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On The Bach Hour, John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in music that grapples with the challenges of everyday life, and Pieter-Jan Belder leads the exuberant Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.

In an encore broadcast, Jean-Yves Thibaudet brings dazzling elegance to Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Antonio Pappano conducts two works that ask deep questions of humanity: Richard Strauss’s “Also sprach Zarathustra” and Hannah Kendall’s “O flower of fire.”

Nonagenarian Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt returns to Symphony Hall to lead an All-Brahms program, including "Nänie" and "Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)" with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and his Fourth Symphony.

In an encore broadcast, Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Gabriela Ortiz’s "Revolución diamantina," and the Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's tumultuous "Francesca da Rimini."

BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Handler leads the orchestra in Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante, with Concertmaster Nathan Cole and Principal Viola Steven Ansell as soloists, as well as Gabriella Smith’s "Bioluminescence Chaconne" and Tchaikovsky's Suite from "Swan Lake."

Salonen leads the Boston Symphony in his own Horn Concerto, with soloist Stefan Dohr, a piece inspired by Bruckner’s soaring Symphony No. 4, the “Romantic” Symphony.

In an encore broadcast, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann perform Elgar, and Dima Slobodeniouk returns to conduct Hailstork and Stravinsky.

On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Haydn's breathtaking "The Creation" is brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton, all making their Boston Baroque debuts.

On WCRB In Concert with Rockport Music, the "Terras" share stories of love and passion through lush chamber music by Strauss, Webern, Mendelssohn, and Zemlinsky.

Two superstars of Broadway and the concert hall join Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops for a tribute to Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett, with music from The Great White Way and beyond.