Based on how the premiere went for Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, it’s hard to believe it went on to become one of the most famous symphonies in classical music. Hear the story and the music today, just ...

The slow movement revealed Sachs’s singing voice. Haydn’s melody, first heard in the violins, was passed seamlessly to Sachs, who spun it out in long, unbroken arcs. Chan set a soft cushion of sound ...

When the San Francisco Opera announced its Beethoven & Falla concert earlier this year, the draw was obvious: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, perhaps the most recognizable work in all of classical music.

That four-note opening motif — da-da-da-duuum — of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony gets your heart pumping. But Tucson Symphony Orchestra Conductor José Luis Gomez said the real excitement goes beyond fate ...