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A pair of impressive debuts mark the BSO’s program from Beethoven to Stravinsky – Feb 07, 2025

Whoever planned the first month of concerts at Symphony Hall this […]

Cho brings acute refinement and poetic introspection to an epic Ravel afternoon – Feb 03, 2025

Tis the season for musical marathons, at least in New England. […]

Philip and Goerke soar in BSO’s triumphant “Die tote Stadt” – Jan 31, 2025

There’s madness in love and, as Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Die tote Stadt reminds, […]

Nelsons closes BSO’s Beethoven symphony cycle with glimpse of Promised Land – Jan 24, 2025

The end of a matter, the writer of Ecclesiastes tells us, […]

Nelsons’ Beethoven cycle passes the halfway mark in worthy style – Jan 19, 2025

As far as Beethoven was concerned, his Sixth Symphony is self-explanatory. […]

Nelsons’ BSO Beethoven cycle delivers a spirited Fourth and lyrical Fifth – Jan 17, 2025

Not every night does the music of Beethoven conjure the words […]

February 13 – Jan 16, 2025

Boston Symphony Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Schubert: Symphony No. 6 Brahms: […]

Nelsons, Boston Symphony open Beethoven cycle in top form – Jan 10, 2025

Complete cycles of the Beethoven symphonies aren’t for the faint of […]

January 16 – Dec 22, 2024

Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons, conductor Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 Beethoven: […]

Top Ten Performances of 2024 – Dec 21, 2024

1.     Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris […]