With gratitude and hope, Yo-Yo Ma looks to the future
Ahead of "We The People," a week-long festival he curated for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma speaks about the power of practicing gratitude, music's role in restoring the spirit, and what we can learn from Johannes Brahms.
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The Pulitzer Prize finalist premieres a new piece for string quartet at Harvard Saturday, continuing his series of pieces on the Constitution. -
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Hilary Hahn will perform Brahm’s Violin Concerto in D, Opus 77 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. -
Cambridge-based vocal group shines a spotlight on a little-performed Renaissance composer
Early music group Blue Heron will soon finish its multiyear project of recording every surviving piece by Johannes Ockeghem. -
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