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Bela Bartok

  • Collage of Susanna Mälkki (sitting in backwards chair, left hand resting on head of chair, smiling and facing right) and Seong-Jin Cho (sitting, facing straight with neutral expression, head slightly tilted to his right)
    Mozart and Bartók with Mälkki and the BSO
    In an encore broadcast from the 2023 Tanglewood season, Susanna Mälkki guest conducts the BSO in Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, and Seong-Jin Cho is the soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9.
  • Taking care of bzzzzness
    Blog
    Classical Bzzzz-ness
    Laura Carlo
    We’re so happy to see the longer, warmer days of spring, but the insects and bugs? Not so much, unless they’re in music!
  • In this collage photo, Karen Cargill (left) wears a black dress against a black background. She has a blond bob that's softly curled and blue eyes. She looks up at the camera, smiling. Karina Canellakis (center) wears a black blazer and stands against a dark blue background. She has blonde hair that's pulled back into a ponytail and hazel eyes. She stands in profile and looks over her shoulder at the camera and smiles softly. Nathan Berg (right) wears a gray, paisley shirt and stands against a black background. He has long brown hair, a beard, and brown eyes. He looks at the camera and smirks.
    Canellakis Conducts the BSO in "Bluebeard's Castle"
    Karina Canellakis leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Bartók’s chilling opera "Bluebeard’s Castle," with mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill and bass-baritone Nathan Berg.
  • Seiji Ozawa
    Ozawa's Boston Symphony Legacy
    Musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra introduce their own most memorable recordings with former BSO Music Director Seiji Ozawa.
  • collage of three pictures, two from the Phoenix concert on March 27, 2022, and one of conductor Joshua Weilerstein
    Weilerstein and Phoenix Launch a New Collaboration
    On WCRB In Concert with Phoenix, the Boston-based chamber orchestra welcomes Music Director Joshua Weilerstein in a program of works by Bartók, Golijov, Beethoven, and much more.
  • Anne-Sophie Mutter
    Opening Night from Symphony Hall!
    In a return to concerts at Symphony Hall after 19 months, Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in John Williams’s Violin Concerto No. 2, led by the composer, and Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven and Bartók.
  • Boston Chamber Music Society
    Episodes
    A Globetrotting Tour of Chamber Music with BCMS
    On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Chamber Music Society, it's an evening of chamber pieces spanning Europe, with a string trio by Beethoven, a violin sonata by Bartók, and a piano quartet by Fauré.
  • Jakub Hrůša
    Episodes
    Jakub Hrůša's BSO Debut
    Saturday, March 27, 20218:00 PMIn an encore broadcast from 2016, the Czech conductor makes his BSO debut in two masterpieces from his homeland by Smetana…
  • Yefim Bronfman
    Concerts
    Bronfman Plays Bartók with the BSO
    Saturday, November 28, 20208:00 PMYefim Bronfman is the soloist in Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra…
  • Martin Helmchen
    Concerts
    Helmchen's Symphony Hall Debut
    Saturday, Nov. 14, 20208:00 PMChristoph von Dohnányi leads the BSO in Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto with soloist Martin Helmchen, Bartók's Music for…
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