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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.

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  • 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.
  • Trumpeter Byron Stripling, in a grey suit, holding his instrument, and smiling
    Stripling and the Pops in "The Roots of Jazz: Trumpet Titans!"
    On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, trumpeter Byron Stripling explores a kaleidoscope of legendary jazz voices, from Louis Armstrong to Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.
  • Jonathan Cohen conducts the orchestra on stage at Symphony Hall from the harpsichord. He leans over the harpsichord with his arm outstretched towards the musicians, locking eyes with the chorus that's out of frame and smiling knowlingly.
    The Story of the Exodus, through Handel's Music, from H+H
    On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, buzzing flies, raging fire, and parting seas come to life in Handel's "Israel in Egypt," performed by the H+H chorus and period-instrument orchestra, all led by Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen.
  • Blue Heron
    “Ockeghem@600,” with Blue Heron
    On WCRB In Concert with Blue Heron, the renowned vocal ensemble continues its multi-year exploration of music by rarely heard 15th-century master Johannes Ockeghem.
  • The perspective of this photo is from the risers on stage. You see what the H+H Chorus members see: other singers surround you with black binders full of sheet music, Harry Christophers conducts you from an otherwise empty stage, and a sea of audience members stretch back into the darkness of Symphony Hall. This concert appears to be completely sold out.
    Hildegard, Aleotti, Haydn, and Mozart, with H+H
    On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, mystically beautiful works by Hildegard von Bingen and Raffaela Aleotti are framed by Haydn's Symphony No. 49 and Mozart's "Coronation" Mass.
  • A grainy, colored postcard of the old North Bridge. The wooden bridge spans the Concord River, surrounded by leafy greenery.
    Inspiration at Concord, with the Boston Chamber Music Society
    On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Chamber Music Society, an ode to the historic Massachusetts town, Daniel Godfrey’s "Ad Concordiam," is bookended by Beethoven and Brahms.
  • The four members of the Danish String quartet stand shoulder to shoulder in front of a dark, painted mural, perhaps from 16th-century Europe. These four Nordic men stand in black three-piece suits, holding their instruments in front of their waist. They each wear a different color tie: one black, one powder blue, one striped black and gray, and one yellow.
    The Danish String Quartet, From Haydn to Nordic Folk Songs
    On WCRB in Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston, the Danish String Quartet shares folk tunes from their native Denmark and Norway, as well as string quartets by Haydn and Shostakovich and three divertimenti by Britten.
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