A friend recently asked me about Ludwig van Beethoven's music. It started me thinking about some of my favorite compositions by Beethoven, which include his Symphony #6, subtitled PASTORALE. I love it ...

Conductor Christoph Eschenbach says the common idea of the piece as a set of lovely outdoor scenes is a bit misleading. He says Beethoven used the metaphor of the outdoors to portray internal ...

The 52nd Istanbul Music Festival held at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art witnessed a wandering cat during the orchestra performance of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony No. 6 by Festival Strings Lucerne ...

Egmont London Philharmonic Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral' Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor London Philharmonic ...

Beethoven wrote some of the most profound music of any composer. Most people only know the top hits: The Ode to Joy from the 9th symphony, Symphony #5, the Moonlight and Appasionata piano sonatas.

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Isabelle Faust, Violin Bernard Haitink, Conductor Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral' Ludwig van Beethoven, ...