Professor David B. Levy of Wake Forest University and MPR's Michael Barone explore the masterwork Symphonies of Beethoven, movement by movement with musical examples.

David B. Levy David B. Levy served as musicalogical/artistic advisor for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's Beethoven nine-symphony cycle in 2002-03. He is department of music chair and professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Michael Barone Michael Barone is the host for Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pipedreams, The New Releases, and many specials including The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.

Symphony no.1
C major, published Leipzig 1801
Composition, First performance : 1799–1800; 2 April 1800

Symphony no.2
D Major, published Vienna, 1804
Composition, First performance : 1801–2; 5 April 1803

Symphony no.3 ‘Eroica’
E-flat Major, published Vienna, 1806
Composition, First performance : 1803; 7 April 1805

Symphony no.4
B-flat Major, Vienna, 1808
Composition, First performance : 1806; March 1807

Symphony no.5
C Minor, published Leipzig, 1809
Composition, First performance : 1807–8; 22 Dec 1808

Symphony no.6 ‘Pastoral’
F Major, published Leipzig, 1809
Composition, First performance : 1808; 22 Dec 1808

Symphony no.7
A Major, published Vienna, 1816
Composition, First performance : 1811–12; 8 Dec 1813

Symphony no.8
F Major, published Vienna, 1817
Composition, First performance : 1812; 27 Feb 1814

Symphony no.9
D Minor, published Mainz, 1826
Composition, First performance : 1822–4; 7 May 1824