Guest conductor Ankush Kumar Bahl, music director of the Omaha Symphony, leads your BPO in a tour de force. "Testament" depicts the story of Meera Bai, a celebrated saint-poet from 15th century India. Paul Huang performs Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, and Schumann's Second Symphony, with its uplifting tone, is seen as the composer's triumph over his own sadness.

Dynamic violinist Sandy Cameron returns to perform one of the most beloved of all concertos, the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, brimming with lyrical and technically-exciting passages. In Dances of Galánta, Kodály takes his inspiration from the thrilling folk music of Hungarian Gypsy bands, and Dvořák's dramatic and austere Seventh Symphony is fired by his Bohemian spirit.

Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera's Estancia is based on a 1941 ballet that follows the romance between a city boy who falls in love with a country girl. José Lezcano's world premiere was written specifically for BPO principal double bassist Daniel Pendley and associate principal double bassist Brett Shurtliffe. Finally, Brahms' Fourth is melancholy yet comfortingly familiar - a monumental work known for some of the most radiant music of the nineteenth century.

An exciting program that marries a classical masterpiece with two works rooted in the jazz world. Masterful violinist Regina Carter performs Schiff's Concerto, which pays homage to Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan, who changed our musical landscape. Duke Ellington's masterpiece is a jazz-fueled walk through Black and African-American history. Finally, Tchaikovsky's jovial Second Symphony is said to have been his favorite.