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Music, dancing, and loukaniko: Greek Independence Day in Boston Common


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WGBH LearningTours presents: Mediterranean Voyage of Discovery with Diane Rehm and Scott Simon
By Cathy Huyghe

The Greek Independence Day festival took over Boston Common on Sunday.

99.5 All Classical

Video from our studios

Now you can see what you hear on the radio with these videos of concert performances from world-class artists, recorded in our Fraser Performance Studio.

Live Performances from Fraser
Music Interviews

Classical Profiles


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Spend time with the people who make the music you love with these profiles and interviews with conductors, composers, and artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Hilary Hahn, and John Adams.

Opera

Opera Boston's Madame White Snake


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Classical New England brings you the world-premiere broadcast of Zhou Long's Pulitzer Prize-winning Madame White Snake.

NPR Music

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.
Austin City Limits

Keepin Austin Weird


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Inspired by the music scene that continues to thrive in Austin, Texas, Austin City Limits has, for 33 years, presented viewing audiences with live concerts from many of the world's most acclaimed artists. Now, you can watch full-length performances of artists like Steve Earle, Brad Paisley, Femi Kuti, Foo Fighters, Wilco, and many more.

Kids' Classical Hour

Fine Feathered Friends


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On Fine Feathered Friends, Kids' Classical Hour host Ray Brown takes you on a tour of classical music inspired by birds, including music by Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, and a special version of Robert McCloskey’s classic book, Make Way for Ducklings!

Music

Journey Through America's Songbook With Michael Feinstein


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Michael Feinstein's American Songbook chronicles the singer's quest to preserve and celebrate the Great American Songbook. Premieres Wednesday, Oct 6 at 8pm on WGBH 2

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Jimmy Cliff on Austin City Limits


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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff performs a classic song with special guest Michael Franti.

Global Hit

East London's Portico Quartet


The World's Marco Werman tells us about a recent recording from Abbey Road studios in London by the eclectic ensemble, Portico. Their second album, "Isla" has just been released in the US.

Live from Fraser

Cellist Laurence Lesser and pianist HaeSun Paik


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

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Oct. 7: Jack Gallagher


By Brian McCreath
Music from an Ohio composer
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Oct. 7: Anderson & Roe


By Cathy Fuller
From Bach to Radiohead
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Oct. 8: What's Wrong With Classical?


By Brian McCreath
One blogger has some ideas to reinvigorate classical music.
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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. 10: Mahler's Roommate


By James David Jacobs
What ever became of your college roommate?  Here's what happened to Mahler's.
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Oct. 11: Columbus Day


By Laura Carlo
What would Columbus listen to?
The Bach Hour

Thomas Quasthoff Sings Bach


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The German bass-baritone sings the Cantata No. 56 (translation), and the Quebec Symphony Orchestra performs William Walton's suite from The Wise Virgins.

On-demand at Classical New England
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Oct. 12: Joan Sutherland, 1926-2010


By Brian McCreath
Learn more about the great soprano, who passed away yesterday.
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Oct. 12: Louis Moreau Gottschalk


By Ray Brown
A listener has requested music by a great but unheralded American composer.
Kids' Classical Hour

Wacky Warner Wevue


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Join Ray Brown on Kids' Classical Hour for all the classical favorites from Bugs, Elmer, and the rest!
Kids' Classical Hour

Vivaldi's Four Seasons


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Violinist Gil Shaham gives a note-by-note tour of the Italian master's portrayal of the seasons.
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Oct. 15: A Request for Butterfly


By Ray Brown
You've got your choice of Puccini's masterpiece...
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Oct. 15: Mahler's Mahler


By Brian McCreath
A rare recording of the composer playing his own music.


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Oct. 16 & 17: The Man Who Invented Brunch


By James David Jacobs
It was in the last week of 1947 that violinist Louis Kaufman commandeered Carnegie Hall with a group of other freelance string players...
The Bach Hour

Isabelle Faust's Bach


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The German violinist performs J.S. Bach's Partita No. 3 for solo violin, and Sigiswald Kuijken conducts the Cantata No. 180, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (translation).
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Eric Jackson

Spotlight on Roy Hargrove


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Roy Hargrove spent some time here in Boston before he moved to New York where his career took off at the end of the 1980s. Host Eric Jackson showcases the trumpeter's music.
Steve Schwartz

Bill Charlap


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Host Steve Schwartz commemorates the birthday of jazz pianist Bill Charlap
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Oct. 24: Richards & Fowkes Organ at First Lutheran of Boston


By Brian McCreath
One of Boston's premiere organs has just been expanded.
The Bach Hour

Bach in the Back Bay


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Bach's music is performed by Boston legends past and present, and Ton Koopman conducts the Cantata No. 38 (translation).

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Oct. 22: Folk Tunes and Toons


By Ray Brown
Today's 4:00 request is from Kirk Companion of Acton for the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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Happy Halloween!


By Laura Carlo
When my child was a few weeks shy of his 2nd birthday I showed him  a beautifully-designed “Prince Charming” costume complete with beribboned jacket with gold buttons and epaulets...
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

Clarinetist James Campbell and Pianist Marc-André Hamelin


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By Cathy Fuller
Two longtime friends stop by our Fraser Performance Studio for conversation and music by Brahms, Berg, and Poulenc.
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Intuition, Paranoia, and Berlioz


By James David Jacobs
It's Halloween, so it seems appropriate to consider the subject of fear...
Kids' Classical Hour

Dreams and Nightmares


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Join Ray Brown for dreamy music by Bach, scary music by Saint-Saëns, and a special appearance by Blue Man Group!
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Dinner With The Dead: Jennifer Higdon's Date With Beethoven



By Jennifer Higdon
The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer would like a few tips from Beethoven, asking how he struggled with turning rewrites and sketches into masterworks.
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."
Kids' Classical Hour

Mozart's Magic Fantasy


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Ray Brown hosts a journey through The Magic Flute, with Prince Tamino, the Queen of the Night, Papageno, a dragon, and more!
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Bach's Code


By Ray Brown
How the composer wrote his signature into the music.
Jazz On WGBH With Eric Jackson

Spotlight on David Hazelton


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Host Eric Jackson features the music of jazz pianist David Hazelton.
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.
Music News

Pianist George Li Wins Gilmore Young Artists Award


By Brian McCreath
A young, Boston-bred pianist wins one of the most significant prizes in music.
The Bach Hour

A Bach Cantata Double Header


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts Bach's Cantata No. 60, Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 26, and the Ghielmi brothers of Milan tackle the Viola da Gamba Sonata in G.
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Listen To This


EVENT INFO
By Brian McCreath
Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker and author of The Rest is Noise, visits Cambridge this evening.
Jazz On WGBH With Eric Jackson

Spotlight on Kurt Elling


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Host Eric Jackson features the music of jazz vocalist Kurt Elling.
Steve Schwartz

Featuring Jazz Pianists: What's New and Reissued On CD


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All month long host Steve Schwartz features jazz pianists. This week: What's news and reissued on CD.
Ray Smith

Jazz Decades


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Host Ray Smith brings you an hour of jazz featuring music by Bob Crosby, Teddy Powell, Chick Webb, Young Tuxedo Brass Band, and many others.
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Zacharias Visits 99.5


By Cathy Fuller
How can you get the most out of playing Haydn?  Ask pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias and he'll tell you...
Live from Fraser

Kutik Plays Franck


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Violinist Yevgeny Kutik performs Franck's gorgeous Violin Sonata in A, along with music by Schedrin and Achron.

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Gershwin, Harris, Haydn


By Ray Brown
Ray Brown has music from Gershwin, Roy Harris, and Haydn
Kids' Classical Hour

Farkle's Search


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John Lithgow hosts The Remarkable Farkle McBride, the story of a boy who searches for just the right instrument to play!
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.
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Rudolf Barshai, and Bruno Walter, Week Two


By James David Jacobs
Bruno Walter, like most conductors of his generation, was also a composer...
Classical

The Real Twelfth Man: On The Field With Football's Oldest Marching Band


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Talking with the members of Washington Redskins Marching Band before Monday Night Football.
Kids' Classical Hour

Once Upon A Time


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It's classical music and fairy tales, including "The Frog Prince," "Hansel and Gretel" and more!
Holidays

WGBH Hosts Pick Their Holiday Favorites


BROWSE HOST PICKS
Need a gift idea for your friends and family? We’ve asked a cross-section of WGBH Radio personalities to suggest a few ideas.
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For St. Andrew's Day


By Brian McCreath
I suppose with a name like mine, it shouldn't come as any surprise that Scotland figures prominently in my background.
Eric Jackson

Nov. 21: Spotlight on Diana Krall


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Pianist/vocalist Diana Krall spent some of her years in Boston at Berklee before here career took off. We'll listen to her music.
Global Hit

Singer-Songwriter KT Tunstall Visits WGBH's Studios


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By Marco Werman
KT Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter best known for hits like "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" and the ubiquitous "Suddenly I See." Recently, she stopped by WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio for a performance and a conversation with The World's Marco Werman.
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Classical In The News


By Brian McCreath
Check out some recent NPR pieces about classical music.
Live from Fraser

Stephen Marchionda


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The guitarist plays music by Albeniz, Rodrigo, and Nicholas Maw.
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An Unfinished Jewel


By Ray Brown
A request for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, with a hint of what might have been.
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Kids' Classical Hour

All in the Family


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Join Ray Brown for music from members of great classical music families--including composers like the Mozarts, the Bachs, and more!
The Bach Hour

Two Sides of Bach


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The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin plays music for a Friday night out, and Bach Collegium Japan performs a work for Sunday morning, the Cantata No. 62, for Advent (translation).
On-demand at Classical New England

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Holiday Lights


By Laura Carlo
Light is so important to the holidays for Jews and Christians alike, and even for those who celebrate Winter Solstice.
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"My Nine Lives," Violin$, Alisa Weilerstein, and Who's Afraid of Modern Music?


By Brian McCreath
Leon Fleisher talks with Diane Rehm, Alex Ross sounds off on modern music, and how much would you pay for a violin?
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Faure on Glorious Vinyl


By Ray Brown
A request for Pie Jesu with Kathleen Battle, and more.
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A Birthday of Two Mavericks


By James David Jacobs
Two important composers share a birthday of December 11.
Holidays

Christmas With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir And Natalie Cole


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Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole joins the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra for a stunning performance destined to become a new Christmas classic. Premieres Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 8pm on WGBH 2.
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Beethoven's Birthday


By Laura Carlo
How well do you know the great composer?
Live from Fraser

Harpist Ina Zdorovetchi


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The winner of the 2009 International Harp Contest in Israel performs in our studio.
Best Of 2010

The Best Rock And Folk Of 2010


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Stephen Thompson, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, and Steve Almond, author of Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, share their favorite albums of the year.

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