Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Shoes, Sex and Marriage

By Jared Bowen
Don't wait another minute to get tickets to these performances. A new spin on Russian satire and a unique look at Nigeria's recent history.

JAZZ

Arni Cheatham Live at WGBH

LISTEN TO THE SHOW

Celebrated jazz saxaphonist Arni Cheatham visited WGBH for a show with members of the WGBH Jazz Club.

Recorded live in the WGBH Fraser Performance Studio.

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Considering the Future

By Jared Bowen
Consider a vision for peace during the Civil War, having the courage to sponsor art that fits with your vision of legacy, or a bold look at the dystopia that could grow out of violence. Jared talks about some of the fresh takes coming to theater, gallery and film.

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

Live at WGBH: The Chieftains and The Low Anthem

LISTEN

The Chieftains stopped by WGBH's Fraser Studio to share some tunes with fans and members of the WGBH Celtic Club. Joining them were Jeff White, Deanie Richardson, Alyth McCormack and the Rhode Island-based band Low Anthem.

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

The Night is But a Pup!

GET TICKETS: A St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn
VIDEO: The Chieftains and The Low Anthem

The Chieftains stopped by WGBH's Fraser Studio to share some tunes and meet with fans and members of the WGBH Celtic Club.

Live Performances

Yanni Live at El Morro

WATCH A PREVIEW & VIEW SCHEDULES
THANK-YOU GIFTS AVAILABLE

Join Yanni for an inspiring concert performed at the historic 16th-century Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Airs this month on WGBH

Music

My Music: Superstars of 70s Soul Live

VIEW SCHEDULES
THANK-YOU GIFTS AVAILABLE

Soul diva Patti LaBelle hosts the historic reunion of classic recording artists of the decade, including the Commodores ("Brick House"), Yvonne Elliman ("If I Can’t Have You"), Earl Young’s Trammps ("Disco Inferno"), and more.

Airs this month on WGBH

Drama

Bullying And Gay Teen Experience: Reflections Of A Rock Lobster

By Jared Bowen
A true story is brought to the stage of a gay teenager who sued his high school in 1980 to bring his boyfriend to the prom.

Live Performances

Tell All, and Be Mortified

WATCH
GET MORTIFIED

A new storytelling project/performance invites people to read their embarrassing adolescent diaries, poems, and songs before complete strangers. Live this Sunday at Club Oberon.

Performing Arts

Circa! All The Stunts, None Of The Fanfare

By Jared Bowen
The Australian group Circa brings a new definition of "circus" to Boston.

Jazz

Spotlight on Jason Palmer

Jazz with Eric Jackson on WGBH 02/26/2012. This show is features jazz trumpeter Jason Palmer, called one of the “Top 25 trumpeters of the Future” by Downbeat Magazine.

Jazz

Remembering Mike Melvoin

LISTEN

In this episode of Jazz With Steve Schwartz, hear some pieces by the late Mike Melvoin, including his 2007 performance at the WGBH Fraser performance studio.

Café Europa

Take a Lunchbreak to Europa

LISTEN TO THE SHOW

Each weekday at noon, Classical New England travels to the greatest concert halls of Europe to showcase unique, live performances from around the world. Check out the latest from Café Europa.

The Emily Rooney Show

J Squared: Valentine's Day For Lovers And Loners Alike

Valentine's Day ideas for all you lovers – and you loners – out there from WGBH resident insiders, J Squared: Jan Saragoni and Jared Bowen.

Live Performances

New Venues And A WGBH Broadcast At First Night

By WGBH News
New college partnerships mean more stages for the 1 million visitors to Boston's First Night. WGBH is airing the Julian Lage Trio's performance as part of NPR's annual "Toast of the Nation" broadcast.

Live Performances

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Kathleen Turner And The Rockettes

Live Performances

Remembering Al Vega

To commemorate the late, great jazz pianist, we share a June 2011 recording of his trio live at WGBH's Fraser Performance Center.

Music

A Scene Celebrates Itself

By WGBH News
The awards were the excuse, but the performances were the real scene at the 2011 Boston Music Awards.

Performing Arts

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead For Nov. 17–21 (And Beyond)

By Jared Bowen
Don't be a chocolate turkey: start planning your early-winter nights out now with an extra holiday serving of Arts Ahead.

Live Performances

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead For November 10–13

By Jared Bowen
Who needs "Anonymous"? Boston arts institutions feature love, Shakespeare and Shakespearean love this weekend.

Theater

"Porgy and Bess" at A.R.T.: Transformed and Illuminating

By Kim McLarin
ArtSceNE Curator Kim McLarin takes in the new production of Porgy and Bess” at Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater with the question “Why now?” and finds a surprising answer in the company’s new version of the 75-year-old opera.

Classical Concerts

"Illuminessence: prayers for peace" In Concert

HEAR THE CONCERT AND INTERVIEW WITH AMATO

Hear the world premiere of an interfaith oratorio with conductor Benjamin Zander from NEC's Jordan Hall.

Classical Concerts

Boston Baroque's Les Indes Galantes

HEAR THE PERFORMANCE AND SEE PROGRAM NOTES AND SLIDESHOW

Hear Rameau's extravagent opera performed in concert with music director Martin Pearlman.

Concerts

Listen Live: Newport Jazz Festival

LISTEN LIVE
GEORGE WEIN: TAKING NEWPORT JAZZ NON-PROFIT

Together with NPR Music, WGBH is happy to be returning to the Newport Jazz Festival for a live webcast and recording Aug. 6-7, 2011.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Tanglewood On Parade!

MORE INFO AT THE BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL

Join us for a celebration of music, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, conducted by John Williams and others, live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed.
Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Eschenbach Conducts Brahms

MORE INFO AND FEATURES AT THE BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL

Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an all-Brahms program, with the Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring soloist Peter Serkin, and the Symphony No. 4.
Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

New England Summer Festivals

Chamber Music At The Icebox Of Connecticut

MORE INFO, PICTURES, AND AUDIO

The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival brings together students and teachers at a beautiful estate for Yale University's summer music school.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Ravel With Thibaudet And The BSO

MORE INFO AND AUDIO FEATURES AT THE BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins the BSO and conductor Emmanuel Krivine for an All-Ravel program with both piano concertos, Mother Goose Suite, and Bolero.
Today at 1pm on 99.5 All Classical

Opera

Orlando Furioso At Champs-Elysées

MORE INFO AND AUDIO PREVIEW

Vivaldi's masterpiece stars contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux and countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, heard last month in Boston Early Music Festival's Niobe.
Sunday at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical

Arias and Barcarolles

Soprano Dominique Labelle Sings Saint-Saëns

LISTEN

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

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Arabella Steinbacher Plays Brahms

INTERVIEW WITH STEINBACHER AND MORE AT THE BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL

The German violinist returns to Tanglewood for Brahms's Violin Concerto, and Jaap van Zweden conducts Steven Stucky's Rhapsodies and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Baroque At The Shed

INTERVIEW WITH HERAS-CASADO AND MORE AT THE BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL

Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham sings opera excerpts by Gluck and Handel, and Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the BSO in instrumental works by Rameau and Bach, live from Tanglewood.
Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Lynn Harrell performs Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the BSO

LISTEN LIVE ON THE BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL

Cellist Lynn Harrell joins the BSO for Dvorak's Cello Concerto on Friday evening with conductor Kurt Masur also leading Schumann's Symphony No. 1, "Spring."

Friday, July 15 at 7pm | 99.5 All Classical

New England Summer Festivals

Experiments In Chamber Music At Vermont's Yellow Barn

LEARN MORE AND LISTEN

Seasoned professionals and talented apprentices join together in bringing chamber music to the mountains of Vermont.
On-demand at Classical New England

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conducts Tchaikovsky

INTERVIEW WITH HARTH-BEDOYA
GUIDED TOUR OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S SIXTH

The Peruvian conductor leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 and Jennifer Higdon's Loco, and violinist Joshua Bell is the soloist in Bruch's Scottish Fantasy.
Today at 1pm on 99.5 All Classical

Classical Concerts

Listen: Red Priest, Live From Rockport

HEAR THE CONCERT

Hear a live concert broadcast featuring the dynamic, theatrical early music group from the UK, from Rockport Music's Shalin Liu Performance Center with hosts Cathy Fuller and Brian McCreath.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The BSO Opens Its Summer Home At Tanglewood

BSO TANGLEWOOD CHANNEL
INTERVIEW WITH DUTOIT

Charles Dutoit leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the spectacular Requiem by Berlioz, live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood

Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

New England Summer Festivals

Sand Dunes And Music: Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival

HEAR THE PROGRAM AND GET MORE INFO

Join Cathy Fuller for a trip to the Cape, with performances by pianist Samuel Sanders, the Borromeo Quartet, and soprano Dawn Upshaw.

Arias and Barcarolles

Dawn Upshaw In Concert On The Cape

LISTEN

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

Opera

Danielle de Niese In Handel's Semele

MORE INFO AND AUDIO PREVIEW

The American soprano sings the title role in a performance with Les Talens Lyriques and conductor Christoph Rousset.
Sunday at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical

The Bach Hour

Bach In Boston

LISTEN

The Boston Early Festival Orchestra takes the stage with the Orchestral Suite No. 3, and Sigiswald Kuijken directs the Cantata No. 2 (translation).

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The BSO, 24/7

VISIT BSO RADIO

Hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra 24/7, listen to the latest concerts, interviews, and features on-demand, and see the schedule of upcoming broadcasts.

Opera

Shared Madness: Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera

MORE INFO AND AUDIO PREVIEW

Soprano Sandrine Piau and tenor Jeremy Ovenden star in a rarely heard opera from La Monnaie in Brussels.
Sunday, June 26 at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical

99.5 Host Notes

In Performance

Here is more information about artists and presenters featured on this week's programs.

99.5 All Classical

Live From Tanglewood On 99.5 All Classical

MORE INFO

Ron Della Chiesa is your host for three live broadcasts per week from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, and more.

Classical Concerts

Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra in Concert

LISTEN TO PART 1
LISTEN TO PART 2

The Festival instrumentalists combine forces for an electrically charged evening at NEC's Jordan Hall, with harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout.

Classical Concerts

Les Voix Baroques

BOSTON EARLY MUSIC CHANNEL
LISTEN, WITH COMPLETE PROGRAM AND TRANSLATIONS

Stephen Stubbs directs Canticum Canticorum, a program based on the sensuous biblical poetry of The Song of Songs, at the Boston Early Music Festival.

Opera

Rossini's Overlooked Otello

HEAR A PREVIEW

A rarely heard opera, in a performance with Lyon Opera Orchestra and Chorus and conductor Evelino Pidò.
Sunday, June 12 at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical

New England Summer Festivals

The Rockport Chamber Music Festival

LEARN ABOUT THE 2012 SEASON AND SEE A SLIDESHOW

New England Summer Festivals takes you to a place where water, land, and music come together.
On-demand at Classical New England

New England Summer Festivals

Marlboro at 60

ABOUT NEW ENGLAND SUMMER FESTIVALS
SEE PICTURES AND HEAR THE PROGRAM

A venerable summer music festival celebrates its 60th anniversary.
On-demand at Classical New England

Boston Pops

Pops Goes Motown!

BOSTON POPS BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Ellis Hall joins Keith Lockhart for a Tribute to Motown, and Mihail Jojatu is the soloist for Gulda's Cello Concerto.
Saturday, June 4 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Opera

Verdi's Aida, from Maggio Musicale in Florence

MORE ON THE PRODUCTION FROM NPR WORLD OF OPERA

Soprano Hui He sings the title role in the story of a passionate love triangle amidst the mystery and spectacle of ancient Egypt.
Sunday, June 5 at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Pianist Martina Filjak

LISTEN

The winner of the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition visits the Fraser Performance Studio with music by Mozart, Scriabin, and Balakirev.

Classical Concerts

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, From Carnegie Hall

FULL PROGRAM

Join us for the next concert from the Spring for Music festival with a program featuring soprano Dawn Upshaw.
Tonight at 10pm on 99.5 All Classical

Classical Concerts

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Live From Carnegie Hall

LISTEN AND CHAT
SPRING FOR MUSIC SCHEDULE

Jaap van Zweden leads the DSO in Steven Stucky's August 4, 1964 in a live webcast.
Tonight at 8pm on 995allclassical.org

Classical Concerts

Albany Symphony, From Carnegie Hall

COMPLETE SPRING FOR MUSIC SCHEDULE

The next concert features Spirituals Re-Imagined, including world premieres by John Harbison and Donal Fox, webcast live from the Spring For Music Festival.
Wednesday, May 11 at 8pm on 99.5 All Classical

99.5 Host Notes

Postscript From Spain

By Cathy Fuller
A few added scenes and thoughts from a cultural pilgrimage.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Dutoit Conducts Berlioz

DUTOIT ON FRENCH CONDUCTORS
2011-2012 BSO SEASON

Charles Dutoit leads the BSO and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Roméo et Juliette, with soloists Bernarda Fink, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, and Laurent Naouri to close the BSO season.
Saturday, May 7 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2011-2012 Season

BOSTON POPS BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The BSO offers a balance of exciting programs, familiar favorites, and new faces.

Live from Fraser

Haimovitz And The Goldbergs

WATCH VIDEO

Cellist Matt Haimovitz and friends join Cathy Fuller for an exploration of Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Classical Concerts

Spring For Music, From Carnegie Hall

An innovative festival brings the familiar and new together in creative programs, which you can hear on the air and online.

Café Europa

The Berlin Philharmonic

By Brian McCreath
Hear performances by one of the world's great orchestras, from concerts at their dynamic home concert hall.
On-demand at Classical New England

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Simon Trpceski Plays Liszt

CONCERT PREVIEW WITH FRUHBECK DE BURGOS
MORE FEATURES AND BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The Macedonian pianist continues a celebration of the bicentennial of Liszt's birth as soloist in the Piano Concerto No. 2, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducts music by Reger and Ravel.
Saturday, April 30 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Pianist André LaPlante

LISTEN

One of today's great interpreters of Romantic music, the Canadian pianist performs Bach/Busoni, Haydn, and Liszt.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Suzuki Conducts Bach

NOTES AND TRANSLATION
INTERVIEW WITH SUZUKI

Masaaki Suzuki, one of the great Bach interpreters of our time, leads Bach's St. John Passion.
Saturday, April 23 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Pianist Martin Jones

LISTEN

The British pianist visits our studio with music by Liszt, Debussy, Godowsky, and Graham Hair.

Music News

Zhou Long's Madame White Snake Wins 2011 Pulitzer Prize

LEARN MORE AND LISTEN

Premiered by Opera Boston in February 2010, the fantastic tale of passion and transformation explores cross-cultural connections.

Classical Concerts

Handel and Haydn's Israel in Egypt

LISTEN ON DEMAND AND READ PROGRAM NOTES

Harry Christophers conducts Handel's masterpiece on the Exodus in concert.

99.5 Host Notes

In Performance, week of Apr. 18

By Brian McCreath
Here is more information about the performers and presenters featured this week.

Classical

Muti Conducts Brahms

Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Brahms's A German Requiem in concert, along with music by Verdi and Hindemith.
Sunday, April 17 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

99.5 Host Notes

Spain!

By Cathy Fuller
Greetings from our 2011 Learning Tour!

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The "Emperor," With Jonathan Biss

CONCERT PREVIEW WITH JONATHAN BISS
PROFILE OF BSO PERCUSSIONIST FRANK EPSTEIN

The American pianist performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, and conductor Stéphane Denève leads Roussel's Symphony No. 3 and Ravel's La Valse.
Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot

LISTEN
ANN HOBSON PILOT PROFILE WITH BRIAN BELL

The legendary former Principal Harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and colleagues perform music by Bach, Saint-Saëns, Piazzolla, and more.

Sunday Concert

MTT in Chicago

COMPLETE PROGRAM

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in music by Berg, Brahms, and more.
Sunday, April 10 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Haydn and Mozart, the Masters of Classicism

INTERVIEWS & PROGRAM NOTES
BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Johannes Debus conducts Haydn's Symphony No. 97 and Mozart's Symphony No. 32 and Clarinet Concerto, with soloist William R. Hudgins.
Tonight at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Classical Concerts

Watch the Vienna Philharmonic Perform on New Year's Day

With scenes and features from around Vienna, the PBS production of this year's festive concert, featuring conductor Franz Welser-Möst and host Paula Zahn, is available on demand.

99.5 Host Notes

Classical Musicians Perform to Benefit Japan

LEARN MORE

By Brian McCreath
Music always has a healing power, but these events make that power a tangible reality.

Live from Fraser

Amarcord

LEARN MORE & HEAR THE PROGRAM

The Leipzig-based vocal ensemble sings Elgar, Mendelssohn, and more.

Live from Fraser

The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

LEARN MORE AND LISTEN

With a history that stretches back to 1526, the British choir performs music by Tallis, Stanford, Rutter, and more.

Sunday Concert

Gwyneth Wentink and the Boston Philharmonic in Concert

LEARN MORE AND HEAR FEATURES

The Dutch harpist joins the orchestra for Alberto Ginastera's Harp Concerto, and Benjamin Zander conducts Gershwin, Stravinsky, and more.
Sunday, April 3 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Celebrating Liszt With Conductor John Nelson

BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The American conductor leads the BSO in two tone poems by Franz Liszt, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, plus Evgeny Kissin performs concertos by Chopin and Grieg.
Saturday, April 2 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Gabriel Chodos Plays Schumann

LISTEN

Pianist Gabriel Chodos visits the Fraser Performance Studio with Robert Schumann's Fantasy in C, Op. 17, and more.

Live from Fraser

Igudesman & Joo

SEE PICTURES AND HEAR THE PROGRAM

By Brian McCreath
The seriously fun classical duo brings "A Little Nightmare Music" to our Fraser Performance Studio.

Sunday Concert

Peter Oundjian Conducts Chicago

MORE ABOUT OUNDJIAN

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs the gorgeous and consoling Symphony No. 5 by Vaughan Williams in concert, as well as the fiery Capriccio Espagnol by Rimsky-Korsakov.
Sunday, Mar. 27 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Tempest, Shakespeare's Most Musical Play

MORE BACKSTAGE WITH BRIAN BELL

By James David Jacobs
How one of Shakespeare's last plays stands as a singular creation and points the way towards new forms of theater.

99.5 Host Notes

Boston Symphony and Andris Nelsons: The Reviews

By Brian McCreath
Read what the critics had to say about the young Latvian conductor's performance with the BSO at Carnegie Hall on Thursday.

Sunday Concert

Slatkin In Pittsburgh

Leonard Slatkin and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra perform Peter Mennin's Moby Dick, Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, and the world premiere of Richard Danielpour's A Woman's Life.
Sunday, Mar. 20 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

MORE BARTOK
BRIAN BELL'S GUIDED TOUR OF BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE

Seiji Ozawa leads Bartók's darkly psychological drama, Williams Steinberg conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 8, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus joins James Levine for Williams Bolcom's BSO-commissioned Symphony No. 8.
Saturday, Mar. 19 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

The Bach Hour

Richard Egarr on The Well-Tempered Clavier

LISTEN
BRADLEY LEHMAN'S THEORY OF INTONATION

The Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music takes you inside Bach's masterful works for harpsichord, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in F.

99.5 Host Notes

The Concert Hall Re-set Button

By Brian McCreath
When everything familiar bursts into the remarkable.

The Composer Files

Celebrating Bartók

LEARN MORE

In honor of the 130th anniversary of the composer's birth, join 99.5 All Classical for a series of local and historic performances and exclusive on demand music.

Sunday Concert

Boulez Conducts a 20th Century Collage

MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM
A BARTOK CELEBRATION

Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform music by Ravel, Bartók, Dalbavie, and Stravinsky.
Sunday, Mar. 13 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Classical Concerts

The Bartók Experience

HEAR THE CONCERT

By Brian McCreath
The Takács Quartet, Muzsikás, and Márta Sebestyén take us into the soul of the Hungarian composer's music.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Roberto Abbado Conducts Beethoven's Fifth

ABBADO ON THE PROGRAM

The Italian conductor leads the BSO in Haydn's Symphony No. 93, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, and Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Peter Serkin.
Saturday, Mar. 12 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

BLO's Agrippina

LISTEN
VIDEO & INFO FROM BLO'S AGRIPPINA, MAR. 18, 20 & 22

Soprano Caroline Worra, conductor Gary Thor Wedow, director Lillian Groag join Cathy Fuller for highlights of Boston Lyric Opera's production of Handel's opera.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Christian Tetzlaff Plays A World Premiere With The BSO

VOLPE ON LEVINE'S RESIGNATION
TETZLAFF ON THE PROGRAM
BIRTWISTLE ON HIS CONCERTO

The German violinist plays Harrison Birtwistle's new Violin Concerto, along with Mozart and Bartók, live from Symphony Hall (program notes).
Saturday, Mar. 5 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Sunday Concert

Haitink in Chicago

Bernard Haitink conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in concert performances of Lutoslawski's Symphony No. 4 and Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, and more.
Sunday, Feb. 27 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Mahler's Symphony No. 9

BSO Assistant Conductor Sean Newhouse leads the orchestra in Gustav Mahler's heart-wrenching exploration of memory, grief, and peace, live from Symphony Hall.
Saturday, Feb. 26 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Opera

Opera Boston's Cardillac

LISTEN

Steven Sanders and Sol Kim Bentley sing highlights of Hindemith's opera, with Opera Boston stage director Nic Muni and a studio audience.

Live from Fraser

New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra

LISTEN

The conductor-less ensemble joins host Cathy Fuller and a studio audience for music by Arensky's Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky's Apollon Musagète.

From the Top

Classical Youth of Massachusetts

The musical riches of the Commonwealth, broadcast to the nation.
Saturday, Feb. 26 at 11am, and Sunday, Feb. 27 at 5pm on 99.5 All Classical

Sunday Concert

The Boston Philharmonic in Concert

Benjamin Zander leads the Boston Philharmonic in performances of Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 and Debussy's La Mer, recorded in concert in the fall of 2010.
Sunday, Feb. 20 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Levine Conducts Mozart and Mahler

BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

James Levine leads the BSO in the Symphonies Nos. 14 and 18 by Mozart and Mahler's Symphony No. 6, recorded in concert at Symphony Hall.
Saturday, Feb. 19 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

99.5 Host Notes

Antidote for Winter: Free Concerts

By Laura Carlo
If you're tired of the weather (and don't have time to get away to Aruba), try these musically warm options.

The Bach Hour

Karen Gomyo in Concert

LISTEN

The violinist performs Bach's Partita No. 3 in Switzerland, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the joyous Cantata No. 51 (translation).

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Cellist Alban Gerhardt Performs a U.S. Premiere

SUSANNA MALKKI'S CONCERT PREVIEW
ALBAN GERHARDT IN OUR STUDIO
BSO PROGRAM DETAILS

The German cellist gives the first U.S. performance of a concerto by Unsuk Chin on a program conducted by Susanna Mälkki.
Saturday, Feb. 12 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi

LISTEN

Italian pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi talks with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller and performs music by Schubert, Chopin, Martucci, and more.

Sunday Concert

Labadie Conducts Chicago

Bernard Labadie leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in music by Haydn and Mozart, plus Mark Elder conducts Dvorak.
Sunday, Feb. 6 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Radu Lupu Plays Beethoven's Third

GUIDED TOUR OF PROKOFIEV'S SIXTH
BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The Romanian pianist is joined by conductor Sakari Oramo in a program that also includes music by Mussorgsky and Prokofiev.
Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Sunday Concert

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Concert

Manfred Honeck conducts Mozart's "Prague" Symphony and Beethoven's Violin Concerto with soloist Frank Peter Zimmermann.
Sunday, Jan. 30 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

The Bach Hour

The Stormy Sea of Bach's Cantata No. 81

LISTEN

The storms of life expressed through music, plus transcriptions with the Brazilian Guitar Quartet and the Borromeo String Quartet.

Live from Fraser

The Zodiac Trio

LISTEN

The ensemble plays Andrew List, Ned Rorem, Marcus Paus, and more in a preview of the Boston New Music Project.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Arabella Steinbacher Plays Mozart

BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The German violinist is joined by conductor Christoph von Dohnányi in a program that also includes music by Dvorák and Ligeti.
Saturday, Jan. 29 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live Performances

The Los Angeles Philharmonic In London, On Demand

LISTEN

Gustavo Dudamel conducts Adams, Bernstein, and Beethoven, from a concert at London's Barbican Center, available on demand.

Live Performances

The New World Symphony, Live in Concert

By Julie Amacher
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts music by Wagner, Adès, and Copland, live in the opening concert from the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center.
Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

Concerts

An Invitation to the Landmarks Orchestra

By Laura Carlo
I hope you'll join me for a wonderful concert this Friday.

Sunday Concert

Zander Conducts Wagner and Prokofiev

ZANDER'S CONCERT PREVIEW

The Boston Philharmonic performs music from Wagner's Die Meistersinger and Götterdämmerung, and cellist Natalia Gutman is the soloist in Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto.
Sunday, Jan. 23 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

The Harlem Quartet

LISTEN

The dynamic young ensemble plays Turina, Beethoven, Corea, and Marsalis.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

A Russian Kaleidoscope

MAAZEL'S CONCERT PREVIEW
BSO BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Lorin Maazel conducts Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 3, Stravinsky's Song of the Nightingale, and Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, live from Symphony Hall.
Saturday, Jan. 22 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

CNE Journal

Music and Art: O'Keeffe and Still

By Cathy Fuller
1927 in art and music, inspired by the new Art of the Americas wing at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.

Sunday Concert

Dohnányi at Chicago

Live from Fraser

Kim Kashkashian Plays Bach

MUSIC FOR FOOD FOR MUSIC, FEB. 11
LISTEN

The Boston based viola virtuoso and colleagues visit with two of Bach's trio sonatas and conversation with 99.5 All Classical's Cathy Fuller.

Live Performances

Download the Nashville Symphony Orchestra in Concert

GO TO THE DOWNLOAD

By Fred Child
If you missed Thursday night's webcast, download performances from the concert, including Robert Levin's Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 with conductor Nicholas McGegan, from the newly refurbished Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

Great Performances

Don Pasquale at the Met

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Anna Netrebko stars as Norina and Matthew Polenzani is Ernesto in Donizetti's opera, conducted by James Levine.
Tonight at 9pm on WGBH 2

Live from Fraser

A Portuguese Renaissance Christmas

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Exsultemus sings seasonal music by Esteves, Correa, Fernandes, and more, with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller.

Live Performances

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

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Hear the legendary Choir of King's College live on Christmas Eve morning.
Friday, Dec. 24 at 10am on 99.5 All Classical

Live from Fraser

Harpist Ina Zdorovetchi

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The winner of the 2009 International Harp Contest in Israel performs in our studio.

The Bach Hour

Simone Dinnerstein's Bach

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The pianist performs the French Suite No. 5, and Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Cantata No. 36 (translation).

Live from Fraser

Boston Chamber Music Society's Brahms

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BCMS performs Prokofiev's Sonata for Solo Violin and Brahms's Horn Trio in E-flat, with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller

Sunday Concert

Andrew Davis at the CSO

The British conductor leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in music by Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Ravel, and Primosch.
Sunday, Dec. 5 at 3pm on 99.5 All Classical

Boston Symphony Orchestra

A Brace of Second Symphonies

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HARBISON ON HIS SECOND
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James Levine conducts the Second Symphonies by Harbison and Schumann, and violinist Nikolaj Znaider plays Mozart.
Saturday, Dec. 4 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical

The Emily Rooney Show

Rushdie Explores Video Games In New Novel

THE EMILY ROONEY SHOW

By Jess Bidgood
World-famous author Salman Rushdie discussed parenthood, Harry Potter and his new novel, Luka and the Fire of Life with WGBH's Emily Rooney.

Live from Fraser

Rare Russian Soul

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By Cathy Fuller
The WarnerNuzova Duo perform darkly rich and emotional music by Scriabin, Myaskovsky, and Schnittke.

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A Concerto With Movie DNA

By Brian McCreath
Nikolaj Znaider joins the Vienna Philharmonic for Korngold's Violin Concerto, a piece built on film themes.

99.5 Host Notes

Flash Mob Hallelujah!

By Brian McCreath
The collision of George Frederick Handel and a shopping mall food court.

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Buchbinder's Brahms

By Brian McCreath
The Austrian pianist takes on one of the monuments of the concerto repertoire.

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Extra Pledge Bonus: The Berlin Philharmonic!

By Brian McCreath
A hidden bonus with one of our thank you gifts.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

All-Brahms with Kurt Masur

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The German conductor and the BSO perform the Symphony No. 3, and Nicholas Angelich is the soloist in the Piano Concerto No. 2.

Concerts

Rosanne Cash Performs For Austin City Limits

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Great voices and songs combine with Rosanne Cash and Brandi Carlile. Cash presents tunes from her C&W tribute album The List. Brandi Carlile follows with genre-spanning tunes from Give Up the Ghost.

Live from Fraser

Znaider and Kreisler's Violin

By Cathy Fuller
Violinist Nikolaj Znaider visited 99.5 All Classical and brought along the instrument of a legendary artist.

Jazz On WGBH With Steve Schwartz

Nov. 5: George Garzone

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For this installment of Jazz in the Classroom Steve Schwartz chooses some of the essential tenor saxophonists in jazz; including some of his personal favorite saxophonists as well music by George Garzone, and his WGBH Live Performance from April, 2010.

Live from Fraser

Discovery Ensemble Plays Martinu and Beethoven

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Conductor Courtney Lewis leads the acclaimed Boston chamber orchestra in Martinu's dramatic Double Concerto and selections from Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, the "Eroica."

Live from Fraser

Harpist Jessica Zhou

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The Boston Symphony Orchestra Principal Harpist talks with 99.5 All Classical's Brian McCreath about her background and the challenges and joys of performing in a major orchestra, and she performs music by Renié, Liszt, and others.

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One More Swing Through Prague

By Brian McCreath
When music takes you there.

Live from Fraser

The Boston Chamber Music Society Plays Saint-Saëns

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One of Boston's premiere chamber ensembles performs Camille Saint-Saëns's darkly dramatic Piano Quartet, Op. 41.

99.5 Host Notes

Oct. 13: Prague and Art Nouveau

By Brian McCreath
The Czech capitol was one of the centers of Art Nouveau.

99.5 Host Notes

Oct. 13: Experiencing the Unexpected

By Cathy Fuller
Sometimes classical music can catch us with our guard down.

99.5 Host Notes

Oct. 11: Till Fellner

By Brian McCreath
If you liked this afternoon's performance of Beethoven's Emperor concerto, check this out.

Concerts

Schubert's Trios: The Man Behind The Music

Live from Fraser

Cellist Laurence Lesser and pianist HaeSun Paik

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Cellist Laurence Lesser and pianist HaeSun Paik perform music by Beethoven.

Live Performances

Lost In The Trees: Tiny Desk Concert

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Berklee graduate Ari Picker's group Lost in the Trees creates a cinematic blend of storytelling and strings. Hear the band performs three of its new songs in the NPR Music offices.

Live from Fraser

Pianist Yaron Kohlberg

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Pianist Yaron Kohlberg brings a graceful approach and emotional honesty to the heart-wrenching Sonata "1.X.1905" by Leos Janacek and the Davidsbündlertanze by Robert Schumann.