Ludwig van Beethoven

From left to right: Zoie Reams, Andrew Haji, Andrea Carroll, and Morris Robinson

Slobodeniouk and Beethoven’s Ninth, with the BSO and TFC

Dima Slobodeniouk leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus in John Adams’s “Harmonium” and, with four stellar soloists, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and its “Ode to Joy.”

Adès Conducts Music of the Natural World, with Hadelich

Thomas Adès leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in music inspired by the natural world: Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony, Adès’ "Aquifer", and his violin concerto "Concentric Paths," featuring BSO Artist-in-Residence Augustin Hadelich.

Yuja Wang plays piano in a glittering silver dress. Her hands are perched on the keys of the piano, and she tosses her short red hair back.

Yuja Wang, with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

On WCRB In Concert with the TMCO, Andris Nelsons conducts Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, with soloist Yuja Wang, and the musicians of the Tanglewood Music Center perform additional works by Smetana, Beethoven, and Ravel.

A collage of famous horror movie characters, including Michael Meyers, Marion Crane, Jack Torrence, and Leatherface.

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Movie Music that goes Bump in the Night

Julia Marcus

One note is all it takes for the hair on the back of our necks to stand up. That's the magic of a great horror movie soundtrack! Dare to listen?

A view of the red carpet, leather seats, and warm lighting within Symphony Hall, from the perspective of the stage.

The BSO Celebrates 125 Years of Symphony Hall

Universally acknowledged as one of the world’s great concert halls, Symphony Hall’s 125-year anniversary concert features Beethoven’s monumental Missa Solemnis, the very music that was performed when the hall opened in 1900.

Jonathan Cohen stands at the concert podium and pinches his fingers together, moving them in the air like he's painting with a brush.

Haydn + Beethoven, with the Handel and Haydn Society

Jonathan Cohen leads the superlative H+H Orchestra and Chorus in that sweetest of Haydn’s The Seasons, followed by Beethoven’s astonishing Mass in C Major.

Nathalie Stutzmann wears an orange leather jacket and shimmering, multicolored earrings. She has a curly brown bob and light brown eyes. She leans forward and folds her hands around her baton. Veronika Eberle wears a checkered halter dress and dark red lipstick. Her long brown hair is pulled over one shoulder and she has blue eyes. She looks to the left of frame, holding her violin in front of her.

Stutzmann Conducts Stravinsky and Eberle Plays Beethoven

In an encore broadcast, conductor Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra conducting debut in a program that includes Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with soloist Veronika Eberle, Ravel’s "Alborada del gracioso," and Stravinsky’s suite from "The Firebird."

Earl Lee and Carlos Simon both wear fancy suits. Lee looks at the camera and smiles softly, and Simon looks off camera and smiles widely.

Earl Lee Leads the BSO in Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”

Conductor Earl Lee leads the BSO in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and James Burton conducts the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s “Words and Prayers of My Fathers.”

A collage of Jean-Guihen Queyras and Dima Slobodeniouk in violet pink hues. Queyras sits with his cello and smiles widely at the camera, and Slobodeniouk looks away from the camera and smiles softly.

Slobodeniouk, Queyras, and the BSO at Tanglewood

Dima Slobodeniouk returns to Tanglewood to conduct Caroline Shaw’s "Entr’acte" and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, featuring cello soloist Jean-Guihen Queyras in his BSO debut. The concert closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and its joyful fourth movement.

All three gentlemen wear blue suit jackets with colorful pocket squares. They stand shoulder to shoulder in an old brick building, smiling at the camera.

“Beethoven for Three” at Tanglewood

In a highlight of the season, a star-studded piano quartet comprised of pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform Beethoven’s Trio No. 4 in B-flat for piano, violin, and cello as well as his Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No. 3 with violist Antoine Tamestit.