The music makes sure of that. By Joshua Barone Even if you don’t know Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, you probably know its finale, the famous “Ode to Joy.” Written 200 years ago, the “Ode ...

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world’s most popular symphony – Beethoven’s 9th – with a performance documentary culminating in the ecstatic “Ode to Joy” that everybody knows ...

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra turn Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” into a climactic tour de force. Independent of its original 1824 symphonic setting, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” has become ...

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which includes the magnificent "Ode to Joy," premiered on May 7, 1824. We recently passed its bicentennial. The Ninth was greeted as a masterpiece from the outset and ...

South Florida PBS (WPBT, WXEL, & Health Channel) is proud to present, Beethoven's 9th – Ode to Joy, airing on WPBT on Friday, March 28th at 9PM. Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's ...

A pleasing notion is that perhaps he followed something like the program I suggest above: To become happier, he chose to do something a happier composer might do, and wrote an “Ode to Joy.” ...