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The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Saturdays and Mondays at 8pm
Hosted by Brian McCreath

CRB brings you performances from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with host Brian McCreath, Saturdays and Mondays at 8pm. 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.

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

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  • Baiba Skride wears black against a black background. Her face, framed by her dark hair, and her hands holding her violin are the only visible parts of her amidst the darkness. She has bright green eyes, and she looks at the camera mischeviously.
    Baibe Skride and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 at 8:00pm the BSO’s "Decoding Shostakovich" series concludes with his Violin Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 8.
  • A sunny picture of the Shed at Tanglewood, surrounded by lush trees and a bright blue sky.
    “Apollon musagète” and “Scheherazade,” with the BSO at Tanglewood
    Saturday, May 10th, 2025 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in Stravinsky’s iconic tale of the Greek god Apollo and three muses of artistic inspiration, followed by Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade", inspired by the story of “One Thousand and One Nights.”
  • Augustin Hadelich sits on the sill of a large stained-glass window. He sits in all black, holding his violin and looking at the camera.
    Hadelich, Prokofiev, and the BSO at Tanglewood
    Saturday, May 17th, 2025 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast, Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 on a program including Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 and Sarah Kirkland Snider’s "Forward Into Light", a meditation on “perseverance, bravery, and alliance.”
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 1, 2, and 3, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    Beethoven’s Revolutionary Early Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, & 3
    Friday, May 23rd, 2025 at 8:00pm, in a special encore broadcast, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the first part of an epic journey through all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies, including the transformative "Eroica."
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 4 and 5, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    The BSO and Two Sides of Beethoven
    Saturday, May 24th, 2025 at 8:00pm, in a special encore broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven’s lyric and joyful Symphony No. 4 and the mighty Symphony No. 5.
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 6 and 7, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    Nelsons, the BSO, and Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7
    Sunday, May 25th, 2025 at 8:00pm, in a special encore broadcast, the Boston Symphony’s Beethoven journey reaches the Symphony No. 6, the Pastoral Symphony, and the rhythmically charged Symphony No. 7.
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 8 and 9, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    Nelsons, the BSO, and Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
    Monday, May 26th, 2025 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast, the Boston Symphony’s Beethoven cycle, led by Music Director Andris Nelsons, culminates with the playful Symphony No. 8 and the Symphony No. 9, featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and a stellar cast of soloists in its iconic final movement, the “Ode to Joy.”
  • Jean Yves Thibaudet wears a black dress shirt and stands in a white spotlight. He has blondish gray hair and blue eyes, and he smiles at the camera softly.
    Thibaudet and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood
    Saturday, May 31st, 2025 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast, Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the soloist in Khachaturian’s vibrant, colorful Piano Concerto, part of a program that also includes Tania León's Pulitzer prize-winning "Stride" and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique.”
  • Collage of Reginald Mobley, Erin Morley, and Will Liverman. Mobley standing on left side, smiles facing straight, Morley sitting in center, smiles facing right, Liverman standing on right, with hands in blazer pockets, faces right looking stern.
    “Carmina Burana,” with Nelsons and the BSO at Tanglewood
    Saturday, June 7th, 2025 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast from the 2023 Tanglewood season, Andris Nelsons leads the BSO and Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Beethoven's "Leonore" Overture No. 3 and Orff's "Carmina Burana," starring acclaimed soloists Reginald Mobley, Erin Morley, and Will Liverman.
  • Midori wears a black dress with lace sleeves. Her dark hair is slicked back into a bun, and a pearl hangs from her ear. She holds her violin across her chest, and she smiles softly at the camera.
    Midori at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Saturday, June 14th, 2025 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast, BSO Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid leads the orchestra for the first time in an all-Russian program that includes Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto, with soloist Midori, and the blazing Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky.
  • Elena Villalón wears a black dress that hangs on one shoulder. Her dark hair tumbles down that shoulder. She has a beauty mark on her cheek and she stares down the camera, softly smiling. James Gaffigan wears a white, collared shirt and wears his brown hair slicked back. He has blue eyes and a beard, and he gazes at the camera wistfully.
    Villalón, Gaffigan, and the BSO at Tanglewood
    Saturday, June 21st, 2025 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast, conductor James Gaffigan makes his Boston Symphony debut in a program that includes arias from Mozart’s “Idomeneo” and “The Marriage of Figaro” and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, with soprano Elena Villalón, as well as Anna Clyne’s “Sound and Fury,” on demand.
  • Karina Canellakis wears concert black and stands in front of a black backdrop. Her bright blonde hair and blue eyes stand out amidst the darkness. She stands in profile and looks at the camera over her shoulder. James Ehnes wears a blue button-up. He has short brown hair. He holds his violin around the neck and smiles at the camera.
    Canellakis, Ehnes, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Saturday, June 28th, 2025 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast, conductor Karina Canellakis returns to Tanglewood to lead the BSO and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in rhapsodic music by Brahms and Ravel, and violinist James Ehnes is the soloist in Chausson’s “Poème” and Ravel’s “Tzigane.”
  • Daniil Trifonov sits in a fancy train car and looks out the window. Sun streams in onto a notebook in front of him.
    Opening Night at Tanglewood, with Daniil Trifinov!
    Saturday, July 5th, 2025 at 8:00pm, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony kick off the 2025 Tanglewood season in an All-Rachmaninoff program including his Third Piano Concerto, featuring soloist Daniil Trifonov.
  • Yefim Bronfman and Andris Nelsons are side by side in concert black. They both smiles at the camera.
    An All-Beethoven Concert at Tanglewood with Bronfman and Nelsons
    Sunday, July 6th, 2025 at 7:00pm, Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in an All-Beethoven program featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman.
  • A white, circular stone bench at the edge of a garden. The broad blue sky stretches towards distant mountains, speckled with white puffy clouds.
    Star-Crossed Lovers at Tanglewood
    Friday, July 11th, 2025 at 8:00pm, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with Bill Barclay’s Concert Theatre Works, performs Romeo and Juliet: A Theatrical Concert for Orchestra and Actors, based on the ballet by Prokofiev.
  • Seong-Jin Cho wears a black turtleneck and leans forward, balancing his chin on his thumbs. He looks off camera and smiles softly.
    Ravel, the BSO, and Seong-Jin Cho at Tanglewood
    Saturday, July 12th, 2025 at 8:00pm, Tanglewood, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in two works by Debussy and the two piano concertos by Ravel, with soloist Seong-Jin Cho.
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen and Pekka Kuusisto, side by side. Both wears dark jackets and have short, blonde hair.
    The BSO Performs Sibelius, with Salonen and Kuusisto
    Sunday, July 13th, 2025 at 7:00pm, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, with Finnish compatriot Pekka Kuusisto, and the same composer’sSymphony No. 5.
  • Kelli O'Hara and Sutton Foster are side by side. They wear their long hair curled, they both wear pink lipstick, and they both smile at the camera.
    “One Night Only,” with Kelli O’Hara and Sutton Foster at Tanglewood
    Friday, July 18th, 2025 at 8:00pm, 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.
  • From left to right: Seok Jong Baek, Kristine Opolais, and Bryn Terfel
    Puccini’s “Tosca,” Live from Tanglewood!
    Saturday, July 19th, 2025 at 8:00pm, Andris Nelsons, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a cast of phenomenal singers bring Puccini’s operatic tale of love and treachery to the Shed.
  • Yuja Wang tosses her dark hair back and smiles in a sparkling black gown. She wears red lipstick and stands before a red backdrop.
    Wild Obsession: Berlioz, Prokofiev, and Yuja Wang
    Sunday, July 20th, 2025 at 7:00pm, Yuja Wang returns to Tanglewood as the soloist in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Andris Nelsons leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in Berlioz’s "Symphonie fantastique."
  • A close up of María Dueñas. She has dark eyes and long brown hair, pushed behind her shoulders. She turns her head away from the camera, but keeps her eyes on us. She smiles sweetly.
    María Dueñas Plays Mendelssohn in her BSO Debut at Tanglewood
    Friday, July 25th, 2025 at 8:00pm, Spanish violin virtuoso María Dueñas is the soloist in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in works by Bach and Mahler.
  • Emanuel Ax wears glasses, a navy suit, and a pink button down. He stands in a stone building with sun pouring in through it's windows.
    A John Williams World Premiere with Emmanuel Ax at Tanglewood
    Saturday, July 26th, 2025 at 8:00pm, Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Williams’s Piano Concerto, written for and performed by Ax, followed by the epic journey of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.
  • 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
    Sunday, July 27th, 2025 at 7:00pm, 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."
Previous and On Demand Broadcasts
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.