Luisi must have been right on Beethoven’s markings for the Fifth’s first two movements — the first edgy, bristling with ...

What is technical perfection if you don't have anything meaningful to say? It was something Pyotr Tchaikovsky mused about in 1888 when setting to work on what would become his famed Symphony No 5.

For years, a rumor has circulated that Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony had been shown to kill 20% of cancer cells in lab tests without affecting healthy cells. For example, someone posted ...

English Aristocrat Sir Philip Sidney wrote an essay titled “In Defense of Poesy.” In this text, he defends the value of ...

As its 2023-24 season draws to a close this weekend, the San Francisco Symphony will be saying farewell to five veteran players whose years of service total more than 180. The retirements of the ...