Samuel Barber

The Boston Symphony Orchestra launches a new season with an all-American program of works by Sarah Kirkland Snider, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and inaugural BSO Composer Chair Carlos Simon.

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit, and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?" ~Albert Einstein

Soprano Nicole Cabell and pianist Aaron Diehl take center stage with the BSO in an all-American program, featuring a new piece by Carlos Simon and works by Barber, Ellington, and Gershwin, all led by Andris Nelsons.

Sunday, January 3, 20217:00 PMOn WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston, pianist Inon Barnatan creates his own baroque-style suite using…

Saturday, September 26, 20208:00 PMAndris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Dvorák's masterful "New World" Symphony, along with works by…

How did Samuel Barber's stirring, lush work for strings — music that has become America's semi-official music of mourning — morph into a beloved and endlessly remixed dance floor anthem?

Saturday, January 14, 2017Bramwell Tovey, conductorCameron Carpenter, organBarber - Toccata FestivaRiley - At the Royal MajesticElgar - Enigma…

From the opening weekend of the 2015 Rockport Chamber Music Festival, the Shanghai Quartet performs works by Beethoven and Barber, as well as the Piano…

A concert commemorating the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001On the program:Key: The Star-Spangled BannerBarber: Adagio for StringsMassenet:…