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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Meet Founding Father Francis Hopkinson, America's First Composer! (Maybe!)
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of good music must be in want of a book.
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The winding of a river, an old tale made new, and a Zombieland crush. A typical September here on the Instant Replay.
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Centuries before there was an "International Talk Like a Pirate Day" on September 19, composers already were!
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See and hear a performance of Handel's masterpiece by the Handel and Haydn Society, produced at GBH.Boston's Handel and Haydn Society hasn't missed a…
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.
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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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