Ludwig van Beethoven wrote symphonies that introduced new musical ideas, inspired generations of composers and expanded the idea of what a symphony could be. But he started modestly. His First ...

Our Beethoven journey begins. Maestro Christoph Eschenbach joins Fred Child to introduce Beethoven's First Symphony, the work of a 29-year-old who was already a musical revolutionary. And Eschenbach ...

(CBS 11) - I have had a love affair with classical music since 1965 when I started taking piano lessons in Dallas as a kid. From 1965-1972, I had anywhere between one and two lessons per week and came ...

The Beethoven & American Masters Festival begins with concerts on January 13, 15, and 16 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The first program opens with Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 and closes with his ...

Symphony No. 1 Seiji Ozawa, Conductor Mito Chamber Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Mito Chamber Orchestra Seiji Ozawa, Conductor Martha Argerich, Piano ...

In this week's Feature Album, Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra present us with the first three symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven on ABC Classic. Thrilling live performances of ...

There he is, a young violinist studying at the Curtis Institute of Music, together with his peers trying to make sense of the lesser-known Symphony No. 1. Student conductors each took a turn leading ...