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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with bkmccreath.bsky.social, conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini leads his Italian ensemble in unique re-imaginings of Bach's music. Listen here: https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bach-hour/2024-11-14/concerto-italiano-alessandrini-and-bach
Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini, and Bach
On The Bach Hour, conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini leads his Italian ensemble in unique re-imaginings of Bach's music, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in F.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with bkmccreath.bsky.social, conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini leads his Italian ensemble in unique re-imaginings of Bach's music. Listen here: https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bach-hour/2024-11-14/concerto-italiano-alessandrini-and-bach
Saturday at 8pm, Dima Slobodeniouk leads the bostonsymphony.bsky.social in the world premiere of Tania León’s "Time to Time," followed by Roberto Sierra’s Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra with James Carter.
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qWEUTU
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qWEUTU
Slobodeniouk Conducts Brahms, Sierra, and a World Premiere
Dima Slobodeniouk conducts the Boston Symphony in the highly anticipated world premiere of Tania León’s Time to Time, followed by Roberto Sierra’s Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra featuring soloi...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Saturday at 8pm, Dima Slobodeniouk leads the bostonsymphony.bsky.social in the world premiere of Tania León’s "Time to Time," followed by Roberto Sierra’s Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra with James Carter.
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qWEUTU
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qWEUTU
Go Beyond the Page with author M.L. Rio and CRB host Edyn-Mae Stevenson TONIGHT at 7pm for an exclusive conversation about M.L. Rio’s latest release, HOT WAX! Register here: https://bit.ly/4i45oyL
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Go Beyond the Page with author M.L. Rio and CRB host Edyn-Mae Stevenson TONIGHT at 7pm for an exclusive conversation about M.L. Rio’s latest release, HOT WAX! Register here: https://bit.ly/4i45oyL
Now available to stream on demand: hear Haydn's "The Creation" brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton on WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque.
Listen on our app or online: bit.ly/3Lf710n
Listen on our app or online: bit.ly/3Lf710n
Haydn's "The Creation," with Boston Baroque
On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Haydn's breathtaking "The Creation" is brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton, all making their Boston Baroque debuts.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Now available to stream on demand: hear Haydn's "The Creation" brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton on WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque.
Listen on our app or online: bit.ly/3Lf710n
Listen on our app or online: bit.ly/3Lf710n
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Absolutely loved the Rachmaninoff piece just now on David O’Leary’s program! My relative with Alzheimer’s is walking on air after listening. Thank you @crbclassical.bsky.social
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Happy supporters of WCRB over here
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Happy supporters of WCRB over here
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Absolutely loved the Rachmaninoff piece just now on David O’Leary’s program! My relative with Alzheimer’s is walking on air after listening. Thank you @crbclassical.bsky.social
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Happy supporters of WCRB over here
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Happy supporters of WCRB over here
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Hope you can join me at 7:30pm on Veterans Day when I'll bring you Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata on @crbclassical.bsky.social with the intense and intelligent pianist Jonathan Biss. His candor and insight about anxiety is moving and instructive:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlw...
Now Unquiet: The Journey of Pianist Jonathan Biss | Anxiety & Mental Health Recovery
YouTube video by OC87 Recovery Diaries
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hope you can join me at 7:30pm on Veterans Day when I'll bring you Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata on @crbclassical.bsky.social with the intense and intelligent pianist Jonathan Biss. His candor and insight about anxiety is moving and instructive:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlw...
In a conversation with bkmccreath.bsky.social on this week's episode of The Bach Hour, Hilary Hahn describes the endless creative possibilities in the Bach's music for solo violin, and plays his Sonata No. 2. Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/47FIVTX
Hilary Hahn's Bach
In a conversation with host Brian McCreath on The Bach Hour, Hahn describes the endless creative possibilities in the composer's music for solo violin and plays the Sonata No. 2.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In a conversation with bkmccreath.bsky.social on this week's episode of The Bach Hour, Hilary Hahn describes the endless creative possibilities in the Bach's music for solo violin, and plays his Sonata No. 2. Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/47FIVTX
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Right now, #Takemitsu and #Dvorák twice with Midori once from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch
Takemitsu and Dvor�k twice with Midori once from Boston - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Midori, violin, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nodoka Okisawa play: Toru TAKEMITSU: Requiem for strings. DVORÁK: Violin Concerto/ Symphony No. 7. Live....
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November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Right now, #Takemitsu and #Dvorák twice with Midori once from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch
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Listen to and read the interview here: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...
Okisawa’s BSO Debut and Tribute to Seiji Ozawa
Nodoka Okisawa, a protégée of former BSO Music Director Seiji Ozawa, makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra debut with Takemitsu’s “Requiem for strings,” as well as Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony and Violin C...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Listen to and read the interview here: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...
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It was a true delight to meet and talk with Nodoka Okisawa, who conducts the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social on @crbclassical.bsky.social on Saturday at 8pm in a program that includes Takemitsu's Requiem for strings and Dvorak's Violin Concerto, with soloist Midori, and Seventh Symphony.
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It was a true delight to meet and talk with Nodoka Okisawa, who conducts the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social on @crbclassical.bsky.social on Saturday at 8pm in a program that includes Takemitsu's Requiem for strings and Dvorak's Violin Concerto, with soloist Midori, and Seventh Symphony.
Sunday at 7pm on In Concert with Boston Baroque, Haydn's breathtaking "The Creation" is brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton!
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3Lf710n
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3Lf710n
Haydn's "The Creation," with Boston Baroque
On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Haydn's breathtaking "The Creation" is brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton, all making their Boston Baroque debuts.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Sunday at 7pm on In Concert with Boston Baroque, Haydn's breathtaking "The Creation" is brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton!
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3Lf710n
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3Lf710n
Saturday night at 8pm, conductor Nodoka Okisawa makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra debut with Tōru Takemitsu’s “Requiem for strings,” as well as Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony and Violin Concerto featuring soloist Midori!
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3LJxPpq
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3LJxPpq
Okisawa’s BSO Debut and Tribute to Seiji Ozawa
Nodoka Okisawa, a protégée of former BSO Music Director Seiji Ozawa, makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra debut with Takemitsu’s “Requiem for strings,” as well as Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony and Violin C...
www.classicalwcrb.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Saturday night at 8pm, conductor Nodoka Okisawa makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra debut with Tōru Takemitsu’s “Requiem for strings,” as well as Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony and Violin Concerto featuring soloist Midori!
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3LJxPpq
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3LJxPpq
Did you know there's a supermoon tomorrow night? November's "beaver" full moon will orbit closer to Earth than any of the other full moons this year, making it appear huge on the horizon!
Tune in at 4pm with Greg Ferrisi all week-long to hear some of our favorite odes to the moon...
Tune in at 4pm with Greg Ferrisi all week-long to hear some of our favorite odes to the moon...
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Did you know there's a supermoon tomorrow night? November's "beaver" full moon will orbit closer to Earth than any of the other full moons this year, making it appear huge on the horizon!
Tune in at 4pm with Greg Ferrisi all week-long to hear some of our favorite odes to the moon...
Tune in at 4pm with Greg Ferrisi all week-long to hear some of our favorite odes to the moon...
Starting now: Domingo Hindoyan leads the Boston Symphony in dances from Bernstein's "On the Town."
Later: Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, and the BSO plays Copland's Third Symphony!
Listen online, on air, or on our mobile app: https://bit.ly/4hJbsg7
Later: Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, and the BSO plays Copland's Third Symphony!
Listen online, on air, or on our mobile app: https://bit.ly/4hJbsg7
Yuja Wang, Prokofiev, and the Boston Symphony
Wang joins returning conductor Domingo Hindoyan for Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto, bookended by Copland’s optimistic Third Symphony and Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from “On The Town.”
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November 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Starting now: Domingo Hindoyan leads the Boston Symphony in dances from Bernstein's "On the Town."
Later: Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, and the BSO plays Copland's Third Symphony!
Listen online, on air, or on our mobile app: https://bit.ly/4hJbsg7
Later: Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, and the BSO plays Copland's Third Symphony!
Listen online, on air, or on our mobile app: https://bit.ly/4hJbsg7
Tonight at 8 in an encore broadcast, Yuja Wang is the soloist in Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto, and Domingo Hindoyan leads the Boston Symphony in dances from Bernstein’s On The Town and Copland’s 3rd Symphony.
Listen online, on air, or on our mobile app: https://bit.ly/4oOhEWf
Listen online, on air, or on our mobile app: https://bit.ly/4oOhEWf
Yuja Wang, Prokofiev, and the Boston Symphony
Wang joins returning conductor Domingo Hindoyan for Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto, bookended by Copland’s optimistic Third Symphony and Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from “On The Town.”
www.classicalwcrb.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tonight at 8 in an encore broadcast, Yuja Wang is the soloist in Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto, and Domingo Hindoyan leads the Boston Symphony in dances from Bernstein’s On The Town and Copland’s 3rd Symphony.
Listen online, on air, or on our mobile app: https://bit.ly/4oOhEWf
Listen online, on air, or on our mobile app: https://bit.ly/4oOhEWf
On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with bkmccreath.bluesky.social, harmonic solidity and quicksilver brilliance come together in the hands of violinist Isabelle Faust.
After, Sigiswald Kuijken leads Bach's Cantata No. 180. Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/4nr6x4o
After, Sigiswald Kuijken leads Bach's Cantata No. 180. Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/4nr6x4o
Isabelle Faust and Bach's Third Partita
On The Bach Hour, harmonic solidity and quicksilver brilliance come together in the hands of the German violinist, and Sigiswald Kuijken directs the Cantata No. 180, revealing a pathway from darkness ...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with bkmccreath.bluesky.social, harmonic solidity and quicksilver brilliance come together in the hands of violinist Isabelle Faust.
After, Sigiswald Kuijken leads Bach's Cantata No. 180. Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/4nr6x4o
After, Sigiswald Kuijken leads Bach's Cantata No. 180. Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/4nr6x4o
Happy Halloween! Trick-or-treat your way through these haunted classical hits: https://bit.ly/3LcXnLu
The Delightful Frights of Classical Music
As Halloween approaches, trick-or-treat your way through these haunted classical hits!
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October 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Happy Halloween! Trick-or-treat your way through these haunted classical hits: https://bit.ly/3LcXnLu
One note is all it takes for the hair on the back of our necks to stand up. That's the magic of a great horror movie soundtrack! Dare to listen? https://t.co/leoDlAjbg4
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October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
One note is all it takes for the hair on the back of our necks to stand up. That's the magic of a great horror movie soundtrack! Dare to listen? https://t.co/leoDlAjbg4
Coming soon to a radio near you... CRB's Franken-Symphonies! Tune in all Halloween to hear our monstrous creations.
This Halloween, we’re playing mad scientist! We're assembling symphonic monstrosities like the Bach Family Blob… Franck-enstein’s Monster… the Three-Winged Byrd… and more.
What awaits you? Listen to 99.5 WCRB on the radio, online, and on our mobile app all Halloween—if you dare.
What awaits you? Listen to 99.5 WCRB on the radio, online, and on our mobile app all Halloween—if you dare.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Coming soon to a radio near you... CRB's Franken-Symphonies! Tune in all Halloween to hear our monstrous creations.
This Halloween, we’re playing mad scientist! We're assembling symphonic monstrosities like the Bach Family Blob… Franck-enstein’s Monster… the Three-Winged Byrd… and more.
What awaits you? Listen to 99.5 WCRB on the radio, online, and on our mobile app all Halloween—if you dare.
What awaits you? Listen to 99.5 WCRB on the radio, online, and on our mobile app all Halloween—if you dare.
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This Halloween, we’re playing mad scientist! We're assembling symphonic monstrosities like the Bach Family Blob… Franck-enstein’s Monster… the Three-Winged Byrd… and more.
What awaits you? Listen to 99.5 WCRB on the radio, online, and on our mobile app all Halloween—if you dare.
What awaits you? Listen to 99.5 WCRB on the radio, online, and on our mobile app all Halloween—if you dare.
Now available to stream on demand: Yuja Wang and Domingo Hindoyan reunite with the bostonsymphony.bsky.social for Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto! After, the BSO performs Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony.
Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/3WlbNvA
Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/3WlbNvA
Yuja Wang, Prokofiev, and the Boston Symphony
Wang joins returning conductor Domingo Hindoyan for Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto, bookended by Copland’s optimistic Third Symphony and Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from “On The Town.”
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Now available to stream on demand: Yuja Wang and Domingo Hindoyan reunite with the bostonsymphony.bsky.social for Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto! After, the BSO performs Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony.
Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/3WlbNvA
Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/3WlbNvA
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It’s Public Radio Music Day. It’s a celebration of art over algorithms. It’s a celebration of discovery, diversity, and deep listening. Keep the music playing in stations across the nation.
Stand up for the NPR Network’s commitment to free, public-access music at the link here: n.pr/47jpe4d
Stand up for the NPR Network’s commitment to free, public-access music at the link here: n.pr/47jpe4d
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It’s Public Radio Music Day. It’s a celebration of art over algorithms. It’s a celebration of discovery, diversity, and deep listening. Keep the music playing in stations across the nation.
Stand up for the NPR Network’s commitment to free, public-access music at the link here: n.pr/47jpe4d
Stand up for the NPR Network’s commitment to free, public-access music at the link here: n.pr/47jpe4d
Walt Disney’s spookiest “Silly Symphony” launched a new approach to classical music in cartoons, but its roots go as far back as the medieval Black Plague. https://bit.ly/47sNosU
Classical in Cartoons: Disney's "The Skeleton Dance"
Walt Disney’s spookiest “Silly Symphony” launched a new approach to classical music in cartoons, but its roots go as far back as the medieval Black Plague.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Walt Disney’s spookiest “Silly Symphony” launched a new approach to classical music in cartoons, but its roots go as far back as the medieval Black Plague. https://bit.ly/47sNosU
On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with bkmccreath.bsky.social, Yoav Talmi leads the Quebec Symphony Orchestra in Walton's imaginative vision for a ballet based on Bach's music. Before, Thomas Quasthoff sings the heart-wrenching Cantata No. 56.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4nnCKcS
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4nnCKcS
William Walton Channels Bach in "The Wise Virgins"
On The Bach Hour, Yoav Talmi leads the Quebec Symphony Orchestra in the Walton's imaginative vision for a ballet based on Bach's music, and Thomas Quasthoff sings the heart-wrenching Cantata No. 56.
www.classicalwcrb.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with bkmccreath.bsky.social, Yoav Talmi leads the Quebec Symphony Orchestra in Walton's imaginative vision for a ballet based on Bach's music. Before, Thomas Quasthoff sings the heart-wrenching Cantata No. 56.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4nnCKcS
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4nnCKcS
Thursday at 5:30pm, GBH Music welcomes the Rasa String Quartet to the Boston Public Library for a FREE Halloween concert!
Enjoy an evening of spooky music from Schubert, Mozart, Radiohead, and iconic Halloween films, hosted by CRB's Edyn-Mae Stevenson! RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47GbL7K
Enjoy an evening of spooky music from Schubert, Mozart, Radiohead, and iconic Halloween films, hosted by CRB's Edyn-Mae Stevenson! RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47GbL7K
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thursday at 5:30pm, GBH Music welcomes the Rasa String Quartet to the Boston Public Library for a FREE Halloween concert!
Enjoy an evening of spooky music from Schubert, Mozart, Radiohead, and iconic Halloween films, hosted by CRB's Edyn-Mae Stevenson! RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47GbL7K
Enjoy an evening of spooky music from Schubert, Mozart, Radiohead, and iconic Halloween films, hosted by CRB's Edyn-Mae Stevenson! RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47GbL7K