To start our Musical Mondays, the song that made me fall in love with classical music as a young girl – Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, 1st Movement.  Now, this is not the familiar “Ode to Joy” – that is the final movement.  This is the passion and joy that comes from a multitude of instruments raising their voices excitedly; this is the peace and soothing that comes from gently coaxing the voices of those instruments.  So, without further ado: