Marco Borggreve
Tonight at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast from last summer, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in Stravinsky’s iconic tale of the Greek god Apollo and three muses of artistic inspiration, followed by Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade", inspired by the story of “One Thousand and One Nights.”
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Spring has sprung, and with it comes a riot of fiddle, a lo-fi re-imagining, and at least two GRAMMY Awards in the Instant Replay. -
If you've never made the trek to Symphony Hall, you're not alone. Join WCRB host Phil Jones on his first ever visit to hear the BSO, and get ready to make YOUR Symphony Hall debut! -
Edwin Barker, Principal Double Bassist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, illuminates the connection between Serge Koussevitzky's chosen instrument and its impact on the history of the BSO. -
Wintry mix gives way to buoyant hope. Spring is in the ear, in February's Instant Replay.
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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. -
On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in music that reflects the complexity of belief through one of the composer's most brilliant works, written for Easter. -
The Boston Symphony Orchestra welcomes back pianist Mitsuko Uchida for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, and Andris Nelsons conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15 in the second concert of the BSO's "Decoding Shostakovich" series.
From NPR Music
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French violinist and social media influencer Esther Abrami releases her new album, Women, featuring music by female composers in a bid to redress historic biases. -
As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.
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On The Bach Hour, a legendary instrument at Schlosskirche Altenburg - played when it was new by the composer himself - transmits an astonishing range of sonic color in the Passacaglia in C minor and Cantata 146.
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