Performer: Herbert Blomstedt

Herbert Blomstedt demonstrates the “singability” of Brahms in his latest appearance with the Boston Symphony, concluding with the autumnal glow of the Fourth Symphony.

Herbert Blomstedt returns to Symphony Hall to answer the question Schubert reportedly asked himself in his teens, “Who can do anything after Beethoven?”

Herbert Blomstedt returns to the Philharmonia for Mahler's great symphony of farewell. 

Herbert Blomstedt conducts Schubert and Berwald... and picks up a medal on his return to the Leipzig Gewandhaus.

All vestiges of age-related considerations evaporate as Herbert Blomstedt conducts Schubert and Beethoven in Berlin's Philharmonie.

Sensitive, nuanced Bruckner from Blomstedt and a Mozartian treat from Maria João Pires.

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The Swedish conductor reflects on his long career, from young rebel to grand master and on his child-like curiosity.