Richard Strauss

Listen on demand as, in one of the most anticipated weeks of the BSO season, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra joins the Boston Symphony for a program of Strauss, Haydn, Schoenberg, and Scriabin, all conducted by Andris Nelsons.

Saturday, September 28, 2019
(encore broadcast Monday, October 7)
8:00 PM

The GRAMMY-winning violinist is the soloist in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, and Andris Nelsons conducts the next chapter in the BSO's ongoing series of Strauss recordings: the composer's Symphonia domestica.

Sunday, July 14, 2019
7:00 PM

The renowned trumpeter is the soloist in HK Gruber’s Aerial, an ethereal view of Earth from above, and Andris Nelsons conducts the BSO in Beethoven’s exuberant Symphony No. 4.

Saturday, May 4, 2019 (encore Monday, May 13)
8:00 PM

In the final concert of the season, the Latvian violinist is the guest soloist in a world premiere by Sebastian Currier, and Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the shimmering vivacity of Stravinsky's "Petrushka."

The American soprano stars in selections from Richard Strauss's opera "Capriccio," and Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the boundless drama of "Also sprach Zarathustra."