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The BPYO showed excellent endurance and enormous focus in this difficult piece, which, as Zander pointed out, involves many performers playing instruments in unusual ways. The winds prevailed in an excellent introduction, with bassoon soloist Andrew Salaru, principal flutist Sadie Goodman, and principal oboist Victoria Solis trading the famous ...
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Dec 22, 2021 · Tao finds the Tao of piano works in wide-ranging Boston debut – Dec 02, 2021. For pianist Conrad Tao, virtuosic technique always serves a deeper musical […] Handel and Haydn Society marks the season with a triumphant “Messiah” and $10 million gift – Nov 27, 2021. After a difficult year and a half, the Handel and Haydn […]
The organ takes the spotlight as Rachid makes impressive BSO …
Oct 11, 2024 · Take it from Hector Berlioz: organ and orchestra shouldn’t mix. “The organ and the orchestra are both Kings, or rather one is Emperor and the other Pope,” the Gallic master wrote in his Treatise on Instrumentation.. “They have different missions, their interests are too vast and too divergent to be confused…Every time I have heard the organ playing together with the …
Boston Classical Review » Blog Archive » Boston Symphony opens …
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..
Boston Classical Review » Blog Archive » Critic’s Choice 2024- 25
Sep 6, 2024 · Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons. January 30 & February 1. Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s 1919 masterpiece, a meditation on love, loss, acceptance, and moving on, receives just its second Boston performance, courtesy of the BSO and Andris Nelsons, whose operatic projects have been among the indisputable triumphs of his music directorship.
Boston Classical Review » Blog Archive » A retrospective 2024-25 …
Apr 4, 2024 · The Boston Symphony Orchestra celebrates Andris Nelsons’ first decade as music director while also highlighting new and recent initiatives in its 2024-25 season, which was announced Thursday.
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November 7. Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, conductor Gerald Clayton, pianist Renese King, vocalist Ellington: Three Black Kings Ellington: New World A-Coming Ellington: Night Creature Ellington: Sacred Concerts (selections) 7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
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Performances. BPYO impressively handles the challenges of Dvořák and Stravinsky – Nov 04, 2024. The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra under founding conductor Benjamin Zander opened […] Jerusalem Quartet’s intensity vies with rough edges at Jordan Hall – Nov 02, 2024. In music as in love, passion can be a double-edged sword.
Boston Baroque serves up a stylish and individual “Messiah”
Dec 3, 2023 · Handel’s Messiah (1741) is a staple of the American Christmas tradition.Even though the bulk of the piece focuses on Christ’s death and resurrection, many of Boston’s fine ensembles perform the Messiah from November to January in celebration of the holiday season. Boston Baroque’s annual performance took place Saturday night, led by Martin Pearlman, with soloists Amanda Forsythe ...
Boston Classical Review » Blog Archive » Despite distractions, …
Apr 9, 2022 · One Response to “Despite distractions, Zander, Boston Phil wrap season with triumphant Mahler Third” Posted Apr 10, 2022 at 2:18 pm by Dr Kanner. Truly awesome and enveloping performance.