Camille Saint-Saens

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.

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit, and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?" ~Albert Einstein

In an encore broadcast of the final concert in the 2021-2022 Boston Symphony Orchestra season, BSO Principal Cellist Blaise Déjardin is center-stage in Saint-Saëns's Cello Concerto No. 1, and Andris Nelsons conducts Richard Strauss's panoramic "An Alpine Symphony" and a selection from the composer's "Intermezzo."

Classical composers know that the sound of spring has a lot to do with the sound of birds.

March 29th is the 88th day of the year, so, fittingly, it’s World Piano Day!

A classical music “Romance” is not the same thing as a Hollywood romance. (Some say it’s better!)

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.

"Things that go bump in the night" will be the least of your concerns once our Halloween playlist unfolds. Read on...if...you...dare...

Stefan Jackiw is the soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, and Alan Gilbert leads the Boston Symphony in rarely heard works by Schumann and Stenhammar.

Saturday, February 6, 20218:00 PMThe Boston Symphony Orchestra performs the Violin Concerto by John Williams with soloist Gil Shaham, and Stéphane Denève…