Jon Batiste Blueses Up Beethoven: "It's Been 250-Plus Years. It Needed an Update."
The genre-spanning musician discusses his new genre-scrambling album, and his optimism in the face of President Trump's ...
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Album: Jon Batiste - Beethoven Blues
Beethoven’s renown in his own day was not just as a composer but also as an improvising pianist. He wrote in a letter in July ...
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DNA analysis of Beethoven’s hair reveals 200 year old secrets
On March 27, 1827, the day after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, his associates uncovered a hidden trove of documents in his ...
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A journey through Beethoven's Ninth with Jeffrey Kahane
Two hundred years ago, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was “a piece that completely shatters anyone's preconceived ...
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'Orchestra's finest hour': Pianist Anton Nel joins symphony for sublime Beethoven cycle
Arranged as a chamber orchestra — a smaller ensemble harking back to those of Beethoven's day — the ... Just benevolent music unfolding softly like the night sky. Although this orchestra ...
Cleveland Orchestra's Beethoven concerto cycle: A mini festival of virtuosity
The big event of the Orchestra’s fall season, a complete cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos, is set to feature a different ...
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Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' transforms classical works into unique blues and gospel renditions
Contrary to what many might think, Batiste said that Beethoven's rhythms are African. “On a basic technical level, he’s doing the thing that African music ingenuity brought to the world, ...
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson, conductor Daniel Reith lead Cleveland Orchestra in Beethoven concert
A relaxed understanding born of a long career helped pianist Garrick Ohlsson bring easy grace and Proto-Romantic sensibility ...
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Beethoven’s Ninth, BPO Classics Penultimate Concert, Wows Big Crowd at Kleinhans. Repeats Sunday Afternoon
In the history of music, Beethoven and his 9 th symphony loom large. On several occasions, local radio station WNED Classical has polled the listeners for their favorite work, and Beethoven’s ...
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The Cleveland Orchesta Completes Its Beethoven Cycle and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week
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Spy Concert Review: MSO Performs Beethoven’s 5th by Steve Parks
Premiering Nov. 8 in Rehoboth Beach with Michael Repper conducting, followed by a 3 p.m. performance on Saturday, Nov. 9 at ...