Cathy Fuller

The Life and Music of Florence Price: An Interview with Rae Linda Brown - AAIHS In today's post, Ashleigh Gordon, a world-renowned, award-winning violist and New England Conservatory alumna (Castle of Our Skins, Callithumpian Consort, BMOP), interviews Dr. Rae Linda Brown about t...

Hope you'll join me for Florence Price's first symphony on @crbclassical.bsky.social at 8:00pm on Friday, October 3rd. More about her (with a 1906 class photo in front of Jordan Hall at @necmusic.bsky.social!) in this interview:
www.aaihs.org/the-life-and...

Thank you, Patricia! It slipped under my radar — looking forward to finding out more!

YouTube video by The Boston Globe The Narnia-worthy collection hidden inside the Boston Public Library

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Tokyo String Quartet Bids Boston A Bittersweet Farewell After 43 seasons, the revered ensemble, born in Japan, calls it quits. Here, the players serenade Boston at WGBH, with a concert of music by Haydn, Bartok and Ravel.

It is always a joy to hear the Tokyo String Quartet. Here's the NPR piece I wrote about their Boston farewell performance given here in our Fraser Performance Studio:
www.npr.org/2013/04/10/1...

Cambridge Science Carnival

This Sunday, the 21st! Bring your kids to Cambridge's science extravaganza!
cambridgesciencecarnival.org

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What's the deal with this art installation near South Station made entirely of coolers? Elevar La Cultura is a new art installation outside of South Station made entirely out of coolers spray painted gold.

A city can never have too much public art. Look at this wonderful installation near Boston's South Station (check out the back of it!)
www.boston.com/news/arts/20...

It took only weeks for Schubert to finish his hour-long Octet. He was so immersed, he could barely make eye contact with his visitors. Tonight, just after 10:00, join me on @crbclassical.bsky.social for the miraculous result. I think it's thrilling to see the first page in Schubert's own hand:

8 unforgettable fall destinations in Vermont, according to Boston.com readers 8 unforgettable fall destinations in Vermont, according to Boston.com readers who shared their favorite fall getaways in the state.

Even a mediocre foliage season is stunning in Vermont
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YouTube video by WCVB Channel 5 Boston ISS passes over Mass., shares view of Boston, Cape Cod from space

Catch a 6-minute glimpse of the International Space Station on Friday morning at 5:37! We'll have Jordi Savall and his band for you on @crbclassical.bsky.social! Of course, it may be even more enthralling to look down from the station to good ol' Massachusetts:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qlr...

Thank goodness publishers were willing to wade through the artfully indecipherable handwriting of Mr. Beethoven! Wednesday night on crbclassical.bsky.social at 8:30, join me for Beethoven’s 2nd piano trio — and enjoy the restless penmanship from this later piano trio!

YouTube video by GBH Music The power of music education at the Conservatory Lab School #shorts #music #stringquartet

Some goodness for your Wednesday featuring the @gbhmusic.bsky.social quartet-in-residence:
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YouTube video by fadedhour Prelude à l'apres midi d'une faune - Paris Opera Ballet

Join me for Debussy's languid Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun on Wednesday night at 9:10 on @crbclassical.bsky.social!
Nijinsky created and premiered it in 1912. Here's his sensual and utterly unique choreography:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrF2...

Meteor Shower Calendar Browse all the major meteor showers for 2025

Get those comfy lounge chairs in position! A couple of meteor showers are scheduled to peak next week! Bring along a speaker and listen to @CRBClassical while you're gazing!
www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showe...

Public Media is now only days away from being defunded. We need your help now. 1) Contact Your Senators 2) Share This Post

Friends, the time to act is now! In the next few days, the Senate will vote on whether to claw back federal funding — this is our LAST CHANCE to stop this from happening. To help, please contact your Senators and tell them to protect public media. For easy steps to take: ProtectMyPublicMedia.org

I love Escher's print of The Sunken Cathedral, inspired by hearing Debussy's piano prelude. Which itself was inspired by a fantastical old Breton myth. I'll have Stokowsky's orchestral version, packed with mystery and atmosphere, at 8pm on Thursday the 9th. Join me on @crbclassical.bsky.social!

It’s okay! You’re the best! I love Here Comes the Sun

Hi Josh! It’s Cathy Fuller from CRB … love hearing you at the game tonight! I’m here too … I’d ask for Beethoven but I dunno if you’ve got a ballgame-adjacent version of anything 😁❤️

Free Outdoor Concerts in Boston: Summer 2025 [06/01/25] The best part about summer is getting to enjoy the warm weather and getting to watch performers sing and play instruments live. It’s the perfect activity: to get lost in the melody of people’s voices ...

Be one with our beautiful city! Free concerts all summer long:
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/free-...

F. Schubert. The composer's last surviving letter, written to his close friend Franz von Schober, 1828 | Music: Books & Manuscripts | 2021 | Sotheby's <p>Schubert, Franz</p><p><br></p><p>Extraordinary&nbsp;autograph letter signed ("Schubert[paraph]"), to his close friend Franz von Schober ("Lieber Schober!"), THE COMPOSER'S LAST SURVIVING LETTER, <e...

I've always been slightly obsessed by the handwriting of composers that I love. This is Schubert's elaborate penmanship. It's his last letter, sold at auction for $240,000. Listen with me on Tuesday night at 7:00 for his Trout Quintet, on @crbclassical.bsky.social!
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...

Till Fellner's Journey With Beethoven The young Viennese native is on tour, playing all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. Hear Fellner at the WGBH studio, in Boston, where he plays the lyrical "pastoral" sonata and the cheerful Sonata No....

Hope you'll join me at 10:00 on Wednesday night (July 2nd) for Till Fellner in Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto on @crbclassical.bsky.social! Alfred Brendel was a guiding light for him. Here's my encounter with Till in our studios:
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17 Farms Near Boston to Visit This Summer [07/01/25] Summer’s a great time to get out of the city and visit a good ol’ fashioned farm. With the summer festival season at its peak, you can enjoy a cold cider at an outdoor taproom; sample fresh meals made...

Summer farms to help you stop time for a while
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Pollinator Festival | Fun Things To Do | North of Boston A week long calendar of engaging events bringing awareness to creatures essential to our food supply!

This week, listen to CRBClassical.bsky.social with the car windows down while you make your way to Amesbury to celebrate the bees!
www.ciderhill.com/pollinatorfe...

YouTube video by Addiobelpassato Franz Schubert "Piano Sonata No 21" Clifford Curzon

A chance to see Clifford Curzon playing Schubert's final piano sonata:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZe6...

Get ready for June’s strawberry moon - WTOP News The start of June marked meteorological summer while astronomical summer starts for the northern hemisphere. It is the astronomical end of spring and start of summer.

The moon is undergoing a major lunar standstill ... (I think that sounds worse than it is 🤔) But the Strawberry Moon will be beaming away this week, and there are lots of June sky events:
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What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it? Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon ...

Manhattanhenge! Coming up in July!
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

YouTube video by Living the Classical Life "I spent my whole life trying to make the harp sound like a piano." - Yolanda Kondonassis

On Monday evening, June 9th, at 7:30 on @crbclassical.bsky.social
it's the magical sound of Yolanda Kondonassis playing her harp. Don't miss this beautiful interview with pianist Zsolt Bognár, on "Living the Classical Life"! She's amazing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IWg...

Where could you possibly find more comfort than in a Parisian Street Fair and bread competition????
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After a hot Thursday, what more wondrous place to go than the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum? Free this Thursday from 3:00 to 9:00 and celebrating Pride Month!
www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/fre...

A Sanctuary Cafe Coffee, books, and cats.

I visited a cat café in Paris and lingered long ... but I didn't know there was one right here -- on Beacon Hill!
www.asanctuarycafe.com