Cathy Fuller
@cathyclassical.bsky.social
It's International Check Your Wipers Day! (really) Classical connection: The revered golden-age pianist Josef Hofmann patented the windshield wiper ... inspired by the good old-fashioned metronomome!
More here:
www.pianostreet.com/blog/article...
More here:
www.pianostreet.com/blog/article...
Josef Hofmann – The Pianist Inventor
PIANO NEWS: An article about Josef Hofmann – The Pianist Inventor from the Piano Street Magazine.
www.pianostreet.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's International Check Your Wipers Day! (really) Classical connection: The revered golden-age pianist Josef Hofmann patented the windshield wiper ... inspired by the good old-fashioned metronomome!
More here:
www.pianostreet.com/blog/article...
More here:
www.pianostreet.com/blog/article...
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...
Hope you'll join me for Florence Price's first symphony on @crbclassical.bsky.social at 8:00pm on Friday, October 3rd. More about her (with a 1906 class photo in front of Jordan Hall at @necmusic.bsky.social!) in this interview:
www.aaihs.org/the-life-and...
www.aaihs.org/the-life-and...
The Life and Music of Florence Price: An Interview with Rae Linda Brown - AAIHS
In today's post, Ashleigh Gordon, a world-renowned, award-winning violist and New England Conservatory alumna (Castle of Our Skins, Callithumpian Consort, BMOP), interviews Dr. Rae Linda Brown about t...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hope you'll join me for Florence Price's first symphony on @crbclassical.bsky.social at 8:00pm on Friday, October 3rd. More about her (with a 1906 class photo in front of Jordan Hall at @necmusic.bsky.social!) in this interview:
www.aaihs.org/the-life-and...
www.aaihs.org/the-life-and...
It is always a joy to hear the Tokyo String Quartet. Here's the NPR piece I wrote about their Boston farewell performance given here in our Fraser Performance Studio:
www.npr.org/2013/04/10/1...
www.npr.org/2013/04/10/1...
Tokyo String Quartet Bids Boston A Bittersweet Farewell
After 43 seasons, the revered ensemble, born in Japan, calls it quits. Here, the players serenade Boston at WGBH, with a concert of music by Haydn, Bartok and Ravel.
www.npr.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is always a joy to hear the Tokyo String Quartet. Here's the NPR piece I wrote about their Boston farewell performance given here in our Fraser Performance Studio:
www.npr.org/2013/04/10/1...
www.npr.org/2013/04/10/1...
This Sunday, the 21st! Bring your kids to Cambridge's science extravaganza!
cambridgesciencecarnival.org
cambridgesciencecarnival.org
Cambridge Science Carnival
cambridgesciencecarnival.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This Sunday, the 21st! Bring your kids to Cambridge's science extravaganza!
cambridgesciencecarnival.org
cambridgesciencecarnival.org
Episode 3 of Getting Into Opera is live! Watch Emily M. Jensen sing Mimi's charming and emotional aria "Mi chiamano Mimi," from Puccini's "La Bohème," in a masterclass with iconic opera singer Patricia Racette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2fzqyae5E&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2fzqyae5E&t=1s
Getting Into Opera with Patricia Racette - Puccini's "Mi chiamano Mimi"
YouTube video by GBH Music
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September 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A city can never have too much public art. Look at this wonderful installation near Boston's South Station (check out the back of it!)
www.boston.com/news/arts/20...
www.boston.com/news/arts/20...
What's the deal with this art installation near South Station made entirely of coolers?
Elevar La Cultura is a new art installation outside of South Station made entirely out of coolers spray painted gold.
www.boston.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A city can never have too much public art. Look at this wonderful installation near Boston's South Station (check out the back of it!)
www.boston.com/news/arts/20...
www.boston.com/news/arts/20...
It took only weeks for Schubert to finish his hour-long Octet. He was so immersed, he could barely make eye contact with his visitors. Tonight, just after 10:00, join me on @crbclassical.bsky.social for the miraculous result. I think it's thrilling to see the first page in Schubert's own hand:
September 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It took only weeks for Schubert to finish his hour-long Octet. He was so immersed, he could barely make eye contact with his visitors. Tonight, just after 10:00, join me on @crbclassical.bsky.social for the miraculous result. I think it's thrilling to see the first page in Schubert's own hand:
Even a mediocre foliage season is stunning in Vermont
www.boston.com/community/re...
www.boston.com/community/re...
8 unforgettable fall destinations in Vermont, according to Boston.com readers
8 unforgettable fall destinations in Vermont, according to Boston.com readers who shared their favorite fall getaways in the state.
www.boston.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Even a mediocre foliage season is stunning in Vermont
www.boston.com/community/re...
www.boston.com/community/re...
Catch a 6-minute glimpse of the International Space Station on Friday morning at 5:37! We'll have Jordi Savall and his band for you on @crbclassical.bsky.social! Of course, it may be even more enthralling to look down from the station to good ol' Massachusetts:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qlr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qlr...
ISS passes over Mass., shares view of Boston, Cape Cod from space
YouTube video by WCVB Channel 5 Boston
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August 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Catch a 6-minute glimpse of the International Space Station on Friday morning at 5:37! We'll have Jordi Savall and his band for you on @crbclassical.bsky.social! Of course, it may be even more enthralling to look down from the station to good ol' Massachusetts:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qlr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qlr...
Thank goodness publishers were willing to wade through the artfully indecipherable handwriting of Mr. Beethoven! Wednesday night on crbclassical.bsky.social at 8:30, join me for Beethoven’s 2nd piano trio — and enjoy the restless penmanship from this later piano trio!
August 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thank goodness publishers were willing to wade through the artfully indecipherable handwriting of Mr. Beethoven! Wednesday night on crbclassical.bsky.social at 8:30, join me for Beethoven’s 2nd piano trio — and enjoy the restless penmanship from this later piano trio!
Some goodness for your Wednesday featuring the @gbhmusic.bsky.social quartet-in-residence:
youtu.be/Lvd9-j71W9k?...
youtu.be/Lvd9-j71W9k?...
The power of music education at the Conservatory Lab School #shorts #music #stringquartet
YouTube video by GBH Music
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July 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Some goodness for your Wednesday featuring the @gbhmusic.bsky.social quartet-in-residence:
youtu.be/Lvd9-j71W9k?...
youtu.be/Lvd9-j71W9k?...
Join me for Debussy's languid Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun on Wednesday night at 9:10 on @crbclassical.bsky.social!
Nijinsky created and premiered it in 1912. Here's his sensual and utterly unique choreography:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrF2...
Nijinsky created and premiered it in 1912. Here's his sensual and utterly unique choreography:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrF2...
Prelude à l'apres midi d'une faune - Paris Opera Ballet
YouTube video by fadedhour
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July 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Join me for Debussy's languid Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun on Wednesday night at 9:10 on @crbclassical.bsky.social!
Nijinsky created and premiered it in 1912. Here's his sensual and utterly unique choreography:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrF2...
Nijinsky created and premiered it in 1912. Here's his sensual and utterly unique choreography:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrF2...
Get those comfy lounge chairs in position! A couple of meteor showers are scheduled to peak next week! Bring along a speaker and listen to @CRBClassical while you're gazing!
www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showe...
www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showe...
Meteor Shower Calendar
Browse all the major meteor showers for 2025
www.amsmeteors.org
July 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Get those comfy lounge chairs in position! A couple of meteor showers are scheduled to peak next week! Bring along a speaker and listen to @CRBClassical while you're gazing!
www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showe...
www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showe...
Reposted by Cathy Fuller
Friends, the time to act is now! In the next few days, the Senate will vote on whether to claw back federal funding — this is our LAST CHANCE to stop this from happening. To help, please contact your Senators and tell them to protect public media. For easy steps to take: ProtectMyPublicMedia.org
July 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Friends, the time to act is now! In the next few days, the Senate will vote on whether to claw back federal funding — this is our LAST CHANCE to stop this from happening. To help, please contact your Senators and tell them to protect public media. For easy steps to take: ProtectMyPublicMedia.org
I love Escher's print of The Sunken Cathedral, inspired by hearing Debussy's piano prelude. Which itself was inspired by a fantastical old Breton myth. I'll have Stokowsky's orchestral version, packed with mystery and atmosphere, at 8pm on Thursday the 9th. Join me on @crbclassical.bsky.social!
July 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I love Escher's print of The Sunken Cathedral, inspired by hearing Debussy's piano prelude. Which itself was inspired by a fantastical old Breton myth. I'll have Stokowsky's orchestral version, packed with mystery and atmosphere, at 8pm on Thursday the 9th. Join me on @crbclassical.bsky.social!
Be one with our beautiful city! Free concerts all summer long:
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/free-...
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/free-...
Free Outdoor Concerts in Boston: Summer 2025 [06/01/25]
The best part about summer is getting to enjoy the warm weather and getting to watch performers sing and play instruments live. It’s the perfect activity: to get lost in the melody of people’s voices ...
www.thebostoncalendar.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Be one with our beautiful city! Free concerts all summer long:
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/free-...
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/free-...
I've always been slightly obsessed by the handwriting of composers that I love. This is Schubert's elaborate penmanship. It's his last letter, sold at auction for $240,000. Listen with me on Tuesday night at 7:00 for his Trout Quintet, on @crbclassical.bsky.social!
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
F. Schubert. The composer's last surviving letter, written to his close friend Franz von Schober, 1828 | Music: Books & Manuscripts | 2021 | Sotheby's
<p>Schubert, Franz</p><p><br></p><p>Extraordinary autograph letter signed ("Schubert[paraph]"), to his close friend Franz von Schober ("Lieber Schober!"), THE COMPOSER'S LAST SURVIVING LETTER, <e...
www.sothebys.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I've always been slightly obsessed by the handwriting of composers that I love. This is Schubert's elaborate penmanship. It's his last letter, sold at auction for $240,000. Listen with me on Tuesday night at 7:00 for his Trout Quintet, on @crbclassical.bsky.social!
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
Hope you'll join me at 10:00 on Wednesday night (July 2nd) for Till Fellner in Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto on @crbclassical.bsky.social! Alfred Brendel was a guiding light for him. Here's my encounter with Till in our studios:
www.npr.org/2009/11/25/1...
www.npr.org/2009/11/25/1...
Till Fellner's Journey With Beethoven
The young Viennese native is on tour, playing all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. Hear Fellner at the WGBH studio, in Boston, where he plays the lyrical "pastoral" sonata and the cheerful Sonata No....
www.npr.org
July 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hope you'll join me at 10:00 on Wednesday night (July 2nd) for Till Fellner in Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto on @crbclassical.bsky.social! Alfred Brendel was a guiding light for him. Here's my encounter with Till in our studios:
www.npr.org/2009/11/25/1...
www.npr.org/2009/11/25/1...
Summer farms to help you stop time for a while
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/14-fa...
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/14-fa...
17 Farms Near Boston to Visit This Summer [07/01/25]
Summer’s a great time to get out of the city and visit a good ol’ fashioned farm. With the summer festival season at its peak, you can enjoy a cold cider at an outdoor taproom; sample fresh meals made...
www.thebostoncalendar.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Summer farms to help you stop time for a while
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/14-fa...
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/14-fa...
This week, listen to CRBClassical.bsky.social with the car windows down while you make your way to Amesbury to celebrate the bees!
www.ciderhill.com/pollinatorfe...
www.ciderhill.com/pollinatorfe...
Pollinator Festival | Fun Things To Do | North of Boston
A week long calendar of engaging events bringing awareness to creatures essential to our food supply!
www.ciderhill.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This week, listen to CRBClassical.bsky.social with the car windows down while you make your way to Amesbury to celebrate the bees!
www.ciderhill.com/pollinatorfe...
www.ciderhill.com/pollinatorfe...
A chance to see Clifford Curzon playing Schubert's final piano sonata:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZe6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZe6...
Franz Schubert "Piano Sonata No 21" Clifford Curzon
YouTube video by Addiobelpassato
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June 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A chance to see Clifford Curzon playing Schubert's final piano sonata:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZe6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZe6...