The Boston Symphony Orchestra

Saturdays at 8pm

Hosted by Ron Della Chiesa

WCRB brings you performances from Symphony Hall with host Ron Della Chiesa every Saturday at 8pm, with encore broadcasts on Mondays at 8pm.

Hear past BSO concert broadcasts on demand for one month, starting with the opening program of the 2019-2020 season.

For the full schedule of Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, and Tanglewood concerts, visit the BSO Box Office.

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Dvorák's Timeless Musical Pilgrimage

Saturday night at 8, live from Symphony Hall, Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Dvorák's masterful "New World" Symphony, alongside Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony and a work by Samuel Barber.

Bell and Masur, Live at Tanglewood

Joshua Bell and Ken-David Masur — Bill Phelps and Adam DeTour

Saturday, February 1, 2020
(encore broadcast Monday, February 10)
8:00 PM

In an encore broadcast from the 2019 Tanglewood season, the American violinist is the soloist in Dvorák’s folk-infused Violin Concerto, and Ken-David Masur leads the BSO in the same composer's Symphony No. 8.

The Towering Lyricism of Rachmaninoff, with Bronfman

Saturday, February 8, 2020
(encore broadcast Monday, February 17)
8:00 PM

In an encore broadcast from this past summer at Tanglewood, Yefim Bronfman is the soloist in the gentle giant that is Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Dima Slobodeniouk leads the BSO in the unique Scandinavian charm of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 1.

Payare's Boston Symphony Debut

Saturday, February 15, 2020
(encore broadcast Monday, February 24)
8:00 PM

In an encore broadcast from the 2019 Tanglewood season, Rafael Payare leads the BSO in Brahms's Symphony No. 1, and Nikolai Lugansky is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

An Evening with Pinchas Zukerman

Saturday, February 22, 2020
(encore broadcast Monday, March 2)
8:00 PM

Pinchas Zukerman conducts Richard Strauss's Serenade for Winds and works by Bruckner and Haydn, in addition to joining the BSO as the soloist in Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3.