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Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter draws connections between Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Takemitsu's Nostalghia, Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons previews Shostakovich's Symphony No. 6 with WCRB's Brian McCreath, and Handel and Haydn Society Concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky talks with WCRB's Alan McLellan about leading the ensemble and the challenges of Vivaldi and other Italian Baroque masters.

Gary Dunning previews the Celebrity Series of Boston 2017-2018 season, and Catherine Manson, First Violinist of the London Haydn Quartet, describes their Boston Early Music Festival program of works by Haydn and Weber.

Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons talks about two programs that include Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 24, Bruckner's Symphony No. 6, and Mozart'sRequiem, and Boston Baroque Music Director Martin Pearlman previews Handel'sAgrippinawith WCRB's Alan McLellan.

Emmanuel Music Artistic Director Ryan Turner and Harvard University's Christoph Wolff describe the creation of a performing edition of Bach's lost St. Mark Passion, and Johannes Moser talks about performing Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor Alain Altinoglu talks about a Boston Symphony Orchestra program of French music by Berlioz, Lalo, Dutilleux, and Roussel, and WCRB's Cathy Fuller talks with Julie Scolnik about 20 years of Mistral, the chamber music group she founded. Also, BSO Artistic Administrator Tony Fogg describes the process of assembling the 2017-2018 BSO season.

Conductor François-Xavier Roth talks about a Boston Symphony Orchestra program that includes a world premiere by Matthias Pintscher, and BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès describes his love of Shakespeare and the limitless possibilities of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players.

Boston Symphony Orchestra Assistant Principal Double Bassist Lawrence Wolfe talks with WCRB's Ron Della Chiesa about joining the BSO at age 21, becoming Principal Double Bass of the Boston Pops, and working with Arthur Fiedler, John Williams, and Keith Lockhart, and Donald Greig of the Orlando Consort talks with WCRB's Brian McCreath about singing and recording all of the chansons by Guillaume de Machaut.

Conductor Sakari Oramo draws connections between the Symphony No. 3 by Sibelius and the Piano Concerto by Busoni, and Edward Dusinberre, violinist with the Takacs Quartet, talks about the variety and strength of Beethoven and the inner workings of the ensemble.

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein describes the impact of Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias on her life and career, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Mark Volpe and Tony Fogg describe an expansion of Tanglewood's facilities and programming, as well as details about the BSO - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Alliance.

The three soloists in Sofia Gubaidulina's Triple Concerto - violinist Baiba Skride, bayan soloist Elsbeth Moser, and cellist Harriet Krijgh - talk about the creation of this new piece of music, their collaboration with the composer, and performing it with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the founder of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble, Deborah Boldin, describes the group's Rockport Chamber Music Festival program of works by J.S. Bach and three of his sons.