It was a true delight to meet and talk with Nodoka Okisawa, who conducts the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social on @crbclassical.bsky.social on Saturday at 8pm in a program that includes Takemitsu's Requiem for strings and Dvorak's Violin Concerto, with soloist Midori, and Seventh Symphony.

Now available to hear when you want: @crbclassical.bsky.social's first broadcast of the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social's 25-26 season! Gangbusters concert of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony & Strauss's Ein Heldenleben. Listen here: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

I'm super excited for the first @crbclassical.bsky.social broadcast of the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social tomorrow at 8. Check out my interview with Concertmaster Nathan Cole about his solo in Strauss's Ein Heldenleben: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social‬, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in a work that broke new ground for Bach. Listen here: https://bit.ly/46Zn0s8

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always.

The White House has officially asked Congress to approve a rescission package — a rare and extreme measure taken with the broader goal of eliminating public media entirely. This would be devastating for local stations and the communities that depend on them. (1/2)

With the Boston Early Music Festival coming up in just over a week, I hope you'll join us on @crbclassical.bsky.social Sunday at 7pm for this really terrific concert from the 2023 festival. www.classicalwcrb.org/show/upcomin...

One of my favorite things to do at GBH is the Boston Public Radio music round table w/ Emmett Price III & James Bennett II, hosted by Margery Eagan & Jim Braude. Check out our conversation today: www.youtube.com/live/p_gqUC3...

Good morning, my friend! Funny meme…true words! Wake up to some “musical caffeine” - - pieces by Vivaldi, Haydn, Bach, Dvorak & Beethoven are on the way this morning on 99.5 WCRB! Join us @crbclassical.bsky.social 🎶

👇👇👇 Brian McCreath speaks with Nicole Taney of Celebrity Series of Boston on their 25/26 season

Just announced! The 2025-2026 season of Celebrity Series of Boston, w/ J'Nai Bridges, Yo-Yo Ma, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and much, much more from @crbclassical.bsky.social. Learn more: www.classicalwcrb.org/blog/2025-05...

Right now, #Beethoven with Uchida and #Shostakovich's 15th from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch

Just announced: The Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2025-2026 season! Take a look and hear the BSO's Chad Smith preview the season. www.classicalwcrb.org/blog/2025-04...

Right now, #Coltrane's 'Legacy for Orchestra' with Blanchard from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch

In 20 minutes, #Tchaikovsky with Chen, Tilson Thomas with Burton and #Bernstein from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch

Right now, #Tchaikovsky with Chen, Tilson Thomas with Burton and #Bernstein from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch

"I am a bad Bostonian. I've never been to a Red Sox Game. I'm scared to honk at other drivers, even if they deserve it. I mostly avoid iced coffee. And I'd never been to Symphony Hall. On Feb. 6th, I finally righted that major wrong. Here’s how I did it." Phil Jones reports from the field:

I always look forward to hearing pianist Inon Barnatan, & I also look forward to talking to him. He's playing Bartók's 3rd Piano Concerto this week w/ the Boston Symphony Orchestra & Eun Sun Kim, live on @crbclassical.bsky.social this Sat/ at 8. Check it out: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

Ed is an absolute gem, and it was a true pleasure to do this program with him!

Here’s the percussion array for Gabriela Ortiz’s Revolución diamantina, which the Boston Symphony Orchestra is playing live on @crbclassical.bsky.social at 8pm. Join me to hear it! www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

Good morning, my friend! Stopped for a couple of groceries and right at the door were these harbingers of #spring🌷. Sharing this pic just because. Join us at 99.5 WCRB for a musical bouquet of Ravel, Haydn, Gilbert & Sullivan, Mozart, Beethoven & more!💐 @CRBClassical🎶 @crbclassical.bsky.social

Good morning, my friend! It’s Moonday, so thought I’d share my weekend photos of #moon surface. Ok, it’s just my backyard, but all to let you know my new blog post about “The Planets” is now at classical.org! And join us on 99.5 WCRB for outta this world great music! @crbclassical.bsky.social🎶

In 20 minutes, #Haydn twice and #Stravinsky with Faust from #Boston https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/haydn_twice_and_stravinsky_with_faust_from_boston/86044/ #wch

Tonight at 8: Isabelle Faust, Alan Gilbert, and the BSO with Haydn and Stravinsky! @bkmccreath.bsky.social interviewed Gilbert about this week's program:

Right now, Blomstedt conducts #Schubert's Sixth and #Brahms' First in #Boston https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/blomstedt_conducts_schuberts_sixth_and_brahms_first_in_boston/85932/ #wch

What an incredible collection of F1 and Grand Prix cars at the Audrain Auto Museum in Newport. Well worth the drive.

I was reading this earlier today: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...

Right now, #Beethoven with Eberle #Ravel and #Stravinsky from #Boston https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/beethoven_with_eberle_ravel_and_stravinsky_from_boston/85821/ #wch

We’re live at Symphony Hall with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on @crbclassical.bsky.social at 8pm. Join us! www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

In 25 minutes, #Beethoven with Eberle #Ravel and #Stravinsky from #Boston https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/beethoven_with_eberle_ravel_and_stravinsky_from_boston/85821/ #wch

It was lovely to talk w/ Nathalie Stutzmann about her Boston Symphony program, which you'll hear live on @crbclassical.bsky.social on Sat., 8pm. Ravel, Stravinsky, & Beethoven's Violin Concerto w/ Veronika Eberle & fabulous Jörg Widmann cadenzas! Our interview: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

At 8pm join me for an encore broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven's Symphonies 8 & 9, with it's "Ode to Joy," on 99.5FM in Boston and streaming on @crbclassical.bsky.social. www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

At 8pm, join me on @crbclassical.bsky.social for Korngold's Die tote Stadt, w/ the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Christine Goerke, & David Butt Philip! Hear a preview w/ Jared Bowen on The Culture Show on @gbhnews.bsky.social: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

Just announced: the Boston Symphony’s 2025 Tanglewood season. Hear a preview with the BSO’s Chad Smith. www.classicalwcrb.org/2025-01-30/t...

Yes there was an #earthquake off the coast of #Maine. You weren't imagining things.

Right now, #Beethoven's Eighth and Ninth with Jakubiak, Mumford, Philip and Schuen from #Boston https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/beethovens_eighth_and_ninth_with_jakubiak_mumford_philip_and_schuen_from_boston/85606/ #wch

At 8pm on @crbclassical.bsky.social join me for the Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons in Beethoven's Symphonies 1, 2, & 3, the "Eroica," perhaps a perfect piece for this combo MLK / Inauguration Day. www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

LISTEN: Here is our report from Seoul on a historic day in South Korea, with the arrest of a sitting president. theworld.org/segments/202...

Good morning, my friend! Time to rise and shine! 🌞🐓We’ve got your wake-me-up soundtrack: Mozart, Vivaldi, Offenbach, and Rodgers & Hammerstein on the way! Join us @ 99.5 WCRB! @CRBClassical🎶 @crbclassical.bsky.social

The Boston Symphony's Beethoven cycle begins with symphonies 1, 2, and 3 this weekend, and you can hear them tonight at 8 on WCRB! More info and a link to the BSO's Beethoven and Romanticism Festival here: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

Join me at 8pm for the Boston Symphony, live on @crbclassical.bsky.social, & the beginning of an epic All Beethoven series: all 9 symphonies in 3 weeks! Andris Nelsons conducts. www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

Happy 2025! On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists perform Bach's Cantata 190, "Sing to the Lord a New Song," written for New Year's Day. Listen here: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bac...

That was such a wonderful concert! The love letters between O’Keeffe and Stieglitz, brought to life here were so emotional and moving. I didn’t know what to expect, but it was beautifully done. The visuals during the concert added such a rich layer to the concert. I’m so glad it’s being rebroadcast

The brilliant Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry joined the Boston Symphony in November to sing Kevin Puts's "The Brightness of Light," a musical rendering of the relationship between Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. We're broadcasting it Sat 1/4 at 8pm!

Before that, check out @bkmccreath.bsky.social's interview with Renée and Rod about their long friendship and working relationship, inhabiting the characters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, and the healing power of music: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...

One of my favorite people to talk with about music is Arun Rath so it was fun to look back on classical recordings of 2024 with him on @gbhnews.bsky.social! Check out our conversation & more in this piece: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

...and for more of OUR favorites, check out a roundup of this year's classical recordings here! www.classicalwcrb.org/blog/2024-12...

For classical music, 2024 brought a range of standout recordings and performances. @bkmccreath.bsky.social spoke with Arun Rath on All Things Considered about a few of his favorites: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...