Marco Borggreve
Saturday at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in Stravinsky’s iconic tale of the Greek god Apollo and three muses of artistic inspiration, followed by Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade", inspired by the story of “One Thousand and One Nights.”
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English ensembles Polyphony and Britten Sinfonia, led by Stephen Layton, bring a polished sheen to Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds’s modern masterpiece "Passion and Resurrection" and other works. -
In a rare occurrence, planets will line up in the sky this month. A classical composer lined them up over 100 years ago! -
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Possibly the perfect playlist for the sweater-wearing, french-speaking, stunt-car-driving monk in your life. See what I mean in this month's Instant Replay.
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On WCRB In Concert with the Radius Ensemble, selections from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Hilary Tann, and Jennifer Higdon embody and celebrate the shimmering natural world. -
The BSO continues their "Decoding Shostakovich" series with his Symphony No. 6, and Stravinsky’s "Symphony of Psalms." -
On The Bach Hour, the Artistic Director of one of Boston's cornerstone music ensembles offers a guided tour of the composer's most elaborate and ambitious choral work.
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On The Bach Hour, a legendary instrument at Schlosskirche Altenburg - played when it was new by the composer himself - transmits an astonishing range of sonic color in the Passacaglia in C minor and Cantata 146.
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