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The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm
Hosted by Brian McCreath

CRB brings you performances from the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, with host Brian McCreath, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm. Find our BSO broadcast schedule and stream on-demand concerts below.

Hear and read previews of the 2025 summer season at Tanglewood and the 2025-2026 season at Symphony Hall.

Hear and read an interview with BSO Concertmaster Nathan Cole.

To learn more about hearing BSO concerts in person, visit the BSO Box Office.

Upcoming Broadcast Schedule Previous and On Demand Broadcasts More on the BSO and Tanglewood
Upcoming Broadcast Schedule
  • From left to right: cellist Yo-Yo Ma, composer Camille Pépin, and conductor Samy Rachid
    Yo-Yo Ma, Samy Rachid, and Pépin’s “Un Monde nouveau” at Tanglewood
    Sunday, August 10th, 2025 at 7:00pm, BSO Assistant Conductor Rachid leads an exciting program featuring the American premiere of Camille Pépin’s Un Monde nouveau, Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, and Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1, with soloist Yo-Yo Ma.
  • A collage of Jean-Guihen Queyras and Dima Slobodeniouk in violet pink hues. Queyras sits with his cello and smiles widely at the camera, and Slobodeniouk looks away from the camera and smiles softly.
    Slobodeniouk, Queyras, and the BSO at Tanglewood
    Friday, August 15th, 2025 at 8:00pm, Dima Slobodeniouk returns to Tanglewood to conduct Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, featuring cello soloist Jean-Guihen Queyras in his BSO debut. The concert closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and its joyful fourth movement.
  • Hadelich and Handler both wear concert black and look at the camera. Hadelich smiles softly, and Handler holders her baton close to her chin.
    Handler’s Boston Symphony Debut with Hadelich, at Tanglewood
    Saturday, August 16th, 2025 at 8:00pm, BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Handler makes her Tanglewood and BSO debuts conducting Brahms’s Tragic Overture, Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with GRAMMY-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich.
  • Thibaudet stands against the blue California sky in a black and gold suit. He wears a large silver pendant and stares at the camera powerfully.
    Thibaudet and Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto, at Tanglewood
    Sunday, August 17th, 2025 at 7:00pm, superstar pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Dima Slobodeniouk in the Berkshires to perform Liszt on a program that also features two works by Sibelius and Threnody, an homage to the Finnish composer, written by William Grant Still.
  • Keith Lockhart, conducting the Boston Pops at Tanglewood, facing the orchestra with a smile
    Keith Lockhart’s 30th Anniversary Celebration at Tanglewood!
    Friday, August 22nd, 2025 at 8:00pm, celebrate the joy, connection, and unforgettable moments Keith has brought to the Boston Pops and our community since 1995, with special guests including Ben Folds, Lynn Ahrens, Bernadette Peters, Time for Three, and others.
  • Raquel González wears a white gown, shiny earrings, and pink lipstick. She smiles at the camera widely. Kazuki Yamada wears black tails tuxedo and a continental tie, and looks out a window wistfully.
    Yamada Conducts Holst’s “The Planets” and Poulenc’s “Gloria” with González, at Tanglewood
    Saturday, August 23rd, 2025 at 8:00pm, Kazuki Yamada leads a program of Holst’s iconic suite The Planets and Poulenc’s emotionally evocative Gloria with soloist Raquel González and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
  • Zubin Mehta and Carlos Simon both wear fancy suits with ornate pins their lapels. Mehta looks up to the sky and smiles, and Simon looks off camera and smiles widely.
    Zubin Mehta Leads the BSO in Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
    Sunday, August 24th, 2025 at 7:00pm, conductor and 1958 TMC alumnus Zubin Mehta makes his BSO debut in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and James Burton conducts the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s “Words and Prayers of My Fathers.”
  • 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
    Saturday, August 30th, 2025 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast, Jean-Yves Thibaudet brings dazzling elegance to Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Antonio Pappano conducts Richard Strauss’s “Also sprach Zarathustra” and Hannah Kendall’s “O flower of fire.”
  • 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
    Saturday, September 6th, 2025 at 8:00pm, 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.
Previous and On Demand Broadcasts
  • John Williams conducts the BSO at Tanglewood in front of a giant film screen, playing the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
    Lockhart Leads the Pops in John Williams’ Film Night!
    A cherished Tanglewood tradition, John Williams’ Film Night returns with a fabulous program of film music highlights specially curated by Pops Conductor Laureate Williams himself and featuring Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops.
  • A collage of the two artists against leafy green backgrounds. Joshua Bell smolders at the camera, and Andrés Orozco-Estrada looks off camera and smiles widely.
    Orozco-Estrada Conducts Dvořák’s “New World” at Tanglewood
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada makes his Tanglewood debut conducting Dvořák’s much-beloved Ninth Symphony, and the inimitable Joshua Bell joins to play Lalo’s spirited Symphonie espagnole.
  • All three gentlemen wear blue suit jackets with colorful pocket squares. They stand shoulder to shoulder in an old brick building, smiling at the camera.
    “Beethoven for Three” at Tanglewood
    In a highlight of the season, a star-studded piano quartet comprised of pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform Beethoven’s Trio No. 4 in B-flat for piano, violin, and cello as well as his Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No. 3 with violist Antoine Tamestit.
  • Chan wears a bright red jacket and matching red lipstick. Her straight, brown hair covers part of her face as she turns to look at the camera.
    Elim Chan Conducts Rachmaninoff and Korngold at Tanglewood
    Chan makes her Tanglewood debut conducting Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 and Korngold’s virtuosic Violin Concerto, featuring acclaimed violinist Leonidas Kavakos.
  • Yuja Wang plays piano in a glittering silver dress. Her hands are perched on the keys of the piano, and she tosses her short red hair back.
    Yuja Wang Performs Prokofiev at Tanglewood!
    Enjoy a medley of performances from the first half of the 2025 Tanglewood Music Center season, including a breathtaking performance by star pianist Yuja Wang.
  • Lang Lang stands in a colorful shirt in front of a floral background, all painted white. He holds a yellow flower in his hand, and he smiles softly at the camera.
    Lang Lang and the BSO Play Saint-Saëns at Tanglewood
    Lang Lang is the soloist in the beautifully romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 by Saint-Saëns in a program led by Andris Nelsons that also includes Gabriela Ortiz’s exuberant "La Calaca" and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, the "Pastoral."
  • view of the Koussevitzky Music Shed in the background, behind a large tree on the Tanglewood lawn
    Nelsons Conducts Mahler at Tanglewood
    Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the epic journey of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.
  • Andris Nelsons, dressed in concert black, has his baton and arms raised above the orchestra, who are all dressed in white.
    Bach, Mahler, and Mendelssohn, at Tanglewood!
    Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in the Air from Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3, the Adagio from Mahler’s Symphony No. 10, and Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage.
  • People crowd the lawn at the Koussevitzky Music Shed to enjoy the music and watch Andris Nelsons conduct the BSO on a large screen.
    Nelsons Conducts Brahms and Berlioz at Tanglewood
    Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in the Symphony No. 2 by Brahms and Berlioz’s "Symphonie fantastique," in concert from Tanglewood.
  • From left to right: Seok Jong Baek, Kristine Opolais, and Bryn Terfel
    Puccini’s “Tosca,” Live from Tanglewood!
    Andris Nelsons, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a cast of phenomenal singers bring Puccini’s operatic tale of love and treachery to the Shed.
More on the BSO and Tanglewood

To learn more about hearing BSO concerts in person, visit the BSO Box Office.

Hear the BSO Channel in the player above, or listen on the CRB Classical app.

Learn more about the 2024-2025 season at Symphony Hall.

Learn more about the legacy of BSO Music Director Serge Koussevitzky for the 150th anniversary of his birth.

Read an appreciation of the late Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Laureate of the BSO.

Watch Beyond the Baton: A Conductor's Journey, a PBS profile of Thomas Wilkins, BSO Artistic Advisor for Education and Community Engagement.