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Lang Lang is the soloist in the beautifully romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 by Saint-Saëns in a program led by Andris Nelsons that also includes Gabriela Ortiz’s exuberant "La Calaca" and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, the "Pastoral."
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For some, it’s not Christmas until they hear “that one piece” of music. We’ve gathered ten more to add to your list!
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Walt Disney’s spookiest “Silly Symphony” launched a new approach to classical music in cartoons, but its roots go as far back as the medieval Black Plague.
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Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid makes his BSO subscription debut conducting Berlioz’s “Waverley” Overture and two pieces for organ and orchestra, featuring Olivier Latry: Michael Gandolfi’s “Ascending Light” and Camille Saint-Saëns’s Third Symphony.
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On The Bach Hour, transcriptions by three different composers come together in one piece for piano, and Ton Koopman conducts the composer's Cantata 97.
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In an encore broadcast from the 2023 Tanglewood season, Andris Nelson leads the BSO in Carlos Simon's "Four Black American Dances" and piano concertos by Gershwin and Saint-Saëns with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
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One of nature's most entrancing creations is also the inspiration behind beautiful works of music.
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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.
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On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Chamber Music Society, melodious chamber pieces for piano and strings by Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Saint-Saëns take center stage, capped by a world premiere by Lowell Liebermann, all from New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall.
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"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit, and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?" ~Albert Einstein