CRB Classical

10/03/2025

Coming Monday: the grand finale of our Getting Into Opera series, featuring and in a masterclass on the “baritone national anthem,” an aria from Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers! Subscribe to our YouTube channel (link in bio) to be notified when the full episode drops.

10/02/2025

Nathan Cole (), concertmaster of the , shows how a simple change in tuning creates a haunting effect in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 — on the program this weekend at Symphony Hall!

Hear more of this conversation at classical.org/bso, and listen Saturday at 8pm on WCRB.

10/02/2025

New app alert!! Stream great classical music (and interviews) anytime, anywhere with the new-and-improved CRB Classical app!

Download it in the App Store or here:

Keep great classical music in your pocket with our new mobile app!

10/01/2025

Saturday at 8pm, Andris Nelsons leads the Lorelei Ensemble and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Debussy’s Impressionist-inspired "Nocturnes," as well as Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with soprano Nikola Hillebrand.

Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, sung by soprano Nikola Hillebrand, as well as Debussy’s Nocturnes with Lorelei Ensemble.

09/30/2025

Hear WCRB's Jamie Kmak turn the classic American road trip into a playlist using one of the most famous roads in the US: Route 66.

Miles of music on America's "Mother Road".

09/29/2025

On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with Brian McCreath, Bach's Cantata No. 19 for St. Michael the Archangel expresses a terrifying, visceral battle, and a hope for protection and safety. Listen here:

On The Bach Hour, the composer's Cantata No. 19, for St. Michael and All Angels, expresses a terrifying, visceral quality of battle, and a hope for protection and safety.

09/28/2025

Tonight at 7pm, Jonathan Cohen leads the superb Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra & Chorus in Haydn’s "Spring" and Beethoven’s Mass in C Major.

Catch the first WCRB In Concert of the season, on-air, on our app, or online:

Jonathan Cohen leads the superlative H+H Orchestra and Chorus in that sweetest of Haydn’s The Seasons, followed by Beethoven’s astonishing Mass in C Major.

09/25/2025

Sunday at 7pm, another In Concert season begins!

On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, Jonathan Cohen - Conductor leads the H+H Orchestra & Chorus in Haydn’s "Spring" and Beethoven’s astonishing Mass in C Major. Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

Jonathan Cohen leads the superlative H+H Orchestra and Chorus in that sweetest of Haydn’s The Seasons, followed by Beethoven’s astonishing Mass in C Major.

09/24/2025

The stream is back up and running on classical.org! Thank you to everyone who reached out, and please let us know if you're still experiencing streaming issues.

09/24/2025

This Saturday, we’re thrilled to be back at Symphony Hall for our first live Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcast of the season!

Tune in at 8pm on-air, on our app, or online for Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony and Strauss's "Ein Heldenleben."

The Boston Symphony Orchestra launches a brand new season with the music by Mozart and Strauss, conducted by Music Director Andris Nelsons.

09/22/2025

Happy first day of fall! 🍁 What classical piece sounds like autumn to you?

09/22/2025

Countertenor Ricky Lee Owens soars through the passionate aria "Parto, ma tu, bien mio," from Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito," in this week's episode of Getting Into Opera! Watch his masterclass with bass-baritone Davóne Tines:

Countertenor Ricky Lee Owens sings a passionate aria from Mozart's opera "La Clemenza di Tito" for a masterclass with bass-baritone Davóne Tines!Getting Into...