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Classical Music for Every Quarantine Mood

Did COVID-19 cancel your graduation? Is social distancing making you feel socially distant? We consider the emotions of quarantine and the perfect music to accompany each one. Read More >
Review, Classical, BSO, Kevin Wang, Zukerman

Pinchas Zukerman Leads a Puzzling Program

At Symphony Hall on Saturday evening, the violinist Pinchas Zukerman conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a program of Strauss, Bruckner, Mozart, and Haydn. WHRB reviews the concert. Read More >
Black History Month

A Celebration of Black Composers

From February 10 to February 14, WHRB's Classical Music Department programmed music by black composers in honor of Black History Month. We heard William Grant Still, R. Nathaniel Dett, Florence Price, Scott Joplin, and many others whose works are all-too-rarely appreciated. Read More >
Interview, Classical, Early Music, Jon Lehrich, William Christie, Baroque, Les Arts Florrisants

A Life in the Baroque: WHRB Interviews William Christie

In December 2019, WHRB presented a 75th birthday tribute to William Christie, the conductor, harpsichordist, teacher, and founder of Les Arts Florissants. Featured in the William Christie Orgy were selections from this exclusive interview with Christie himself. Read More >

emily spector, Boston Music Society, Tchaikovsky Piano Trio A Minor, Piano Trio, Menage à Trois

Boston Chamber Music Society trio on Harvard,…

Pianist Max Levinson ‘93, violinist Jennifer Frautschi ‘95, and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan ‘98 discuss their undergraduate experience as musicians at Harvard, what they learned from non-musicians, how

angela eichhorst, Edward Elwyn Jones, Harvard University Choir, Harvard Memorial Church, Anthology of British Christmas Carols

Anthology of British Choral Music with Edward…

Angela Eichhorst interviewed conductor Edward Elwyn Jones ahead of her Anthology of British Christmas Carols orgy and the Harvard University Choir's 110th annual Christmas carol services

Pablo Rasmussen, classical music, National Sawdust, Square Peg Round Hole, Percussion

A Fitting Name: Square Peg Round Hole at National…

Stepping into National Sawdust in Brooklyn feels somewhere in between stepping into an alien spaceship and a 1970s vision of a futuristic nightclub. The truth is it might as well be both. Read on for WHRB Classical Produ

allison pao, Early Music, Boston Camerata, Anne Azema, American Music

Boston Camerata: Early Songs of Resistance and…

WHRB Classical producer Allison Pao sat down with Anne Azema, soprano and artistic director of the Boston Camerata to discuss the Boston Camerata’s recently released album “Free America! Early Songs of Res