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Symphonie fantastique
Symphonie fantastique, also known as the Fantastic Symphony, is a five-movement program symphony by Hector Berlioz, first performed in Paris in 1830 and regarded as a landmark of French musical romanticism.
Symphony
Symphony: large-scale multi-movement work for orchestra, from Greek symphonia; grew from opera overtures, codified in four movements by Haydn, expanded by Beethoven and Mahler, still central to orchestral music.
Symphony (Clean Bandit song)
Symphony is a 2017 dance-pop single by Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson, written by Jack Patterson, Ina Wrolsden, Steve Mac, and Ammar Malik. A UK number one from the album What Is Love?, it passed 1.5 billion streams and went viral on TikTok in 2024.
Symphony Center
Symphony Center, Chicago: concert complex at 220 S. Michigan Avenue housing Orchestra Hall (1904, Daniel Burnham) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; expanded 1995–97 for $110–120 million, opened as Symphony Center October 4, 1997.
Symphony Hall, Boston
Symphony Hall is a Boston concert hall, opened in 1900 as home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and often cited among the world's best-sounding venues.
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan") by Gustav Mahler: his first symphony, mainly composed 1887–1888, premiered in Budapest in 1889 as a five-movement symphonic poem, later cut to four movements.
Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, the "Resurrection" Symphony (Auferstehungssinfonie), is an 1888–1894 five-movement work for orchestra, chorus, and soloists, premiered complete in Berlin on 13 December 1895, with a Klopstock-based choral finale.
Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, the Eroica (Sinfonia Eroica), composed 1803–1804, dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz, once titled Bonaparte, premiered publicly 7 April 1805, published 1806.
Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)
Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, the "Great G minor," completed 25 July 1788 between Symphonies 39 and 41; one of only two minor-key Mozart symphonies, revised with clarinets for 1790 Vienna concerts.
Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, also known as Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1803 to 1808 and premiered in Vienna in 1808.
Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)
Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor (1901–1902), premiered Cologne 18 October 1904; five movements in three parts, famous Adagietto for strings and harp, ends in D major.
Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)
Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, op. 100 (Симфония № 5), a 1944 wartime symphony premiered in Moscow on January 13, 1945, conducted by the composer, in four movements, about 46 minutes long.
Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, the Pastoral Symphony, is a five-movement 1808 work depicting country life, premiered 22 December 1808 in Vienna alongside the Fifth, titled 'More an expression of feeling than painting.'
Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, the Pathétique (Патетическая), his last completed symphony: composed February–August 1893, premiered in Saint Petersburg 28 October 1893, dedicated to Vladimir Davydov, famous for its 5/4 waltz and slow, despairing finale.
Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, composed 1811–1812, premiered 8 December 1813 in Vienna; Wagner's 'apotheosis of the dance', famous A-minor Allegretto encored at the premiere.
Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, the "Leningrad" (Ленинградская), a four-movement 1941 symphony begun under siege and premiered in Kuibyshev on 5 March 1942, famous for its invasion episode and 9 August 1942 blockaded-Leningrad performance.
Symphony No. 8 (Dvořák)
Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163, the "English" Symphony: composed 1889 at Vysoká, premiered Prague 1890, a cheerful, folk-inflected pastoral symphony published by Novello.
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" (1824), Beethoven's final symphony, introduces a choral finale setting Schiller's Ode to Joy; its melody is the European anthem adopted in 1972.
Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)
Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World" (also New World Symphony), composed January–May 1893 in New York, premiered 16 December 1893 at Carnegie Hall under Anton Seidl.
Symphony No. 94 (Haydn)
Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94, the "Surprise" Symphony (German: Mit dem Paukenschlag), composed 1791 for Salomon's London concerts, premiered March 23, 1792; famous for the fortissimo chord in its Andante second movement.
Symphony orchestras of Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and Africa
A survey of symphony orchestras in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa, tracing Japan's Meiji-era adoption, China's post-1949 development, and leading ensembles in Hong Kong and Australia.
Symphony X
Symphony X is an American progressive metal band formed April 1994 in Middletown, New Jersey, by guitarist Michael Romeo after his The Dark Chapter demo. Known for neoclassical, power, and symphonic elements, albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy, The Odyssey, Paradise Lost, and Underworld, and vocalist Russell Allen.
Symt
Symt, Urdu for "direction," was a Pakistani pop rock band from Lahore formed in 2009, whose 2012 Coke Studio songs Koi Labda and Tum Kaho became hits before the band ended in 2016.
Synchronicity (The Police album)
Synchronicity (1983) is the fifth and final studio album by the Police, produced by Hugh Padgham and titled after Carl Jung's concept. It hit No. 1 in the US and UK, won three Grammys, and sold over 15 million copies.
Syncopation
Syncopation: shifting musical accents to weak beats or off-beats, contradicting the prevailing meter. Key concepts: second- vs fourth-position syncopation, ragtime origins, 1590s musical sense, growth through 20th-century popular music, and groove.
Synestia (band)
Synestia is an American symphonic deathcore band founded in 2020 by Sam Melchior, originally a US–Finland remote project with vocalist Ville Hokkanen, now based in Minneapolis/Raleigh. Releases: Maleficium (2022), The Poetic Edda EP with Disembodied Tyrant (2024), Premonitions EP (2025); independent and active.
Synk: Aexis Line
Synk: Aexis Line (SYNK : aeXIS LINE) is aespa's third concert tour, opening August 29-31, 2025 at Seoul's KSPO Dome with 30,000 attendees, then Japan and Asia, ending at Tokyo Dome in April 2026.
Synk: Complaexity
SYNK : COMPLæXITY is the fourth world tour by K-pop group aespa (에스파), supporting the 2026 album Lemonade; it opened August 7-8, 2026 at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, and ran 26 dates through February 2027.
Synk: Parallel Line
Synk: Parallel Line (싱크 : 패러렐 라인) is aespa's second world tour, running June 2024 to March 2025 across Asia, Australia, North America, and Europe, ending with a KSPO Dome encore; distinct from Synk: Hyper Line and aeXIS LINE.
Synth-pop
Synth-pop, also called technopop, is pop and new wave music with the synthesizer as the dominant instrument. It peaked in Britain around 1979–1984 (Human League, Depeche Mode, Yazoo), drew on Kraftwerk, and saw revivals in the 2010s and 2020s.