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In Concert
Sundays, 7pm

In Concert captures the wealth of incredible music being performed in and around the Boston area, from the Handel and Haydn Society to Boston Chamber Music Society and beyond. See a full list of broadcast partners here.

Upcoming Episodes
  • On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, saxophonist Branford Marsalis joins the Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart, along with Colombian pianist Jesus Molina, in both classical and jazz classics and new works at Symphony Hall!
  • On WCRB In Concert with Celebrity Series of Boston, Armenian violinist Diana Adamyan brings a warm lyricism and astonishing technique to works by Mozart, Sibelius, Baghdasaryan, and Saint-Saëns.
  • On WCRB In Concert with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Debussy's "La Mer" and Dima Slobodeniouk leads the TMCO in Sibelius's Second Symphony, part of a program of highlights from the summer of 2023 in the Berkshires.
Previous and On Demand Episodes
  • On WCRB In Concert with Boston Lyric Opera, a Pulitzer-prize-winning work by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, telling the stirring true story of Omar ibn Said, a Muslim man enslaved in America.
  • On WCRB In Concert with Mistral, highlights from two different performances make for a unexpected blend of the light-hearted and sublime, through works by Mozart, Dohnányi, Mahler, and Louis Spohr.
  • On WCRB In Concert with Chameleon Arts Ensemble, music inspired by William Shakespeare takes center stage in colorful works by Korngold, Vaughan Williams, Thomas Adès, and David Matthews, alongside Elgar's Piano Quintet in A minor, his portrait of the majestic beauty of the English countryside, on demand.
  • On WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston, the German pianist plays four of J.S. Bach's intricate, poetic Keyboard Partitas.
  • On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Chamber Music Society, works by Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Bliss paint a deeply textured picture of 20th-century British music.
  • On WCRB In Concert with Blue Heron, the acclaimed vocal ensemble transports us to the 1440s through carols, plainchant, hymns, and mass settings for the season.
  • Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops in a program of holiday music old and new through traditional carols, Pops classics, and a special visit from one jolly, old fellow!
  • On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leads the H+H Orchestra, Chorus, and a slate of spectacular soloists in a centuries-old Boston tradition.
  • On WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston, Britain’s Chineke! Orchestra performs music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Florence Price, and Stewart Goodyear is the pianist in his own work, "Callaloo: A Caribbean Suite."
  • 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.