Wednesday 1

9 pm Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Roberto Abbado conducts with Augustin Hadelich, violin and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus. Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D. Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloé.”

Thursday 2

9 pm The New York Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey conducts with Tracy Dahl, vocalist; The Hellcats and Jazz Knights from the West Point Band. Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town”; “Glitter and Be Gay” from “Candide.” Gershwin: “Walking the Dog” from “Shall We Dance”; “The Man I Love”; “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”; “A Foggy Day in London Town”; “Fascinatin’ Rhythm.” Ward: “America the Beautiful.” Garland: “In the Mood”; Sousa: “The Liberty Bell” March. Kessler: Armed Forces Medley. Egner: “Official West Point” March. Sousa: “Stars and Stripes Forever” March.

Friday 3

10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall.

9 pm The San Francisco Symphony with host Rick Malone. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducts with Alisa Weilerstein, cello. Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D major, “Le Matin”; Cello Concerto No. 1 in C. Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade.”

Saturday 4

1 pm Lyric Opera of Chicago Gershwin: “Porgy & Bess.” Ward Stare conducts with Adina Aaron (Bess); Eric Owens (Porgy); Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (Clara); Eric Greene (Crown); Karen Slack (Serena) and Jermaine Smith (Sportin’ Life).

5 pm Concert in the Park with Bob Krum.

Sunday 5

4 pm Atop the Podium This week: Leonard Bernstein.

8 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jim Cunningham. Mariss Jansons conducts with Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor. Hersch: “Ashes of Memory.” Sibelius: Symphony No. 2.

10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone. American Aspirations: Imaginative composers and performers explore the varied opportunities of the king of instruments.

Monday 6

9 pm The Chicago Symphony Leonard Slatkin conducts with Anne Akiko Meyers, violin. Barber: “School for Scandal” Overture. Schuman: Symphony No. 6. Bates: Violin Concerto. Gershwin: “An American in Paris.” Encores: Ives: “The Unanswered Question”; “Three Places in New England.”

Tuesday 7

8 pm Tuesday Night with Virginia Barron. Handel: “Semele.” John Nelson conducts the English Chamber Orchestra with Kathleen Battle as Semele, beloved of Jupiter, sung by John Aler. Juno, his wife, sung by Marilyn Horne, takes umbrage at his dalliance. Also on hand are Samuel Ramey, Michael Chance and Sylvia McNair.

Wednesday 8

9 pm Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Asher Fisch conducts with Todd Levy, clarinet. Wagner: Overture to “Der fliegende Holländer.” Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622. Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra.

Thursday 9

9 pm The New York Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey conducts with Kirill Gerstein, piano. An all-Tchaikovsky program: “Festival Coronation March”; Piano Concerto No. 2; Act IV of “Swan Lake”; “1812” Overture.

Friday 10

10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall.

9 pm The San Francisco Symphony with host Rick Malone. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts with Julia Fischer, violin. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D. Berlioz: “Symphonie fantastique.”

Saturday 11

1 pm Los Angeles Opera Verdi: “La Traviatia.” James Conlon conducts with Nino Machaidze (Violetta); Arturo Chacón-Cruz (Alfredo) and Plácido Domingo (Germont père).

5 pm Concert in the Park with Bob Krum.

Sunday 12

4 pm Atop the Podium This week: James de Priest.

8 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jim Cunningham. Gianandrea Noseda conducts with Efflam Bavouzet, piano. Casella: Symphonic Fragments from “La Donna Serpente.” Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5. Schumann: Symphony No. 2.

10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone. The Marshall Plan: Performances by and conversation with one of today’s most dynamic organ virtuosos, Wayne Marshall.

Monday 13

9 pm The Chicago Symphony Ingo Metzmacher conducts. Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from “The Nutcracker.” Stravinsky: “Petrushka.” Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905.”

Tuesday 14

8 pm Tuesday Night with Virginia Barron. Berlioz: “Benvenuto Cellini.” Sir Colin Davis made this, the first recording of Berlioz’s very first opera in 1969. It was a revelation then, and it still astounds. The cast includes Nicolai Gedda as Cellini, who strives to cast his great statue of Perseus with the head of the Medusa while outwitting Pope Clement VII, sung by Jules Bastin. Christiane Eda-Pierre sings the role of Teresa, Cellini’s girlfriend. His faithful apprentice Ascanio, a trouser role, is assumed by Jane Berbier.

Wednesday 15

9 pm Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Edo de Waart conducts with Ingrid Fliter, piano. Ippolito: Nocturne, for Orchestra. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor. Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D.

Thursday 16

9 pm The New York Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey conducts with Marc Nuccio, clarinet. Copland: “Fanfare for the Common Man.” Gershwin: “Strike Up the Band.” Copland: Clarinet Concerto. Grofé: “Grand Canyon Suite.”

Friday 17

10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall.

9 pm The San Francisco Symphony with host Rick Malone. Herbert Blomstedt conducts with Cary Bell, clarinet. Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto. Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, “The Great.”

Saturday 18

1 pm Los Angeles Opera Purcell: “Dido and Aeneas”; Bartók: “Bluebeard’s Castle.” Steven Sloane conducts with Paula Murrihy (Dido); Liam Bonner (Aeneas); Robert Hayward (Bluebeard) and Claudia Mahnke (Judith).

5 pm Concert in the Park with Bob Krum.

Sunday 19

4 pm Atop the Podium This week: Leonard Slatkin.

8 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jim Cunningham. Gianandrea Noseda conducts with Joshua Bell, violin. Lalo: “Symphonie espagnole.” Liszt: “A Faust Symphony.”

10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone. Surprise Bachs! Whether in recently discovered scores, unusual arrangements, or pieces forgotten in dark corners, the genius of Johann Sebastian Bach always delights.

Monday 20

9 pm The Chicago Symphony Osmo Vänskä conducts with Renaud Capuçon, violin and Gautier Capuçon, cello. Brahms: “Double” Concerto in A minor; Symphony No. 1 in C minor. Encore: Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D, “The Clock.”

Tuesday 21

8 pm Tuesday Night with Virginia Barron. Janáček: “The Cunning Little Vixen.” This delightful opera follows the life a female fox brought home by a gamekeeper. The fox manages to avoid the household dog’s sexual advances and lures all of the gamekeeper’s chickens into her clutches. She escapes and finds love with a handsome fox. They have a litter of kits, which she protects and feeds with all the local fowl until finally she is shot dead. The opera closes with the grieving gamekeeper dreaming again of his lovely vixen. Charles Mackerras conducts with Lucia Popp as the Vixen and Dalibor Jedlička as the Gamekeeper.

Wednesday 22

9 pm Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Edo de Waart conducts with Jennifer Koh, violin. Bach (orch. Webern): Ricercare No. 2 from “Musical Offering,” BWV 1079. Berg: Violin Concerto. Brahms (orch. Schoenberg): Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor.

Thursday 23

9 pm The New York Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey conducts with Joseph Alessi, trombone and the U.S. Coast Guard Band. Copland: Four Dance Episodes from “Rodeo.” Tovey: “The Lincoln Tunnel Cabaret” for Trombone and Orchestra. Sousa: “The Glory of the Yankee Navy.” Hesketh: “Masque.” Bernstein: (arr. Grundman) “Candide” Suite.

Friday 24

10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall.

9 pm The San Francisco Symphony with host Rick Malone. Herbert Blomstedt conducts with Garrick Ohlsson, piano. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat, “Romantic.”

Saturday 25

1 pm Los Angeles Opera Rossini: “Il barbiere di Seviglia.” James Conlon conducts with Rodion Pogossov (Figaro); Elizabeth DeShong (Rosina); René Barbera (Count Almaviva); Alessandro Corbelli (Dr. Bartolo) and Kristinn Sigmundsson (Don Basilio).

5 pm Concert in the Park with Bob Krum.

Sunday 26

4 pm Atop the Podium This week: Michael Tilson Thomas

8 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jim Cunningham. Leonard Slatkin conducts with Michel Camilo, piano. Dukas: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” Camilo: Piano Concerto No. 2, “Tenerife.” Ravel: “Alborada del gracioso”; “Pavane pour une infant defunte”; “Menuit antique”; “Bolero.”

10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone. Gloria! Composers from four centuries create energetic musical manifestations of a timeless, singular song of praise.

Monday 27

9 pm The Chicago Symphony Vasily Petrenko conducts with Paul Lewis, piano. Elgar: “In the South” Overture. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, “Emperor.” Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances.

Tuesday 28

8 pm Tuesday Night with Virginia Barron. Rimsky-Korsakov: “Sadko.” Sadko is the story of a minstrel who falls for one of the daughters of the Sea King, who first appear to him as swans over Lake Ilmen, southeast of St. Petersburg. They promise to supply him with the means to sail into the Baltic Sea, establishing the trade routes that will bring prosperity to his native city of Novgorod. Sadko’s voyage eventually brings him back to the shores of Lake Ilmen, but only after he visits the Sea King’s palace beneath the sea. Valery Gergiev leads the forces of the Kirov Opera with Vladimir Galusin singing the role of Sadko.

Wednesday 29

9 pm Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Edo de Waart conducts with Inon Barnatan, piano. Schumann: Overture to “Manfred.” Macmillan: “The Confession of Isobel Gowdie.” Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor.

Thursday 30

9 pm The New York Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey conducts with Joyce Yang, piano. Shostakovich: Festive Overture. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor. Mussorgsky: “Night on Bald Mountain.” Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from “The Nutcracker”; “Marche slave.”

Friday 31

10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall.

9 pm The San Francisco Symphony with host Rick Malone. James Conlon conducts with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Schulhoff: Scherzo from Symphony No. 5. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, “Pathétique.”