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Live from Fraser

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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Oct. 12: Joan Sutherland, 1926-2010


By Brian McCreath
Learn more about the great soprano, who passed away yesterday.
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Oct. 13: Prague and Art Nouveau


By Brian McCreath
The Czech capitol was one of the centers of Art Nouveau.
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Oct. 15: Mahler's Mahler


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


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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Oct. 20: Executioner's Goulash Anyone?


By Brian McCreath
The perfect meal to enjoy while listening to Czech music.
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Oct. 21: Classical, Beer, and a Chat


By Brian McCreath
Are there alternatives to how classical music concerts are presented?
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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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One More Swing Through Prague


By Brian McCreath
When music takes you there.
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Cathedrals In Music


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By Brian McCreath
Hear musical responses to great cathedrals, and watch Building The Great Cathedrals.
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.
The Bach Hour

Bach's Reformation Monument


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts a piece as magnificent and everlasting as the ancient church in which it was performed.
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Can You See Music?


By Brian McCreath
The World's Alex Gallafent looks into Alexander Scriabin's synaesthesia, and conductor Marin Alsop discusses Samuel Barber with NPR's Scott Simon.
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


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Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker and author of The Rest is Noise, visits Cambridge this evening.
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Under the Radar


By Brian McCreath
A musician you've probably heard without knowing it.
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A Robust Cup of Mozart


By Brian McCreath
The Boston Symphony Orchestra serves up a rich performance on its own label.
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Extra Pledge Bonus: The Berlin Philharmonic!


By Brian McCreath
A hidden bonus with one of our thank you gifts.
The Bach Hour

Bach Through a British Lens


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Jonathan Plowright plays British transcriptions of Bach, John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 90, and Ton Koopman conducts the Cantata No. 116.
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Buchbinder's Brahms


By Brian McCreath
The Austrian pianist takes on one of the monuments of the concerto repertoire.
The Bach Hour

Catrin Finch's Goldbergs


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The Welsh harpist brings a new voice to Bach, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Cantata No. 61.
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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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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.
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Classical In The News


By Brian McCreath
Check out some recent NPR pieces about classical music.
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).
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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?
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).
The Bach Hour

Best Bach of 2010


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99.5 All Classical host Brian McCreath picks five great recordings of Bach's music from the last year.
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Thomas Hampson and Mahler's Wunderhorn


By Brian McCreath
One of today's great Mahler interpreters performs some of the composer's most personal music.
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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.
The Bach Hour

Magnificat


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Philippe Herreweghe conducts the original Christmas version of Bach's masterpiece (translation).
The Bach Hour

Mouths Full of Laughter


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts a joyful cantata for Christmas.
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Bach's Christmas Oratorio


By Brian McCreath
Hear Bach's masterpiece for the Christmas season.

Music Reviews

Top 10 Classical of 2010


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Hear samples of the most intriguing, beautiful, surprising, and exciting releases of the last year, including tenor Vittorio Grigolo.
The Bach Hour

Bach's New Year


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Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 41 (translation) for the New Year, and Murray Perahia performs the English Suite No. 4.
The Bach Hour

Following the Star


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The Sarasa Ensemble and Bach Collegium Japan perform two of Bach's cantatas for Epiphany.
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Popcorn With That Beethoven?


By Brian McCreath
Orchestras at the multiplex:  a mixed bag.
The Bach Hour

Dual Messages and Strange Beauty


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Bach weaves together two sides of the inner life in a cantata recorded in Greenwich, and Simone Dinnerstein's new recording finds the unexpected.
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"...to the memory of a great man"



By James David Jacobs
Two symphonies embody so much of what we honor in Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The Artistry of Innovation


By Brian McCreath
Creativity and technology, on the stage and beyond.
The Bach Hour

The Richness of the Flute


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Joshua Smith plays a sonata by Bach, plus the Cantata No. 111 (translation) and German Brass.
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.
The Bach Hour

Glenn Gould's State of Wonder


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The legendary pianist performs Bach's Goldberg Variations, and Marcus Creed conducts the motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (translation).
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My Favorites: Mahler's Third and the Goldbergs


By Brian McCreath
We've asked you for yours;  here are some of ours.

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).
Valentine's Week Picks

Music You Love, By The Hour


For Valentine's week, here are your favorites;  check back each hour for the latest!
Feb. 14-18, 6am-8pm on 99.5 All Classical
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Valentine's Week Picks


By Music You Love, By The Hour
For Valentine's week, here are your favorites;  check back each hour for the latest!
Feb. 14-18, 6am-8pm on 99.5 All Classical
Valentine's Week Picks

The Music You Love, By The Hour


For Valentine's week, here are your favorites;  check back each hour for the latest!
Feb. 14-18, 6am-8pm on 99.5 All Classical
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Ben Roe Named Managing Director of Classical Services


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Boston's All Classical Station to be led by Grammy Award winning producer and NPR veteran.
The Bach Hour

Maxim Rysanov's Cello Suites


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The Ukrainian violist lends his musical voice to bedrock repertoire for the cello, plus Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 92 (translation).
Valentine's Week Picks

Music You Love, As It Happened


You, our listeners, provided a wealth of gorgeous music for Valentine's week.  Check out the complete list here.
The Bach Hour

Vibrant Colors and Textures in The Art of the Fugue


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The Academy for Ancient Music Berlin brings one of Bach's masterpieces to life in new ways, plus John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 181 (translation).
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The Bach Hour

Bach's Coffee Cantata


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A young woman and her father clash over her love for java in the Cantata No. 211 (translation), and Philippe Herreweghe conducts the emotionally powerful Cantata No. 159 (translation).
The Bach Hour

The Mass in B Minor


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David Hoose, Music Director of the Cantata Singers, joins Brian McCreath for one of Bach's greatest masterpieces.

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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.
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Boston Symphony and Andris Nelsons: The Reviews


By Brian McCreath
Read what the critics had to say about the young Latvian conductor's performance with the BSO at Carnegie Hall on Thursday.
The Bach Hour

Gidon Kremer's Solo Bach


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The Latvian violinist performs Bach's Sonata No. 1, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in A.
The Bach Hour

Jeremy Denk's Bach


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The pianist gives a ravishing performance of the Partita No. 3, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in G minor.
The Bach Hour

The Chaconne Through The Orchestral Prism


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Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra give a blazingly intense account of Bach's music, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in G.
The Bach Hour

A Cantata for Palm Sunday


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts the joyful Cantata No. 182 (translation), written for Palm Sunday, and Pieter Wispelwey performs the Cello Suite No. 5.

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In Performance, week of Apr. 18


By Brian McCreath
Here is more information about the performers and presenters featured this week.
The Bach Hour

The Joy and Transcendence of Easter


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Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque perform the Cantata No. 31 (translation), written for Easter.  The program also features pianist Angela Hewitt in a concerto and Yuko Hayashi at the organ at Boston's Old West Church.
The Bach Hour

Philippe Herreweghe Conducts Cantata No. 42


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The Belgian conductor leads a post-Easter cantata with a dual personality.
Café Europa

The Berlin Philharmonic


By Brian McCreath
Hear performances by one of the world's great orchestras, from concerts at their dynamic home concert hall.
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The Bach Hour

The Bach Experience


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Mary Greer previews the Handel and Haydn Society's upcoming program with selections from the Cantatas Nos. 37, 92, and 97.
The Bach Hour

Two Masterpieces From Altenburg, Germany


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By Brian McCreath
This week's program takes you to the Schloßkirche in Altenburg to hear an instrument Bach himself performed on when it was built.
The Bach Hour

David Fray's Poetic Interpretation


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The French pianist performs Bach's Partita No. 4, and Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 108 (translation).
The Bach Hour

Luminous Bach From Ensemble Sonnerie


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Monica Huggett leads the Orchestral Suite No. 1, and Collegium Vocale performs the Cantata No. 43 (translation).

New England Summer Festivals

The Marlboro Festival


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Alan McLellan takes you to the venerable Marlboro Chamber Music Festival for performances from the 2011 season.

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The Bach Hour

One Chorale, Three Masterpieces


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A single chorale connects the organ prelude "Komm, Heiliger Geist," the Violin Sonata No. 3, and the Cantata No. 172 (translation).

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