BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons Conducts Three Weeks of Programs at Symphony Hall, February 24–March 12
![Andris Nelsons conducting the BSO.](https://dgpuo8cwvztoe.cloudfront.net/uploads/Musician-Portraits/Andris-Nelsons/_h_lg/AndrisNelsons015-Conducting.jpg)
Andris Nelsons leads the World Premiere of the Orchestral Version of Kaija Saariaho's Saarikoski Songs, with Soprano Anu Komsi in her BSO Debut, on a Program with Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 with Violinist Baiba Skride, Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, and Arvo Pärt's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Thursday and Saturday, February 24 and 26, at 8 p.m.; Friday, February 25, at 8 p.m. (Casual Friday), Tuesday, March 1, at 8 p.m
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos joins the BSO for the U.S. Premiere of Unsuk Chin's Violin Concerto No. 2 on a Program that Includes Ives' The Unanswered Question and Berlioz's Sweeping Symphonie fantastique, under the Direction of Mr. Nelsons
Thursday and Saturday, March 3 and 5, at 8 p.m.; Friday, March 4, at 1:30 p.m.; Friday, March 11, at 8 p.m. (Casual Friday)
Opera Works in Concert Return to the BSO with an Andris Nelsons-Led Performance of Berg's 20th-Century Masterpiece Wozzeck, Featuring Danish Baritone Bo Skovhus in the Title Role and Soprano Christine Goerke as Marie
Thursday and Saturday, March 10 and 12, at 8 p.m.
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