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Yo-Yo Ma plays his cello outside in a forest drenched in sunshine. He pulls the bow across his cello strings and smiles up at the sky.
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Encore: Shostakovich’s Message of Resistance with Yo-Yo Ma and the BSO
Tonight at 8:00pm in an encore broadcast, cellist Yo-Yo Ma returns to Symphony Hall for an all Shostakovich program, kicking off the Boston Symphony Orchestra's "Decoding Shostakovich" series.
Ton Koopman leading Amsterdam Baroque
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The Bach Hour
The Joy and Depth of Bach's Cantata 31, "Heaven Laughs! Earth Exults"
Erin Morley wears soft pink lipstick and blush, and is surrounded by blossoms of a similar hue. She looks at the camera and smiles softly.
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On Demand: Erin Morley's Boston Baroque Debut
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  • The perspective of this photo is from the risers on stage. You see what the H+H Chorus members see: other singers surround you with black binders full of sheet music, Harry Christophers conducts you from an otherwise empty stage, and a sea of audience members stretch back into the darkness of Symphony Hall. This concert appears to be completely sold out.
    Hildegard, Aleotti, Haydn, and Mozart, with H+H
    On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, mystically beautiful works by Hildegard von Bingen and Raffaela Aleotti are framed by Haydn's Symphony No. 49 and Mozart's "Coronation" Mass.
  • Eldbjørg Hemsing stands outside in a long red gown. The snowy Norwegian landscape unfurls behind her. Her long blonde hair is tucked into a red, velvet jacket that's draped around her shoulders. She lifts her head to the horizon and looks off into the distance, smiling.
    Eldbjørg Hemsing and the Songs of Norway, with GBH Music
    On WCRB In Concert with GBH Music, the Norwegian violinist takes listeners on an extraordinary sonic journey to her homeland while exploring themes of environmentalism, climate change, and our connection to nature.
  • Conductor Helmut Rilling
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    Bach's Beacon of Joy, through Rilling's Prism
    On The Bach Hour, Helmut Rilling conducts the composer's Cantata No. 84 and selections from the Mass in B minor, and guitarist Jason Vieaux and German Brass each offer distinctive interpretations in two of Bach's instrumental works.
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Upcoming BSO Broadcasts
Collage of Reginald Mobley, Erin Morley, and Will Liverman. Mobley standing on left side, smiles facing straight, Morley sitting in center, smiles facing right, Liverman standing on right, with hands in blazer pockets, faces right looking stern.
  1. “Carmina Burana,” with Nelsons and the BSO at Tanglewood
  2. Shostakovich, Stravinsky and World Premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
  3. Baibe Skride and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Past BSO Broadcasts
Mitsuko Uchida sits at the piano and leans against it, turning out towards the camera. She has shoulder-length, wavy hair and wears a white turtleneck. She looks at the camera with an amused expression.
  1. Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven with the BSO
  2. Shostakovich’s Message of Resistance with Yo-Yo Ma and the BSO
  3. Elgar’s Violin Concerto with Frank Peter Zimmermann
Upcoming "In Concert" Broadcasts
Amanda Forsythe and Cecilia Duarte both smile widely. They both have long dark brown hair and warm brown eyes. Dorothee Mields smizes at the camera with her green eyes. She has long hair like the other two sopranos, but it's a light strawberry blonde. On the bottom half on the frame, nine members of the Tiburtina Ensemble stand in a line with their hands on each others shoulders. They each look unique, but they all smile at the camera.
  1. The Boston Early Music Festival's Celebration of Women, with Tiburtina and The Three Sopranos
Past "In Concert" Broadcasts
Erin Morley wears soft pink lipstick and blush, and is surrounded by blossoms of a similar hue. She looks at the camera and smiles softly.
  1. Erin Morley's Boston Baroque Debut
  2. "The Four Seasons," Reimagined with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
  3. Hildegard, Aleotti, Haydn, and Mozart, with H+H
The Bach Hour
Ton Koopman leading Amsterdam Baroque
  1. The Joy and Depth of Bach's Cantata 31, "Heaven Laughs! Earth Exults"
  2. Bach's Cantata for Palm Sunday
  3. Bach's Double, with Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers
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