Boston Symphony Orchestra

A collage of eight artists of all different ages, genders, races, and voice types.

Nelsons, the BSO, and Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand”

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, a collection of stellar soloists, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus joined by the Boys of the St. Paul’s Choir School perform Mahler’s spiritually optimistic Eighth Symphony.

Eun Sun Kim leans against a white wall in a black suit jacket. She has long, dark brown hair and brown eyes. She looks at the camera and smiles softly. Inon Barnatan poses in front of a bright yellow wall. He wears a leather jacket and has hazel eyes. He leans forward and looks at the camera, smiling softly.

Rachmaninoff and Bartók with Eun Sun Kim and Inon Barnatan

Star pianist Inon Barnatan returns to Symphony Hall to take on one of Bartók’s final works, and Eun Sun Kim makes her BSO debut.

Isabelle Faust has short blonde hair and hazel eyes. She holds her violin up close to her face and smizes at the camera. Alan Gilbert wears a blue pinstripe blazer, a black shirt, and round glasses. He has salt and pepper hair and a beard. He smiles softly at the camera.

Isabelle Faust and Alan Gilbert join the BSO for Haydn and Stravinsky

Violinist Isabelle Faust is the soloist in Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto and Alan Gilbert conducts two Haydn Symphonies.

Herbert Blomstedt wears a striped button shirt and a red sweater. He has white hair and frameless glasses. He stands outside and looks at the camera, smiling softly.

Blomstedt Conducts the BSO

Herbert Blomstedt, one of the masters of conducting for over seven decades, leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in symphonies by Schubert and Brahms.

An image of Boston's Symphony Hall, spliced together from a sketch, an artistic rendering, and a black and white photograph, showing the development of the hall through the years.

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Boston's Symphony Hall Celebrates its 125th Birthday

Kendall Todd

On October 15, 1900, an acoustic marvel opened its doors to the public — and Boston's high society — for the first time.

Three panel image of conductor Christian Curnyn, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and conductor Andris Nelsons

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Morning Edition's Classical Concert Preview

GBH's Morning Edition host Mark Herz and CRB's Brian McCreath look ahead to three significant classical music events coming up in Boston.

Nathalie Stutzmann wears an orange leather jacket and shimmering, multicolored earrings. She has a curly brown bob and light brown eyes. She leans forward and folds her hands around her baton. Veronika Eberle wears a checkered halter dress and dark red lipstick. Her long brown hair is pulled over one shoulder and she has blue eyes. She looks to the left of frame, holding her violin in front of her.

Stutzmann Conducts Stravinsky and Eberle Plays Beethoven

In an encore broadcast, conductor Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra conducting debut in a program that includes Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with soloist Veronika Eberle, Ravel’s "Alborada del gracioso," and Stravinsky’s suite from "The Firebird."

Earl Lee and Carlos Simon both wear fancy suits. Lee looks at the camera and smiles softly, and Simon looks off camera and smiles widely.

Earl Lee Leads the BSO in Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”

Conductor Earl Lee leads the BSO in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and James Burton conducts the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s “Words and Prayers of My Fathers.”

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

Kazuki Yamada, Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 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.

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

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.