Pianist Lars Vogt talks with Brian McCreath about stepping in on short notice as a soloist with the Boston Symphony, his new recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, and his artistic partnership with violinist Christian Tetzlaff.

(photo of Lars Vogt by Felix Broede)

The Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra talks about taking the orchestra on tour in Europe and about the first program of the 2015-2016 season, which includes the Symphony No. 9 by Shostakovich, the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky, with soloist Evgeny Kissin, and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances. Also, BSO Managing Director Mark Volpe unpacks the new alliance between the BSO and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

One of the great conductors of our time and a principal player in the Boston Symphony reveal the ways Mozart’s symphonies take on a unique character at Symphony Hall.

WCRB's Brian McCreath talks with two Boston Symphony Orchestra guest conductors, including Jakub Hrusa, whose debut program with the orchestra includes works by Smetana, Bartok, Mussorgsky, and Janacek, and Juanjo Mena, who led two concerts at Tanglewood during the summer.

(photo of Jakub Hrusa by Petra Klackova)