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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, Helmut Rilling conducts the composer's Cantata No. 84 and selections from the Mass in B minor, and guitarist Jason Vieaux and German Brass each offer distinctive interpretations in two of Bach's instrumental works. -
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.
From NPR Music
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A new album from the guitarist for the rock band The National spotlights pieces he’s written for friends like Katia Labèque, Colin Currie and Pekka Kuusisto. -
Three years ago, a group of young musicians from Afghanistan and their teachers fled Kabul to remake their lives as a community in northern Portugal. Now, they are touring the U.S.
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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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