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Past BSO Broadcasts
Saturdays at 8pm
Hosted by Brian McCreath

CRB brings you performances from Symphony Hall every Saturday at 8pm.

See a list of all upcoming BSO concert broadcasts here.

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

Hear the BSO Concert Channel in the player above.

  • Sir Antonio Pappano wears a dark suit and a burgundy scarf. He balances his baton between his hands, perching it horizontally between his two pointer fingers. He stares down the camera with his brown eyes, not smiling. Jean-Yves Thibaudet wears a dark suit and stands in front of an open grand piano. He looks at the camera with his light blue eyes and smiles softly.
    Pappano, Thibaudet, and the BSO
    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.”
  • Domingo Hindoyan wears a black short-sleeve shirt and holds his baton, staring into the camera fiercely. Yuja Wang wears a glittering black dress against a red backdrop, tossing her head back and laughing.
    Yuja Wang, Prokofiev, and the Boston Symphony
    Wang joins returning conductor Domingo Hindoyan for Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto, bookended by Copland’s optimistic Third Symphony and Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from “On The Town.”
  • Violinist Augustin Hadelich
    John Adams’s Violin Concerto, with BSO Artist-in-Residence Augustin Hadelich
    In the first of a season of collaborations with the Boston Symphony, Hadelich is the soloist in one of the most dynamic and fascinating concertos of our time, and Andris Nelsons conducts Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
  • A view of the red carpet, leather seats, and warm lighting within Symphony Hall, from the perspective of the stage.
    The BSO Celebrates 125 Years of Symphony Hall
    Universally acknowledged as one of the world’s great concert halls, Symphony Hall’s 125-year anniversary concert features Beethoven’s monumental Missa Solemnis, the very music that was performed when the hall opened in 1900.
  • Nikola Hillebrand wears a peach-colored dress and peers down at the camera from a white ledge. She smiles warmly.
    The Heavenly Life of Mahler’s Fourth, with the BSO and Nikola Hillebrand
    Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, sung by soprano Nikola Hillebrand, as well as Debussy’s Nocturnes with Lorelei Ensemble.
  • A shot of Symphony Hall's exterior, which underscores a blue sky with soft clouds.
    The Opening of the BSO’s 2025-2026 Season!
    The Boston Symphony Orchestra launches a brand new season with the music by Mozart and Strauss, conducted by Music Director Andris Nelsons.
  • Nathalie Stutzmann wears an orange leather jacket and shimmering, multicolored earrings. She has a curly brown bob and light brown eyes. She leans forward and folds her hands around her baton. Veronika Eberle wears a checkered halter dress and dark red lipstick. Her long brown hair is pulled over one shoulder and she has blue eyes. She looks to the left of frame, holding her violin in front of her.
    Stutzmann Conducts Stravinsky and Eberle Plays Beethoven
    In an encore broadcast, conductor Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra conducting debut in a program that includes Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with soloist Veronika Eberle, Ravel’s "Alborada del gracioso," and Stravinsky’s suite from "The Firebird."
  • Jan Lisiecki looks off to the upper left corner of the frame. He has short, curly brown hair and bright blue eyes. He leans against stone wall, casting a long, blue shadow.
    Lisiecki, Jordan, and Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique”
    In an encore broadcast, Jan Lisiecki is the soloist in Mozart’s mysterious and stormy Piano Concerto No. 20, and conductor Philippe Jordan leads the BSO in Tchaikovsky’s emotionally harrowing Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique.”
  • Samy Rachid wears a navy suit and stands against a black background, smiling at the camera. Olivier Latry wears a white button down and holds a gray suit jacket over one shoulder. He stands outside with trees behind him, and he smiles softly at the camera.
    Rachid Conducts Berlioz, Gandolfi, and Saint-Saëns at Symphony Hall
    In an encore broadcast, Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid makes his BSO subscription debut conducting Berlioz’s “Waverley” Overture and two pieces for organ and orchestra, featuring Olivier Latry: Michael Gandolfi’s “Ascending Light” and Camille Saint-Saëns’s Third Symphony.
  • Xian Zhang wears a navy suit and stands in profile with her arms folded. She looks down and laughs, twisting a piece of her short hair between her fingers. Jonathan Biss wears a gray sweater and black-rimmed glasses. He holds his hands like he's mid-clap, and he looks at the camera with a soft smile.
    Conductor Xian Zhang, the BSO, and Pianist Jonathan Biss
    In an encore broadcast, Zhang makes her Symphony Hall debut leading Chen Yi’s “Landscape Impression” and Mozart’s Symphony No. 39, and Jonathan Biss is the soloist in Robert Schumann’s lyrical and powerful Piano Concerto.