Maestro Returns to Symphony Hall After Surgery

Maestro James Levine returns to the podium Wednesday night to open the season at Boston's Symphony Hall after recovering from kidney surgery.

SHEA: At Wednesday's rehearsal, James Levine talked about his six weeks "on the down-low" as he recovered from surgery for kidney cancer.

LEVINE: It happened fairly suddenly and I suppose I first wondered what would happen and then in the end just felt very, very lucky.

SHEA: Levine says he's seeing music, and everything, in a different light.

Tonight the audience is seeing Symphony Hall in new way. Windows, shuttered during World War II, will be open for the first time since 1943.