Beethoven repeats theme 1 in the first violins, cellos, basses and bassoons while the rest of the orchestra play a C major chord. Beethoven’s first symphony also includes other important movements.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s sparkling “Symphony No. 1 in C major,” a work that is respectful of the traditions of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — but hints at the boldness that would ...

Alexander Shelley, who will become the orchestra's artistic and music director in 2026-27, conducts three shows next week.

Uchida’s rendition didn’t quite start on the right foot. After playing only a few notes of the solo opening phrase, she ...

This New Jersey Symphony Family Concert is presented in NJPAC’s Prudential Hall.

Over half of the 564 runners who participated in the Beat Beethoven 5k on Saturday did, in fact, beat Beethoven. The race, ...

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 traced a progression “from darkness to light,” he added, while the overture, written for Beethoven’s political prison break opera “Fidelio,” represented the ...