Throughout the season, Classical Live features highlights from the BBC Proms, the world’s greatest classical music festival.

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda in Bach and Beethoven. They are joined by cellist ...

The Bayreuth Festival is marking its founding anniversary with a ceremony and a performance of Beethoven, as the world-famous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Symphony No. 9 was the pinnacle of Beethoven's remarkable career. Boston Public Library/Flickr, CC BY In early 1824, 30 members of ...

Beethoven's Ninth has topped the ABC Classic 100 countdown for the fifth time. We explore its mystique and shed light on composers following in Beethoven's footsteps.

Beethoven, the wild-haired German composer, is ubiquitous during the fall symphony season. It makes sense, as his booming, blustery compositions have a lot in common with the darkening, windy autumn ...

Ludwig van Beethoven first performed his Ninth Symphony in Vienna in 1824, and created a work for the ages. We look at what makes it so special. Ludwig van Beethoven had his hands full before the ...