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The end of a matter, the writer of Ecclesiastes tells us, is better than its beginning. Though that reality isn’t borne out in every situation, the sentiment largely applies to Beethoven’s nine …
Boston Classical Review » Blog Archive » Critic’s Choice 2024- 25
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 …
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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 […]
Top Ten Performances of 2024 - Boston Classical Review
Dec 21, 2024 · 2. Víkingur Ólafsson playing Bach The Goldberg Variations stand as one of the canon’s three or four most imposing monuments. Yet there was nothing forbidding about the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Sep 14, 2024 · “[Bleeping] family,” Jeff Goldblum’s Zeus mutters in an early episode of Netflix’s Kaos.He could easily have been referring to the dysfunctional brood at the heart of Wolfgang …
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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’ …
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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 […]