Classical Connections

Created by award-winning producer Michelle Sweet and narrated by WGBH Classical hosts Cathy Fuller, Richard Knisely, and Brian McCreath, Classical Connections tell stories about the classical music experience in Massachusetts.

Classical Rock Band
Why Massachusetts?
Extended Interview with David MacKenzie and Dennis Winn
Music in the Mornings
Berkshire Choral Festival
Classical Podcasts
Greenwood Music Camp
Balint Karosi
A Tour Behind the Great Organ
Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Michael Gandolfi
The Boston Early Music Festival Exhibition
Opera in Boston
Frederick Historic Piano Collection
Timothy Swan
William Billings
Gunther Schuller's Guide to Contemporary Music Listening
Orpheus Performing Arts Treasures
Roland Hayes
Third Stream
BMOP Sound
El Sistema USA
WGBH's Richard Knisely interviews José Antonio Abreu
Mozart in Massachusetts
Nicolas Slonimsky
More from cellist Rhonda Rider
Rhonda Rider's cello
Classroom Cantatas
Elliott Carter
Mind/Body at Longy
Extended Interview with Roger Norrington
Handel & Haydn Society Origins
Boston Ballet
Ives: "The Housatonic at Stockbridge"
Extended interview about the Peterhouse part-books
Peterhouse Partbooks
Yoga for Musicians
Ives and "The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common"
BUTI World Premiere
Classical Connections: "Play of Shadows" by Andrew McPherson
More from Chiara String Quartet members Jonah Sirota and Rebecca Fischer
More with Berkshire Choral Festival conductor Tom Hall
Boston Landmarks Orchestra
More on the Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Hyperscore at Tewksbury Hospital
MFA Instruments
WGBH classical host Brian McCreath interviews MFA curator Darcy Kuronen
Worcester Music Festival History
Irish reel played on a violin made by a North Bennet Street School student
Irish waltz played on a violin made by a North Bennet Street School student
North Bennet Street Violin
Extended interview with Shawn Hansen
Extended Interviews with NBSS students Emily Townsend and Kevin Luke
North Bennet Street Piano
Henry Lee Higginson
Extended interviews with Presto program students Imani Bourdeau, Isshiah Baret-Stone, John Charbonneau, and their mothers
String orchestra rehearsal at the Community Music School of Springfield, April 12, 2008
The Community Music School of Springfield
Extended interview with Kwaumane Brown
Extended interview with Lisa Bielawa
Hear two of Kwaumane Brown's Pieces
Kwaumane Brown
Co-op Orchestra
Extended interview with Matthew Woodard
Matthew Woodard
Vignettes for Piano Trio by Matthew Woodard
Extended interview with Lisa Wong and Jonathan McPhee
Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Club Concert
Synopsis #10: I Know This Room So Well
Synopsis #9: I Don't Even Play the Bassoon
Extended interview with violinist Kristopher Tong
Extended interview with musicologist Steven Ledbetter
Extended interview with Steven Ledbetter