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Past "In Concert" Broadcasts
Sunday nights at 7pm

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

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Latest Episodes
  • Anne Azéma stands in a black dress facing her singers. They stand in a semi-circle around her, and her arms are raised in the air.
    The Boston Camerata's "Gloria! An Italian Christmas"
    On WCRB In Concert with The Boston Camerata, Artistic Director Anne Azéma leads a celebration of the holiday season with music from the Renaissance and early Baroque, ranging from sacred songs to instrumental fantasias and choral masterpieces.
  • A stage with large wooden set pieces depicts a forest scene at night. Circé and Ulisse stand in the center of the stage clad in gold and crimson robes. Dancers twirl around them, and sheet music is visible at the edge of the stage where the pit orchestra plays.
    Love, Magic, and Fate in Desmarets's "Circé" at the Boston Early Music Festival
    On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, a renowned cast led by Karina Gauvin and Aaron Sheehan brings a story from Homer's Odyssey to life on the stage of the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater.
  • Mitridate stands in a three-piece pinstripe suit in front of a wall decorated with stone busts. The wall is flooded in a wash of bright fuschia light, and there's white spray paint across the walls and the busts.
    Boston Lyric Opera's "Mitridate"
    On WCRB In Concert with BLO, passions and rivalries collide in this production of Mozart’s rarely performed Mitridate, re di Ponto, with a cast anchored by tenor Lawrence Brownlee, sopranos Brenda Rae and Vanessa Goikoetxea, and countertenor John Holiday.
  • The BSCP perform for a packed room, with two large TV cameras at the edge of the frame. An illuminated projection on the wall behind the players reads "GBH Music."
    The Boston Symphony Chamber Players Celebrate Koussevitsky, with GBH Music
    On WCRB In Concert with GBH Music, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players celebrate Serge Koussevitzky's 150th birthday with a program saluting the former BSO Music Director's profound impact on the music of his time.
  • A collage of Stewart Goodyear performing as the pianist soloist in his composition "Callaloo: A Caribbean suite for piano and orchestra," and Chineke! Orchestra's conductor Andrew Grams
    "Unbridled Joy," with the Chineke! Orchestra in Boston
    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."
  • Conductor Masaaki Suzuki, standing outside in front of a church entrance in a dark coat
    Bach's B Minor Mass, with Suzuki and H+H
    On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, frequent guest conductor Masaaki Suzuki returns to Symphony Hall to lead five soloists and the H+H Orchestra and Chorus in Bach's choral masterpiece, performed with period instruments.
  • People crowd the lawn at the Koussevitzky Music Shed to enjoy the music and watch Andris Nelsons conduct the BSO on a large screen.
    Debussy, Sibelius, and More, from Tanglewood
    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.
  • Diana stands in front of a stone wall, holding her violin and looking at the camera. She has long, wavy brown hair, and she wears a white shirt with pink, gold, and green watercolor flowers on it.
    Adamyan's Celebrity Series Debut
    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.
  • External view of the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Mass., from Sandy Beach, looking across the bay at the windows at the back of the stage
    Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, and More, from Rockport Music
    On WCRB In Concert with Rockport Music, the Israeli Chamber Project performs vibrant chamber works by Mozart, Martinů, and Clarke, the Aizuri Quartet traverses one of Beethoven's energetic early works, and pianist Piers Lane plays hypnotic Nocturnes by Chopin, all at the beautiful Shalin Liu Performance Center on Cape Ann.
  • In the darkness of Pickman Hall, one spot light illuminates four players: two violins, one viola, one cello, and one clarinet shimmer in the light.
    "Shimmer," with Radius Ensemble
    On WCRB In Concert with the Radius Ensemble, selections from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Hilary Tann, and Jennifer Higdon embody and celebrate the shimmering natural world.
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