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Past "In Concert" Broadcasts
Sunday nights at 7pm

In Concert captures the wealth of incredible music being performed in and around the Boston area, from the Handel and Haydn Society to A Far Cry, from the Gardner Museum to Rockport Music, and beyond. See a full list of broadcast partners here.

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Latest Episodes
  • Keith Lockhart stands with his arms raised above his head, his eyes closed. As he conducts the Boston Pops, snow falls gently from the ceiling of Symphony Hall.
    Holiday Pops 2024!
    On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart leads the Pops and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in a dazzling celebration of the season at Symphony Hall, featuring a special visit from Kris Kringle himself!
  • Martin Pearlman on stage with Boston Baroque. Engraved on the wall behind the singers is text that reads "NEC New England Conservatory."
    Handel's "Messiah," with Boston Baroque
    On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman conducts Handel’s beloved oratorio — a timeless story of faith, redemption, and joy.
  • The vocal ensemble Blue Heron stands outside leaving against stone pillars.
    Blue Heron's "Christmas in Medieval England"
    On WCRB In Concert with Blue Heron, the acclaimed vocal ensemble transports us to the 1440s through carols, plainchant, hymns, and mass settings for the season.
  • Anne Azéma stands in a black dress facing her singers. They stand in a semi-circle around her, and her arms are raised in the air.
    The Boston Camerata's "Gloria! An Italian Christmas"
    On WCRB In Concert with The Boston Camerata, Artistic Director Anne Azéma leads a celebration of the holiday season with music from the Renaissance and early Baroque, ranging from sacred songs to instrumental fantasias and choral masterpieces.
  • A stage with large wooden set pieces depicts a forest scene at night. Circé and Ulisse stand in the center of the stage clad in gold and crimson robes. Dancers twirl around them, and sheet music is visible at the edge of the stage where the pit orchestra plays.
    Love, Magic, and Fate in Desmarets's "Circé" at the Boston Early Music Festival
    On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, a renowned cast led by Karina Gauvin and Aaron Sheehan brings a story from Homer's Odyssey to life on the stage of the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater.
  • Mitridate stands in a three-piece pinstripe suit in front of a wall decorated with stone busts. The wall is flooded in a wash of bright fuschia light, and there's white spray paint across the walls and the busts.
    Boston Lyric Opera's "Mitridate"
    On WCRB In Concert with BLO, passions and rivalries collide in this production of Mozart’s rarely performed Mitridate, re di Ponto, with a cast anchored by tenor Lawrence Brownlee, sopranos Brenda Rae and Vanessa Goikoetxea, and countertenor John Holiday.
  • The BSCP perform for a packed room, with two large TV cameras at the edge of the frame. An illuminated projection on the wall behind the players reads "GBH Music."
    The Boston Symphony Chamber Players Celebrate Koussevitsky, with GBH Music
    On WCRB In Concert with GBH Music, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players celebrate Serge Koussevitzky's 150th birthday with a program saluting the former BSO Music Director's profound impact on the music of his time.
  • A collage of Stewart Goodyear performing as the pianist soloist in his composition "Callaloo: A Caribbean suite for piano and orchestra," and Chineke! Orchestra's conductor Andrew Grams
    "Unbridled Joy," with the Chineke! Orchestra in Boston
    On WCRB In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston, Britain’s Chineke! Orchestra performs music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Florence Price, and Stewart Goodyear is the pianist in his own work, "Callaloo: A Caribbean Suite."
  • Conductor Masaaki Suzuki, standing outside in front of a church entrance in a dark coat
    Bach's B Minor Mass, with Suzuki and H+H
    On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, frequent guest conductor Masaaki Suzuki returns to Symphony Hall to lead five soloists and the H+H Orchestra and Chorus in Bach's choral masterpiece, performed with period instruments.
  • People crowd the lawn at the Koussevitzky Music Shed to enjoy the music and watch Andris Nelsons conduct the BSO on a large screen.
    Debussy, Sibelius, and More, from Tanglewood
    On WCRB In Concert with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Debussy's "La Mer" and Dima Slobodeniouk leads the TMCO in Sibelius's Second Symphony, part of a program of highlights from the summer of 2023 in the Berkshires.
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