A Heavenly Blend: Renée Fleming & Susan Graham

Two great American singers — soprano Renée Fleming and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham — share the stage with pianist Bradley Moore in music by Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Berlioz, and Édith Piaf.

All-Beethoven

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and Daniil Trifonov are among those featured in this evening of works by Beethoven.

Folk-Based Music

Music by Bartók, Dvořák, Liszt, and Mahler.

French Classical Music

Music by Berlioz, Ravel, and Debussy.

Russian Classical Music

Works by beloved Russian composers: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninoff.

Jordi Savall

Preeminent early music maestro Jordi Savall leads a wide-ranging program.

Storytelling

Mariss Jansons, Sir Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, and more conduct engrossing works by Rossini, Berlioz, and Revueltas.

Musical Prodigies

Early works by precocious composers, including Mozart, Chopin, and Mendelssohn.

String Quartets

The power of four is on full display in performances of music by Tchaikovsky, Janáček, Haydn, and Gesualdo from the Pavel Haas, Elias, Brentano, and St. Lawrence String Quartets.

At the Keyboard

Piano luminaries Martha Argerich, Mitsuko Uchida, Sir Andras Schiff, and Yuja Wang perform dazzling works by Prokofiev, Beethoven, and Brahms.

All-American

A wide-ranging program features a sampling of different American sounds and composers including Bernstein, Gershwin, Higdon, and Burleigh.

The National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America

The talented young artists of the NYO-USA, led by Sir Antonio Pappano, perform Berlioz and Strauss, featuring mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard.

Michael Tilson Thomas Leads the San Francisco Symphony in Mahler

Music director Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present the bookends of Mahler’s symphonic career: his first symphony, “Titan,” and the Adagio from his unfinished tenth.

Budapest Festival Orchestra and Marc-André Hamelin

Music director and conductor Iván Fischer leads the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Weber and Prokofiev, also featuring pianist Marc-André Hamelin.

Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Leif Ove Andsnes Play Beethoven

Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, presents this all-Beethoven program of delightful piano concertos.

L’Arpeggiata Presents Music of the Italian Renaissance

L’Arpeggiata presents an evening of Italian Renaissance-era selections, many composed by Salamone Rossi; led by Christina Pluhar and featuring Céline Scheen, soprano; and Giuseppina Bridelli, mezzo-soprano.

Sir András Schiff, piano

In a versatile display of emotion and range, the Hungarian pianist performs the final sonatas of Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert.

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel leads the Vienna Philharmonic in a night of music from Brahms.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner presents Beethoven

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique as they perform Beethoven’s 8th and 9th symphonies, featuring Lucy Crowe, soprano; Jess Dandy, contralto; Ed Lyon, tenor; Matthew Rose, bass; and The Monteverdi Choir. Listen to Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s 1989 interview with Studs Terkel, through the WFMT Radio Archives, here.

Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason Play Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and More

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and her brother, cellist Sheku, make their New York recital debut.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra presents Berlioz, Bizet, and Respighi

Music director Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a Rome-themed night at Carnegie Hall, featuring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.

Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

In what was his final performance, given weeks before his death, Mariss Jansons leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra plays an evening of Strauss and Brahms. Also featured are two Beethoven pieces, performed by Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason, and the Cleveland Orchestra.

Valery Gergiev and the Munich Philharmonic

Valery Gergiev leads the Munich Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, and is joined by violinist Leonidas Kavakos for Brahms’s Violin Concerto.

Cleveland Orchestra in Beethoven, Strauss, and Nicolai

Conductor Franz Welser-Möst leads the Cleveland Orchestra, featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Yefim Bronfman, piano; and Lynn Harrell, cello; plus a performance by Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.

LIVE | Riccardo Muti, Joyce DiDonato, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

In a special live broadcast from Carnegie Hall, Riccardo Muti leads star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the CSO in a performance of works by Bizet, Berlioz, and Respighi.