Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and conductor François-Xavier Roth preview a Boston Symphony Orchestra program that includes Méhul's Overture to The Amazons, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. (photo of Benjamin Grosvenor by Patrick Allen, courtesy of Opera Omnia)

Violinist Leonidas Kavakos previews his Boston Symphony Orchestra performance of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 and describes the "Willemotte" Stradivarius violin he plays, and Andris Nelsons talks about Strauss's An Alpine Symphony. Also, Alan McLellan talks with members of A Far Cry, and violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov talk with Cathy Fuller about Beethoven's violin sonatas. (photo of Leonidas Kavakos by Marco Borggreve)

Deborah Boldin, flutist and founding Artistic Director of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble, describes the elements of an All-American program of works by Copland, Beach, and Berger, and pianist Rudolf Buchbinder and conductor Andris Nelsons preview a BSO concert of music by Beethoven and Bruckner. (photo of Deborah Boldin by Matthew Wan; photo of Rudolf Buchbinder by Marco Borggreve)

Pianist Martin Helmchen describes the revolutionary qualities of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, and BSO Artistic Administrator and Director of Tanglewood Tony Fogg previews the 2018 Tanglewood season, the "Bernstein Centennial Summer." (photo of Martin Helmchen by Giorgia Bertazzi)

Alessandro Quarta, the founder and director of Concerto Romano, talks with Alan McLellan about the group's Boston Early Music Festival performance of Pasquini's Il San Vito, and Gil Rose, the founder and director of Odyssey Opera, talks with Chris Voss about Donizetti's L'Assedio di Calais. (photo of Alessandro Quarta by Luca Marconato, courtesy of the artist)

Boston Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Ken-David Masur describes the characteristics of two sets of incidental music for the theater: Beethoven's Egmont and Grieg's Peer Gynt. Also, two members of the Berlin Philharmonic talk about the chamber groups in which they play, including horn player Fergus McWilliam of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet and Christian Stadelmann of Philharmonia Quartett Berlin. (photo of Ken-David Masur by Beth Ross-Buckley)

Violinist Hilary Hahn describes the unique qualities of Dvorák's Violin Concerto, which she performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as well as the huge range of collaborative projects she's undertaken, and conductor David Stern talks about a new Boston Lyric Opera production of Puccini's Tosca. (photo of Hilary Hahn by Michael Patrick O'Leary)

Violinist Gil Shaham talks with host Brian McCreath about the Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky, as well as the next chapter in his series of recordings of concertos from the 1930's, and pianist Garrick Ohlsson describes his deep relationship with music by Frederic Chopin. (photo of Gil Shaham courtesy of IMG; photo of Garrick Ohlsson by Kacper Pempel)

Pianist Paul Lewis talks with host Brian McCreath about Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, and Andris Nelsons reveals two sides of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905." Also, Alan McLellan and pianist David Deveau look back on Deveau's 22 years as Artistic Director of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and Chris Voss look ahead with Deveau's successor, violist Barry Shiffman. (photo of Paul Lewis by Jack Liebeck)

As the Boston Symphony Orchestra opens its 2017-2018 season, three members of the orchestra recall working with Leonard Bernstein, both as students and as professionals, and Music Director Andris Nelsons describes his discovery of Bernstein following the fall of the Iron Curtain. (photo of Leonard Bernstein by Paul Hueck, courtesy of the Leonard Bernstein Office)