Boston Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Hannu Lintu leans back in a light brown leather chair and looks to a window out of frame. He's wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and he has short, silver hair. There's a piano behind him covered in sheet music. On the floor, there's a large violet rug, upon which his dog lays.

Grief, Faith, and Transcendence, with Lintu and the Boston Symphony

Hannu Lintu leads the BSO in Peter Lieberson’s "Drala" and Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, as well as Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Leonidas Kavakos.

Joana Mallwitz conducts Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Anna Vinnitskaya and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The BSO Debuts of Mallwitz and Vinnitskaya

Performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the first time, Joana Mallwitz conducts Kodály’s "Dances of Galánta" and Schubert's Symphony No. 9, and Anna Vinnitskaya, also in her debut, is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 1.

Earl Lee (left) and Eric Lu (right) face the camera.

Schumann, Mozart, and Chin, with Lee and the BSO

In an encore broadcast, BSO Assistant Conductor Earl Lee conducts Unsuk Chin’s powerful tribute to Beethoven, "subito con forza," and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, as well as Mozart’s brooding Piano Concerto No. 20, with soloist Eric Lu in his Boston Symphony debut.

Paul Lewis sits in front of a charcoal background in a blue button-up. He rests his head on his palm and looks at the camera, smoldering. He has dark blue eyes and curly, black hair.

Paul Lewis and Beethoven's "Emperor," with the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 with soloist Paul Lewis, as well as Hannah Kendall’s "The Spark Catchers" and James Lee III’s "Freedom’s Genuine Dawn," with narrator Thomas Warfield.

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Thomas Wilkins, Beyond the Baton

Kendall Todd

Airing on GBH 2 on October 27, "Beyond the Baton: A Conductor's Journey" is an hour-long film that documents Wilkins’s experience as a Black conductor and his larger impact on the musical world.

Yo-Yo Ma stands against a white stone wall. He's wearing a dark blue button up and wire-frame glasses. He holds his cello gently and looks at the camera wistfully.

Yo-Yo Ma, the BSO, and Shostakovich

Yo-Yo Ma is the soloist in Shostakovich’s powerfully emotional cello concertos, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Haydn’s Symphony No. 22, the "Philosopher," and Iman Habibi’s "Zhiân."

Nelsons and Buchbinder Open the BSO's 23-24 Season

Andris Nelsons begins his 10th season as the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director with works by Beethoven, Richard Strauss, and Arturs Maskats, as well as Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, with soloist Rudolf Buchbinder.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason sits in a chair, turning towards the camera as his hand rests on his cello.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s BSO Debut!

In an encore broadast, British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his Boston Symphony debut with Ernest Bloch’s "Schelomo," and Andris Nelsons conducts the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s "Four Black American Dances" and Beethoven’s poetic Symphony No. 7.

Nicola Benedetti (left), Karina Canellakis (right)

The Symphony Hall Debuts of Canellakis and Benedetti, with the BSO

In an encore broadcast, Karina Canellakis takes up her baton at Symphony Hall for the very first time in a folk-inspired Boston Symphony program that features Dvořák’s "The Wood Dove" and Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra, and Nicola Benedetti makes her BSO debut with Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 2.

A World Premiere with Ohlsson, Gilbert, and the BSO

In an encore broadcast, Alan Gilbert conducts the Boston Symphony in a brimming program that includes Dvořák’s glittering "Carnival Overture" and the world premiere of Justin Dello Joio’s Piano Concerto, "Oceans Apart," with soloist Garrick Ohlsson.