Joseph Haydn

In "Flow" with the Takács Quartet, presented by Vivo Performing Arts

On WCRB In Concert with Vivo Performing Arts, the Takács Quartet performs Haydn’s luminous “Sunrise” quartet, Beethoven’s second "Razumovsky" quartet, and Nokuthula Ngwenyama's "Flow," inspired by the pulse of the universe.

Haydn's "The Seasons," with Marc Minkowski and Boston Baroque

On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Minkowski conducts Haydn's "The Seasons" as Boston Baroque’s first new Music Director in more than 50 years.

Rachel Barton Pine poses in front of a harpishord holding her violin. She has ginger red hair and large blue eyes.

Rachel Barton Pine at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

On WCRB In Concert with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Rachel Barton Pine presents a recital on violin and viola d’amore, including the Gardner Museum's extraordinary 1770s viola d'amore.

All four men wear dark jeans and turtlenecks. They smile and laugh together on a street in New York City, all while carrying their instruments.

Newport Classical Presents the Isidore String Quartet

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

Daniil Trifonov performing the Brahms First Piano Concerto with Andris Nelsons and the BSO in 2021.

Trifonov, the BSO, and Shostakovich at Tanglewood

Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Haydn’s “Philosopher” Symphony, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, and Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto, with soloist Daniil Trifonov and trumpeter Thomas Rolfs.

The Danish String Quartet, with Vivo Performing Arts

On WCRB In Concert with Vivo Performing Arts, the Danish String Quartet performs Haydn, Britten, and traditional Nordic folk tunes.

Isabelle Faust has short blonde hair and hazel eyes. She holds her violin up close to her face and smizes at the camera. Alan Gilbert wears a blue pinstripe blazer, a black shirt, and round glasses. He has salt and pepper hair and a beard. He smiles softly at the camera.

Isabelle Faust and Alan Gilbert join the BSO for Haydn and Stravinsky

Violinist Isabelle Faust is the soloist in Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto and Alan Gilbert conducts two Haydn Symphonies.

A collage of the three soloists. Nicholas Newton smiles widely in a navy and gray suit. A red flower is pinned to his lapel. Hera Hyesang Park wears a sleeveless black dress and smizes at the camera. She wears small gold hoops and red lipstick. Paul Appleby wears a a black t-shirt under a gray blazer, standing in front of a maroon backdrop. He stares down the camera and smiles softly.

Haydn's "The Creation," with Boston Baroque

On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Haydn's breathtaking "The Creation" is brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton, all making their Boston Baroque debuts.

Jonathan Cohen stands at the concert podium and pinches his fingers together, moving them in the air like he's painting with a brush.

Haydn + Beethoven, with the Handel and Haydn Society

Jonathan Cohen leads the superlative H+H Orchestra and Chorus in that sweetest of Haydn’s The Seasons, followed by Beethoven’s astonishing Mass in C Major.

The perspective of this photo is from the risers on stage. You see what the H+H Chorus members see: other singers surround you with black binders full of sheet music, Harry Christophers conducts you from an otherwise empty stage, and a sea of audience members stretch back into the darkness of Symphony Hall. This concert appears to be completely sold out.

Hildegard, Aleotti, Haydn, and Mozart, with H+H

On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, mystically beautiful works by Hildegard von Bingen and Raffaela Aleotti are framed by Haydn's Symphony No. 49 and Mozart's "Coronation" Mass.