Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and conductor François-Xavier Roth preview a Boston Symphony Orchestra program that includes Méhul's Overture toThe Amazons, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.

Kavakos and Nelsons at the BSO, Faust, Melnikov, and A Far Cry at the Gardner

Dec 1st, 2017 57m 10s

Violinist Leonidas Kavakos previews his Boston Symphony Orchestra performance of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 and describes the "Willemotte" Stradivarius violin he plays, and Andris Nelsons talks about Strauss's An Alpine Symphony. Also, A

Chameleon Arts Ensemble's Deborah Boldin, and Rudolf Buchbinder and Andris Nelsons at the BSO

Nov 24th, 2017 49m 45s

Deborah Boldin, flutist and founding Artistic Director of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble, describes the elements of an All-American program of works by Copland, Beach, and Berger, and pianist Rudolf Buchbinder and conductor Andris Nelsons preview

Pianist Martin Helmchen and Tanglewood 2018

Nov 17th, 2017 44m 12s

Pianist Martin Helmchen describes the revolutionary qualities of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, and BSO Artistic Administrator and Director of Tanglewood Tony Fogg previews the 2018 Tanglewood season, the "Bernstein Centennial Summer."

Conductors Alessandro Quarta and Gil Rose

Oct 26th, 2017 24m 42s

Alessandro Quarta, the founder and director of Concerto Romano, talks with Alan McLellan about the group's Boston Early Music Festival performance of Pasquini's Il San Vito, and Gil Rose, the founder and director of Odyssey Opera, talks with Ch

Ken-David Masur, and Members of the Berlin Philharmonic

Oct 20th, 2017 45m 59s

Boston Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Ken-David Masur describes the characteristics of two sets of incidental music for the theater: Beethoven'sEgmontand Grieg'sPeer Gynt. Also, two members of the Berlin Philharmonic talk about the cham

Hilary Hahn and David Stern

Oct 13th, 2017 29m 18s

Violinist Hilary Hahn describes the unique qualities of Dvorák's Violin Concerto, which she performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as well as the huge range of collaborative projects she's undertaken, and conductor David Stern talks about

Gil Shaham and Garrick Ohlsson

Oct 6th, 2017 31m 20s

Violinist Gil Shaham talks with host Brian McCreath about the Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky, as well as the next chapter in his series of recordings of concertos from the 1930's, and pianist Garrick Ohlsson describes his deep relationship with

Paul Lewis and Andris Nelsons of the BSO, and Artistic Directors Past and Present of Rockport Music

Sep 29th, 2017 1h 3m

Pianist Paul Lewis talks with host Brian McCreath about Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, and Andris Nelsons reveals two sides of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905." Also, Alan McLellan and pianist David Deveau look back on Deveau'

The BSO on Bernstein

Sep 21st, 2017 54m 10s

As the Boston Symphony Orchestra opens its 2017-2018 season, three members of the orchestra recall working with Leonard Bernstein, both as students and as professionals, and Music Director Andris Nelsons describes his discovery of Bernstein fol

Marc-Andre Hamelin

Sep 9th, 2017 32m 46s

Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin talks with WCRB's Cathy Fuller about his May 2017 Celebrity Series of Boston concert, with music by Haydn, Feinberg, Beethoven, Scriabin, and much more.

Richard Stoltzman, Part 3, and Andrea Avery

Jun 30th, 2017 56m 7s

WCRB's Cathy Fuller talks with Richard Stoltzman about his father's definition of success, playing with Woody Herman's Thundering Herd, and how vibrato has been a mixed blessing, and Andrea Avery, the author of *Sonata: A Memoir of Pain and Pia

Richard Stoltzman, Part 2

Jun 23rd, 2017 27m 16s

Richard Stoltzman continues a conversation with WCRB's Cathy Fuller with a look at what's now known as "crossover" recordings, the beginnings of Stoltzman's career, and the importance of jazz to his artistic identity.

Richard Stoltzman, and Donald Greig of the Orlando Consort

Jun 16th, 2017 38m 38s

Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman talks with WCRB's Cathy Fuller about the 40-CD retrospective box set released by Sony, his beginnings as a musician, and why performing Brahms with the Cleveland Quartet was a life-changing experience. Also, Donald

Members of Akamus, and Andris Nelsons

Jun 9th, 2017 30m 55s

Violinist Bernhard Forck and oboist Xenia Loeffler of the Academy for Ancient Music Berlin preview their Boston Early Music Festival program, called "Of Frogs and Men," and Andris Nelsons describes the evolution of his relationship to the four

Deborah Boldin and Helene Grimaud

Jun 2nd, 2017 33m 35s

Chameleon Arts Ensemble Artistic Director Deborah Boldin talks about the founding of the group in 1998 and a program of works by Bach and his sons at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and pianist Hélène Grimaud describes her changing relatio

Keith Lockhart and Charles Dutoit

May 26th, 2017 21m 6s

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart describes the importance of John Williams as a composer of film music, as well as highlights of the 2017 Pops season, and Charles Dutoit talks with WCRB's Brian McCreath about his October 2016 Boston Symphon

Gil Rose and Andris Nelsons

May 19th, 2017 20m 35s

WCRB's Chris Voss talks with Odyssey Opera Artistic and General Manager Gil Rose about the company's 2016 performance of Dvorák's rarely heard operaDimitrij, and Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons describes the distinctive sound of t

Susan Graham and Javier Perianes

May 12th, 2017 31m 28s

Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham describes the background of "Frauenliebe und -leben Variations," and pianist Javier Perianes talks about performing Falla's "Nights in the Gardens of Spain" with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Leif Ove Andsnes, Andris Nelsons, and members of the Boston Chamber Music Society

May 5th, 2017 42m 27s

Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes describes the unique qualities of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 4, Andris Nelsons talks about Shostakovich's music for King Lear and Mahler's Symphony No. 4, and Marcus Thompson, Peggy Pearson, and Dimitri Murrath o

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Andris Nelsons, and Aisslinn Nosky

Apr 28th, 2017 47m 12s

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter draws connections between Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Takemitsu's Nostalghia, Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons previews Shostakovich's Symphony No. 6 with WCRB's Brian McCreath, and Handel and Hay

Gary Dunning of the Celebrity Series, and Catherine Manson of the London Haydn Quartet

Apr 19th, 2017 59m 24s

Gary Dunning previews the Celebrity Series of Boston 2017-2018 season, and Catherine Manson, First Violinist of the London Haydn Quartet, describes their Boston Early Music Festival program of works by Haydn and Weber.

Andris Nelsons and Martin Pearlman

Apr 14th, 2017 28m 7s

Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons talks about two programs that include Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 24, Bruckner's Symphony No. 6, and Mozart'sRequiem, and Boston Baroque Music Director Martin Pearlman previews Ha

Ryan Turner and Christoph Wolff, and Johannes Moser

Apr 7th, 2017 55m 29s

Emmanuel Music Artistic Director Ryan Turner and Harvard University's Christoph Wolff describe the creation of a performing edition of Bach's lost St. Mark Passion, and Johannes Moser talks about performing Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the Bost

Alain Altinoglu, Julie Scolnik, and 17-18 at the BSO

Mar 31st, 2017 1h 7m

Conductor Alain Altinoglu talks about a Boston Symphony Orchestra program of French music by Berlioz, Lalo, Dutilleux, and Roussel, and WCRB's Cathy Fuller talks with Julie Scolnik about 20 years of Mistral, the chamber music group she founded.