WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Ludwig Van Beethoven’s 9th symphony may be the defining work of a composer whose work has been immortalized for nearly two centuries. If only he could have heard it. When the ...

As Handel’s “Messiah” is a revered Christmas ritual, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has become a New Year’s Day tradition here in ...

The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, by Ludwig Van Beethoven is a familiar theme to classical music fans that was used in the close of a daily network newscast in the 1950s and 1960s. Beethoven ...

Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth and final symphony took orchestral music in thrilling new directions when it debuted in 1824. It lasts more than an hour. Its climax calls for a full choir singing poet ...

In the final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s towering Symphony No. 9, he sets his transcendental music to the text of Friedrich Schiller’s poem “An die Freude” (“Ode to Joy”) to impart a universal ...

“Ode to Joy,” or “Ode to Freedom,” depending upon what historian you consult, is one of the most recognizable and groundbreaking works of classical music in the Western canon. And for good reason: ...