Richard Wagner

A collage of Yefim Bronfman and Andris Nelsons. Bronfman (left) poses against a dark gray background in a navy suit and bowtie. He has dark hair hat's graying and brown eyes. He looks at the camera and smiles softly. Nelsons (right) poses against a black backgroundin a blue blazer and blue collared shirt. He has brown hair and a beard, and blue eyes. He looks camera left and smiles softly.

Bronfman, Nelsons, and the BSO in "Prometheus, Poem of Fire"

Music Director Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in a dazzling program of music by Liszt, Wagner, and Anna Clyne, culminating in Scriabin's depiction of human consciousness, "Prometheus, Poem of Fire," with pianist Yefim Bronfman.

Joshua Weilerstein stands outside and looks at the camera, softly smiling. Piers Lane wears a suit and has his arms folded up on the piano in front of him. He looks upwards, off camera. Mistral includes ten musicians, and all of them stands outside against a stone wall and smile at the camera. The four string players of the Pacifica Quartet wear black and pose with their instruments, all smizing at the camera.

From Rockport to Concord with Wagner, Prokofiev, Chopin, and Beethoven

On WCRB In Concert, Joshua Weilerstein leads the Phoenix Orchestra in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony in Boston, Mistral performs Wagner in Brookline, Piers Lane plays Chopin in Rockport, and the Pacifica Quartet plays Prokofiev in Concord.

Collage of Martin Helmchen (in portrait, standing and facing straight ahead in black suit) and David Afkham (sitting, smiling, and holding baton facing downward daintily in right hand)

Mozart and Wagner, with Afkham, Helmchen, and the BSO at Tanglewood

David Afkham conducts the BSO at Tanglewood in Mozart and Wagner, with Martin Helmchen as the soloist.

Blog

Trees and Forests in Classical Music

Laura Carlo

From "tree canopy" to "forest bathing," 'tis the season for tree news, but classical has always gone out on a limb for trees!

Dance Night with the BSO at Tanglewood

In an encore broadcast, Karina Canellakis returns to the Berkshires to lead the Boston Symphony in Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances,” and Emanuel Ax is the soloist in Chopin’s dramatic Piano Concerto No. 2.

A New Year's Eve Celebration!

Ring in the new year with CRB and the Boston Symphony Orchestra with timeless waltzes by Lanner and Strauss and Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll," capped off with Beethoven's eternal Symphony No. 9 — all conducted by Erich Leinsdorf.

Concerts

Kaufmann and Nylund Sing Wagner with the BSO

Saturday, March 28, 20208:00 PMIn a 2018 performance at Symphony Hall, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an All-Wagner program,…

Concerts

Wagner’s “Die Walküre” at Tanglewood

Sunday at 7pm, with Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde and James Rutherford as Wotan, Andris Nelsons leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in the second…

Concerts

"Das Rheingold" at Tanglewood

Saturday, July 15, 2017Boston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorThis concert is no longer available on demandFollow the opera with the…

Articles

Composers In The Kitchen: Gustav Mahler's Just Dessert

Tom Huizenga

The great symphonist survived on an ascetic diet for much of his life, but his sister's traditional Viennese apricot dumplings were one of his many small indulgences.