CRB Classical 99.5
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Great classical music for Boston and beyond.
📻 99.5 FM in Boston
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🔊 "Alexa, open WCRB and listen live."
📻 99.5 FM in Boston
💻 Classical.org
📲 CRB Classical mobile app
🔊 "Alexa, open WCRB and listen live."
Happy Thanksgiving! Starting tomorrow, we're serving up back-to-back pieces from your favorite composers. Tune in to our Second Helpings Weekend on-air, on our app, or online at classical.org.
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Starting tomorrow, we're serving up back-to-back pieces from your favorite composers. Tune in to our Second Helpings Weekend on-air, on our app, or online at classical.org.
Now available on demand: hear the Boston Early Music Festival's centerpiece opera of love, betrayal, and trickery on WCRB In Concert!
Stream Reinhard Keiser's "Octavia: The Roman Rebellion" on our app or online: https://bit.ly/48oCXr4
Stream Reinhard Keiser's "Octavia: The Roman Rebellion" on our app or online: https://bit.ly/48oCXr4
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Now available on demand: hear the Boston Early Music Festival's centerpiece opera of love, betrayal, and trickery on WCRB In Concert!
Stream Reinhard Keiser's "Octavia: The Roman Rebellion" on our app or online: https://bit.ly/48oCXr4
Stream Reinhard Keiser's "Octavia: The Roman Rebellion" on our app or online: https://bit.ly/48oCXr4
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
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...
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.
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
Sesto’s passionate aria, “Parto, ma tu, bien mio,” comes alive in Ricky Lee Owens's performance, part of a masterclass with Davóne Tines, for our series Getting Into Opera! Check out the full episode on classical.org on 9/22.
September 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sesto’s passionate aria, “Parto, ma tu, bien mio,” comes alive in Ricky Lee Owens's performance, part of a masterclass with Davóne Tines, for our series Getting Into Opera! Check out the full episode on classical.org on 9/22.
The next Getting Into Opera episode drops today at noon on GBH Music's YouTube channel!
www.youtube.com/channel/UCyK...
Here's a preview:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCyK...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The next Getting Into Opera episode drops today at noon on GBH Music's YouTube channel!
www.youtube.com/channel/UCyK...
Here's a preview:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCyK...
Here's a preview:
Please welcome CRB’s new morning host: Boston’s very own David O'Leary!
David has appeared on radio and television in Boston for over 40 years. Now, he’s bringing his voice and passion for music to CRB Classical 99.5 mornings, 5am-9:30am weekdays.
We couldn’t be happier to have him on our team!
David has appeared on radio and television in Boston for over 40 years. Now, he’s bringing his voice and passion for music to CRB Classical 99.5 mornings, 5am-9:30am weekdays.
We couldn’t be happier to have him on our team!
September 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Please welcome CRB’s new morning host: Boston’s very own David O'Leary!
David has appeared on radio and television in Boston for over 40 years. Now, he’s bringing his voice and passion for music to CRB Classical 99.5 mornings, 5am-9:30am weekdays.
We couldn’t be happier to have him on our team!
David has appeared on radio and television in Boston for over 40 years. Now, he’s bringing his voice and passion for music to CRB Classical 99.5 mornings, 5am-9:30am weekdays.
We couldn’t be happier to have him on our team!
Have you visited our site-specific playlist locations yet? Awaken your sense of place with music uniquely curated by CRB's Edyn-Mae Stevenson for The Old Manse, deCordova Sculpture Park, and Castle Hill on the Crane Estate!
More details: www.classicalwcrb.org/the-trustees
More details: www.classicalwcrb.org/the-trustees
July 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Have you visited our site-specific playlist locations yet? Awaken your sense of place with music uniquely curated by CRB's Edyn-Mae Stevenson for The Old Manse, deCordova Sculpture Park, and Castle Hill on the Crane Estate!
More details: www.classicalwcrb.org/the-trustees
More details: www.classicalwcrb.org/the-trustees
Congress has officially voted to defund us, along with hundreds of other public stations that serve millions of people.
Your support has never been more important. If you're able, donate here: donate.wgbh.org/wgbh/wcrb-do...
Your support has never been more important. If you're able, donate here: donate.wgbh.org/wgbh/wcrb-do...
July 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congress has officially voted to defund us, along with hundreds of other public stations that serve millions of people.
Your support has never been more important. If you're able, donate here: donate.wgbh.org/wgbh/wcrb-do...
Your support has never been more important. If you're able, donate here: donate.wgbh.org/wgbh/wcrb-do...
Come work with us! We're hiring a Content Producer, who will play a central role in creating and delivering high-quality classical and jazz content across radio, digital, and live platforms.
More details/apply here: publicmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WGBH_C...
More details/apply here: publicmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WGBH_C...
July 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Come work with us! We're hiring a Content Producer, who will play a central role in creating and delivering high-quality classical and jazz content across radio, digital, and live platforms.
More details/apply here: publicmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WGBH_C...
More details/apply here: publicmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WGBH_C...
We need your help. Yesterday the House voted to take back $1.1 billion in funding for public media. The Senate vote is our last chance to stop this from happening.
What can you do? Contact your senators, share this post, and visit protectmypublicmedia.org for more resources. Thank you!
What can you do? Contact your senators, share this post, and visit protectmypublicmedia.org for more resources. Thank you!
June 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We need your help. Yesterday the House voted to take back $1.1 billion in funding for public media. The Senate vote is our last chance to stop this from happening.
What can you do? Contact your senators, share this post, and visit protectmypublicmedia.org for more resources. Thank you!
What can you do? Contact your senators, share this post, and visit protectmypublicmedia.org for more resources. Thank you!
This week the White House asked Congress to approve a rescission package with the goal of eliminating public media entirely.
As you may know, CRB Classical is a public radio station, and loss of federal funds would devastate us. Go to protectmypublicmedia.org for easy steps to help. Thank you!
As you may know, CRB Classical is a public radio station, and loss of federal funds would devastate us. Go to protectmypublicmedia.org for easy steps to help. Thank you!
June 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This week the White House asked Congress to approve a rescission package with the goal of eliminating public media entirely.
As you may know, CRB Classical is a public radio station, and loss of federal funds would devastate us. Go to protectmypublicmedia.org for easy steps to help. Thank you!
As you may know, CRB Classical is a public radio station, and loss of federal funds would devastate us. Go to protectmypublicmedia.org for easy steps to help. Thank you!
For Memorial Day weekend, we're bringing you ALL nine Beethoven Symphonies, recorded live with the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social! Hear these spectacular, sold-out performances Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday night at 8pm.
Full schedule and ways to listen here: bit.ly/4jbJGro
Full schedule and ways to listen here: bit.ly/4jbJGro
May 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
For Memorial Day weekend, we're bringing you ALL nine Beethoven Symphonies, recorded live with the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social! Hear these spectacular, sold-out performances Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday night at 8pm.
Full schedule and ways to listen here: bit.ly/4jbJGro
Full schedule and ways to listen here: bit.ly/4jbJGro
POV: this gilded age mansion is the backdrop for a gorgeous performance of Haydn and Mendelssohn!
Hear the Isidore String Quartet play at The Breakers this Sunday at 7pm, on WCRB In Concert with Newport Classical. How to listen: classical.org/inconcert
Hear the Isidore String Quartet play at The Breakers this Sunday at 7pm, on WCRB In Concert with Newport Classical. How to listen: classical.org/inconcert
May 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
POV: this gilded age mansion is the backdrop for a gorgeous performance of Haydn and Mendelssohn!
Hear the Isidore String Quartet play at The Breakers this Sunday at 7pm, on WCRB In Concert with Newport Classical. How to listen: classical.org/inconcert
Hear the Isidore String Quartet play at The Breakers this Sunday at 7pm, on WCRB In Concert with Newport Classical. How to listen: classical.org/inconcert
Tonight at 8! The BSO plays Coltrane, with trumpeter Terence Blanchard and conductor Edwin Outwater. We're broadcasting LIVE on WCRB... and on GBH 89.7! More info: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...
March 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Tonight at 8! The BSO plays Coltrane, with trumpeter Terence Blanchard and conductor Edwin Outwater. We're broadcasting LIVE on WCRB... and on GBH 89.7! More info: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...
Listen on air, on our app, or online at classical.org and protect your peace.
March 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Listen on air, on our app, or online at classical.org and protect your peace.
Remember, WCRB belongs to YOU. Save this image and use it to share why classical music matters to you (or just reply to this thread). Don't forget to tag us!
March 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Remember, WCRB belongs to YOU. Save this image and use it to share why classical music matters to you (or just reply to this thread). Don't forget to tag us!
Public funding is the reason we exist. It's important to all of us to keep classical music accessible -- and free!
March 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Public funding is the reason we exist. It's important to all of us to keep classical music accessible -- and free!
Did you know? WCRB belongs to YOU! This Protect My Public Media Day, help us keep public media public. Visit gbh.org/belongstoyou to find out how.
March 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Did you know? WCRB belongs to YOU! This Protect My Public Media Day, help us keep public media public. Visit gbh.org/belongstoyou to find out how.
Remember those long, golden afternoons of summer? We're dreaming of Tanglewood this wintry weekend.
Hear some of our favorite moments from last summer in the Berkshires, with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Sunday at 7pm on WCRB In Concert! Details: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/upcomin...
Hear some of our favorite moments from last summer in the Berkshires, with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Sunday at 7pm on WCRB In Concert! Details: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/upcomin...
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Remember those long, golden afternoons of summer? We're dreaming of Tanglewood this wintry weekend.
Hear some of our favorite moments from last summer in the Berkshires, with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Sunday at 7pm on WCRB In Concert! Details: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/upcomin...
Hear some of our favorite moments from last summer in the Berkshires, with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Sunday at 7pm on WCRB In Concert! Details: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/upcomin...
Symphony No. 9: Lemon-Ups
We return to philosophy with a call for unity and joy. The Ninth says, plainly, “All men will become brothers … Join in our chorus of jubilation,” just as the Lemon-Up is stamped with motivational phrases like “I am a leader” and “Go-Getter.”
We return to philosophy with a call for unity and joy. The Ninth says, plainly, “All men will become brothers … Join in our chorus of jubilation,” just as the Lemon-Up is stamped with motivational phrases like “I am a leader” and “Go-Getter.”
February 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Symphony No. 9: Lemon-Ups
We return to philosophy with a call for unity and joy. The Ninth says, plainly, “All men will become brothers … Join in our chorus of jubilation,” just as the Lemon-Up is stamped with motivational phrases like “I am a leader” and “Go-Getter.”
We return to philosophy with a call for unity and joy. The Ninth says, plainly, “All men will become brothers … Join in our chorus of jubilation,” just as the Lemon-Up is stamped with motivational phrases like “I am a leader” and “Go-Getter.”
Symphony No. 8: Toffee-Tastic
No baggage here — this gluten-free cookie is just plain sweet. Symphony No. 8 leaves behind all philosophical meaning and replaces it with fun. This is Beethoven at his fizziest and most light-hearted.
No baggage here — this gluten-free cookie is just plain sweet. Symphony No. 8 leaves behind all philosophical meaning and replaces it with fun. This is Beethoven at his fizziest and most light-hearted.
February 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Symphony No. 8: Toffee-Tastic
No baggage here — this gluten-free cookie is just plain sweet. Symphony No. 8 leaves behind all philosophical meaning and replaces it with fun. This is Beethoven at his fizziest and most light-hearted.
No baggage here — this gluten-free cookie is just plain sweet. Symphony No. 8 leaves behind all philosophical meaning and replaces it with fun. This is Beethoven at his fizziest and most light-hearted.