He had decided on a “good box office” program of standards: Bach’s C Minor Passacaglia and Fugue, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, Brahms’s Symphony No. 1. Unlike Reiner, Ormandy uses no baton.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a well-known composer of the late Classical period. His music was heavily influenced by his predecessors Mozart and Haydn. A symphony is a piece of music for an orchestra.