Watch a full orchestral performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (1st movement) from BBC NOW.

Although the Fifth Symphony is considered one of Beethoven's greatest musical works, at the time of its premiere the composer's contemporaries were still smitten with his Third Symphony (the "Eroica") ...

The Beethoven 9 as we explore the world of Beethoven through the lens of his symphonies with renowned classical biographer Jan Swafford. Each month is dedicated to a different symphony. Each week ...

It's one of the most famous musical passages ever written. Ludwig van Beethoven starts his Fifth Symphony with four percussive notes, then spends the next four movements inventing new ways to make ...

Ludwig van Beethoven performed Symphony No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous musical composition, for the first time in public in Vienna on this day in history, Dec. 22, 1808. Among other incredible ...

Beethoven’s Fifth is, says the English conductor, a revolutionary symphony akin to a call to battle You don’t get anything more iconic than this symphony, especially its opening bars; and I don’t need ...

Symphony No. 5 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Manfred Honeck, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 7 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck, Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's most popular work and arguably the most famous pieces of classical music ever written, the Symphony No. 5 in C minor. Show more Its the most famous piece of ...

The ‘Three Great Bs’ of music—Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms—share this programme of solid-gold favourites. It ranges from Beethoven’s heartening, darkness-to-light symphonic journey, to the passionate ...