Farah Sosa
The ambitious violinist has an insatiable appetite for new music, much of which she's commissioned herself.
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The now-iconic score made waves when it was first released in 1975. What makes it stand out to this day? -
With an eclectic style and influences ranging from Erik Satie to Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin is entwined with contemporary classical music thanks to Philip Glass, Alarm Will Sound, and others. -
Espresso, some blues and a little bit of surfin' round out this month's Instant Replay. -
Artistic Director Nicole Taney talks with CRB's Brian McCreath about the newly announced season, which includes visits from three major orchestras, all-Bach programs from Yo-Yo Ma, Yunchan Lim, and others, and an opening night with mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges.
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On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart leads a program specially curated by John Williams, featuring his own masterful film scores and the music of the composers who have inspired him. -
On The Bach Hour, Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra channel the best of modern and historically informed performance ideas into the composer's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. -
On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, the Prague-based women's ensemble Tiburtina sings medieval music by Hildegard von Bingen, and Renaissance Italy bursts into musical life through the singing of Amanda Forsythe, Cecilia Duarte, and Dorothee Mields.
From NPR Music
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Anxiety and panic attacks crippled pianist Simone Dinnerstein on stage, despite a stellar career. She shares how one common device helped her overcome the fear. -
Myung-Whun Chung will be one of the first non-Italians to take the post of music director at Milan's famous opera house.
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On The Bach Hour, the power of water and its spiritual dimensions are at the heart of Bach's Cantata No. 7, led by John Eliot Gardiner, and harpist Catrin Finch performs the composer's Italian Concerto.
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