Caroline Shaw

A collage of Jean-Guihen Queyras and Dima Slobodeniouk in violet pink hues. Queyras sits with his cello and smiles widely at the camera, and Slobodeniouk looks away from the camera and smiles softly.

Slobodeniouk, Queyras, and the BSO at Tanglewood

Dima Slobodeniouk returns to Tanglewood to conduct Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, featuring cello soloist Jean-Guihen Queyras in his BSO debut. The concert closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and its joyful fourth movement.

Caroline Shaw sits with the four members of Sō Percussion

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Caroline Shaw Finds Joy in Mortality in “Rectangles and Circumstance"

James Bennett II

The Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-winning composer, singer, and musician speaks with James Bennett II about her new recording with Sō Percussion, the art of songwriting, collaboration, copyright law, and the satirical children's book "Go the F— to Sleep."

Seong-Jin Cho, facing left, leans one elbow on the upright piano and plays the keys with his other hand

Seong-Jin Cho Plays Ravel with Nelsons and the BSO

In an encore broadcast, renowned South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho is the soloist in Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in Caroline Shaw’s meditative "Punctum" and Stravinsky’s "Petrushka."

Phoenix Orchestra, dressed in red and black, mid-performance on the stage at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall.jpg

Stories and Tales with Phoenix Orchestra

On WCRB In Concert with Phoenix, Joshua Weilerstein conducts the chamber orchestra in a program that imagines far-off places and fantasy lands, from a fall through the looking glass in Caroline Shaw's "Entr'acte" to a night of revelry in Luigi Boccherini's Madrid and beyond.

Beethoven, Shaw, and Lewis at Tanglewood

In an encore Boston Symphony broadcast, Paul Lewis is the soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4, and Andris Nelsons leads the world premiere of the orchestral version of Caroline Shaw’s “Punctum.”

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John Williams, Karina Canellakis, Julia Bullock, JoAnn Falletta, Aaron Diehl, Andris Nelsons

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New Voices, Traditions, and Celebrations at Tanglewood in 2022

Brian McCreath

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its plans for its first full summer season in the Berkshires since 2019, featuring new works, new artists, and one very big birthday party.

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Brooklyn Rider's "Healing Modes"

One of today's most adventursome and compelling string quartets draws together emotionally powerful works by Caroline Shaw, Gabriela Lena Frank, and…

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5 Albums to Watch at the 2020 GRAMMY Awards

Kendall Todd

The 2020 GRAMMY Awards air this Sunday night! Here are a few GRAMMY-nominated classical albums we've had our eye on this year.1. Shaw: Orange / Attacca…

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The Calidore Quartet Illuminates Haydn, Shaw, and Mendelssohn

Sunday, November 10, 20197:00 PMOn WCRB In Concert with the Concord Chamber Music Society, the Los Angeles-based Calidore String Quartet brings their…

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Caroline Shaw Sings Her Own Song

Tom Huizenga

What do Gertrude Stein, Billy Joel and Robert Burns have in common? Their words all show up in a new song by Pulitzer-winning composer Caroline Shaw.