Part of the Sarasota/Bradenton community for decades, Magic of Manatee is a Sweet Adelines all-female a capella chorus that ...

At 70, I discovered that feeling foolish while stumbling through "Mary Had a Little Lamb" alongside six-year-olds did more for my failing memory than decades of crossword puzzles ever could.

Gustavo Dudamel begins a Beethoven-centric L.A. Phil month finding currency in 'Egmont,' featuring Cate Blanchett and a new ...

With all the discussion about AI this year, and there was a lot of it, it was easy to forget that the vast majority of shopping still happens in stores — to the tune of around 80%. This isn’t a ...

The Nazis adopted Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Happy Birthday hides a tale of corporate greed. And Putin uses Shostakovich’s Leningrad symphony as a call to arms. That’s why I put them in my soundtrack to ...

C.S. Lewis defined “Joy” as “an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.” As the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra played Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on November 13, that ...

The Cleveland Orchestra has been pretty strong in mingling obscure and/or new works, often by composers from marginalized groups, along with its roster of repertory standards. But this week they’re ...

MIT researchers recently translated the ebullient spirit of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy into real bubbles. On a piano-like surface—which is boiling, we have to add– bubbles are turned on and off on ...

- [Announcer] Major funding for this program is provided in part by Alan G. Benaroya, and Martin Messinger Symphony Orchestra Fund. (orchestra music) (music) - It is a piece of extremes. - It's a life ...

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which includes the magnificent "Ode to Joy," premiered on May 7, 1824. We recently passed its bicentennial. The Ninth was greeted as a masterpiece from the outset and ...