Tonight at 8:00pm, the Boston Symphony Orchestra welcomes back pianist Mitsuko Uchida for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, and Andris Nelsons conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15 in the second concert of the BSO's "Decoding Shostakovich" series.
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The "Fab Four" via South Korea, the North Seas meet the Vineyard, and a Pterodactyl scream . . . yes, we're ready for what fall may bring.
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Composer, pianist, singer-songwriter, and creative chair of the Oregon Symphony Gabriel Kahane confronts uncomfortable truths about the housing crisis in America with his witty, eclectic, dynamic, and genre-defying oratorio “emergency shelter intake form,” performed by the Oregon Symphony.
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Whether it's been a "wistful" summer, or a "high-energy" one, or even a "big ideas" kind of summer, we've got just the right soundtrack for you.
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What would the Olympics be without the best of the best athletes... and classical composers?
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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.
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra premieres a re-framing of John Coltrane’s legendary jazz compositions, curated by Composer Chair Carlos Simon.
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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.
From NPR Music
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Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better than modern ones.
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In his album Amours Interdites (Forbidden Love) French pianist David Kadouch explores music by gay composers who concealed their sexuality in societies that wouldn't otherwise accept them.
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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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