BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons Conducts Three Weeks of Programs at Symphony Hall, February 24–March 12

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.