Listen "CSO Program Notes: Muti Conducts Beethoven 5 & 8"
Episode Synopsis
Riccardo Muti returns to lead the CSO in an all-Beethoven program featuring the composer’s Fifth Symphony, which opens with the most famous theme in classical music. Combined with this iconic work are the light and humorous Eighth Symphony and the stormy Coriolan Overture.
Learn more: cso.org/performances/21-22/cso-classical/muti-conducts-beethoven-5-8
Learn more: cso.org/performances/21-22/cso-classical/muti-conducts-beethoven-5-8
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