ABC Classic 100: Greatest Of All Time

What's the greatest piece of classical music of all time? Cast your vote to have your say, and then find out as ABC Classic ...
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The legacy of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and the composers who came after

Beethoven's Choral Symphony No. 9 in D minor has once again topped the ABC Classic 100, being chosen as Australia's greatest piece of classical music of all time. Every year since 2001, ABC Classic ...
The Boston Globe

BSO closes Symphony Hall season with music of unity, ‘Harmonium’ and a triumphant Beethoven’s 9th

I’m not used to hearing the Boston Symphony Orchestra play Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 indoors. These days, when the BSO plays that iconic symphony, it usually heralds the end of the summer at ...
Seattle Times

How World War I made Beethoven’s Ninth a Japanese New Year’s tradition

Since 1999, the Seattle Symphony has made a tradition of playing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on New Year’s Eve. But a fondness for ringing in the new year with the Ninth began decades before that in an ...