World-class artists highlight the unparalleled possibilities of orchestral music. The Boston Symphony Orchestra continues its multiple Grammy-winning Shostakovich survey with soloist Yo-Yo Ma; Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, a world premiere by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Reid, and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with soloist Lisa Batiashvili; and The Cleveland Orchestra delights with Stravinsky’s Pétrouchka and awes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.