Music about trees has rarely been more thrilling than in Respighi's Pines of Rome, his sumptuous tribute to the city's iconic pine groves. Riccardo Muti conducts this work, along with music by Mozart.

This broadcast from the New York Philharmonic celebrates the many sides of Leonard Bernstein featuring works conducted and/or composed by him, including the overture to Candide and Chichester Psalms.

Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra present a concert featuring Gustav Mahler’s expressive farewell — his Symphony No. 9.

Each week Bill explores a different theme in classical music with illuminating commentary and musical examples, over the course of time sampling from all genres and eras of classical music. This week: "Giuseppe Verdi" - A ten-part series surveying the life and music of this towering figure in Italian art.