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Mezzo-soprano Aleks Romano performs in <em>Carmen in Concert </em>at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2018.

'My Voice Should Be Heard': #MeToo And The Women Of Opera

Three women — a soprano, a mezzo-soprano, and a vice president of opera programming — join NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro for a conversation about harassment and inequity in the opera world.

Montage of Jupiter and the Galilean satellites, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, all photographed by Voyager 1.

Stars align for Holst’s "The Planets" at the Hatch Shell

On Wednesday, July 18, the Boston Landmarks Orchestra welcomes London's St. Paul's Girls' School Choir for an historic centennial performance of Holst's…

Clara Schumann. Engraved portrait by Em. Raerentzen & Co., 1842 / Yale University Library

All Hail Clara Wieck Schumann, Queen of the 19th Century

Clara the colossus. Clara the champion. Clara the brilliant, Clara the brave, Clara the soloist with tears in her eyes and a wistful melody at her…

Soprano Montserrat Caballé, in concert in Marbella, Spain, in 2012.

One Mesmerizing Moment With Soprano Montserrat Caballé

The revered Spanish soprano, who died Saturday, spins out silvery threads of tone in her recordings, the likes of which no one has ever matched.

Vijay Gupta is a violinist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic whose life's work has been to make music accessible to all. That passion caught the attention of others and this year he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

MacArthur Fellow Vijay Gupta On Making Music Accessible For All

Violinist and social justice advocate Vijay Gupta, one of the 2018 winners of the MacArthur Fellowship, speaks about his work in under-resourced communities in Los Angeles and what's next.

The Transcendence of Bach on Guitar

WCRB's CD of the Week is Guitarist Thibaut Garcia’s new recording, which dips into the vast palette of colors that he’s known for, this time applying them…

Boston Children's Chorus with Nik Walker

A Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sunday, January 20, 20197:00 PMIn a yearly tradition, WCRB In Concert with the Boston Children's Chorus honors Dr. King's legacy with a program of works…

Classical Music's Big Night Out

This week in music news: the GRAMMY Awards, and a bunch of really good jokes, if we do say so ourselves.1. First up, a mini roundup-within-a-roundup:…

Inon Barnatan, at Jordan Hall, Nov. 18, 2018

Inon Barnatan's "Variations on a Suite"

Sunday, January 3, 20217:00 PMOn WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston, pianist Inon Barnatan creates his own baroque-style suite using…

French composer Hector Berlioz died 150 years ago. He has been a lifelong favorite of the British author David Cairns, who wrote Berlioz's biography and edited and translated his memoirs.

At 92, The Man Who Wrote The Book On Berlioz Resumes His Case

To mark the sesquicentennial of the composer's death — and a new box set of recordings — Berlioz biographer David Cairns celebrates the one-time musical misfit from France.

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