Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Sep 17. The distinctive opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is one of the most instantly recognizable motifs in all Western music. Riccardo Muti conducts the landmark work that inspired generations of composers in a program including Mozart's expressive Symphony No. 40 and Liszt's last symphonic poem, From the Cradle to the Grave.