Boston Symphony Orchestra

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."

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

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.

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

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.

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

At Tanglewood, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in two works by Debussy and the two piano concertos by Ravel, with soloist Seong-Jin Cho.

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

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.

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

Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in an All-Beethoven program featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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”

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.”