Roman Totenberg: A Musical Life Remembered

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By Nina Totenberg
NPR's Nina Totenberg recalls her late father's mastery of music, as well as his love of life.

From Russia with Love -- and Laughs: Glinka's 'Ruslan and Lyudmila'

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OPERA AND PRODUCTION

Host Lisa Simeone present's Ruslan and Lyudmila from one of Russia's most historic musical venues, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Tonight at 6:30pm on Classical New England

On The Zander Ouster

By Jordan Weinstein
Did the New England Conservatory overreact when it fired its renowned conductor?

Music from Downton Abbey

HEAR THE INTERVIEW AND SEE A VIDEO PREVIEW

By Brian McCreath
The drama, passion, and transformation of the Masterpiece Classic series is reflected in the film's soundtrack, written by John Lunn.

Opera's Decision To Close Stuns Arts Community

By Brian McCreath & WGBH News
Classical critic Lloyd Schwartz was just as surprised as everyone else to learn that Opera Boston, which premiered a Pulitzer-winning production last year, plans to close on Jan. 1.

GREATER BOSTON

Childsplay: The Sound Is In The Wood

FROM OUR STUDIOS: CHILDSPLAY
MORE GREATER BOSTON

By Jared Bowen
Members of the "fiddle choir" Childsplay come from many different musical backgrounds, but they all have one thing in common: all of the group’s instruments were made by the same craftsman.

Greater Boston

The BSO Begins Its Post-Levine Era

By Jared Bowen
The musical strains you hear from Symphony Hall beginning this week could easily echo the strains of relief. The post James Levine era has begun. No more fretting over the maestro's sudden cancellations. No more slumping ticket sales. No more hits to morale, says Boston Symphony Orchestra Managing Director Mark Volpe.

Classical Concerts

"Illuminessence: prayers for peace" In Concert

HEAR THE CONCERT AND INTERVIEW WITH AMATO

Hear the world premiere of an interfaith oratorio with conductor Benjamin Zander from NEC's Jordan Hall.

Classical Concerts

Remember To Love: A Concert From Trinity Church, Wall St.

HEAR PART 2 OF THE CONCERT
HEAR PART 1 OF THE CONCERT

Hear a concert in remembrance of 9/11 with choirs from Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.

The Bach Hour

Pain and Transcendence in Morimur

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Violinist Christoph Poppen and the Hilliard Ensemble combine for a performance that's both searing and consoling.

99.5 All Classical

Cheryl Willoughby Named Music Director For Classical New England

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The veteran classical music broadcaster will oversee all programming for Boston's classical station.

New England Summer Festivals

Chamber Music From The Rocky Coast Of Maine

LISTEN TO THE PROGRAM AND SEE PICTURES

Host Suzanne Nance takes you to the Portland Chamber Music Festival.
On-demand at Classical New England

The Bach Hour

From Fear To Confidence In The Cantata 105

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Amsterdam Baroque and conductor Ton Koopman perform the Cantata No. 105 (translation), and Alison Balsom plays a concerto for trumpet.

New England Summer Festivals

Montreal: The Full Immersion Experience

LEARN MORE AND HEAR THE PROGRAM

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival brings together stellar musicians each May, with a special focus on one composer every year.

Live from Fraser

The St. Lawrence String Quartet

LISTEN

Haydn, Ravel, and John Adams are on the program as the St. Lawrence Quartet visits our Fraser Performances Studio.

New England Summer Festivals

Hands-On Early Music With Amherst Early Music Festival

HEAR THE PROGRAM AND SEE PHOTOS

Based at Connecticut College, Amherst Early Music opens the stage to all who come to learn and play.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Ravel With Thibaudet And The BSO

MORE INFO AND AUDIO FEATURES AT THE BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins the BSO and conductor Emmanuel Krivine for an All-Ravel program with both piano concertos, Mother Goose Suite, and Bolero.
Today at 1pm on 99.5 All Classical

Opera

Orlando Furioso At Champs-Elysées

MORE INFO AND AUDIO PREVIEW

Vivaldi's masterpiece stars contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux and countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, heard last month in Boston Early Music Festival's Niobe.
Sunday at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Arabella Steinbacher Plays Brahms

INTERVIEW WITH STEINBACHER AND MORE AT THE BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL

The German violinist returns to Tanglewood for Brahms's Violin Concerto, and Jaap van Zweden conducts Steven Stucky's Rhapsodies and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

The Bach Hour

The Potential Of One Chorale

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Hear how Bach starts with one chorale and creates multiple musical experiences with it, including the Cantata No. 93 (translation), conducted by Philippe Herreweghe.

Classical

Supreme Court Takes Up Small Orchestras' Dilemma

LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSION
MORE FROM THE CALLIE CROSSLEY SHOW

By WGBH News
A 1994 U.S. copyright law shifted many foreign artworks out of the public domain, and many musical staples became too expensive for small orchestras to perform. But now their case is before the Supreme Court.

99.5 All Classical

Kelli O'Hara and Jason Danieley perform with the Boston Pops

LISTEN LIVE ON THE BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL

This Sunday afternoon the Boston Pops and Conductor Ketih Lockhart take the stage with Vocalists Kelli O'Hara and Jason Danieley in a tribute to Broadway and Cole Porter.

Sunday, July 17 at 1pm| 99.5 All Classical

New England Summer Festivals

Experiments In Chamber Music At Vermont's Yellow Barn

LEARN MORE AND LISTEN

Seasoned professionals and talented apprentices join together in bringing chamber music to the mountains of Vermont.
On-demand at Classical New England

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conducts Tchaikovsky

INTERVIEW WITH HARTH-BEDOYA
GUIDED TOUR OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S SIXTH

The Peruvian conductor leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 and Jennifer Higdon's Loco, and violinist Joshua Bell is the soloist in Bruch's Scottish Fantasy.
Today at 1pm on 99.5 All Classical

New England Summer Festivals

Gambas, Sackbuts, And More: Early Music In The City

LEARN MORE AND LISTEN

From the heart of the American Revolution, a revolution in music from the Renaissance and Baroque.

Classical Concerts

Listen: Red Priest, Live From Rockport

HEAR THE CONCERT

Hear a live concert broadcast featuring the dynamic, theatrical early music group from the UK, from Rockport Music's Shalin Liu Performance Center with hosts Cathy Fuller and Brian McCreath.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The BSO Opens Its Summer Home At Tanglewood

BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL
INTERVIEW WITH DUTOIT

Charles Dutoit leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the spectacular Requiem by Berlioz, live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood

Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan

LISTEN
MORE ON THE TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION

Hear the winner of the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal in a 2009 performance with host Cathy Fuller.

Arias and Barcarolles

Dawn Upshaw In Concert On The Cape

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The soprano sings Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock" at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival.

Opera

Danielle de Niese In Handel's Semele

MORE INFO AND AUDIO PREVIEW

The American soprano sings the title role in a performance with Les Talens Lyriques and conductor Christoph Rousset.
Sunday at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical

The Bach Hour

Bach In Boston

LISTEN

The Boston Early Festival Orchestra takes the stage with the Orchestral Suite No. 3, and Sigiswald Kuijken directs the Cantata No. 2 (translation).

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The BSO, 24/7

VISIT BSO RADIO

Hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra 24/7, listen to the latest concerts, interviews, and features on-demand, and see the schedule of upcoming broadcasts.

Music News

Narek Hakhnazaryan Wins Tchaikovsky Competition

MORE INFO
HAKHNAZARYAN ON LIVE FROM FRASER

The cellist just completed an Artist Diploma at New England Conservatory last month.

New England Summer Festivals

Monadnock: Music In The Meeting House

LEARN MORE AND LISTEN

The churches and meeting houses of New Hampshire ring with classical music in the summer.

Arias and Barcarolles

Tyler Duncan's Songs of Travel

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MORE TYLER DUNCAN

The American baritone sings music by Vaughan Williams, and Sandrine Piau sings Mozart.

The Bach Hour

CSI: Bach

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Violinist Midori Seiler performs her reconstruction of a lost concerto, and Craig Smith directs the Cantata No. 39 (translation).

Music Reviews

'Pianomania' Takes Persnickety Pianists To A New Pinnacle

MORE NEWS

By Tom Huizenga
The new documentary provides a fascinating peek into the specialized world of high-end piano technicians and their fussy customers.

Live from Fraser

Oboist Keisuke Wakao

LISTEN

The BSO oboist performs music by Schumann and Beethoven, along with the broadcast premiere of John Williams's Oboe Concerto, written for the artist.

Orchestral

Keeping Score: A Mahler Journey

VIDEO PREVIEW AND BEHIND THE SCENES

Michael Tilson Thomas takes you on a guided tour of music by one of the most fascinating and influential composers in music.
Thursday at 9pm on WGBH 2

99.5 Host Notes

In Performance

Here is more information about artists and presenters featured on this week's programs.

Classical Concerts

Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra in Concert

LISTEN TO PART 1
LISTEN TO PART 2

The Festival instrumentalists combine forces for an electrically charged evening at NEC's Jordan Hall, with harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout.

The Bach Hour

Riccardo Chailly's New Way

LISTEN

The conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra leads the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 129 (translation).

Live from Fraser

The Case/CIM Baroque Orchestra

LISTEN

Drawn from students at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, the ensemble performs music by Telemann, Bach, Handel, and more.

Classical Concerts

Les Voix Baroques

BOSTON EARLY MUSIC CHANNEL
LISTEN, WITH COMPLETE PROGRAM AND TRANSLATIONS

Stephen Stubbs directs Canticum Canticorum, a program based on the sensuous biblical poetry of The Song of Songs, at the Boston Early Music Festival.

Opera

Rossini's Overlooked Otello

HEAR A PREVIEW

A rarely heard opera, in a performance with Lyon Opera Orchestra and Chorus and conductor Evelino Pidò.
Sunday, June 12 at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Pops

Classic Pops!

BOSTON POPS BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops pay tribute to legendary Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler, with music by Dvorak, Leroy Anderson, Richard Rodgers, and more, from Symphony Hall in Boston.
Saturday, June 11 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

A Rockport Preview

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MORE NEW ENGLAND SUMMER FESTIVALS

Cathy Fuller and a studio audience welcome musicians performing at this year's Rockport Chamber Music Festival, including pianist George Li, the Claremont Trio, and festival Artistic Director David Deveau.

New England Summer Festivals

The Rockport Chamber Music Festival

LEARN ABOUT THE 2012 SEASON AND SEE A SLIDESHOW

New England Summer Festivals takes you to a place where water, land, and music come together.
On-demand at Classical New England

New England Summer Festivals

Marlboro at 60

ABOUT NEW ENGLAND SUMMER FESTIVALS
SEE PICTURES AND HEAR THE PROGRAM

A venerable summer music festival celebrates its 60th anniversary.
On-demand at Classical New England

Early Music

Boston Early Music Channel

LISTEN

Classical New England brings you all the color, excitement, and discovery of early music at the Boston Early Music Channel.

The Bach Hour

Luminous Bach From Ensemble Sonnerie

LISTEN
ABOUT THE BACH HOUR

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

Opera

Verdi's Aida, from Maggio Musicale in Florence

MORE ON THE PRODUCTION FROM NPR WORLD OF OPERA

Soprano Hui He sings the title role in the story of a passionate love triangle amidst the mystery and spectacle of ancient Egypt.
Sunday, June 5 at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Pianist Martina Filjak

LISTEN

The winner of the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition visits the Fraser Performance Studio with music by Mozart, Scriabin, and Balakirev.

American Masters

James Levine: American Maestro

MORE ON LEVINE AND THE BSO
WATCH FULL-LENGTH EPISODE

Maestro James Levine’s life and current work is the subject of this American Masters' film that captures the essence of his unparalleled musicianship and his singular teaching and performance style.

99.5 Host Notes

A New Meaning For "Amateur Hour"

LISTEN

By James David Jacobs
Winchester's Angela Lee Tien takes the stage at Van Cliburn's International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs.

The Bach Hour

David Fray's Poetic Interpretation

LISTEN

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

Kids Classical Channel

LISTEN, PLAY, AND WATCH

Classical New England launches a new online channel just for kids – and anyone interested in discovering the world of classical music through a child's eyes and ears.

99.5 Host Notes

Bernard Greenhouse, 1916-2011

By James David Jacobs
A remembrance of a great cellist and a great human being.

99.5 Host Notes

Sendai, Japan: The Orchestra Comes Of Age

By James David Jacobs
The next in a series about the Sendai Philharmonic as it struggles to rebuild after the March disaster.

Classical Concerts

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, From Carnegie Hall

FULL PROGRAM

Join us for the next concert from the Spring for Music festival with a program featuring soprano Dawn Upshaw.
Tonight at 10pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Pianist Charlie Albright

LISTEN

The young pianist visits the Fraser Performance Studio with music by Janacek, Menotti, Chopin, and more, with host Cathy Fuller.

99.5 Host Notes

Postscript From Spain

By Cathy Fuller
A few added scenes and thoughts from a cultural pilgrimage.

99.5 Host Notes

Sendai, Japan: Looking Back On The Birth Of An Orchestra

By James David Jacobs
As Japan recovers, our guest blogger takes us back to the formative years of an orchestra that anchors the cultural life of northern Japan.

The Bach Hour

The Bach Experience

LISTEN

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

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Dutoit Conducts Berlioz

DUTOIT ON FRENCH CONDUCTORS
2011-2012 BSO SEASON

Charles Dutoit leads the BSO and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Roméo et Juliette, with soloists Bernarda Fink, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, and Laurent Naouri to close the BSO season.
Saturday, May 7 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2011-2012 Season

BOSTON POPS BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The BSO offers a balance of exciting programs, familiar favorites, and new faces.

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.
On-demand at Classical New England

99.5 Host Notes

Sendai, Japan: Resilience of a Cultural Jewel

By James David Jacobs
A personal voice highlights the central role of the orchestra in the culture of one of Japan's hardest hit cities

The Bach Hour

Philippe Herreweghe Conducts Cantata No. 42

LISTEN

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

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Simon Trpceski Plays Liszt

CONCERT PREVIEW WITH FRUHBECK DE BURGOS
MORE FEATURES AND BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The Macedonian pianist continues a celebration of the bicentennial of Liszt's birth as soloist in the Piano Concerto No. 2, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducts music by Reger and Ravel.
Saturday, April 30 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Music Interviews

Soprano Dawn Upshaw

LISTEN

An artist of uncommon range and inspiration, the American soprano talks with host Cathy Fuller about her April 29 program presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston.

99.5 Host Notes

What's Your Sense of Place

By Laura Carlo
During the month of May, join host Laura Carlo for great works that describe a place. And share your own favorite place with a story or a photo. Entries will be picked to be read on air and shares on our digital mural.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

BSO Music Director Search: An Update

LISTEN

Producer Brian Bell talks with BSO Managing Director Mark Volpe about the search for a new BSO Music Director and the unique institutional characteristics that inform the process.

The Bach Hour

The Joy and Transcendence of Easter

LISTEN
ABOUT THE BACH HOUR

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.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Suzuki Conducts Bach

NOTES AND TRANSLATION
INTERVIEW WITH SUZUKI

Masaaki Suzuki, one of the great Bach interpreters of our time, leads Bach's St. John Passion.
Saturday, April 23 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Pianist Martin Jones

LISTEN

The British pianist visits our studio with music by Liszt, Debussy, Godowsky, and Graham Hair.

Music News

Zhou Long's Madame White Snake Wins 2011 Pulitzer Prize

LEARN MORE AND LISTEN

Premiered by Opera Boston in February 2010, the fantastic tale of passion and transformation explores cross-cultural connections.

Classical Concerts

Handel and Haydn's Israel in Egypt

LISTEN ON DEMAND AND READ PROGRAM NOTES

Harry Christophers conducts Handel's masterpiece on the Exodus in concert.

99.5 Host Notes

Zarzuela!

By Cathy Fuller
One of the distinctive musical sounds of Spain is featured in another postcard from the WGBH Learning Tour.

Classical

Muti Conducts Brahms

Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Brahms's A German Requiem in concert, along with music by Verdi and Hindemith.
Sunday, April 17 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

99.5 Host Notes

Haydn's "Seven Last Words"

By James David Jacobs
Whether for piano, string quartet, orchestra, or choir, Haydn's Passion Week masterpiece transmits incredible emotional power.
Sunday, April 17 at 9am on 99.5 All Classical

The Bach Hour

A Cantata for Palm Sunday

HEAR THE PROGRAM
ABOUT THE BACH HOUR

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

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The "Emperor," With Jonathan Biss

CONCERT PREVIEW WITH JONATHAN BISS
PROFILE OF BSO PERCUSSIONIST FRANK EPSTEIN

The American pianist performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, and conductor Stéphane Denève leads Roussel's Symphony No. 3 and Ravel's La Valse.
Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

99.5 Host Notes

Strings Attached

By Laura Carlo
"I love my instrument of choice, but, learning classical piano does nothing for your 'cool' factor when you're 10 or 12..."

Kids' Classical Hour

The Elements

LISTEN

Join Ray Brown for Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, as heard through music by Stravinsky, Smetana, and more!

The Bach Hour

The Chaconne Through The Orchestral Prism

LISTEN

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.

Live from Fraser

Amarcord

LEARN MORE & HEAR THE PROGRAM

The Leipzig-based vocal ensemble sings Elgar, Mendelssohn, and more.

The Bach Hour

Jeremy Denk's Bach

LISTEN

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

Sunday Concert

Gwyneth Wentink and the Boston Philharmonic in Concert

LEARN MORE AND HEAR FEATURES

The Dutch harpist joins the orchestra for Alberto Ginastera's Harp Concerto, and Benjamin Zander conducts Gershwin, Stravinsky, and more.
Sunday, April 3 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Celebrating Liszt With Conductor John Nelson

BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The American conductor leads the BSO in two tone poems by Franz Liszt, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, plus Evgeny Kissin performs concertos by Chopin and Grieg.
Saturday, April 2 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Gabriel Chodos Plays Schumann

LISTEN

Pianist Gabriel Chodos visits the Fraser Performance Studio with Robert Schumann's Fantasy in C, Op. 17, and more.

BSO on Record

Charles Munch's First BSO Recordings

By Brian Bell
From 1949, the just-appointed conductor leads Beethoven, Berlioz, and Ravel.
Sunday, Mar. 27 at 2pm on 99.5 All Classical

Sunday Concert

Peter Oundjian Conducts Chicago

MORE ABOUT OUNDJIAN

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs the gorgeous and consoling Symphony No. 5 by Vaughan Williams in concert, as well as the fiery Capriccio Espagnol by Rimsky-Korsakov.
Sunday, Mar. 27 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Tempest, Shakespeare's Most Musical Play

MORE BACKSTAGE WITH BRIAN BELL

By James David Jacobs
How one of Shakespeare's last plays stands as a singular creation and points the way towards new forms of theater.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

MORE BARTOK
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

The Bach Hour

Richard Egarr on The Well-Tempered Clavier

LISTEN
BRADLEY LEHMAN'S THEORY OF INTONATION

The Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music takes you inside Bach's masterful works for harpsichord, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in F.

99.5 Host Notes

Erin go Bragh!

By Laura Carlo
Laura Carlo shares some classical music for the Irish in all of us...

The Composer Files

Celebrating Bartók

LEARN MORE

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.

The Bach Hour

The Mass in B Minor

HEAR THE PROGRAM

David Hoose, Music Director of the Cantata Singers, joins Brian McCreath for one of Bach's greatest masterpieces.
On-demand at Classical New England

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Future Of The BSO

MARK VOLPE ON THE SEARCH PROCESS
MARK VOLPE ON LEVINE'S RESIGNATION
LISTEN: THE CALLIE CROSSLEY SHOW

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is facing a season of change. Lloyd Schwartz, Yehudi Wyner, and Alicia Anstead discuss Levine, the state of the BSO, and what might come next.

Sunday Concert

Boulez Conducts a 20th Century Collage

MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM
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

Classical Concerts

The Bartók Experience

HEAR THE CONCERT

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

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

Live from Fraser

BLO's Agrippina

LISTEN
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.

99.5 Host Notes

Nadia Boulanger

By James David Jacobs
For Women's History Month, an in-depth look at one of the most important musicians of the last century.

The Bach Hour

Bach's Coffee Cantata

LISTEN

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).

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

Discovery Ensemble Plays Stravinsky, Adès, and Beethoven

DISCOVERY ENSEMBLE CONCERT, MAR. 17
LISTEN

Conductor Courtney Lewis and the orchestra perform Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," Thomas Adès's reimagined Couperin, and highlights of Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony.

Music

BSO's Volpe Hopes There's Still A Role For Levine

MARK VOLPE ON LEVINE'S RESIGNATION
THE EMILY ROONEY SHOW: CLASSICAL COMMUNITY REACTS

By Jess Bidgood
Maestro James Levine is stepping down as the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in order to better deal with the health issues that have kept the storied conductor off the podium for much of the past year.

99.5 Host Notes

For March, a Celebration of Women in Music

By Laura Carlo
Join me each morning at 7am to celebrate the trailblazers, the visionaries, and today's remarkable women of music.

Live from Fraser

Biber's Mystery Sonatas

LISTEN

Violinist Christina Day Martinson and harpsichordist Martin Pearlman perform a set of Heinrich Biber's deeply symbolic pieces inspired by the life of Christ.

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

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

Opera

Opera Boston's Cardillac

LISTEN

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

The Bach Hour

Vibrant Colors and Textures in The Art of the Fugue

HEAR THE PROGRAM

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).
On-demand at Classical New England

Live from Fraser

New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra

LISTEN

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.

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

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.

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

The Bach Hour

Maxim Rysanov's Cello Suites

LISTEN

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

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Levine Conducts Mozart and Mahler

BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

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

99.5 All Classical

Ben Roe Named Managing Director of Classical Services

MORE ABOUT BEN ROE

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

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

Classical

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

99.5 Host Notes

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.

99.5 Host Notes

My Favorites: Figaro and the "Diabelli" Variations

By James David Jacobs
Mozart and Beethoven show us the sublime in our everyday human foibles.

99.5 Host Notes

For Our Greatest President's Birthday

By James David Jacobs
A musical tribute to Abraham Lincoln...

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

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).

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Cellist Alban Gerhardt Performs a U.S. Premiere

SUSANNA MALKKI'S CONCERT PREVIEW
ALBAN GERHARDT IN OUR STUDIO
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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

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.

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My Favorites: A Bold Punch from Prokofiev

By Michelle Sweet
"Music can viscerally bring a snapshot moment from our past right back to the present..."

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My Favorites: Ringtone Mozart

By Amanda Goodwin
I discovered my favorite through my radio and cell phone.

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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.

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Celebrating Jussi Bjorling and Leontyne Price

By James David Jacobs
Two immortal singers with extraordinary qualities, musical and otherwise.

Kids' Classical Hour

The Essential Classics!

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Join Ray Brown for the classical music essential to kids, with The Blue Danube, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Peter and the Wolf, and more!

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

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Flutist Elizabeth Rowe

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Producer Brian Bell profiles the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Principal Flutist.

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).
On-demand at Classical New England

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Radu Lupu Plays Beethoven's Third

GUIDED TOUR OF PROKOFIEV'S SIXTH
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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

Opera

Steven Lipsitt on BLO's The Emperor of Atlantis

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The Boston Lyric Opera's conductor previews Ullmann's opera with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller.

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Happy New Year!

By Laura Carlo
For the Year of the Rabbit...

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Lou Harrison's "Elegiac" Symphony

By James David Jacobs
"I will go out on a limb and declare this the most beautiful movement of American symphonic music yet written."

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Music and Art: Paternosto & Ginastera

By Cathy Fuller
Two Latin American Modernists, inspired by the Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts.

Kids' Classical Hour

Going Places!

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Join Ray Brown for classical music that's all about the journey, with music by Leopold Mozart, Arthur Honegger, John Adams, and more!

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.

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.

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Music and Art: West and Antes

By Cathy Fuller
From the young United States, a pairing of music and art inspired by the Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Music

Tell Us What Music You Love

SEND US YOUR FAVORITES

Tell us what your favorite pieces are, then listen for them on the air!

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Two Essential Symphonies

By James David Jacobs
Two composers write for their times and create something eternal.
Sunday, Jan. 23 at 9am on 99.5 All Classical

Kids' Classical Hour

Tchaikovsky Discovers America!

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Join Ray Brown for the story of the Russian composer's first visit to this country, with music from The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, the 1812 Overture, and more!

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The Real "Wellington's Victory"

By James David Jacobs
A listener dispels a myth through her request.

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

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Music and Art: Stella and Diamond

By Cathy Fuller
Bursts of energy from the early 1940's for the eyes and ears, inspired by the Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Live from Fraser

The Harlem Quartet

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

Boston Symphony Orchestra

A Russian Kaleidoscope

MAAZEL'S CONCERT PREVIEW
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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

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Life Savors: Stop and Smell the...well, Snow

By Laura Carlo
What breaks the routine for you?

Music News

Musical Innovation: A Grander Grand Piano

By Neva Grant
With an unprecedented 102 keys, the Stuart and Sons grand has a distinctive sound that one pianist describes as “clear and crisp as white wine.”

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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.

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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.

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.

Kids' Classical Hour

Classical Colours!

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Join Ray Brown for a veritable rainbow of classical music!

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Music and Art: Louis Moreau Gottschalk & Fitz Henry Lane

By Cathy Fuller
Selections inspired by the Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts.

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Zeroes and Ones

By Laura Carlo
I was looking at today’s date on a digital calendar, 01-11-11, and thought about how everything in our lives seems to have become digitized, zeroes and ones...

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Popcorn With That Beethoven?

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

Kids' Classical Hour

Wild West!

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Join Ray Brown, for cowboys, rodeos, and the Great American West, with Copland, Grofe, and more!

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Music and Art: Homer and MacDowell

By Cathy Fuller
Dramatic art from two New Englanders, inspired by the Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Keith's Classical Corner

Winter Legends

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Music for winter by Arnold Bax on Keith's Classical Corner.
Weekdays at 8:30am on 99.5 All Classical

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A Request for Summer

By James David Jacobs
Samuel Barber on this winter day.

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.

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

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Britten's Journey of the Magi

By Laura Carlo
"The New Year’s holiday has come and gone and 2011 is launched... but remember, people are still celebrating Christmas..."

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Music and Art: Cassatt and Chadwick

By Cathy Fuller
Hear music inspired by the Museum of Fine Art's new Art of the Americas wing.

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.

Kids' Classical Hour

At the Circus

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Join Ray Brown for a trip to the Big Top, with "Entry of the Gladiators," marches by Ives and Stravinsky, and much more!

Concerts

New Year's Day from Vienna

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HISTORY OF THE NEW YEAR'S CONCERTS

Join the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor Franz Welser-Möst for waltzes, marches, and more from the gorgeous Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna.
Sunday, Jan. 2 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Kids' Classical Hour

A Kids' Classical Christmas

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Join Ray Brown for traditional carols and Christmas songs as performed by childrens' choirs, soloists, and instrumentalists.
Saturday, Dec. 25 at 9am on 99.5 All Classical

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.

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Bach's Christmas Oratorio

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

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A Request for Beethoven, and music for the holiday

By Ray Brown

Classical

Spend An Evening With Dudamel

WATCH A PREVIEW OF TAVIS SMILEY
WATCH A PREVIEW OF GREAT PERFORMANCES

Tavis Smiley and Great Performances give viewers an extraordinary look into the life and aristry of the L.A. Philharmonic's charismatic conductor. Watch both programs Wednesday, Dec 29, 8-10pm on WGBH 2.

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Quiet Christmas

By Laura Carlo
The other side of the holiday.

The Bach Hour

Magnificat

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

Kids' Classical Hour

The Snowman

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Join Ray Brown for Raymond Briggs’s classic story of The Snowman, with music by Howard Blake, and much more!

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The Fiery Kreutzer

By Ray Brown
A listener requests a sonata by Beethoven.

Live from Fraser

Harpist Ina Zdorovetchi

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

99.5 Host Notes

Beethoven's Birthday

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

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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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A Birthday of Two Mavericks

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

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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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Music for Food for Music

INFO ON MUSIC FOR FOOD, FRIDAY MAR. 11

By Cathy Fuller
One of Boston's renowned musicians organizes performances to benefit those in need.

The Bach Hour

Best Bach of 2010

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THE BACH HOUR

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

Holidays

WGBH's Sounds Of The Season

WGBH fills your stocking full of musical treats on television and radio. From the Boston Pops to Handel's Messiah, WGBH is filling its schedule with sounds for the season.

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).

Live from Fraser

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

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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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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.

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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Requiems, Anniversaries, and Controversies

By James David Jacobs
Sifting the truth to find the music.

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!

99.5 Host Notes

An Unfinished Jewel

By Ray Brown
A request for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, with a hint of what might have been.
Today at 4pm 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