On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in music that reflects the complexity of belief through one of the composer's most brilliant works, written for Easter.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of good music must be in want of a book.
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The winding of a river, an old tale made new, and a Zombieland crush. A typical September here on the Instant Replay.
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Centuries before there was an "International Talk Like a Pirate Day" on September 19, composers already were!
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Following its world premiere in 2021, a nearly forgotten work by Leonard Bernstein has now been released on a commercial recording, along with an additional movement of the piece discovered in 2022 and rarely heard music by Bernstein’s mentor, Aaron Copland.
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Join the GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival and Idagio for a holiday program showcasing masterworks from the Italian Baroque by Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Stradella!
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer performs his own music as well as that of Florence Price and Franz Schubert, with violinist Wendy Putnam, in a Concord…
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See and hear a performance of Handel's masterpiece by the Handel and Haydn Society, produced at GBH.Boston's Handel and Haydn Society hasn't missed a…
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The revered interdisciplinary artist, now in her 80s, remains vigorous and regards the joy of curiosity as the key to staying young.
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Virtuosic pianist and composer Beethoven suffered from several debilitating ailments. A new study suggests lead poisoning may be at least partly to blame.
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On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in music that reflects the complexity of belief through one of the composer's most brilliant works, written for Easter.
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