...

Sometimes considered to be Beethoven's 10th symphony, this powerful work is the composer at this height. Listen out for the stunning violin solo in the fifth movement! Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven ...

Premiering in April 1824, a month prior to his Ninth Symphony in May 1824, the two works can be seen as companion pieces, shedding light on Beethoven’s spiritual worldview, where the “Ode to Joy” in ...

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Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

To call Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis” a monolithic creation hints at the truth but misses the point in a basic way. Yes, this late setting of the Latin Mass text is a vast, monumental composition, ...