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.

Luisi must have been right on Beethoven’s markings for the Fifth’s first two movements — the first edgy, bristling with ...

The final program of the BSO’s cycle featured Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9, and like the two others I attended, the house was ...

Amos explained his choice of piece, noting that the symphony played a significant role during World War II, with the first ...

since Beethoven’s earliest symphonies have fewer devotees than No. 5, No. 7, and No. 9 — conveniently, there’s one apiece of those on the next three programs — and yet Symphony Hall was ...

(Performances of Symphony No. 9 are slated for the fall ... “There are places in the slow movement of Beethoven 5 that give me chills no matter how many times I’ve heard them,” she said.

Steve Hackman conducts the Charlotte Symphony in “Beethoven X Beyoncé” in November 2024 with soloists (from left) Brayla Cook, Kaylah Sharve’ and Malia Civetz.