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Pianist Jonathan Biss


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The American pianist previews "Schumann: Under the Influence," with music by Robert Schumann and Leos Janacek, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston on Friday night.

Friday at 4pm on Classical New England
The Bach Hour

Aisslinn Nosky Plays Bach


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The concertmaster of Boston's Handel and Haydn Society visits CNE's Fraser Performance Studio, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in A.

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Drive Time Live

The Boston Cello Quartet


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CNE's Fraser Performance Studio resonates with the sound of four Boston Symphony cellists in music by Rossini, Albinoni, Rimsky-Korsakov, and more.

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Drive Time Live

Schubert, Live with Paul Lewis


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The British pianist performs Schubert's heartbreakingly powerful Sonata in A, D. 959, live in our studio.

Tonight at 7pm on Classical New England
Classical Concerts

Boston Camerata's American Christmas


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Boston Camerata and director Anne Azema perform seasonal music from the Colonial era and early United States.

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WGBH HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

Love is Better than Wine, with the Tallis Scholars


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The legendary British vocal ensemble sings a program of British and French music from the Renaissance, in concert at St. Paul Church in Cambridge, Mass.

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Classical New England

The Classical Spirit of Halloween


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By Cheryl Willoughby
Join Classical New England all day on Halloween for ghosts, sorcerers, and devils in classical music.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Lugansky Plays Rach 3


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Nikolai Lugansky is the soloist in Rachmaninoff's towering Piano Concerto No. 3, and Charles Dutoit conducts rarely heard works by Debussy and Frank Martin.

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Drive Time Live

Guitarist Jason Vieaux and Bandoneónist Julien Labro


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The duo visits our Fraser Performance Studio with music by Astor Piazzolla, Leo Brouwer, Pat Metheny, and more.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra

Joshua Bell Plays Bernstein


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Bell performs Bernstein's Serenade (after Plato's Symposium), and Marcelo Lehninger conducts Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.

Tonight at 7pm on Classical New England
Drive Time Live

Pianist Daniil Trifonov at CNE


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The Gold Medal winner of the Tchaikovsky International Competition visits our Fraser Performance Studio.

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Drive Time Live

Harpist Jessica Zhou Plays Debussy


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The BSO's Principal Harpist is joined by colleagues from New England Conservatory's First Monday Concert Series.

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CLASSICAL

A Front Row Seat to Classical New England Performances


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Now, along with hearing stellar performances, you can see the action in our Fraser Performance Studio.
Drive Time Live

Clarinetist David Krakauer and Pianist Kathleen Tagg


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The New York-based duo perform a sonata by Brahms, a Hassidic dance, and more in our Fraser Performance Studio.

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Arias and Barcarolles

Chopin, Liszt and Szymanowski


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Chopin's influence comes through as tenor Eric Cutler sings music by Liszt, and soprano Iwona Sobotka sings Szymanowski's Songs of a Fairy-Tale Princess.

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Arias and Barcarolles

Remembering Shirley Verrett


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Host Cathy Fuller pays tribute to a great American soprano, with music by Verdi, Bizet, and more.

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Arias and Barcarolles

Evelyn Lear Sings Strauss


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Host Cathy Fuller pays tribute to the great American soprano, who passed away on July 1.

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Arias and Barcarolles

Voices from Canada


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Host Cathy Fuller celebrates Canada Day with spectacular singers from north of the border, including contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux.

Sunday at 6pm on Classical New England
Arias and Barcarolles

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's Winter Journey


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By Cathy Fuller
The late baritone sings selections from Schubert's Winterreise (translation), with pianist Gerald Moore.

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Drive Time Live

Violinist Soovin Kim Plays Bach


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The Artistic Director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival performs one of the pinnacles of violin music by Bach.

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Arias and Barcarolles

The Depth of Wagner and the Lightness of Fauré


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Stephanie Blythe sings songs from Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder, and Jean-François Lapointe sings songs by Fauré.

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Drive Time Live

The Lavrova-Primakov Duo


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Two pianists with roots in the Russian tradition come together as a duo in our Fraser Performance Studio with music by Rachmaninoff, Arensky, and Scriabin.

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Arias and Barcarolles

The World of Schubert


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Mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers, pianist Graham Johnson, and friends explore the incredlble songs of Franz Schubert.

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Drive Time Live

Boston Children's Chorus


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The Boston Children's Chorus sings music by Parry, Britten, Tippett, and more, with conductor Simon Halsey.
Arias and Barcarolles

Echoes of Spain


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The late mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson performs at the 2004 Caramoor Festival with tenor Joseph Kaiser.

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Classical New England Video

Drive Time Live: Guitarist Xuefei Yang Plays Bach's "Air on a G String"


EMI Classics guitarist Xuefei Yang - one of the first Chinese guitarists to play in the West - for a performance of the popular "Air" from Bach's Suite No. 3.
Arias and Barcarolles

Boston Lyric Opera's The Inspector


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Sicily or Washington, politics are politics. Boston Lyric Opera’s Music Director David Angus previews John Musto’s witty opera The Inspector.

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Classical New England Video

Drive Time Live: Muir Quartet plays Beethoven's String Quartet No. 3: III


The Muir Quartet previews their two-season-long survey of the Beethoven String Quartets at Rhode Island College with a complete performance of the String Quartet in D major, Op. 18, No. 3.
Classical New England Video

Drive Time Live: Muir Quartet plays Beethoven's String Quartet No. 3: IV


The Muir Quartet previews their two-season-long survey of the Beethoven String Quartets at Rhode Island College with a complete performance of the String Quartet in D major, Op. 18, No. 3.
Arias and Barcarolles

Massenet's Tribute to Venice


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Tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson sings Massenet's Souvenir de Venise and music by Gounod and Hahn.

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Classical New England Video

Drive Time Live: Beethoven: "Come Draw We Round"


Tenor William Hite sings a Beethoven rarity: "Come Draw We 'Round This Cheerful Ring,".
Drive Time Live

Discovery Ensemble Plays Beethoven's Seventh


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Courtney Lewis conducts Discovery Ensemble in the Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven and Britten's homage to Frank Bridge.

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Classical New England Video

Drive Time Live: Bella Hristova Plays "Obsession" by Eugene Ysaye


Bulgarian-born violinist Bella Hristova plays the brilliant Bach-inspired "Obsession" movement from Eugene Ysaye's Sonata No. 2 for solo violin.
Classical New England Video

Drive Time Live: Muir Quartet plays Beethoven's String Quartet No. 3: I.


The Muir Quartet previews their two-season-long survey of the Beethoven String Quartets at Rhode Island College with a complete performance of the String Quartet in D major, Op. 18, No. 3.
Classical New England Video

Live from Fraser for 9-11: Star-Spangled Banner & You Are Here With Me from "Pitch Slapped"


Berklee College of Music a cappella ensemble "Pitch slapped" perform their distinctive arrangement of The National Anthem, followed by "You Are Here With Me,".
Classical New England Video

Live from Fraser for 9-11: Hung-Kuan Chen plays Chopin's Op. 62 Nocturnes


Pianist Hung-Kuan Chen performs Chopin's Nocturne in B, Op. 62, No. 1, and the Nocturne in E, Op. 62, No. 2
Classical New England Video

Live from Fraser for 9/11: A Far Cry performs Golijov


A string quartet of members of the chamber orchestra "A Far Cry" performs a special arrangement of "Tenebrae" by Osvaldo Golijov, on "Live from Fraser for 9/11,".
Classical New England Video

Drive Time Live: Live from Fraser for 9/11: Mike Bono, Guitar: Alive Through A Memory


Berklee College of Music student Mike Bono performs his own composition, "Alive Through a Memory" as part of our day-long commemorations of the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11.
Classical New England Video

Drive Time Live: Ina Zdorovetchi plays Liszt


Harpist Ina Zdorovetchi plays the beautiful "Consolation No. 3" by Franz Liszt.
Drive Time Live

The Cornell Glee Club


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Scott Tucker leads the young men of the Cornell University Glee Club in WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio, with host Cathy Fuller and a studio audience.
Drive Time Live

Pianist Kirill Gerstein


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The Gilmore Artist Award winner visits our Fraser Performance Studio with music by Gershwin and Ligeti, previewing his Mar. 30 concert at the Berklee Performance Center.

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Drive Time Live

Pianist Gleb Ivanov


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The Russian pianist and protégé of Mstislav Rostropovich performs Haydn and Liszt on the Steinway in our Fraser Studio.
CLASSICAL NEW ENGLAND

Drive Time Live


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Classical New England's Fraser Performance Studio lights up with live performances featuring musicians from New England and around the world.

Fridays at 4pm on Classical New England
Classical New England Video

Drive Time Live: Neidinger Plays "Csardas"


17-year-old mandolin player Gordon Neidinger plays the "Csardas" by Vittorio Monti in our Fraser Performance Studio.
Drive Time Live

Cellist Alexander Baillie and Pianist Randall Hodgkinson


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Cellist Alexander Baillie and pianist Randall Hodgkinson join host Cathy Fuller for a performance of music by Cesar Franck and a preview of Baillie's appearance with the Boston Philharmonic.
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Arias and Barcarolles

Angela Gheorghiu sings Rossini


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Angela Gheorgiu sings arias from The Barber of Seville and William Tell for the week of Rossini's birthday.
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Drive Time Live

Pianist Olga Kern and Violinist Vladimir Spivakov


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Two Russian superstars join forces in our Fraser Performance Studio.
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Classical Concerts

The Game of Love


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Boston Camerata performs medieval music of courtly love in concert.
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Arias and Barcarolles

Ganassi Sings Donizetti and Rossini


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Italian mezzo-soprano Sonia Ganassi sings Donizetti and Rossini, and pianist Frederic Chiu plays two of Rossini’s “Sins of Old Age.”
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Arias and Barcarolles

Elizabeth Futral sings Bach


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The American soprano sings arias from J.S. Bach’s Wedding Cantata, and the young Boston-based pianist Charlie Albright plays music by Menotti.
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Live from Fraser

The Zaïde Quartet


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The French quartet visits our Fraser Performance Studio with host Cathy Fuller.
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Live from Fraser

Pianist Lise de la Salle


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The French pianist performs music by Mozart, Chopin, and Prokofiev.
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CNE Journal

Alexis Weissenberg Dies at 82


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The dynamic pianist escaped the Nazis to build a brilliant career.
Arias and Barcarolles

Patrizia Ciofi Sings Vivaldi


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The Italian soprano sings a motet by the Venetian master, and Byron Janis plays Liszt.
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Drive Time Live

Beethoven: New Discoveries and Fond Farewells, Part 2


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More from Classical New England's birthday party for the composer who changed everything.
Drive Time Live

Beethoven: New Discoveries and Fond Farewells, Part 1


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Classical New England throws a birthday party for the composer who changed everything.
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Live from Fraser

The Cypress Quartet


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The Cypress Quartet performs music by Griffes, Dvorák, and Barber in our Fraser Performance Studio.
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Drive Time Live

Violinist Bella Hristova


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The Bulgarian violinist, visiting Boston to perform with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, performs in our Fraser Performance Studio.
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Drive Time Live

Haimovitz and O'Riley at Classical New England


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Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O'Riley visit our Fraser Performance Studio with music by Stravinsky, Janacek, Radiohead, and more.
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Arias and Barcarolles

Angelika Kirchschlager


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The Austrian mezzo-soprano talks with host Cathy Fuller and sings music by Brahms and Bach.
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Arias and Barcarolles

Ian Bostridge Sings Britten


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The British tenor describes Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings as "a lost world of simplicity and natural order."

Live from Fraser

Harpist Ina Zdorovetchi


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The Boston-based harpist visits the Fraser Performance Studio with Classical New England's Cathy Fuller.
99.5 Host Notes

Great Liszt Performances from Classical New England


By Cathy Fuller
For the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt's birth, here are some of my favorite performances from the Fraser Performance Studio and beyond.
Arias and Barcarolles

Carolyn Sampson In Concert


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The British soprano performs Purcell and Lawes at the Boston Early Music Festival.
Drive Time Live

Violinist Sarah Chang Visits Classical New England


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One of today's great soloists visits our Fraser Performance Studio for a live performance of music by Cesar Franck and more, previewing her Oct. 16 recital presented by Celebrity Series of Boston.
Arias and Barcarolles

Vittorio Grigolo Sings Verdi


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The Italian tenor sings arias from Luisa Miller and Un ballo un maschera, and Dawn Upshaw sings music by Osvaldo Golijov.

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Arias and Barcarolles

William Hite Sings Finzi


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The American tenor sings heartfelt songs by the English composer.
Live from Fraser

The St. Lawrence String Quartet


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Haydn, Ravel, and John Adams are on the program as the St. Lawrence Quartet visits our Fraser Performances Studio.
Arias and Barcarolles

Soprano Dominique Labelle Sings Saint-Saëns


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Our weekly celebration of the art of song features the Canadian soprano with pianist and composer Yehudi Wyner.
Live from Fraser

Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan


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Hear the winner of the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal in a 2009 performance with host Cathy Fuller.
Arias and Barcarolles

Dawn Upshaw In Concert On The Cape


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The soprano sings Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock" at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival.

Arias and Barcarolles

Tyler Duncan's Songs of Travel


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The American baritone sings music by Vaughan Williams, and Sandrine Piau sings Mozart.
Live from Fraser

Oboist Keisuke Wakao


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The BSO oboist performs music by Schumann and Beethoven, along with the broadcast premiere of John Williams's Oboe Concerto, written for the artist.
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Arias and Barcarolles

Celine Scheen Sings Songs of Love


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The Belgian soprano and the Ricercar Consort perform music by Rameau and Lambert in concert at the 2009 Boston Early Music Festival.

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