Saturday, September 5, 2026

9/05BSO/Classical New England — 2026/09/05

 This evening's encore broadcat is from October 25 last year.Here'sWCRB's description: https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2025-09-10/yuja-wang-prokofiev-and-the-boston-symphony

Saturday, September 5, 2026
8:00 PM

In an encore broadcast, Domingo Hindoyan returns to Symphony Hall to lead the BSO in Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from On The Town and Copland’s Third Symphony, widely considered the "greatest American symphony." Acclaimed pianist Yuja Wang joins as the soloist in Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto.

Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano

Leonard BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On The Town
Sergei PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2
Aaron COPLAND Symphony No. 3

This concert was originally broadcast on October 25th, 2025, and is not available on demand.

Conductor Domingo Hindoyan talks with CRB's Brian McCreath about the genesis of this program, his interpretation of Bernstein's and Copland's work, and his positions at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los Angeles Opera. 

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT (lightly edited for clarity):

Brian McCreath I'm Brian McCreath at Symphony Hall with Domingo Hindoyan, who's here with the Boston Symphony for the second time. And Mr. Hindoyan

Here's the BSO;s performance detail page with its links and synopsis of the concert: https://www.bso.org/events/oct-23-25-bern-prokofiev-cop?performance=2025-10-25-20:00

Boston Symphony Orchestra Domingo Hindoyan, conductor Yuja Wang, piano BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On The Town  PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2       intermissionCOPLAND Symphony No. 3  

Scintillating pianist Yuja Wang joins returning conductor Domingo Hindoyan and the BSO in Sergei Prokofiev’s technically challenging Piano Concerto No. 2, a piece that combines the composer’s sardonic humor with his gift for soaring melody. Two American works from the 1940s bracket the concerto. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from his 1944 musical On the Town features music referencing such hits as “New York, New York” and the wistful “Lonely Town.” Aaron Copland’s Third Symphony, premiered by the BSO in 1946, includes the uplifting “Fanfare for the Common Man.”

You could do worse than to give it a listen.