Even anyone who avoids classical music will instantly recognize the "Ode to Joy". Today, this complex masterpiece is an anthem of Europe. Before that, it was birthday music for Hitler. It all started ...

Move over Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa, and even Billie Eilish. The current chart-topper in the UK is Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". And it's all down to Brexit. The UK is mere hours away from Brexit. On Jan.

Sir Keir says he enjoys listening to classical music 'quite intensely' to unwind - Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer has chosen the European Union’s official anthem as the song he ...

Beethoven’s aspirational vision of unity and peace can be applied to virtually any situation or place. The music makes sure of that. By Joshua Barone Even if you don’t know Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Becky, a reader who recommended a Yeats poem for our roundup of ...

British opposition leader Keir Starmer has picked a piece of classical music that best epitomises his Labour Party, and it's likely to raise eyebrows. Asked in a radio interview which classical piece ...

LUCERNE, Switzerland, June 15 (Reuters) - Dozens of Ukrainian refugees from choirs around Switzerland converged in the city of Lucerne on Saturday near a global summit to sing Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" ...

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra turn Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” into a climactic tour de force. Independent of its original 1824 symphonic setting, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” has become an anthem of ...

The community is invited to experience a performance of Beethoven 9: An Ode To Joy, Hope & Community, the opening weekend of The Santa Barbara Symphony‘s 2023/24 Season. Nir Kabaretti, music and ...

Ever since Beethoven's iconic Ninth Symphony premiered May 7, 1824 at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, it has remained arguably the most popular composition in the classical music canon, thanks ...

The Kyiv-Classic Symphony Orchestra gathered before a small crowd in central Kyiv on Wednesday to perform an open-air concert as Russian forces meanwhile inch closer to the capital city, Reuters ...

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The notes to Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” in the European anthem rang out into the massive crowd assembled on the lawn at the Marco Simone Golf Club. The Frecce Tricolori ...