From the Top, the popular showcase for America's best young classical musicians, tapes its NPR radio show before a live audience at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O'Riley, come see why audiences across the country have been swept away by the music and stories of From the Top's talented teen and pre-teen performers. Learn more...
The Nose: Opera Boston Presents Shostakovich's Surreal Satire
Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College (Boston, MA)
An ordinary man faces an extraordinary problem when his nose runs away from his face--and must be chased throughout the town--in Opera Boston's production of Shostakovich's The Nose. Rarely staged in the U.S. and once suppressed by Stalin in the U.S.S.R., this fast-moving, Russian-language opera is presented with English titles in its New England premiere at the historic Cutler Majestic Theatre. Learn more...
The Boston Conservatory Orchestra Performs Schubert, Prokofiev and More
Sanders Theatre at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Under the direction of Bruce Hangen, conductor, The Boston Conservatory Orchestra performs Schubert's Overture in D and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5. The orchestra will be joined by The Boston Conservatory Chorale to present Mozart's Kyrie and Regina Coeli, and Beethoven's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. Learn more...
Music of Love: A Classical Valentine of Mendelssohn, Wagner, Brahms, Strauss and Schubert
Faneuil Hall (Boston, MA)
Two famous musical couples, soprano Megan Tillmann and tenor Matthew DiBattista and mezzo soprano Majie Zeller and baritone David Kravitz join Steven Lipsitt and the BCO to make the music of love. They'll sing love music from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, excerpts from Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes and love songs by Schubert. Orchestral works include waltzes by Johann Strauss and Wagner's Siegfried Idyll. Learn more...
Composer Portraits: The Music of Leon Kirchner at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA)
Join some of the world's finest musicians for an evening of chamber music in celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Leon Kirchner's 90th birthday. Artists including Jeremy Denk, piano, Paula Robison, flute, and the Claremont Trio will perform works spanning fifty-plus years of Kirchner's career. Learn more...
Violinist Irina Muresanu Plays Brahms with the Boston Classical Orchestra
Faneuil Hall (Boston, MA)
Three composers atop the Classical Hit Parade are Steven Lipsitt's choice for this program, climaxing with the great Brahms' Violin Concerto performed by Irina Muresanu. Also on the program are Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, Scottish. Learn more...