Recently, I heard and saw the Dallas Symphony Orchestra perform Symphony No. 5 in C minor,Opus 67 composed by Ludwig ...

What is technical perfection if you don't have anything meaningful to say? It was something Pyotr Tchaikovsky mused about in 1888 when setting to work on what would become his famed Symphony No 5.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He wrote nine symphonies. A symphony is a long piece for orchestra usually split into four sections known as movements. His Symphony No. 5 ...

Luisi must have been right on Beethoven’s markings for the Fifth’s first two movements — the first edgy, bristling with nervous energy; the second flowing right along. The s ...

After a three-month absence, the Sedona Symphony returned to the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Feb. 2, with its ...

Despite a speed that is noticeably slower than Beethoven’s absurdly optimistic metronome=69, his fast tempo blurs the opening measures of the Eighth Symphony. Even where Beethoven’s metronomes are ...

Whether Beethoven saved his best symphony for last is a matter of opinion ... family troubles and chronic illnesses. Conversely, Nos. 5 and 6 were performed on different programs during the ...