Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suites Nos. 1 and 2, followed by Tchaikovsky’s melody-rich Symphony No. 5.

This concert broadcast we hear Daniel Barenboim leading the CSO before his tenure as ninth music director in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol, Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini and Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony.

James Ehnes is the soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra in Sibelius' Violin Concerto, part of the orchestra's Nordic Landscapes Festival. Music Director Thomas Søndergård also leads Salonen's Nyx, Nielsen's Symphony No. 1 and Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

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: "Voices from the East" - Music by composers from the former Soviet Union - Arvo Pärt, Sofia Gubaïdulina, and Giya Kancheli.