Recent NPR Musical News


The 10 Best Classical Albums of 2024
Discover a wide range of this year's most compelling classical music, from symphonic thrill rides and soaring voices to delicate baroque suites, ambient adventures and one groove-laden masterwork.


Notre Dame organist returns for the cathedral's grand reopening
Olivier Latry is Notre Dame Cathedral's longest-serving organist. Just days before the church's gala reopening, after the destructive fire in 2019, he talks about the refurbished instrument — it holds 8,000 pipes — and its role in the church.

Jon Batiste traces the blues back to Beethoven and beyond
The Grammy winner and former Late Show bandleader unravels the crisscrossing threads of musical lineage from Beethoven's own personal blues to the musical art form that undergirds Batiste's Louisiana roots.

The 50 Best Albums Of 2024
You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in for a ride.

Boston Musical Events

DEC 12 Winter’s Night in Chestnut Hill on Th»
DEC 13 Fridays at Trinity Organ Concert in B»
DEC 13 Handel: Messiah in Rockport on Friday»
DEC 13 Handel: Messiah in Boston on Friday, »
DEC 13 Holidays. Harmony. Hope. in Boston on»
DEC 13 A Tuscan Christmas in West Roxbury on»
DEC 14 MUSIC FOR THE TEMPLE in Jamaica Plain»
DEC 14 A Cantata Christmas in Cambridge on S»
DEC 14 Brookline Symphony in Brookline on Sa»
DEC 15 Bach Cantata Series in Boston on Sund»
DEC 15 Christmas with The Copley Singers in »
DEC 15 Classical with a Twist in Newton on S»
DEC 15 Holiday Music in Newton Centre on Sun»
DEC 15 MUSIC FOR THE TEMPLE in Boston on Sun»
DEC 15 Christmas at Emmanuel in Boston on Su»
DEC 15 Christmas Far & Wide in Boston on Sun»
DEC 15 Christmas Far & Wide in Boston on Sun»
DEC 15 Mozart and Vivaldi in Cambridge on Su»
DEC 15 Joshua Peckins, violinist in Cambridg»