Ludwig van Beethoven

A colorful collage of conductor Hannu Lintu and the four soloists.

Beethoven’s Ninth with Lintu and the BSO

Conductor Hannu Lintu leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a cast of fabulous soloists in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and its “Ode to Joy.”

Canellakis, Kavakos, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Karina Canellakis returns to Tanglewood to lead the BSO and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in rhapsodic music by Brahms and Ravel, and violinist Leonidas Kavakos is the soloist in Chausson’s “Poème” and Ravel’s “Tzigane.”

Earl Lee wears concert black and stands in front of a black background. He holds his baton and smiles at the camera softly. Yo-Yo Ma wears an oxford button-down and sits in front of a black background. He holds his cello and bow in one hand, and he smiles at the camera warmly.

Yo-Yo Ma, the BSO, and Schumann at Tanglewood

In a Boston Symphony concert live from Tanglewood, Yo-Yo Ma is the soloist in Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto, and BSO Assistant Conductor Earl Lee leads the orchestra in Carlos Simon’s “Fate Now Conquers” and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.

Gerstein wears a navy suit jacket and smiles at the camera. He has a short beard and brown eyes. Bell and Isserlis both wear black shirts. Bell smiles at the camera, tossing his shaggy, brown hair back. Isserlis looks left of camera and doesn't smile. He has long, curly gray hair.

Bell, Gerstein, and Isserlis at Tanglewood

In a Boston Symphony concert led by Alan Gilbert, violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Kirill Gerstein, and cellist Steven Isserlis are the soloists in Beethoven's Triple Concerto, part of a program that also includes the same composer’s buoyant Symphony No. 4.

Emanuel Ax stands in an old brick building. Sunlight streams in through the windows, illuminating Ax's white hair and blue eyes. He wears a suit and frameless glasses, and he smiles at the camera.

Strauss’s Cosmic Power and Beethoven’s Vigorous Introspection, with Nelsons and Ax and Tanglewood

Now available on demand, Andris Nelsons leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in Richard Strauss’s "Also sprach Zarathustra" and Charles Ives’s "Three Places in New England," as well as Beethoven’s "Piano Concerto No. 3," with soloist Emanuel Ax.

Yuja Wang wears a bright yellow, sleeveless gown against a rich purple background. She lays her head and folded arms on a grand piano and stares at the camera.

Yuja Wang and the BSO at Tanglewood

Now available on demand, Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, starring powerhouse pianist Yuja Wang, as well as two pieces by Duke Ellington and Carlos Simon’s “Warmth from Other Suns.”

Gil Shaham, in a dark suit, holding his violin, with a background of green trees

Gil Shaham and Opening Night at Tanglewood!

Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony kick off the 2024 Tanglewood season in an All-Beethoven program that includes the composer’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Gil Shaham, and the emotionally expansive “Eroica” Symphony.

Clockwise from left to right: In the first photo, an ornate golden ballroom with a glittering chandelier; in the second photo, a pink rosebush in full bloom; in the third photo, a closeup of a violin scroll and bow against a white background.

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External view of the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Mass., from Sandy Beach, looking across the bay at the windows at the back of the stage

Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, and More, from Rockport Music

On WCRB In Concert with Rockport Music, the Israeli Chamber Project performs vibrant chamber works by Mozart, Martinů, and Clarke, the Aizuri Quartet traverses one of Beethoven's energetic early works, and pianist Piers Lane plays hypnotic Nocturnes by Chopin, all at the beautiful Shalin Liu Performance Center on Cape Ann.

Collage of Reginald Mobley, Erin Morley, and Will Liverman. Mobley standing on left side, smiles facing straight, Morley sitting in center, smiles facing right, Liverman standing on right, with hands in blazer pockets, faces right looking stern.

“Carmina Burana,” with Nelsons and the BSO at Tanglewood

In an encore broadcast from the 2023 Tanglewood season, Andris Nelsons leads the BSO and Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Beethoven's "Leonore" Overture No. 3 and Orff's "Carmina Burana," starring acclaimed soloists Reginald Mobley, Erin Morley, and Will Liverman.