This week Gustavo Dudamel leads the orchestra in Gershwin's An American in Paris, several works be Ravel, and more.

Daniel Harding leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Schumann's Overture to Manfred, Brahms' Schicksalslied and Holst's The Planets, featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus and guest chorus director Jenny Wong.

From the BBC Proms! Violinist Janine Jansen joins the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Klaus Mäkelä conductor in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major. The orchestra also performs Mozart's Symphony No. 31 in D major and Bartòk's Concerto for Orchestra.

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: "Caucasian Sketches - from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea." Bill’s musical journey starts in Armenia and Azerbaijan, continues through Georgia and Ukraine, and ends on the western banks of the Black Sea, highlighting Baroque composers to musicians of the present day, each telling a musical story of the people between Eastern Europe and Western Asia.