Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Secret Rules for Happiness

By Laura Carlo • Jan 13, 2021

still from Pharrell Williams's "Happy" video — Pharrell Williams

New Year's resolutions cover just about everything these days … from getting more exercise to reading more books for fun. How about ... "being happy?"

Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," from the BSO

Saturday, December 19, 2020
8:00 PM

In a timeless holiday season tradition, Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra bring to life Tchaikovsky's magical tale of Christmas, Sugar Plum Fairies, and one very handsome prince!

Bronfman Plays Bartók with the BSO

Saturday, November 28, 2020
8:00 PM

Yefim Bronfman is the soloist in Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Symphony No. 30, "Alleluia," by Haydn, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1, "Winter Daydreams."

Doing It by the Book

By Laura Carlo • Nov 18, 2020

“Reading is an act of civilization … it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.”– Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author.

Zukerman Conducts Tchaikovsky, Elgar, and Schubert

Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020
8:00 PM

In an encore broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman is the violin soloist in Tchaikovsky's Mélodie and Andante cantabile, and leads the BSO in Tchaikovsky's Serenade, Elgar's Chanson de la nuit, and Schubert's Symphony No. 5.