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Andris Nelsons and Emanuel Ax find inspiration working with their young colleagues on an idyllic Sunday in the Berkshires. 

A powerful enthusiasm for ideas links highly contrasting works by Ives, Gershwin, Zappa and George Lewis, in a thrilling evening conducted by Ilan Volkov.

Errollyn Wallen's new piece is a treat, while the complete Appalachian Spring reveals new depths to Copland's score.

An American conductor in charge of music from the New World: a world premiere by Augusta Read Thomas and Charles Ives' celebrated "place pieces" set the scene for a symphony bathed in nostalgia and memories of the Old World.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra offered a reading of Beethoven's “Pastoral” Symphony that ideally suited the bucolic surroundings.

Aurora Orchestra and Dawn Landes take us on a road trip across America, with music from John Adams, Charles Ives and Aaron Copland.

Three of the four American pieces performed this evening by Northern Sinfonia were written to evoke very particular places, and got me thinking about the evocative power of a well-chosen title.

Was für ein furioser Einstieg: Matthias Pintscher, der frischgebackene Chefdirigent des Kansas City Symphony entführt sein Orchester direkt am Anfang seiner ersten Spielzeit über den großen Teich zu einer Europatournee.