Handel and Haydn Society'sMessiah - WGBH

All Classical
Listen online at 995allclassical.org, on your Internet radio, on your HD radio at 89.7 HD2
or on 89.5 WNCK in Nantucket
Reinvigorating Classical Radio in Boston
Boston has a new radio station this month as WGBH acquires
WCRB, preserving a full-time classical service that otherwise would
have switched to another format. We’re delighted to have 99.5
All Classical join the WGBH family!
As this issue of ’GBH, The Members’ Guide went to press, plans
for the new 99.5 All Classical were being finetuned. For the very
latest, please visit 995allclassical.org. Here’s what we can say:
• We’ll have friendly and welcoming hosts like Cathy Fuller
on 99.5 All Classical who will bring their passion to the new
service, inviting you to share their love of this music.
• We’ll continue to enrich our classical lineup with live performances
from our Fraser Performance Studio here in Brighton,
spotlighting both emerging local talent and top music
masters from around the world.
• We’ll dig into WGBH’s unparalleled archive of classical music,
performed and recorded in our studios and throughout
New England.
• For maximum reach, 99.5 also will be heard online at
995allclassical.org, on Internet radios, on mobile devices,
and on HD radios at 89.7 HD2.
• We’ll build on WGBH’s partnerships in this most classical of
cities, from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New England
Conservatory to Handel and Haydn Society (whose Messiah
is featured on our cover) and Longy School of Music, to name
just a few.
“WGBH’s strength in classical music is unmatched,” says Radio
General Manager John Voci, “going back to our very first broadcast
from Boston’s Symphony Hall nearly 60 years ago. The launch of the
new 99.5 All Classical is an exciting milestone for classical music
in Boston.”
Thanks for tuning in, and for letting us know what you think
(membersonly@wgbh.org) as we continue to finetune the
new service.
BSO Live
Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann
We are live from Symphony Hall where Christoph von
Dohnanyi leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra with
German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann in
Bartok’s Divertimento for String Orchestra, Martinu’s
Violin Concerto No. 2 and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8.
Sat, 12/5 at 8pm
Classical Music with Brian McCreath
Christmas Revels Live
The holiday season in Boston means The Christmas Revels, and today is
your chance for a special first listen! David Coffin and the cast, along with
Appalachian traditional singer/
storyteller Suzannah Park,
banjo/guitar player Larry Unger
and fiddler Eden MacAdam
Somer join Brian McCreath for a
preview performance of this
year’s show—a celebration of
various American traditions.
Wed, 12/9 at 3pm
The Music That Made You Love Music
Throughout the month on 99.5 All Classical, you’ll hear music
and stories from WGBH and WCRB listeners who participated in
our “Music That Made You Love Music” contest. Thanks for
sharing your story!
Sunday Concert
Handel’s Messiah
Tune in for one of America’s most time-honored holiday traditions as music
director Harry Christophers leads the Handel and Haydn Society’s 156th
annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, recorded in concert earlier in the
month at Symphony Hall.
Sun, 12/20 at 2pm
Sunday Concert
The Best of New Year’s Day
from Vienna
Tune in for this survey of the finest performances
through the years from the Golden Hall at the
Musikverein in Vienna, conducted by the likes of
Clemens Krauss, Willy Boskovsky, Carlos Kleiber,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Seiji Ozawa.
Sun, 12/27 at 3pm
Classical Music with Cathy Fuller
A Festival of Nine Lessons
and Carols
Host Cathy Fuller presents this legendary
music and spoken-word broadcast from the
chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England.
Since 1928, this service of Biblical readings
with choral and organ selections has been
broadcast live on radio in England and beyond.
Thu, 12/24 at 10am
Schedules, program info, playlists: 995allclassical.org
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