Suxiao Yang: Hadelich; Peter Rigaud: Handler
Now available on demand, BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Handler makes her Tanglewood and BSO debuts conducting Brahms’s Tragic Overture, Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with GRAMMY-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich.
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.
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It's the dog days of summer, but there's not a dog in sight in this month's Instant Replay. -
Ever wonder about countertenors? CRB’s lead music programmer Will Peacock, himself a countertenor, addresses some burning questions about the enigmatic voice type, and explores the complex history surrounding gender and voice. -
How to plan your first trip to the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in the Berkshires, according to WCRB's Operations Manager, Phil Jones. -
Just like summer roller coasters, we've got music to take you from your feel-good morning groove to wild abandon, and everything in between.
How does music awaken our sense of place?
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Superstar pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Dima Slobodeniouk in the Berkshires to perform Liszt on a program that also features two works by Sibelius and "Threnody," an homage to the Finnish composer, written by William Grant Still. -
Dima Slobodeniouk returns to Tanglewood to conduct Caroline Shaw’s "Entr’acte" and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, featuring cello soloist Jean-Guihen Queyras in his BSO debut. The concert closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and its joyful fourth movement.
From NPR Music
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At age 60, the Mexican composer has finally won the recognition she deserves, with new recordings, prestigious residencies and a star conductor championing her music. -
Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.
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On The Bach Hour, the late, legendary pianist brings years of personal and artistic insight to an arrangement of one of Bach's most emotionally challenging works.
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