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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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  • 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 Trifonov!
    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."
  • 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’s Conducts Rachmaninoff and Korngold at Tanglewood
    Saturday, August 2nd, 2025 at 8:00pm, Chan makes her Tanglewood debut conducting Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 and Korngold’s virtuosic Violin Concerto, featuring acclaimed violinist Leonidas Kavakos.
  • 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
    Sunday, August 3rd, 2025 at 7:00pm, 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.
  • 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
    Friday, August 8th, 2025 at 8:00pm, 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.
  • 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!
    Saturday, August 9th, 2025 at 8:00pm, 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.
  • 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.”
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.