The Boston Symphony Orchestra, formed in Boston, Massachusetts, United States,
in 1881 by Henry Lee Higginson, is an American symphony orchestra. The ensemble
performed its inaugural concert on October 22, 1881, under first music director
George Henschel, presenting Ludwig van Beethoven's The Consecration of the House
alongside works by Joseph Haydn, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Franz Schubert, and
Carl Maria von Weber. Considered one of the "Big Five" American orchestras, the
ensemble launched live radio broadcasts in 1926 under music director Serge
Koussevitzky and established it...