On the podium will be Donald Runnicles, principal conductor of the San Francisco Opera and principal guest conductor of the Atlanta Symphony; the program also includes also leads Janšcek's Idyll for strings, Haydn's Cello Concerto in C and Elgar's "Enigma" Variations.
Prior to the concert, at 6 pm, pianist Lars Vogt and BSO members will perform a brief program of chamber music by Michael Haydn, Mozart and Dvoršk.
The following Sunday, August 6, at 2:30 pm, Runnicles and Vogt return for another full BSO concert featuring Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto (No. 5), Mozart's "Prague" Symphony (No. 38) and an orchestral suite from Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier.