Beethoven's 7th Symphony
It's beautifully solemn in places. But elsewhere, it's almost beside itself with glee. The Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven is many things, which led one contemporary of Beethoven's to say it was evidence that Beethoven was "ready for the madhouse." In today's show, Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.