This week's broadcast features pieces conducted by their composers, including Hindemith, Stravinsky, Milhaud and more.

Tugan Sokhiev conducts the CSO in Tchaikovsky’s Winter Dreams Symphony, Panufnik’s Heroic Overture, and Chopin’s First Piano Concerto featuring Yulianna Avdeeva.

Cellist Anastasia Kobekina and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra perform Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, led by John Storgards. Bookending the concert are two works by Shostakovich — his Festive Overture and his Tenth Symphony.

Exploring Music takes listeners on an adventure through the world of classical music. Hosted by Peter van de Graaff, Exploring Music, along with encore episodes from founding host Bill McGlaughlin in selected weeks. This week: "A Little Traveling Music" - Bill shares stories about journeys and the music they inspired, such as Beethoven’s Les Adieux, Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, and Haydn’s Farewell Symphony, and works by George Handel, Bedřich Smetana, and Duke Ellington.