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Imani Winds


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The Grammy-nominated Imani Winds perform Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, a new piece by Jason Moran, and music by ensemble member Valerie Coleman.
 

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Classical from NPR

Arts

Center Stage


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Watch Center Stage with Jared Bowen, and see what other fans of the program are saying.
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From our archives


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WGBH's rich history of recording live jazz is available to listen to anytime.

Live Performances

Live from the Lowell Folk Festival 7/24/10


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Continuing a WGBH tradition, Brian O'Donovan hosts music from Boarding House Park in Lowell, MA during the Lowell Folk Festival.

Live Performances

Live Jazz Concerts


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Live from Fraser

Pianist Yaron Kohlberg


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Pianist Yaron Kohlberg brings a graceful approach and emotional honesty to the heart-wrenching Sonata "1.X.1905" by Leos Janacek and the Davidsbündlertanze by Robert Schumann.

Live Performances

Lost In The Trees: Tiny Desk Concert


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Berklee graduate Ari Picker's group Lost in the Trees creates a cinematic blend of storytelling and strings. Hear the band performs three of its new songs in the NPR Music offices.

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Cellist Laurence Lesser and pianist HaeSun Paik


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Cellist Laurence Lesser and pianist HaeSun Paik perform music by Beethoven.

Concerts

Schubert's Trios: The Man Behind The Music


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By Brian McCreath
Schumann's two piano trios, which are among his final works, provide a glimpse into the composer's vivacious personality and creative voice. Hear members of the Emerson Quartet and pianist Wu Han play both trios at Boston's Jordan Hall.
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Oct. 11: Till Fellner


By Brian McCreath
If you liked this afternoon's performance of Beethoven's Emperor concerto, check this out.
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Oct. 13: Experiencing the Unexpected


By Cathy Fuller
Sometimes classical music can catch us with our guard down.
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Oct. 13: Prague and Art Nouveau


By Brian McCreath
The Czech capitol was one of the centers of Art Nouveau.
Live from Fraser

The Boston Chamber Music Society Plays Saint-Saëns


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One of Boston's premiere chamber ensembles performs Camille Saint-Saëns's darkly dramatic Piano Quartet, Op. 41.
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One More Swing Through Prague


By Brian McCreath
When music takes you there.
Live from Fraser

Harpist Jessica Zhou


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The Boston Symphony Orchestra Principal Harpist talks with 99.5 All Classical's Brian McCreath about her background and the challenges and joys of performing in a major orchestra, and she performs music by Renié, Liszt, and others.
Live from Fraser

Discovery Ensemble Plays Martinu and Beethoven


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Conductor Courtney Lewis leads the acclaimed Boston chamber orchestra in Martinu's dramatic Double Concerto and selections from Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, the "Eroica."
Jazz On WGBH With Steve Schwartz

Nov. 5: George Garzone


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For this installment of Jazz in the Classroom Steve Schwartz chooses some of the essential tenor saxophonists in jazz; including some of his personal favorite saxophonists as well music by George Garzone, and his WGBH Live Performance from April, 2010.
Live from Fraser

Znaider and Kreisler's Violin


By Cathy Fuller
Violinist Nikolaj Znaider visited 99.5 All Classical and brought along the instrument of a legendary artist.
Concerts

Rosanne Cash Performs For Austin City Limits


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Great voices and songs combine with Rosanne Cash and Brandi Carlile. Cash presents tunes from her C&W tribute album The List. Brandi Carlile follows with genre-spanning tunes from Give Up the Ghost.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

All-Brahms with Kurt Masur


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The German conductor and the BSO perform the Symphony No. 3, and Nicholas Angelich is the soloist in the Piano Concerto No. 2.
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Extra Pledge Bonus: The Berlin Philharmonic!


By Brian McCreath
A hidden bonus with one of our thank you gifts.
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Buchbinder's Brahms


By Brian McCreath
The Austrian pianist takes on one of the monuments of the concerto repertoire.
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Flash Mob Hallelujah!


By Brian McCreath
The collision of George Frederick Handel and a shopping mall food court.
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A Concerto With Movie DNA


By Brian McCreath
Nikolaj Znaider joins the Vienna Philharmonic for Korngold's Violin Concerto, a piece built on film themes.
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Rare Russian Soul


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By Cathy Fuller
The WarnerNuzova Duo perform darkly rich and emotional music by Scriabin, Myaskovsky, and Schnittke.
The Emily Rooney Show

Rushdie Explores Video Games In New Novel


THE EMILY ROONEY SHOW
By Jess Bidgood
World-famous author Salman Rushdie discussed parenthood, Harry Potter and his new novel, Luka and the Fire of Life with WGBH's Emily Rooney.
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Concert for the Cure


JULIE SCOLNIK ON THE CONCERT
By Cathy Fuller
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Concert for the Cure:  Rhythms of Hope on Sunday, Dec. 5, at Jordan Hall in Boston.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

A Brace of Second Symphonies


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HARBISON ON HIS SECOND
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James Levine conducts the Second Symphonies by Harbison and Schumann, and violinist Nikolaj Znaider plays Mozart.
Saturday, Dec. 4 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Sunday Concert

Andrew Davis at the CSO


The British conductor leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in music by Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Ravel, and Primosch.
Sunday, Dec. 5 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical
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Boston Chamber Music Society's Brahms


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BCMS performs Prokofiev's Sonata for Solo Violin and Brahms's Horn Trio in E-flat, with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller
The Bach Hour

Simone Dinnerstein's Bach


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The pianist performs the French Suite No. 5, and Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Cantata No. 36 (translation).
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Harpist Ina Zdorovetchi


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The winner of the 2009 International Harp Contest in Israel performs in our studio.
Classical Concerts

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols


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Hear the legendary Choir of King's College live on Christmas Eve morning.

Today at 10am on Classical New England
Live from Fraser

A Portuguese Renaissance Christmas


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Exsultemus sings seasonal music by Esteves, Correa, Fernandes, and more, with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller.
Great Performances

Don Pasquale at the Met


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Anna Netrebko stars as Norina and Matthew Polenzani is Ernesto in Donizetti's opera, conducted by James Levine.
Tonight at 9pm on WGBH 2
Live Performances

Download the Nashville Symphony Orchestra in Concert


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By Fred Child
If you missed Thursday night's webcast, download performances from the concert, including Robert Levin's Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 with conductor Nicholas McGegan, from the newly refurbished Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
Live from Fraser

Kim Kashkashian Plays Bach


MUSIC FOR FOOD FOR MUSIC, FEB. 11
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The Boston based viola virtuoso and colleagues visit with two of Bach's trio sonatas and conversation with 99.5 All Classical's Cathy Fuller.
Sunday Concert

Dohnányi at Chicago


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Christoph von Dohnányi and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Bartók, Schumann and more in concert.
Sunday, Jan. 16 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical
CNE Journal

Music and Art: O'Keeffe and Still


By Cathy Fuller
1927 in art and music, inspired by the new Art of the Americas wing at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

A Russian Kaleidoscope


MAAZEL'S CONCERT PREVIEW
BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Lorin Maazel conducts Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 3, Stravinsky's Song of the Nightingale, and Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, live from Symphony Hall.
Saturday, Jan. 22 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Live from Fraser

The Harlem Quartet


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The dynamic young ensemble plays Turina, Beethoven, Corea, and Marsalis.
Sunday Concert

Zander Conducts Wagner and Prokofiev


ZANDER'S CONCERT PREVIEW
The Boston Philharmonic performs music from Wagner's Die Meistersinger and Götterdämmerung, and cellist Natalia Gutman is the soloist in Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto.
Sunday, Jan. 23 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical
Concerts

An Invitation to the Landmarks Orchestra


By Laura Carlo
I hope you'll join me for a wonderful concert this Friday.
Live Performances

The New World Symphony, Live in Concert


By Julie Amacher
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts music by Wagner, Adès, and Copland, live in the opening concert from the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center.
Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Live Performances

The Los Angeles Philharmonic In London, On Demand


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Gustavo Dudamel conducts Adams, Bernstein, and Beethoven, from a concert at London's Barbican Center, available on demand.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Arabella Steinbacher Plays Mozart


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The German violinist is joined by conductor Christoph von Dohnányi in a program that also includes music by Dvorák and Ligeti.
Saturday, Jan. 29 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Live from Fraser

The Zodiac Trio


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The ensemble plays Andrew List, Ned Rorem, Marcus Paus, and more in a preview of the Boston New Music Project.
The Bach Hour

The Stormy Sea of Bach's Cantata No. 81


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The storms of life expressed through music, plus transcriptions with the Brazilian Guitar Quartet and the Borromeo String Quartet.
Sunday Concert

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Concert


Manfred Honeck conducts Mozart's "Prague" Symphony and Beethoven's Violin Concerto with soloist Frank Peter Zimmermann.
Sunday, Jan. 30 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Radu Lupu Plays Beethoven's Third


GUIDED TOUR OF PROKOFIEV'S SIXTH
BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE
The Romanian pianist is joined by conductor Sakari Oramo in a program that also includes music by Mussorgsky and Prokofiev.
Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Sunday Concert

Labadie Conducts Chicago


Bernard Labadie leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in music by Haydn and Mozart, plus Mark Elder conducts Dvorak.
Sunday, Feb. 6 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical
Live from Fraser

Pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi


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Italian pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi talks with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller and performs music by Schubert, Chopin, Martucci, and more.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Cellist Alban Gerhardt Performs a U.S. Premiere


SUSANNA MALKKI'S CONCERT PREVIEW
ALBAN GERHARDT IN OUR STUDIO
BSO PROGRAM DETAILS
The German cellist gives the first U.S. performance of a concerto by Unsuk Chin on a program conducted by Susanna Mälkki.
Saturday, Feb. 12 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
The Bach Hour

Karen Gomyo in Concert


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The violinist performs Bach's Partita No. 3 in Switzerland, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the joyous Cantata No. 51 (translation).
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Antidote for Winter: Free Concerts


By Laura Carlo
If you're tired of the weather (and don't have time to get away to Aruba), try these musically warm options.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Levine Conducts Mozart and Mahler


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James Levine leads the BSO in the Symphonies Nos. 14 and 18 by Mozart and Mahler's Symphony No. 6, recorded in concert at Symphony Hall.
Saturday, Feb. 19 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Sunday Concert

The Boston Philharmonic in Concert


Benjamin Zander leads the Boston Philharmonic in performances of Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 and Debussy's La Mer, recorded in concert in the fall of 2010.
Sunday, Feb. 20 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical
From the Top

Classical Youth of Massachusetts


The musical riches of the Commonwealth, broadcast to the nation.
Saturday, Feb. 26 at 11am, and Sunday, Feb. 27 at 5pm on 99.5 All Classical
Live from Fraser

New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra


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The conductor-less ensemble joins host Cathy Fuller and a studio audience for music by Arensky's Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky's Apollon Musagète.
Opera

Opera Boston's Cardillac


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Steven Sanders and Sol Kim Bentley sing highlights of Hindemith's opera, with Opera Boston stage director Nic Muni and a studio audience.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Mahler's Symphony No. 9


BSO Assistant Conductor Sean Newhouse leads the orchestra in Gustav Mahler's heart-wrenching exploration of memory, grief, and peace, live from Symphony Hall.
Saturday, Feb. 26 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Sunday Concert

Haitink in Chicago


Bernard Haitink conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in concert performances of Lutoslawski's Symphony No. 4 and Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, and more.
Sunday, Feb. 27 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Christian Tetzlaff Plays A World Premiere With The BSO


VOLPE ON LEVINE'S RESIGNATION
TETZLAFF ON THE PROGRAM
BIRTWISTLE ON HIS CONCERTO
The German violinist plays Harrison Birtwistle's new Violin Concerto, along with Mozart and Bartók, live from Symphony Hall (program notes).
Saturday, Mar. 5 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Live from Fraser

BLO's Agrippina


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VIDEO & INFO FROM BLO'S AGRIPPINA, MAR. 18, 20 & 22
Soprano Caroline Worra, conductor Gary Thor Wedow, director Lillian Groag join Cathy Fuller for highlights of Boston Lyric Opera's production of Handel's opera.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Roberto Abbado Conducts Beethoven's Fifth


ABBADO ON THE PROGRAM
The Italian conductor leads the BSO in Haydn's Symphony No. 93, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, and Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Peter Serkin.
Saturday, Mar. 12 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Classical Concerts

The Bartók Experience


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By Brian McCreath
The Takács Quartet, Muzsikás, and Márta Sebestyén take us into the soul of the Hungarian composer's music.
Sunday Concert

Boulez Conducts a 20th Century Collage


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A BARTOK CELEBRATION
Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform music by Ravel, Bartók, Dalbavie, and Stravinsky.
Sunday, Mar. 13 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical
The Composer Files

Celebrating Bartók


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In honor of the 130th anniversary of the composer's birth, join 99.5 All Classical for a series of local and historic performances and exclusive on demand music.
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The Concert Hall Re-set Button


By Brian McCreath
When everything familiar bursts into the remarkable.
The Bach Hour

Richard Egarr and The Well-Tempered Clavier


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The Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music takes you inside Bach's masterful works for harpsichord.
On-demand at Classical New England
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle


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BRIAN BELL'S GUIDED TOUR OF BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE
Seiji Ozawa leads Bartók's darkly psychological drama, Williams Steinberg conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 8, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus joins James Levine for Williams Bolcom's BSO-commissioned Symphony No. 8.
Saturday, Mar. 19 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Sunday Concert

Slatkin In Pittsburgh


Leonard Slatkin and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra perform Peter Mennin's Moby Dick, Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, and the world premiere of Richard Danielpour's A Woman's Life.
Sunday, Mar. 20 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

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