Berkeley Symphony's Music Director search begins with Maestro Hugh Wolff, who recently completed a decade as head of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. He introduces works by Pulitzer Prize winner Aaron Jay Kernis and Grammy Award winner Osvaldo Golijov, followed by a Shostakovich song cycle performed in Yiddish, as he is convinced was the composer's intent. A Beethoven symphony—welcomed by Austrians emerging from years of turmoil—completes this fascinating program.