Felix Mendelssohn

Spanish violin virtuoso María Dueñas is the soloist in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in works by Bach and Mahler.

On WCRB In Concert, the ISQ, founded in 2019 at the Juilliard School, performs the music of Haydn and Mendelssohn at The Breakers Mansion in Newport, RI.

Celebrating 30 years as the conductor of the Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart tells the stories behind his recordings with the Pops, from tributes to Glenn Miller and Richard Rodgers to the inimitable film scores of John Williams!

For some, it’s not Christmas until they hear “that one piece” of music. We’ve gathered ten more to add to your list!

In an encore broadcast, the youngest-ever winner of the Sphinx Concerto Competition is the soloist in Bruch’s spirited Violin Concerto No. 1, and Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in works by Felix Mendelssohn and Ethel Smyth.

In an encore broadcast, Kazuki Yamada conducts the BSO in Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique," and the Jussen brothers join as soloists for Felix Mendelssohn's Concerto in E for two pianos and orchestra.

In an encore broadcast, Christina and Michelle Naughton are the soloists in Poulenc’s firecracker Concerto for Two Pianos, and Earl Lee leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony and “Pulse,” by Brian Raphael Nabors.

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.

On WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston, flutist Emi Ferguson and the early music ensemble Ruckus perform J.S. Bach's music in a program called "Fly the Coop," and Diana Adamyan is the soloist in Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart.

Before I had ever heard of Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, or Mendelssohn, their music was the soundtrack to my childhood thanks to a doll called Barbie.