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An All-Dvořák Program with Rachid, Ferrández, and the BSO Samy Rachid leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Dvořák’s dramatic Cello Concerto featuring soloist Pablo Ferrández, as well as his Eighth Symphony, infused with the vigor and beauty of the natural ...

Now available on demand: hear Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid lead the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social in Dvořák's Cello Concerto starring Pablo Ferrández, as well as Dvořák's 8th Symphony.

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year: When @crbclassical.bsky.social has multiple holiday classical music streams you can listen to!

A World Transformed in Part 1 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio On The Bach Hour, the first of the composer's six-part narrative for the season expresses joy, doubt, and wonder in a concert performance led by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with bkmccreath.bsky.social, catch the first of a six-part narrative for the holiday season, full of joy, doubt, and wonder. Listen here: https://bit.ly/4puHHlx

Dvor�k twice with Ferr�ndez once from Boston - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com Pablo Ferrández, cello, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Samy Rachid play: DVORÁK: Cello Concerto. Symphony No. 8. Live....

Right now, #Dvorák twice with Ferrández once from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch

An orange poster with red sketches of Thanksgiving food. Text reads: "You're invited to WCRB's Second Helpings Weekend! Enjoy back-to-back pieces from your favorite composers all weekend-long."

Happy Thanksgiving! Starting tomorrow, we're serving up back-to-back pieces from your favorite composers. Tune in to our Second Helpings Weekend on-air, on our app, or online at classical.org.

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Alan McLellan, Signing Off Retiring after nearly 30 years at Classical Radio Boston and GBH Music, Alan McLellan shares what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and what he’s learned over his wide-ranging career.

During this season of gratitude, we are thankful for you, our listeners, and our dedicated GBH Music team members -- including Alan McLellan, who has retired after nearly 30 years at Classical Radio Boston. Thank you Alan!

Alan reflects on his career:
https://bit.ly/4pybXfw

An All-Dvořák Program with Rachid, Ferrández, and the BSO Samy Rachid leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Dvořák’s dramatic Cello Concerto featuring soloist Pablo Ferrández, as well as his Eighth Symphony, infused with the vigor and beauty of the natural ...

Saturday at 8pm, Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid leads the bostonsymphony.bsky.social in an all-Dvořák program, featuring his folk-inspired 8th Symphony and his Cello Concerto starring Pablo Ferrández.

Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/48zhv3G

Instant Replay: 079 This month, we're sliding into the holiday season with love, longing, and no longer feeling alone.

Our November Instant Replay is out now! Listen to the songs we've been spinning all month long: https://bit.ly/4pns1Rg

Nero hallucinates with bloodshot eyes. Cred: Kathy Wittman

Now available on demand: hear the Boston Early Music Festival's centerpiece opera of love, betrayal, and trickery on WCRB In Concert!

Stream Reinhard Keiser's "Octavia: The Roman Rebellion" on our app or online: https://bit.ly/48oCXr4

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."

On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, Beatrice 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. Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/44mT2vT

Mason, de Hartmann with Bell and Mussorgsky from Boston - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com Joshua Bell, violin, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jonathon Heyward play: Grace-Evangeline MASON: The Imagined Forest. Thomas DE HARTMANN: Violin Concerto. MUSSORGSKY orch. Ravel:…

Right now, #Mason, de Hartmann with Bell and #Mussorgsky from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch

Life On (and In) the Air with CRB Classical's David O'Leary Over the course of a forty-year career on the airwaves, David O'Leary, CRB Classical 99.5's new morning host, has established himself as a mainstay of Greater Boston radio. Though a lifelong appreciator of classical music, his new role has led him to fa...

Meet David O'Leary: private pilot, marathoner, and CRB's morning host!

Read about his forty-year career on the Greater Boston airwaves, and what he loves about classical music.
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The Hexologists, by Josiah Bancroft!

"Octavia," with Boston Early Music On WCRB In Concert with BEMF, the power of love and trickery rewrite history in Reinhard Keiser's opera “Octavia: The Roman Rebellion."

Sunday at 7pm on WCRB In Concert with BEMF, the power of love and trickery rewrite history in Reinhard Keiser's opera “Octavia: The Roman Rebellion."

Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4r8zbdD

Life On (and In) the Air with CRB Classical’s David O’Leary Over the course of a forty-year career on the airwaves, David O’Leary, CRB Classical 99.5’s new morning host, has established himself as a mainstay of Greater Boston radio. Though a lifelong appreciat...

Our friend and former V66 VJ David O'Leary, now on @crbclassical.bsky.social, mentioned V66 in this interview about his career! www.wgbh.org/foundation/h...

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Joshua Bell, the BSO, and de Hartmann’s Violin Concerto Anna Hander conducts the rarely heard Violin Concerto by Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann with soloist Joshua Bell, and the kaleidoscopic brilliance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition

Saturday at 8pm, Anna Handler conducts the Boston Symphony in the Violin Concerto by Thomas de Hartmann, with soloist Joshua Bell. After, Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition," arranged by Ravel.

Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/3K9Ycob

Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini, and Bach On The Bach Hour, conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini leads his Italian ensemble in unique re-imaginings of Bach's music, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in F.

On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with bkmccreath.bsky.social, conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini leads his Italian ensemble in unique re-imaginings of Bach's music. Listen here: https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bach-hour/2024-11-14/concerto-italiano-alessandrini-and-bach

Slobodeniouk Conducts Brahms, Sierra, and a World Premiere Dima Slobodeniouk conducts the Boston Symphony in the highly anticipated world premiere of Tania León’s Time to Time, followed by Roberto Sierra’s Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra featuring soloi...

Saturday at 8pm, Dima Slobodeniouk leads the bostonsymphony.bsky.social in the world premiere of Tania León’s "Time to Time," followed by Roberto Sierra’s Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra with James Carter.

Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qWEUTU

M. L. Rio stands firmly wearing a leather jacket with her hands in her jean pockets. Next to her, the cover of her book looks like a black record with red text poured on top of it, reading "HOT WAX."

Go Beyond the Page with author M.L. Rio and CRB host Edyn-Mae Stevenson TONIGHT at 7pm for an exclusive conversation about M.L. Rio’s latest release, HOT WAX! Register here: https://bit.ly/4i45oyL

Haydn's "The Creation," with Boston Baroque On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Haydn's breathtaking "The Creation" is brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton, all making their Boston Baroque debuts.

Now available to stream on demand: hear Haydn's "The Creation" brought to life by soloists Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton on WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque.

Listen on our app or online: bit.ly/3Lf710n

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Absolutely loved the Rachmaninoff piece just now on David O’Leary’s program! My relative with Alzheimer’s is walking on air after listening. Thank you @crbclassical.bsky.social
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YouTube video by OC87 Recovery Diaries Now Unquiet: The Journey of Pianist Jonathan Biss | Anxiety & Mental Health Recovery

Hope you can join me at 7:30pm on Veterans Day when I'll bring you Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata on @crbclassical.bsky.social with the intense and intelligent pianist Jonathan Biss. His candor and insight about anxiety is moving and instructive:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlw...

Hilary Hahn's Bach In a conversation with host Brian McCreath on The Bach Hour, Hahn describes the endless creative possibilities in the composer's music for solo violin and plays the Sonata No. 2.

In a conversation with bkmccreath.bsky.social on this week's episode of The Bach Hour, Hilary Hahn describes the endless creative possibilities in the Bach's music for solo violin, and plays his Sonata No. 2. Listen on our app or online: https://bit.ly/47FIVTX

Takemitsu and Dvor�k twice with Midori once from Boston - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com Midori, violin, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nodoka Okisawa play: Toru TAKEMITSU: Requiem for strings. DVORÁK: Violin Concerto/ Symphony No. 7. Live....

Right now, #Takemitsu and #Dvorák twice with Midori once from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch