Julian Rachlin showcases his versatility as a violinist, violist and conductor. He joins Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, leads a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Meditation from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, and conducts works by Mozart and Beethoven.

This week's broadcast features NY Philharmonic performances of concertos, including Vivaldi's Concerto for Diverse Instruments; Hindemith's Violin concerto with soloist Charles Rex; Beethoven's Triple Concerto with Leonard Bernstein, piano, John Corigliano, violin and Laszlo Varga, cello; and Corigliano's Clarinet Concerto with soloist Stanley Drucker.

In this week's performance, Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in A minor.

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: "Robert Schumann" - A musical biography of the torrid life of one of Germany’s early romantics.