Film composer and conductor John Williams turned 80 today. On Symphony at 7 this evening we’re featuring him as conductor of another composer’s symphony as well as some of his own less well-know music.

For the next nine Mondays, we’re presenting the symphonies of Late-Romantic Austrian composer Gustav Mahler on Symphony at 7. Most will be two-hour broadcasts to accommodate these massive works.

For Symphony at 7 this evening we have Beethoven’s Third Symphony, the Eroica.

William Grant Still has been called the dean of African-American composers. On Symphony at 7 tonight, we’re featuring his Second Symphony, Song of a New Race.

The First Symphony of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff was a complete disaster at its premier in St. Petersburg in 1897. Many years later it was found to be a pretty good Late Romantic symphony.

This evening, Symphony at 7 will feature Beethoven’s Choral Symphony for the birthday of one of the most important composers of all time.

On the eve of the bicentennial of the birth of Franz Liszt, Classical 101 presents A Faust Symphony on Symphony at 7.