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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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The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its next summer season, anchored by Koussevitzky 150, a multi-dimensional celebration of the visionary BSO conductor behind the creation of the orchestra's iconic festival in the Berkshires. -
An off-kilter Frankenstein, symphonic bluegrass, and a GRAMMY nominee help kick off the year in this month's Instant Replay. -
The things around us have “color,” and music has “sound,” but through the magic of composing, music has color, too. -
Tyler Alderson sits down with pianist Marc-André Hamelin to discuss his recent album of piano works by Gabriel Fauré.
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On The Bach Hour, one of the composer's frothier musical creations tells the story of a father, his daughter, and a hot caffeinated beverage that causes a minor rift in family relations. -
On The Bach Hour, the Finnish conductor leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Arnold Schoenberg's lush orchestration of the "St. Anne" Prelude and Fugue, and Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata 73. -
The Miami-based orchestra celebrates the artistic explosion emanating from 1920s New York, with music and poetry inspired by the Harlem Renaissance, on demand.
From NPR Music
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Olivier Latry is Notre Dame Cathedral's longest-serving organist. Just days before the church's gala reopening, after the destructive fire in 2019, he talks about the refurbished instrument — it holds 8,000 pipes — and its role in the church. -
NPR's A Martínez speaks with Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen about their new EP, Rêve, featuring piano duets by lesser-known composers influenced by — or rejecting — French Impressionism.
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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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