Classical Performance

The Classical Performance podcast features the very best live classical performances, recorded by WCRB. From local up-and-comers to world-renowned masters, the Classical Performance podcast is your source for classical, on the go.

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20 episodes
Updated Jun 10, 2018

Episodes20

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Schumann and Romance
Robert Schumann was born in this month in 1810, so we have Krista River and Judith Gordon performing Schumann's great song-cycle, "Frauenliebe und Leben", "A Woman's Love and Life", composed in 1840, the year Schumann married Clara Wieck. Also on the program, Schumann's Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, played by oboist Keisuke Wakao with pianist Christoph Eschenbach.
Jun 10, 2018 · 38 min
The Passion of Rachmaninov with pianist Ya-fei Chuang
We're celebrating Rachmaninov's birthday! Ya-fei Chuang's virtuosity and passion are front and center in this live performance of his Piano Sonata No. 2.
Apr 15, 2018 · 22 min
A Celebration of Maurice Ravel!
Ravel once said: “We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work of art.“
Mar 20, 2018 · 33 min
It's Mendelssohn's birthday! Let's celebrate!
February is Mendelssohn's birthday month, and it's also the month of Valentine's Day. Felix wrote the Andante and Rondo Capriccioso for a girl he was smitten with, and his 2nd String Quartet is based on a gorgeous love song, "Ist es wahr?" ('Is it true?')!
Feb 11, 2018 · 38 min
Happy Birthday Mozart!
Mozart's birthday is January 27th, and we're celebrating with a couple of great performances from our studio.
Jan 7, 2018 · 32 min
A Beethoven Birthday celebration
It's Beethoven's birthday on December 16th! We celebrate with a studio performance featuring some of his more out-of-the way pieces.
Dec 10, 2017 · 27 min
Mistral plays Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"
The chamber music ensemble Mistral is in its 21st season. We take a look back at a studio performance of a scaled-down version of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons".
Nov 12, 2017 · 41 min
Tyler Duncan sings "Songs of Travel" by Vaughan Williams
Baritone Tyler Duncan sings Vaughan Williams's tribute to the open road: "Songs of Travel", set to the poetry of Robert Louis Stephenson.
Oct 8, 2017 · 24 min
Alisa Weilerstein plays Chopin with Inon Barnatan
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein has been acclaimed world-wide since she performed in our studio back in 2008. We revisit that perfromance with Inon Barnatan, in honor of her appearance with the BSO at Tanglewood on August 11th, 2017.
Jul 23, 2017 · 26 min
The Boston Early Music Festival - Retrospective
Looking forward to the Boston Early Music Festival, June 11-18, 2017, we remember three great performances from past festivals.
Jun 7, 2017 · 35 min
A Brahms Celebration with James Campbell and Marc-Andre Hamelin
Clarinetist James Campbell and pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin got together in our WCRB studio to celebrate Brahms.
May 7, 2017 · 23 min
A Bach Celebration from WCRB's Studio
Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday, with two fine performances from our WCRB studio.
Mar 25, 2017 · 35 min
A Chopin Celebration from WCRB's Studio
Celebrating the March birthday of Frederic Chopin - hear two performances from our WCRB Studio.
Mar 9, 2017 · 37 min
A Mozart Celebration from WCRB's Studios
It's a Mozart Birthday Celebration - hear three fabulous performances from our WGBH/WCRB Studios.
Jan 27, 2017 · 44 min
Daniil Trifonov plays Fairy Tales by Medtner
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, “Even having seen it, one cannot quite believe it. Such is the artistry of pianist-composer Daniil Trifonov.”
Jul 22, 2016 · 14 min
Blue Heron sings Du Fay
Blue Heron sings Guillaume Du Fay.
May 29, 2016 · 36 min
Trio Cleonice plays Beethoven
Beethoven, with Trio Cleonice.
Apr 30, 2016 · 31 min
Charlie Albright plays Liszt and Chopin
The Washington Post calls him “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.”
Mar 25, 2016 · 20 min
Christina Day Martinson plays Biber
Biber's Mystery Sonatas, with violinist Christina Day Martinson.
Feb 6, 2016 · 32 min
Max Levinson plays Schumann
Schumann, with pianist Max Levinson.
Nov 28, 2015 · 34 min

Classical Performance

Schumann and Romance

The Passion of Rachmaninov with pianist Ya-fei Chuang

A Celebration of Maurice Ravel!

It's Mendelssohn's birthday! Let's celebrate!

Happy Birthday Mozart!

A Beethoven Birthday celebration

Mistral plays Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"

Tyler Duncan sings "Songs of Travel" by Vaughan Williams

Alisa Weilerstein plays Chopin with Inon Barnatan

The Boston Early Music Festival - Retrospective

A Brahms Celebration with James Campbell and Marc-Andre Hamelin

A Bach Celebration from WCRB's Studio

A Chopin Celebration from WCRB's Studio

A Mozart Celebration from WCRB's Studios

Daniil Trifonov plays Fairy Tales by Medtner

Blue Heron sings Du Fay

Trio Cleonice plays Beethoven

Charlie Albright plays Liszt and Chopin

Christina Day Martinson plays Biber

Max Levinson plays Schumann