Wagner wrote symphonies? That’s right. He took a crack at writing two of them, in a Beethovenian style, before finding his niche as a revolutionary opera composer.

This Sunday night on “The Lost Chord,” we’ll hear Wagner’s Symphony in E, alongside early attempts by Gustav Holst and Claude Debussy. Judging from their mature works, these three would be among the least likely to attempt sonata form.

Impetuous youth! I hope you’ll join me for “Bold Heads on Young Shoulders.” Composers at the start of their careers find the courage to strive for symphonic mastery, this Sunday night at 10:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

IMAGES: Symphonies by the young (clockwise from left) Wagner, Holst, and Debussy will be heard tonight on “The Lost Chord”