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Sunday at 7pm on WCRB In Concert with Radius Ensemble, hear Radius perform Schubert's atmospheric, harmonically rich Octet in F major and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's rustic Quintet for clarinet and strings in F# minor.
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qOpZuD
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qOpZuD
Schubert and Coleridge-Taylor, with Radius Ensemble
On WCRB In Concert with Radius Ensemble, hear Radius perform Schubert's atmospheric, harmonically rich Octet in F major and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's rustic Quintet for clarinet and strings in F# mino...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Sunday at 7pm on WCRB In Concert with Radius Ensemble, hear Radius perform Schubert's atmospheric, harmonically rich Octet in F major and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's rustic Quintet for clarinet and strings in F# minor.
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qOpZuD
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qOpZuD
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Good news for challenging times: the Boston Symphony Orchestra announces its 2026 Tanglewood season. Check out my preview on @crbclassical.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Good news for challenging times: the Boston Symphony Orchestra announces its 2026 Tanglewood season. Check out my preview on @crbclassical.bsky.social
The lineup for the 2026 Tanglewood season is here!
Hear @bkmccreath.bsky.social and @bostonsymphony.bsky.social's Tony Fogg discuss the myriad of artists coming to the Berkshires this summer: https://bit.ly/4qq7mMF
Hear @bkmccreath.bsky.social and @bostonsymphony.bsky.social's Tony Fogg discuss the myriad of artists coming to the Berkshires this summer: https://bit.ly/4qq7mMF
"A Nexus of Landscape and Musical Art": Tanglewood 2026
Works by Tchaikovsky, Yo-Yo Ma's "We the People," dance collaborations, and more are a few of the many highlights at the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2026.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The lineup for the 2026 Tanglewood season is here!
Hear @bkmccreath.bsky.social and @bostonsymphony.bsky.social's Tony Fogg discuss the myriad of artists coming to the Berkshires this summer: https://bit.ly/4qq7mMF
Hear @bkmccreath.bsky.social and @bostonsymphony.bsky.social's Tony Fogg discuss the myriad of artists coming to the Berkshires this summer: https://bit.ly/4qq7mMF
Saturday at 8pm, @bostonsymphony.bsky.social Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads the Boston premiere of "Good News Mass," a new co-commission by Composer Chair Carlos Simon.
Before that, hear The Crossing perform David Lang’s "poor hymnal."
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4sUKyqy
Before that, hear The Crossing perform David Lang’s "poor hymnal."
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4sUKyqy
Carlos Simon’s “Good News Mass,” with Wilkins and the BSO
BSO Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads the Boston premiere of Good News Mass, a new co-commission by Composer Chair Carlos Simon, and David Lang’s poor hymnal, featuring The Crossing.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Saturday at 8pm, @bostonsymphony.bsky.social Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads the Boston premiere of "Good News Mass," a new co-commission by Composer Chair Carlos Simon.
Before that, hear The Crossing perform David Lang’s "poor hymnal."
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4sUKyqy
Before that, hear The Crossing perform David Lang’s "poor hymnal."
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4sUKyqy
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January 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
EYE THINK ITS A @crbclassical.bsky.social TYPE OF DAY
On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson brings a collaborative spirit to Bach's "Aria and Variations in the Italian Manner," and Apollo's Fire performs Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3NupnM0
Ólafsson and Bach, Co-Creators
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson brings a spirit of collaborative creation to the Bach's Aria and Variations in the Italian Manner, and Christoph Spering leads the Cantata No. 14 on The Bach Hour.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:23 PM
On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson brings a collaborative spirit to Bach's "Aria and Variations in the Italian Manner," and Apollo's Fire performs Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3NupnM0
Saturday at 8pm, the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social celebrates one of America’s greatest and most expansive composers with pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Gil Shaham!
Catch this all-John Williams program on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4pK9dLE
Catch this all-John Williams program on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4pK9dLE
The BSO Celebrates John Williams, with Emanuel Ax and Gil Shaham
To celebrate one of America’s greatest and most expansive composers, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an all-John Williams program, with pianist Emanuel Ax performing the Boston p...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Saturday at 8pm, the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social celebrates one of America’s greatest and most expansive composers with pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Gil Shaham!
Catch this all-John Williams program on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4pK9dLE
Catch this all-John Williams program on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4pK9dLE
Tonight at 8pm, hear an encore @bostonsymphony.bsky.social broadcast of Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera “Vanessa,” in collaboration with Boston Lyric Opera!
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4sGDa23
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4sGDa23
Samuel Barber’s “Vanessa,” with the BSO
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra launch a multi-concert exploration of American music with Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera “Vanessa,” in collaboration with Boston Lyric Opera.
www.classicalwcrb.org
January 19, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Tonight at 8pm, hear an encore @bostonsymphony.bsky.social broadcast of Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera “Vanessa,” in collaboration with Boston Lyric Opera!
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4sGDa23
Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4sGDa23
In his Cantata No. 156, Bach infuses a particular sequence with words of devotion to create a sonic symbol, part of a performance directed by Masaaki Suzuki on this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social. Listen here:
The Simplicity and Power of Four Notes by Bach
In his Cantata No. 156, the composer infuses a particular sequence with the meaning of words of devotion to create a sonic symbol, part of a performance directed by Masaaki Suzuki on The Bach Hour.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
In his Cantata No. 156, Bach infuses a particular sequence with words of devotion to create a sonic symbol, part of a performance directed by Masaaki Suzuki on this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social. Listen here:
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Right now, Loggins-Hull with McGhee #Bernstein and #Tchaikovsky with Cho from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch
Loggins-Hull with McGhee, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky with Cho from Boston - Schedule 18/1/2026 - www.worldconcerthall.com
Lorna McGhee, flute, Seong-Jin Cho, piano, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons perform: Allison LOGGINS-HULL: Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni, for…
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January 18, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Right now, Loggins-Hull with McGhee #Bernstein and #Tchaikovsky with Cho from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch
Sunday at 7pm, the American chamber ensemble ACRONYM and the Canadian early music group Constantinople showcase the music of J.S. Bach, Omar Khayyam, and the Holy Roman Empire.
Listen to WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3LzCvi0
Listen to WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3LzCvi0
ACRONYM and Constantinople, with BEMF
On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, the ensembles ACRONYM and Constantinople showcase the music of J.S. Bach, Omar Khayyam, and the Holy Roman Empire.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Sunday at 7pm, the American chamber ensemble ACRONYM and the Canadian early music group Constantinople showcase the music of J.S. Bach, Omar Khayyam, and the Holy Roman Empire.
Listen to WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3LzCvi0
Listen to WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3LzCvi0
Saturday at 8pm, Seong-Jin Cho returns to Symphony Hall!
Hear him in Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto alongside Bernstein’s "Chichester Psalms" and Loggins-Hull’s "Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni."
Listen to the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social LIVE on-air, on our app, or online:
Hear him in Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto alongside Bernstein’s "Chichester Psalms" and Loggins-Hull’s "Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni."
Listen to the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social LIVE on-air, on our app, or online:
Seong-Jin Cho, the BSO, and Tchaikovsky
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho returns to Symphony Hall as the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in a program that also includes Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Allison Loggins-Hull’s Rhapsody on...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Saturday at 8pm, Seong-Jin Cho returns to Symphony Hall!
Hear him in Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto alongside Bernstein’s "Chichester Psalms" and Loggins-Hull’s "Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni."
Listen to the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social LIVE on-air, on our app, or online:
Hear him in Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto alongside Bernstein’s "Chichester Psalms" and Loggins-Hull’s "Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni."
Listen to the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social LIVE on-air, on our app, or online:
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While you hear Riccardo Muti conduct Mozart's 40th Symphony on Tuesday night at 10:00 on @crbclassical.bsky.social, consider this wondrous, big-footed purple gallinule, blown to Massachusetts by unusual winds!
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
A giant-footed bird showed up in a Massachusetts backyard. It didn’t belong there.
The purple gallinule found its way north through unusual winds.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
While you hear Riccardo Muti conduct Mozart's 40th Symphony on Tuesday night at 10:00 on @crbclassical.bsky.social, consider this wondrous, big-footed purple gallinule, blown to Massachusetts by unusual winds!
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
This week on The Bach Hour with Brian McCreath, pianist Murray Perahia is the soloist in Bach's Concerto in D, and Ton Koopman leads a cantata inspired by the transformation of water into wine.
Listen on demand:
https://bit.ly/4qizdir
Listen on demand:
https://bit.ly/4qizdir
The Subtle Elegance of Perahia's Bach
On The Bach Hour, Murray Perahia is the soloist in the composer's Concerto in D, and Ton Koopman leads a cantata inspired by the transformation of water into wine.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
This week on The Bach Hour with Brian McCreath, pianist Murray Perahia is the soloist in Bach's Concerto in D, and Ton Koopman leads a cantata inspired by the transformation of water into wine.
Listen on demand:
https://bit.ly/4qizdir
Listen on demand:
https://bit.ly/4qizdir
Saturday at 8pm, kick off 2026 with Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera “Vanessa"!
Tune in to this live @bostonsymphony.bsky.social broadcast starring Jennifer Holloway, Samantha Hankey, Anne Sofie von Otter, and Boston Lyric Opera.
Listen on-air, on our app, or online:
Tune in to this live @bostonsymphony.bsky.social broadcast starring Jennifer Holloway, Samantha Hankey, Anne Sofie von Otter, and Boston Lyric Opera.
Listen on-air, on our app, or online:
Samuel Barber’s “Vanessa,” with the BSO
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra launch a multi-concert exploration of American music with Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera “Vanessa,” in collaboration with Boston Lyric Opera.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Saturday at 8pm, kick off 2026 with Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera “Vanessa"!
Tune in to this live @bostonsymphony.bsky.social broadcast starring Jennifer Holloway, Samantha Hankey, Anne Sofie von Otter, and Boston Lyric Opera.
Listen on-air, on our app, or online:
Tune in to this live @bostonsymphony.bsky.social broadcast starring Jennifer Holloway, Samantha Hankey, Anne Sofie von Otter, and Boston Lyric Opera.
Listen on-air, on our app, or online:
On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, a clever deception heads off a potential disaster, laying the groundwork for a promising future. Listen to the final chapter of Bach's narrative for the season: https://bit.ly/3YkQ87x
The Radiant Hope of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Part 6
On The Bach Hour, in the final chapter of the composer's narrative for the season, a clever deception heads off a potential disaster, laying the groundwork for a promising future.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, a clever deception heads off a potential disaster, laying the groundwork for a promising future. Listen to the final chapter of Bach's narrative for the season: https://bit.ly/3YkQ87x
"The main part of my job is to study, understand, and honor the past. But I think it's also equally important to make it speak to the people of today, and within the context of the world we live in." Alice Sara Ott: https://bit.ly/4pUux1Y
Past, Present, and Future Nostalgia in Alice Sara Ott's "John Field: Complete Nocturnes"
Pianist Alice Sara Ott's recording "John Field: Complete Nocturnes" dazzles, uplifts, and soothes. That's exactly what this music did for her.
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January 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
"The main part of my job is to study, understand, and honor the past. But I think it's also equally important to make it speak to the people of today, and within the context of the world we live in." Alice Sara Ott: https://bit.ly/4pUux1Y
"We produce these sounds from all kinds of whistles and musical instruments that imitate sounds of birds. I bought a big box of 20 different birds from a lovely couple in middle-of-nowhere France, in the countryside..."
Avi Avital on Song of the Birds: https://bit.ly/49cyb00
Avi Avital on Song of the Birds: https://bit.ly/49cyb00
Avi Avital Explores New Worlds with "Song of the Birds"
With his 2025 album "Song of the Birds," Avi Avital explores new worlds through the crossover between classical and folk music, with the help of his hand-picked group, Between Worlds.
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January 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"We produce these sounds from all kinds of whistles and musical instruments that imitate sounds of birds. I bought a big box of 20 different birds from a lovely couple in middle-of-nowhere France, in the countryside..."
Avi Avital on Song of the Birds: https://bit.ly/49cyb00
Avi Avital on Song of the Birds: https://bit.ly/49cyb00
2025 was a great year for classical recordings. What's on your radar for 2026?
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https://bit.ly/3KXLzgB
Our Top Classical Albums of 2025
From ethereal centuries-old motets to electrifying works recently composed for percussion and prepared piano, hear some of CRB's favorite classical albums of 2025!
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January 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
2025 was a great year for classical recordings. What's on your radar for 2026?
https://bit.ly/3KXLzgB
https://bit.ly/3KXLzgB
Pianist Alice Sara Ott's recording of the complete John Field nocturnes is among the best classical releases of the year. CRB's Kendall Todd asked her what these pieces mean to her:
Past, Present, and Future Nostalgia in Alice Sara Ott's "John Field: Complete Nocturnes"
Pianist Alice Sara Ott's recording "John Field: Complete Nocturnes" dazzles, uplifts, and soothes. That's exactly what this music did for her.
www.classicalwcrb.org
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Pianist Alice Sara Ott's recording of the complete John Field nocturnes is among the best classical releases of the year. CRB's Kendall Todd asked her what these pieces mean to her:
Saturday at 8pm, tune in to 99.5 WCRB to hear an encore broadcast of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, performed by the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a collection of stellar soloists!
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qne2eR
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qne2eR
Nelsons, the BSO, and Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand”
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, a collection of stellar soloists, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus joined by the Boys of the St. Paul’s Choir School perform Mahler’s spiritually optimistic Eighth Sym...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Saturday at 8pm, tune in to 99.5 WCRB to hear an encore broadcast of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, performed by the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a collection of stellar soloists!
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qne2eR
Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qne2eR
Now available to stream on demand: Beatrice Rana performs selections from Prokofiev’s "Romeo and Juliet," Tchaikovsky’s "Nutcracker" suite, and Debussy’s Études.
Listen to WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston on our app or online: https://bit.ly/44BbqRZ
Listen to WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston on our app or online: https://bit.ly/44BbqRZ
Pianist Beatrice Rana, from Celebrity Series of Boston
On WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston, Rana brings her storytelling prowess and expressive piano playing to two well-loved ballet suites: Prokofiev’s "Romeo and Juliet", and Tchaikovs...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Now available to stream on demand: Beatrice Rana performs selections from Prokofiev’s "Romeo and Juliet," Tchaikovsky’s "Nutcracker" suite, and Debussy’s Études.
Listen to WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston on our app or online: https://bit.ly/44BbqRZ
Listen to WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston on our app or online: https://bit.ly/44BbqRZ
What's your favorite classical recording of the year?
Here are a few of ours:
Here are a few of ours:
Our Top Classical Albums of 2025
From ethereal centuries-old motets to electrifying works recently composed for percussion and prepared piano, hear some of CRB's favorite classical albums of 2025!
www.classicalwcrb.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What's your favorite classical recording of the year?
Here are a few of ours:
Here are a few of ours:
We're aware of service interruptions to WJMF in Providence, Rhode Island, and are working on a fix. Thank you for your patience!
December 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We're aware of service interruptions to WJMF in Providence, Rhode Island, and are working on a fix. Thank you for your patience!