Joseph Haydn

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

For centuries, composers have paid tribute to St. Cecilia, remembered on November 22nd, leading to a fascinating tapestry of musical expression.

All eyes will be on the “City of Lights” this month as the world's attention focuses on the Paris Olympics, but classical composers have had Paris in their sights all along!