"O, Fortuna" might be the most recognized music by Carl Orff. Hear the enire work that "O, Fortune" comes from: "Carmina Burana" on tonight's "Evening Concert".

"The Five" was a group of Russian composers in the 19th century. Two of these (Mussorgsky, Borodin, Shostakovich) were in the group. One wasn't.

As a pianist in his twenties, he placed fourth in the 1981 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Andre-Michel Schub placed first). Two years later he won the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition.

Did you know Friedrich Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy" served as the inspiration for Beethoven's 9th Symphony? Beethoven had been meaning to put the poem to music since....