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In the 5th installment of the series "Themes and Variations," enjoy music by Jaromir Weinberger and Sir Edward Elgar, including an unforgettable recording of the Enigma Variations.

Continue exploring music by Mozart with a brilliant sonata for violin and piano and his effervescent concerto for flute and harp. As we approach Valentine's Day, it’s music you can’t help but fall in love with.

Enjoy music by the king of Italian opera, Giuseppe Verdi. We’ll hear contrasting examples of his genius in works intimate and grand, always with his inexhaustible gift of melody.

We remember the distinguished music critic and writer Richard Freed, who passed away at 93 on New Year’s Day. Hear recordings that he shared with Frank Byrne over 40 years of friendship.

Hear amazing virtuosity and musicianship in three concertos for brass instruments by Reinhold Gliere, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and John Williams.

Dale Clevenger, who was principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 47 years, passed away on Jan. 5. Learn about his life and hear examples of his amazing artistry.

Hear symphonies by two contemporaries of Beethoven: one by an aspiring French symphonist, and another that suffered a case of mistaken identity for decades.

The Parade of Nations at the Beijing Olympics was a whirlwind tour of some of the most familiar classical music ever written. Revisit highlights on this week’s show.

Explore themes and variations with music by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Grieg. We’ll hear melodies transformed before our ears, the only limits being the composers’ imaginations.

Although he was a member of the Boston Symphony for 24 years and led the Boston Pops for five decades, Arthur Fiedler was rarely invited to conduct the full Boston Symphony Orchestra. We’ll hear a live broadcast recording of his BSO debut in December 1955 in music by Frescobaldi, Beethoven, and Kodaly.