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On The Bach Hour, a song by Martin Luther that helped change the world is the foundation of Bach's Cantata No. 80, and the Dunedin Consort performs the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6.

On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers conducts Haydn's joyful, brilliant "The Creation," with soprano Joélle Harvey, mezzo-soprano Katherine Growdon, tenor Robert Murray, and bass-baritone Matthew Brook, in his final concert as Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society.

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida is the soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, and Andris Nelsons harnesses the full force of the BSO in Shostakovich’s powerful Symphony No. 5.

Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 with soloist Paul Lewis, as well as Hannah Kendall’s "The Spark Catchers" and James Lee III’s "Freedom’s Genuine Dawn," with narrator Thomas Warfield.

Yo-Yo Ma is the soloist in Shostakovich’s powerfully emotional cello concertos, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Haydn’s Symphony No. 22, the "Philosopher," and Iman Habibi’s "Zhiân."

On WCRB with the Boston Early Music Festival, sopranos Amanda Forsythe, Teresa Wakim and Danielle Reutter-Harrah, and bass-baritone Douglas Williams anchor the casts of rarely heard dramatic cantatas by a brilliant composer and colorful character of the 17th century, Alessandro Stradella.

In an encore broadcast, BSO Assistant Conductor Earl Lee conducts Unsuk Chin’s powerful tribute to Beethoven, "subito con forza," and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, as well as Mozart’s brooding Piano Concerto No. 20, with soloist Eric Lu in his Boston Symphony debut.

On WCRB In Concert from GBH Music, Boston Baroque's X-tet collaborates with the Rasa Quartet in a program that ranges from Handel and Boccherini to reels and jigs from the Celtic nations, all in GBH's Fraser Performance Studio.

The American violinist returns to the Boston Symphony as the soloist in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and Alan Gilbert conducts the world premiere of a work by Bernard Rands and Debussy’s "La Mer."

Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in three works by German composer Richard Strauss, culminating with the nostalgically rich "Symphonia domestica."