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Artists across the pop music spectrum, from Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens to Solange Knowles and RZA, have made recent forays into music for ballet. Why now, and what’s changed about their music to accommodate the medium?
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Figure skating is a sport with deep ties to classical music. Here's what you'll hear at this year's ISU World Figure Skating Championships, taking place in Boston, MA. -
Spring has sprung, and with it comes a riot of fiddle, a lo-fi re-imagining, and at least two GRAMMY Awards in the Instant Replay. -
If you've never made the trek to Symphony Hall, you're not alone. Join WCRB host Phil Jones on his first ever visit to hear the BSO, and get ready to make YOUR Symphony Hall debut! -
Edwin Barker, Principal Double Bassist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, illuminates the connection between Serge Koussevitzky's chosen instrument and its impact on the history of the BSO.
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Star pianist Inon Barnatan returns to Symphony Hall to take on one of Bartók’s final works, and Eun Sun Kim makes her BSO debut. -
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. -
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.
From NPR Music
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The 88-year-old composer, who talks as fast as the interlocking phrases of his music, looks back on crucial moments in a career that moved minimalism into the mainstream. -
South African cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe talks about his new album "Hymns of Bantu," which highlights the healing power of song across cultures.
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On The Bach Hour, the Los Angeles-based violinist performs both parts - each on a different Stradivarius instrument - of one of the composer’s most dramatic concertos.
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