Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. When he got the call about a ballet commission, the 30-year-old Beethoven knew a great opportunity had ...

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Beethoven wrote music for only one ballet, "The Creatures of Prometheus," in his career. Few enduring works have been choreographed to Beethoven's music, and none of those were ...

A symphony orchestra in a vast concert hall. Ballet dancers, barefoot. A spoken-word poet and a singer. A traditional African drummer. According to Greek myth, the titan Prometheus sculpted humans out ...

Ballet and Beethoven don't seem to go together, but he did write one, called "The Creatures of Prometheus," and it was a success. From Royal Festival Hall, in London, Sir Roger Norrington conducts the ...

Greek mythology, Beethoven, symphonic music — all heavy stuff — so what’s all the fun about? Leave it to San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and animator Hillary Leben to create ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Starting on Tuesday 8 June, Dutch National Ballet will dance five ...