Former Music Director Alan Gilbert leads the orchestra, chorus, and soloists in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. The program opens with the U.S. premiere of Frieze, a New York Philharmonic Co-Commission composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage

Astor Piazzolla scaled the peaks of tango with his concerto for bandoneón, "Aconcagua," named for a mountain in the Andes. Giancarlo Guerrero conducts this work, along with Beethoven's delightful First Symphony.

From the BBC Proms - Mendelssohn’s characterful and enchanting incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the centerpiece of this concert featuring conductor Gemma New and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Also on the program, Mel Bonis’s atmospheric Salomé and Mozart’s emotional Clarinet Concerto, featuring soloist Anthony McGill.

Robert Aubry Davis explores the sources and mainstreams of European music for the thousand years before the birth of Bach. Enjoy an encore broadcast Mondays at noon.

Michael Barone hosts this program featuring music from the diverse repertoire for the organ.

Each week Bill explores a different theme in classical music with illuminating commentary and musical examples, over the course of time sampling from all genres and eras of classical music. This week: "The Big Five - The New York Philharmonic" - a two-week series on the oldest orchestra in the U.S.