Ludwig van Beethoven

Composer Esa-Pekka Salonen and pianist Yefim Bronfman

Beethoven’s “Emperor” at Tanglewood, with Bronfman and Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Boston Symphony in the passionate Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 7, as well as Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 with soloist Yefim Bronfman.

Daniil Trifonov performing the Brahms First Piano Concerto with Andris Nelsons and the BSO in 2021.

Trifonov, the BSO, and Shostakovich at Tanglewood

Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Haydn’s “Philosopher” Symphony, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, and Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto, with soloist Daniil Trifonov and trumpeter Thomas Rolfs.

From left to right: Zoie Reams, Andrew Haji, Andrea Carroll, and Morris Robinson

Slobodeniouk and Beethoven’s Ninth, with the BSO and TFC

Dima Slobodeniouk leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus in John Adams’s “Harmonium” and, with four stellar soloists, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and its “Ode to Joy.”

Erin Morley's Boston Baroque Debut

On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, the renowned coloratura soprano performs concert arias by Mozart, bookended by Mozart’s Haffner Symphony and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2.

Adès Conducts Music of the Natural World, with Hadelich

Thomas Adès leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in music inspired by the natural world: Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony, Adès’ "Aquifer", and his violin concerto "Concentric Paths," featuring BSO Artist-in-Residence Augustin Hadelich, on demand.

Yuja Wang plays piano in a glittering silver dress. Her hands are perched on the keys of the piano, and she tosses her short red hair back.

Yuja Wang, with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

On WCRB In Concert with the TMCO, Andris Nelsons conducts Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, with soloist Yuja Wang, and the musicians of the Tanglewood Music Center perform additional works by Smetana, Beethoven, and Ravel.

A collage of famous horror movie characters, including Michael Meyers, Marion Crane, Jack Torrence, and Leatherface.

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Movie Music that goes Bump in the Night

Julia Marcus

One note is all it takes for the hair on the back of our necks to stand up. That's the magic of a great horror movie soundtrack! Dare to listen?

A view of the red carpet, leather seats, and warm lighting within Symphony Hall, from the perspective of the stage.

The BSO Celebrates 125 Years of Symphony Hall

Universally acknowledged as one of the world’s great concert halls, Symphony Hall’s 125-year anniversary concert features Beethoven’s monumental Missa Solemnis, the very music that was performed when the hall opened in 1900.

Jonathan Cohen stands at the concert podium and pinches his fingers together, moving them in the air like he's painting with a brush.

Haydn + Beethoven, with the Handel and Haydn Society

Jonathan Cohen leads the superlative H+H Orchestra and Chorus in that sweetest of Haydn’s The Seasons, followed by Beethoven’s astonishing Mass in C Major.

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."