Aaron Copland

“Sweet Home, Alabama,” “New York, New York,” “My Kind of Town, (Chicago Is),” “I Left My Heart (in San Francisco),” “Georgia on My Mind.” No matter the song category … home is where the heart is.

As warm summer turns to cooler autumn, we backyard gardeners start closing out the little patches that gave us purpose – and sore backs – throughout the growing season. There’s music for that!

The superstar violinist is the soloist in the world premiere of John Williams’s Violin concerto No. 2, led by the composer, and Andris Nelsons conducts the BSO in 20th- and 21st-century pieces by Copland, Stravinsky, and Jessie Montgomery.

Tonight at 8pm, in an encore broadcast, Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist in Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1, and Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Copland's majestic Third Symphony.

“Home is the place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to go back to.” - John Ed Pearce

Saturday, August 1, 20208:00 PMPianist Jan Lisiecki is the soloist in Grieg’s dramatic Piano Concerto, and Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Copland’s…

The Pandemic of 2020 has given a new meaning to words like “essential,” “heroes,” and “the new normal.” Though this Independence Day will be different…

Sunday, May 26, 20197:00 PMOn WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, Thomas Wilkins leads "America's Orchestra" in a tribute to the legendary Arthur…

Saturday, August 25, 20188:00 PMAn all-star cast comes together in a centennial celebration of Leonard Bernstein, withselections from "West Side Story,"…

Sunday, August 19, 20187:00 PMTanglewood Music Center OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorYo-Yo Ma, celloYo-Yo Ma returns to Tanglewood with a world…