Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society

04/03/2026

Next month, the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society of Boston will be welcoming violinist Hina Khoung-Huu for a Beethoven-centric program! Tickets available now at bbbsociety.org/tickets

BACH, BEETHOVEN, & BRAHMS SOCIETYSTEVEN LIPSITT, MUSIC DIRECTOR Purchase Tickets Join the Society Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society 2025-2026 Tenth Anniversary Season ‍ ‍Upcoming ConcertBracingly BeethovenMay 3, 2026, 4 PM at United Parish at Brookline‍ ‍Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Pastorella ...

03/04/2026

02/28/2026

Tomorrow, saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky will perform the world premiere of Grammy-winner Herschel Garfein's Valediction and Screed (Against the Oligarchy) for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra with the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society of Boston at United Parish in Brookline! Tickets available now at bbbsociety.org/tickets!

02/25/2026

This Sunday, the Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society of Boston will be delighted to welcome soloists Adrian Anantawan and Sergio I. Muñoz Leiva to perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante!

Adrian Anantawan, violin, holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale University and Harvard Graduate School of Education. Memorable moments include performances at the White House, the Opening Ceremonies of the Athens and Vancouver Olympic Games and the United Nations. He is the current Chair of Music at Milton Academy and an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music. Throughout the year, Adrian continues to perform, speak and teach around the world as an advocate for disability and the arts.

Sergio I. Muñoz Leiva is a Chilean violist committed to building community through music. A versatile performer, his repertoire spans from early Baroque to contemporary music. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Metropolitan Museum, Jordan Hall, and the National Opera House of Chile. His musical mentors include Penelope Knuth, Kim Kashkashian, and Carol Rodland. He holds degrees from the New England Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, and The Juilliard School. Muñoz Leiva is Director of Chamber Music at College of the Holy Cross and is Music Theory Instructor at Project STEP.

Tickets for Sunday's concert at United Parish in Brookline are available now at bbbsociety.org/tickets!

02/18/2026

Grammy-winning composer Herschel Garfein's Valediction and Screed (Against the Oligarchy) for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra will see its world premiere at the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society of Boston's March 1st concert at United Parish in Brookline!

In the composer's own words, "the first movement, Valediction, is an elegy to an old friend, Don Lipsitt, who passed away a few years ago. Don was a warm and loving man, a giant in the field of psychiatry, a passionate music lover and a passionate participant in the struggle to uphold democratic values in the US.

The second movement Screed (Against the Oligarchy) is a defiant outburst against the oligarchy that is daily destroying our country."

Swipe to hear saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky play an excerpt of this smoky, sultry piece that weaves musical motifs from the 1932 classic "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" by Jay Hornet and Yip Harburg.

Tickets to the March 1st concert are available now at bbbsociety.org/tickets!

02/03/2026

Join the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society of Boston on March 1st for a truly special program! Saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky will perform the world premiere of Herschel Garfein's Valediction and Screed for Saxophone & Orchestra, and Adrian Anantawan and Sergio I. Muñoz Leiva will join us for Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante! Tickets available now at bbbsociety.org/tickets

12/11/2025

This Sunday, December 14th at 4 pm at All Saints Parish in Brookline, join the Bach Beethoven & Brahms Society of Boston for our annual holiday concert! Midwinter Mozart & Wintertime Waltzes featuring the Apollo Club, Heritage Chorale, & VOICES Boston Children's Choir. Tickets available now at BB society.org/tickets

11/26/2025

Don't miss your chance to get a discounted ticket package for the remainder of the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society of Boston's 10th anniversary season! Available now at bbbsociety.org/tickets

11/20/2025

On November 16th, the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society of Boston performed the Boston premiere of Howard Frazin's magnificent Peace Cantata! Thank you to everyone who came out to hear this wonderful program, featuring works by Bach, Barber, Boulanger, & more!

And don't miss the BB&B's holiday concert on December 14th at All Saints Parish in Brookline, with a program featuring minuets, scherzos, & waltzes by Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms, as well as choral music of the season from the Apollo Club, Heritage Chorale, & VOICES Boston Children's Choir.

Tickets available at bbbsociety.org/tickets

10/29/2025

Lili Boulanger was an early-20th century French composer and the first woman to win the Prix de Rome prize for music composition (Claude Debussy, one of Boulanger’s musical influences, won the same prize a few decades prior). Boulanger’s final completed work was Pie Jesu, and it was dedicated to her sister, legendary music teacher and composer Nadia Boulanger. 

You can hear Lili Boulanger’s Pie Jesu along with works by Bach, Barber, Frazin, & more on November 16th at United Parish in Brookline! Tickets available at bbbsociety.org/tickets

10/26/2025

One of the most famous and beloved classical pieces of the past century, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings premiered on an NBC radio broadcast in 1938 under conductor Arturo Toscanini. It was originally written as the second movement for Barber’s String Quartet, Op. 11 and adapted for concert orchestra specifically for Toscanini. Entrancing and poignant, it remains one of the most important pieces of American classical music and was played at the funerals of Franklin Roosevelt, Albert Einstein and after the death of John F. Kennedy.

Hear Barber’s masterpiece at the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society of Boston’s November 16th concert at United Parish in Brookline on a program featuring works by Bach, Barber, Lili Boulanger, Howard Frazin, & more! Tickets available at bbbsociety.org/tickets