Hilary Scott
Until this Sunday, you can stream a medley of performances from the first half of the 2025 Tanglewood Music Center season, including a breathtaking performance by star pianist Yuja Wang.
Benjamin Ealovega: Zhang and Biss
What makes an opera performance great? GBH Music partnered with Boston Lyric Opera, New England Conservatory of Music, and legendary opera singers Patricia Racette, Susan Graham, and Davóne Tines to deconstruct — and demystify — an extraordinary art form.
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Ever wonder about countertenors? CRB’s lead music programmer Will Peacock, himself a countertenor, addresses some burning questions about the enigmatic voice type, and explores the complex history surrounding gender and voice. -
How to plan your first trip to the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in the Berkshires, according to WCRB's Operations Manager, Phil Jones. -
Just like summer roller coasters, we've got music to take you from your feel-good morning groove to wild abandon, and everything in between. -
The former Boston Symphony violist and current Director of the TMC describes the growing strengths of the legendary summer academy in the Berkshires and its most significant challenges and opportunities.
How does music awaken our sense of place?
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Conductor Earl Lee leads the BSO in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and James Burton conducts the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s “Words and Prayers of My Fathers.” -
On The Bach Hour, destruction on a Biblical scale is the foundation of music that grapples with mysteries and uncertainties as relevant today as in the composer's time. -
Kazuki Yamada, Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, leads a program of Holst’s iconic suite The Planets and Poulenc’s emotionally evocative Gloria with soloist Raquel González and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
From NPR Music
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The Lithuanian composer, now based in New York, creates layered, deliberate music that she hopes will grant listeners the freedom to enter an altered state of mind. -
In a new album, the cellist draws an arc of female longing and defiance through the centuries.
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On The Bach Hour, the English pastoral tradition of Vaughan Williams, Walton, Bax, and others meets Bach's music through the interpretations of pianist Jonathan Plowright, and Ton Koopman leads the Cantata 116.
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