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Saturday at 8pm, Philippe Jordan leads the @BostonSymphony and the @TanglewoodMA Festival Chorus in Haydn’s "The Creation," with soloists @louisealdersop, Bogdan Volkov, and David Steffens. Listen on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/48uNbX8

Jordan Conducts Haydn’s “The Creation”

In the first of a two-part series exploring themes of creation, Philippe Jordan leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Haydn’s oratorio "The Creation," with soprano...

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Conductor Herbert Blomstedt has passed away at the age of 99. In an interview with Brian McCreath from March of this year, he reflected on 70+ years of studying music and cultivating positive relationships with orchestras.
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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath, @BeatriceRana describes the origin of her passion for Bach's music growing up in southern Italy. Listen here: bit.ly/4yWirJf

Beatrice Rana's Bach Concertos

On The Bach Hour, Rana describes the origin of her passion for Bach's music as she grew up in southern Italy, and Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Cantata No. 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott."

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Sunday at 7pm, hear the inaugural concert of @BostonBaroque's first new music director in more than 50 years! @minkowski_marc conducts Haydn’s "The Seasons." Tune in to WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/48plcIc

Haydn's "The Seasons," with Marc Minkowski and Boston Baroque

On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Minkowski conducts Haydn's "The Seasons" as Boston Baroque’s first new Music Director in more than 50 years.

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Saturday at 8pm, hear @YoYo_Ma join @andris_nelsons and the @BostonSymphony in Edward Elgar’s monumental Cello Concerto, on a program including Brahms’s final symphony and Maskats's "Tango." Listen on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/48o5ehu

Yo-Yo Ma Performs Elgar's Cello Concerto, with the BSO

Ma joins Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Edward Elgar’s monumental Cello Concerto, on a program including Brahms’s final symphony and Arturs Maskats's "Tango."

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The @BostonSymphony is premiering a new work by Tod Machover that uses a live AI system in collaboration with musicians on stage. We had to know more, so we invited Tod to GBH for a conversation with Brian McCreath and Caitlin Saks. Watch the interview: piped.video/ENLUI5R3O8U

already and not yet: Composer Tod Machover, the Boston Symphony, and...

Composer and inventor Tod Machover’s Boston Symphony Orchestra worl...

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Sunday at 7pm, Earl Lee leads the Rockport Festival Chamber Orchestra, including Todd Palmer and the @parkerquartet, in Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring." Listen to WCRB In Concert with @RockportMusic, on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/4dDYqPh

The Parker Quartet with Rockport Music

Sunday, October 25th, 2026 at 7:00pm, on WCRB In Concert with Rockport Music, Earl Lee leads the Rockport Chamber Festival Orchestra, including the GRAMMY Award-winning Parker Quartet and clarinetist...

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Saturday night at 8pm, Kent Nagano leads the @BostonSymphony in Mendelssohn’s "The Hebrides" Overture, "Reformation" Symphony, and two premieres by @todopera and Alex Nante. Listen on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/3WkuyCl

Nagano Leads the BSO in Mendelssohn and Premieres by Machover and Nante

Kent Nagano leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides Overture, Mendelssohn's "Reformation" Symphony, and two premieres.

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Mandolin virtuoso @christhile reveals a deep history with Bach's music through conversation and performance on The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath. Listen here: bit.ly/4zzYdWz

Chris Thile on Bach

The mandolin virtuoso and MacArthur grant recipient reveals a deep history with Bach's music through conversation and performance on The Bach Hour.

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Sunday at 7pm on WCRB In Concert with @musicworcester, it's Bachtoberfest! Hear pianist @jeremydenk and cellist Zlatomir Fung explore Bach’s solo music for their respective instruments. Listen on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/4jW2Fu3

A Bach Celebration with Music Worcester

On WCRB In Concert with Music Worcester, pianist Jeremy Denk and cellist Zlatomir Fung explore Bach’s solo music for their respective instruments.

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Saturday at 8pm, Hilary Hahn (@violincase) and Seth Parker Woods perform in @simoncarlos1’s Double Concerto Suite, part of a @bostonsymphony program that includes Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” and “The Nutcracker.” Tune in on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/4s2MqgS

Simon's Double Concerto Suite, with Hahn, Parker Woods, and the BSO

Hilary Hahn and cellist Seth Parker Woods are the soloists in BSO Composer Chair Carlos Simon’s Double Concerto Suite, part of a program that includes selections from Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”...

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TONIGHT at 8pm, hear Seong-Jin Cho perform at Symphony Hall with the @BostonSymphony! Tune in to this encore broadcast on-air, on the CRBClassical app, or online: bit.ly/3VdaTUA

Seong-Jin Cho Plays Rachmaninoff with the BSO

Cho returns to Symphony Hall for Rachmaninoff’s "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini," and the Boston Symphony Orchestra closes the program with Rachmaninoff’s melodically rich Symphony No. 2, all led by...

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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath, @keyboardkris is the harpsichordist in one of the masterpieces of the instrument, recorded at @bostonearly. Listen here: bit.ly/3WckDi8

Bach's Fifth Brandenburg at BEMF, with Bezuidenhout

On The Bach Hour, Kristian Bezuidenhout is the harpsichordist in one of the masterpieces of the instrument, recorded in concert at the Boston Early Music Festival.

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Sunday at 7pm on In Concert with @Vivo_Boston, Egyptian-Australian musicians Joseph and James Tawadros join the @A_C_O for an exhilarating reimagining of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"! Hear it on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/473gsHW

"The Four Seasons," Reimagined with the Australian Chamber Orchestra

On WCRB In Concert with Vivo Performing Arts, Egyptian Australian musicians Joseph and James Tawadros join the ACO for an exhilarating reimagining of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."

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This Saturday at 8pm, @kirillgerstein is the soloist in a new piano concerto by Spanish composer Francisco Coll (@FcoColl). After, @andris_nelsons leads the @bostonsymphony in Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Listen on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/4ejawhI

Nelsons, Gerstein, and an American Premiere by Francisco Coll

Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in a new piano concerto by Spanish composer Francisco Coll, and Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Beethoven’s “Coriolan” Overture and Symphony No. 7.

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Did you know that the first-ever @GBH broadcast was a @BostonSymphony concert? 75 years ago we brought the sounds of Symphony Hall to you, and it's a tradition we've carried forward ever since. Tune in every Saturday night at 8pm for more great music!
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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath, British pianist @grosvenorpiano infuses Bach's Partita No. 4 with rhythmic verve and nuance. Listen here: bit.ly/4rFcYot

Benjamin Grosvenor and Bach's Eternal Ebullience

The British pianist infuses Bach's Partita No. 4 with rhythmic verve and nuance, and Ton Koopman conducts the Cantata No. 96, on The Bach Hour.

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A fall potpourri of rediscovered favorites, new releases, and futures unknown in September's Instant Replay! Listen here: bit.ly/4hk9XX4

Instant Replay: 089

A fall potpourri of rediscovered favorites, new releases, and futures unknown in September's Instant Replay.

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Sunday at 7pm, @RBPviolinist plays a recital on violin and viola d’amore, including the Gardner Museum's extraordinary 1770s viola d'amore. Tune in to WCRB In Concert with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, on- air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/4xNqOX6

Rachel Barton Pine at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

On WCRB In Concert with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Rachel Barton Pine presents a recital on violin and viola d’amore, including the Gardner Museum's extraordinary 1770s viola d'amore.

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This Saturday, @SeongJinCho returns to Symphony Hall in an all-Rachmaninoff program led by @Andris_Nelsons! Tune in to our live @BostonSymphony broadcast on-air, on our app, or online: bit.ly/4yg2xKp

Seong-Jin Cho Plays Rachmaninoff with the BSO

Cho returns to Symphony Hall for Rachmaninoff’s "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini," and the Boston Symphony Orchestra closes the program with Rachmaninoff’s melodically rich Symphony No. 2, all led by...

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