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Tonight at 7:00pm on WCRB In Concert with Vivo Performing Arts, Iván Fischer leads the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Mahler's vivid and vast Third Symphony.
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Zhanna Ishchenko: Reams; Sam Gaetz: Haji; Lawrence Brownlee: Carroll; Benjamin Rivera: Robinson
  • On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, the renowned coloratura soprano performs concert arias by Mozart, bookended by Mozart’s "Haffner" Symphony and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2.
  • Dutch duo-pianists Lucas and Arthur Jussen perform a BSO-commissioned piece written for them by American composer Andrew Norman, and Susanna Mälkki leads the BSO in Rachmaninoff’s "Symphonic Dances" and Ravel’s "Mother Goose" suite.
  • On WCRB In Concert with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Rachel Barton Pine presents a recital on violin and viola d’amore, including the Gardner Museum's extraordinary 1770s viola d'amore.
What makes an opera performance great? GBH Music partnered with Boston Lyric Opera, New England Conservatory of Music, and legendary opera singers Patricia Racette, Susan Graham, and Davóne Tines to explore an extraordinary art form.
From NPR Music
  • On The Bach Hour, the composer's Cantata No. 86, led by Ton Koopman, reflects a devotion to the sacred, while an enthusiasm for weekend social gatherings comes to life in the Orchestral Suite No. 1, directed by Richard Egarr.