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Now available on demand: Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Williams’s Piano Concerto, written for and performed by Ax, followed by the epic journey of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.
See the full lineup of CRB Classical's broadcasts for the 2025 Tanglewood Music Festival.
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What does the holiday season mean to you? For me, it means Hallmark movies! Here are five classically-inclined Hallmark Christmas movies that are worth checking out. -
For some, it’s not Christmas until they hear “that one piece” of music. We’ve gathered ten more to add to your list! -
Boston-based choir Nightingale Vocal Ensemble shakes up the classical choral format with their entirely improvised debut album “Composition Sped Up.” -
Much ink has been spilled in writing books about classical music. Here are some staff favorites.
How does music awaken our sense of place?
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On The Bach Hour, a simple tune is continually transformed, creating the foundations of multiple themes in the composer's Cantata No. 93, conducted by Ton Koopman. -
Andris Nelsons, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a cast of phenomenal singers bring Puccini’s operatic tale of love and treachery to the Shed. -
Conductor Thomas Adés leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, with Finnish compatriot Pekka Kuusisto, and the same composer’s Symphony No. 5.
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On The Bach Hour, the renowned harpsichordist and conductor draws on decades of interpretive experience to conduct Bach's Partita No. 5, re-imagined for chamber orchestra.
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