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  • In an encore Boston Symphony broadcast, Philippe Jordan makes his BSO debut conducting an all-Russian program of Borodin, a suite from Prokofiev’s "Romeo and Juliet," and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with soloist Yefim Bronfman.
  • In an encore Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcast, Latvian violinist Baiba Skride is the soloist in Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, and Andris Nelsons leads the orchestra in works by Pärt and Stravinsky, as well as Saariaho’s "Saarikoski Songs," with soprano Anu Komsi.
  • The Greek violinist joins the Boston Symphony as the soloist in the American premiere of Unsuk Chin’s "Shards of Silence" Violin Concerto, and Andris Nelsons conducts Ives and Berlioz’s otherworldly "Symphonie fantastique."
  • Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Austrian composer’s 1925 opera "Wozzeck," starring soprano Christine Goerke as Marie and baritone Bo Skovhus as the title character.
  • Antonio Pappano conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Britten’s mighty "War Requiem," with a cast of singers, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and the Boston Symphony Children’s Choir.
  • German pianist Martin Helmchen returns to Symphony Hall as the soloist in Mozart’s effervescent Piano Concerto No. 17, and Herbert Blomstedt leads the BSO in Bruckner’s colossal "Romantic" Symphony.
  • BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès conducts an evening of modern pieces, including Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and his own Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, both with soloist Kirill Gerstein.
  • In an encore broadcast of the first program of the Boston Symphony's "Music of the Midnight Sun" festival, Pekka Kuusisto is the soloist in Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto, and John Storgårds conducts music by Sibelius and Tarkiainen.
  • Dima Slobodeniouk leads the BSO, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and soprano Georgia Jarman, with actors from Concert Theatre Works, in a dramatic production of Henrik Ibsen's epic play "Peer Gynt," with music by Edvard Grieg.
  • Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in György Ligeti's kaleidoscopic Piano Concerto in a celebration of the Hungarian composer's centennial, and Thomas Adès leads the BSO in Stravinsky’s "Orpheus," Franz Liszt’s "Les Préludes," and Adès's own "Tevot."
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