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Not every night does the music of Beethoven conjure the words and sentiments of Mahatma Gandhi, E. M. Forster, and Louis Spohr. Then again, not every evening at Symphony Hall proves so stimulating as Thursday’s traversal of that composer’s Fourth and Fifth Symphonies from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Jan 10, 2025 · A trifecta of BSO conductors makes for enjoyable post-holiday Nordic feast – Nov 30, 2024. Sometimes, despite its imposing grandeur and marvelous acoustic, Symphony Hall can […]
Nelsons, Boston Symphony open Beethoven cycle in top form
Jan 10, 2025 · Complete cycles of the Beethoven symphonies aren’t for the faint of heart. Just ask Lorin Maazel, whose 1988 traversal of the set included a respirator in the dressing room—just in case. Then again, Maazel was leading all nine works in a single day. Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony ...
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Jan 9, 2025 · January 16. Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons, conductor Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall bso.org. Celebrity Series
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Sep 6, 2024 · Bruckner: Symphony No. 5. Celebrity Series. Berliner Philharmoniker/Kirill Petrenko. November 20. There’s hardly been a more brilliant orchestral performance at Symphony Hall this past decade than the Berliner Philharmoniker’s triumphant appearance in November 2022.They return with music director Kirill Petrenko in Anton Bruckner’s towering Symphony No. 5.
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Feb 21, 2023 · At age 83 and after fifty years as a conductor, one could hardly blame Benjamin Zander if he decided to sit back and take things easy. Yet the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s longtime music director isn’t ready to settle on his laurels just yet.
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Jan 12, 2024 · Nothing draws a crowd like The Rite of Spring.Or, apparently, Seong-Jin Cho. Together, the combination of Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 homage to pagan Russia and the superstar Korean pianist playing Maurice Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand resulted in a full house for the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of the new year Thursday night..
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Dec 19, 2022 · 2. Music by Ravel, Elgar, and Shostakovich.Benjamin Zander/Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. On rare occasions, a concert program seems to respond perfectly to current events. So it was in February, just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, when the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra showed up at Symphony Hall to perform three pieces written in the shadow of war and political oppression.
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Critic’s Choice 2023-24 – Sep 05, 2023. Puccini: Madama Butterfly. Boston Lyric Opera/David Angus. September 14-24. Last year, Boston Lyric […]
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Oct 29, 2024 · A retrospective 2024-25 BSO season will also offer premieres, Mahler and Korngold rarities – Apr 04, 2024. The Boston Symphony Orchestra celebrates Andris Nelsons’ first decade as music […]