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Tchaikovsky's Flop Finds Fame! (Plus, A Mini-Comic Just For You)
Greg Ferrisi
From lukewarm reception to much-loved holiday tradition, The Nutcracker continues to delight.
Steven Banks sits against a dark gray backdrop surrounded by four saxophones of different sizes. He wears a cerulean blue suit with a white shirt and silver tie. He has short black hair that's faded on the sides and he wears round glasses. He looks off to the right of frame, smiling as if he's just laughed.
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Steven Banks's BSO Debut
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A World Transformed in Part 1 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Holly berries and leaves
Joy and Serenity for the Holidays on WCRB
Throughout December, make WCRB your home for holiday music!
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This is a photograph of a young violinist. She has long blonde hair. She is standing outdoors amid mountains. She is holding her violin as she looks into the expanse of nature.
GBH Music Presents Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing
Together with pianist Llewellyn Sanchez–Werner, Eldbjørg Hemsing takes the audience on an extraordinary sonic journey to her homeland while exploring themes of environmentalism, climate change, and our connection to nature.
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  • Vox Luminis
    Vox Luminis Sings Handel and Bach in Boston
    On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, the Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis joins the BEMF Orchestra in Handel's Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day and Bach's Magnificat at Jordan Hall.
  • A collage of conductor Thomas Adès and pianist Kirill Gerstein. On the left, an action shot of Adès conducting. He has his arms raised with one hand holding a baton and the other reaching out, as if he's trying to carry the sound of the orchestra. He wears a black polo against a black background. On the right, Gerstein looks over his shoulder at the camera, smiling softly. He's wearing a white dress shirt that's unbuttoned at the top with a black blazer. He stands against a cream-colored wall.
    Adès and Gerstein Celebrate Ligeti's 100th Birthday
    Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in György Ligeti's kaleidoscopic Piano Concerto in a celebration of the Hungarian composer's centennial, and Thomas Adès leads the BSO in Stravinsky’s "Orpheus," Franz Liszt’s "Les Préludes," and Adès's own "Tevot."
  • Joshua Weilerstein stands outside and looks at the camera, softly smiling. Piers Lane wears a suit and has his arms folded up on the piano in front of him. He looks upwards, off camera. Mistral includes ten musicians, and all of them stands outside against a stone wall and smile at the camera. The four string players of the Pacifica Quartet wear black and pose with their instruments, all smizing at the camera.
    From Rockport to Concord with Wagner, Prokofiev, Chopin, and Beethoven
    On WCRB In Concert, Joshua Weilerstein leads the Phoenix Orchestra in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony in Boston, Mistral performs Wagner in Brookline, Piers Lane plays Chopin in Rockport, and the Pacifica Quartet plays Prokofiev in Concord.
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Upcoming BSO Broadcasts
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
  1. The Voyages of Saint-Saëns, with Thibaudet, Shani, and the BSO
  2. A Tribute to Sibelius, with Mutter, Schultz, and the BSO
  3. The Boston Symphony and Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker"
Past BSO Broadcasts
Seong-Jin Cho, facing left, leans one elbow on the upright piano and plays the keys with his other hand
  1. Seong-Jin Cho Plays Ravel with Nelsons and the BSO
  2. Steven Banks's BSO Debut
  3. Adès and Gerstein Celebrate Ligeti's 100th Birthday
Upcoming "In Concert" Broadcasts
Jonathan Cohen stands at the podium with his hand raised high above him. He gazes upwards and smiles.
  1. Hallelujah! Handel and Haydn Society's "Messiah"
  2. Holiday Pops 2023!
Past "In Concert" Broadcasts
A collage of Stewart Goodyear performing as the pianist soloist in his composition "Callaloo: A Caribbean suite for piano and orchestra," and Chineke! Orchestra's conductor Andrew Grams
  1. "Unbridled Joy," with the Chineke! Orchestra in Boston
  2. Vox Luminis Sings Handel and Bach in Boston
  3. From Rockport to Concord with Wagner, Prokofiev, Chopin, and Beethoven
The Bach Hour
Thomaskirche Leipzig ceiling
  1. A World Transformed in Part 1 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio
  2. Bach, Through a British Lens
  3. Janine Jansen's Family Ties, through Bach
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