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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.
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Airing on GBH 2 on October 27, "Beyond the Baton: A Conductor's Journey" is an hour-long film that documents Wilkins’s experience as a Black conductor and his larger impact on the musical world. -
One of Leonard Bernstein’s most deeply personal works continues to be as relevant today as it ever was, even being quoted in a recent speech by the US Secretary of State. -
As a special guest on the GBH Kids-produced PBS KIDS series "Pinkalicious & Peterrific," cellist Yo-Yo Ma shares the power of music with a new generation of children. -
Not all heroes wear capes and fly through the air. Some swoop into our lives on classical music! Hear some of them for National Heroes Day on Oct. 8.
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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. -
The Boston Symphony Orchestra and violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann perform Elgar, and Dima Slobodeniouk returns to conduct Hailstork and Stravinsky. -
On The Bach Hour, organist Balint Karosi joins host Brian McCreath with rich context for his performance of the composer's magisterial collection called Clavierübung, Part III.
From NPR Music
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Two short operas that got their premieres at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. feature Black female protagonists. -
Discover a wide range of this year's most compelling classical music, from symphonic thrill rides and soaring voices to delicate baroque suites, ambient adventures and one groove-laden masterwork.
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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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