When asked how important in the history of music is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Beethoven biographer Jan Swafford replied, "It's immensely important. It's literally and metaphorically bigger than any ...

After a long week of coming together for WSHU, it feels right to end on a joyful note. Beethoven’s Ode to Joy is pure ...

This summer Wilco released my favorite Wilco album in a long time. And I think about time a lot with Wilco, because the band defined my young adulthood. That was a while ago, as I’ve since settled ...

Read this article in Yiddish. This week marks the 250th anniversary of what is believed to be the birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most influential composers of all time, and a favorite ...

Chicago folk-rock luminaries Wilco have a new full-length on the way called Ode To Joy, the proper studio follow-up to 2016’s Schmilco. The record, in general, is about encouraging "the act of finding ...

The Spokane Symphony and Spokane Symphony Chorale is ringing in the new year with their rendition of Beethoven’s powerful Ninth Symphony. Often regarded as one of the most masterful pieces of music of ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Manfred Honeck, a leading Beethoven conductor, guides us through the beginning of the end of the mighty Ninth Symphony. Credit...Video by Ross Mantle For The New York Times ...

As the current leader of the G20, Angela Merkel gets to call the tune, and the German Chancellor appears to be sending a musical message to some of her guests in Hamburg this week. On Friday evening, ...

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy joins host Brian Hiatt on a new episode of our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, for an in-depth discussion of the band’s excellent new album, Ode to Joy, and much more.

Barricaded behind barbed-wires, a dusty POW camp on a foliage-shrouded Japanese island seems like a strange birthplace for one of the world’s largest singalongs. But in the shadow of World War I, a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. As war in Ukraine continues, so does the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, with a version of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony tailored to the moment. The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, which ...