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The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Saturdays and Mondays at 8pm
Hosted by Brian McCreath

CRB brings you performances from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with host Brian McCreath, Saturdays and Mondays at 8pm. Find our BSO broadcast schedule and stream on-demand concerts below.

Explore the 2024-2025 BSO season at Symphony Hall. To learn more about hearing BSO concerts in person, visit the BSO Box Office.

Upcoming Broadcast Schedule Previous and On Demand Broadcasts More on the BSO and Tanglewood
Upcoming Broadcast Schedule
Previous and On Demand Broadcasts
  • Close up view of a nutcracker doll
    The Boston Symphony and Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker"
    In an encore broadcast, Seiji Ozawa leads the BSO in a magical ballet score for the season that expresses the innocence of childhood and the drama of transformation, sprinkled with musical delights and passion.
  • Sir Mark Elder stands against a dark gray background. He wears a navy, pinstripe suit, and he looks at the camera out of the corners of his eyes. There is an air of mystery about him. Blaise Déjardin poses with his arm around the neck of his cello wearing a concert black. He faces the camera head on and smiles.
    Fairy Tales both Magical and Fearsome with the BSO, Elder, and Déjardin
    In an encore broadcast, Elder leads the BSO in Ravel's "Mother Goose" and Dvořák's "The Noonday Witch," as well as a new work by Elena Langer featuring cellist Blaise Déjardin and Janáček's spectacular Sinfonietta.
  • A picture of Yuncham Lim mid performance. He wears a black suit and plays an opened piano with the audience behind him. He has shaggy dark brown hair that's whipping up in the air in this action shot. His eyes are closed and his mouth is slightly open. The music is moving through him.
    Rachmaninoff's Dazzling Third Piano Concerto, with Yunchan Lim and the BSO
    In an encore broadcast, the youngest-ever Gold Medalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, lead by Tugan Sokhiev.
  • A display of the three artists in beiges and pinks. Benjamin Grosvenor sits outside in a dark coat, leaning forward and looking up at the camera. Ross Jamie Collins straightens the collar of his white button down and smiles, looking off to the right of frame. Na'Zir McFadden poses in front of a beige backdrop in a turtleneck and suit jacket, holding his baton. He smiles widely and looks off to the right of frame.
    The Boston Symphony and Music of Scandinavia
    Music Director Andris Nelsons shares a program with conductors Ross Jamie Collins and Na’Zir McFadden featuring works by Sibelius and Grieg, with piano soloist Benjamin Grosvenor.
  • A collage of Yefim Bronfman and Andris Nelsons. Bronfman (left) poses against a dark gray background in a navy suit and bowtie. He has dark hair hat's graying and brown eyes. He looks at the camera and smiles softly. Nelsons (right) poses against a black backgroundin a blue blazer and blue collared shirt. He has brown hair and a beard, and blue eyes. He looks camera left and smiles softly.
    Bronfman, Nelsons, and the BSO in "Prometheus, Poem of Fire"
    In an encore broadcast, Music Director Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in dazzling works by Liszt, Wagner, and Anna Clyne, culminating in Scriabin's "Prometheus, Poem of Fire," with pianist Yefim Bronfman.
  • Jan Lisiecki looks off to the upper left corner of the frame. He has short, curly brown hair and bright blue eyes. He leans against stone wall, casting a long, blue shadow.
    Lisiecki, Jordan, and Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique”
    Jan Lisiecki is the soloist in Mozart’s mysterious and stormy Piano Concerto No. 20, and conductor Philippe Jordan leads the BSO in Tchaikovsky’s emotionally harrowing Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique.”
  • A collage of Thomas Wilkins, Gerald Clayton, and Renese King, all cast in purple light. Behind them is a large black and white photo of Duke Ellington, smiling softly.
    Wilkins, the BSO, and the Genius of Duke Ellington
    Thomas Wilkins leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in selections from Ellington’s “Sacred Concerts,” “New World A-Coming,” with pianist Gerald Clayton, and more.
  • A collage of John Storgårds and Pekka Kuusisto. Storgårds (left) stands in a teal room and leans against a wall. He wears a black suit and black shirt. He has brown hair that fades to gray and gray stubble on his face. He looks at the camera with his dark brown eyes and smiles softly. Kuusisto (right) stands in a dark pink room holding his violin. He wears an oversized black t-shirt and round, clear glasses. He has short blond hair and stands with his eyes closed, listening to whatever he's plucking on his violin. The center of the collage blends the teal and dark pink in a way that mimics the northern lights.
    Kuusisto Plays Nielsen with Storgårds and the BSO
    In an encore broadcast of the first program of the Boston Symphony's "Music of the Midnight Sun" festival, Pekka Kuusisto is the soloist in Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto, and John Storgårds conducts music by Sibelius and Tarkiainen.
  • Sir Antonio Pappano wears a dark suit and a burgundy scarf. He balances his baton between his hands, perching it horizontally between his two pointer fingers. He stares down the camera with his brown eyes, not smiling. Jean-Yves Thibaudet wears a dark suit and stands in front of an open grand piano. He looks at the camera with his light blue eyes and smiles softly.
    Pappano, Thibaudet, and the BSO
    Jean-Yves Thibaudet brings dazzling elegance to Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Antonio Pappano conducts two works that ask deep questions of humanity: Richard Strauss’s “Also sprach Zarathustra” and Hannah Kendall’s “O flower of fire.”
  • Xian Zhang wears a navy suit and stands in profile with her arms folded. She looks down and laughs, twisting a piece of her short hair between her fingers. Jonathan Biss wears a gray sweater and black-rimmed glasses. He holds his hands like he's mid-clap, and he looks at the camera with a soft smile.
    Conductor Xian Zhang, the BSO, and Pianist Jonathan Biss
    Zhang makes her Symphony Hall debut leading Chen Yi’s “Landscape Impression” and Mozart’s Symphony No. 39, and Jonathan Biss is the soloist in Robert Schumann’s lyrical and powerful Piano Concerto, on demand.
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More on the BSO and Tanglewood

To learn more about hearing BSO concerts in person, visit the BSO Box Office.

Hear the BSO Channel in the player above, or listen on the CRB Classical app.

Learn more about the 2024-2025 season at Symphony Hall.

Learn more about the legacy of BSO Music Director Serge Koussevitzky for the 150th anniversary of his birth.

Read an appreciation of the late Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Laureate of the BSO.

Watch Beyond the Baton: A Conductor's Journey, a PBS profile of Thomas Wilkins, BSO Artistic Advisor for Education and Community Engagement.