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BSO’s intriguing if unwieldy Machover premiere provides musical and AI food for thought – Oct 23, 2026

Who’s afraid of AI? Not Tod Machover, the visionary MIT-based composer, […]

October 24 – Oct 21, 2026

A Far Cry Tucker: Breathing Sunlight Otten: L’Assillo Wiancko: American Haiku Shaw: Limestone and Felt […]

Bruce Liu brings power and poetry to wide-ranging program for Vivo – Oct 19, 2026

The days grow short, as Maxwell Anderson wrote, when you reach […]

Simon concerto proves a misfire while Tchaikovsky ballet music dances with BSO – Oct 16, 2026

Sometimes it can be worth remembering that the notion of programmatic […]

Zander opens Boston Philharmonic’s final season with lucid and tragic Brahms – Oct 12, 2026

By returning to the source, Lao Tzu tells us, one finds […]

A new concerto proves smart, quirky and engaging in BSO’s American premiere – Oct 09, 2026

One of the best aspects of Andris Nelsons’ tenure as music […]

Zander looks back and ever-forward as he begins final season of Boston Philhamonic – Oct 06, 2026

“Britten saved my life,” Benjamin Zander casually lets drop. The conductor is […]

H&H serves up a vibrant Handel rarity with modern trimmings – Oct 05, 2026

John Milton is having a moment in Boston this fall. Next […]

BSO’s Rachmaninoff night finds its thrilling, virtuosic groove with Nelsons and Cho – Oct 01, 2026

Though his American career is most closely associated with the Philadelphia […]

Dystopian staging apart, BLO does Rossini proud with “William Tell” – Sep 28, 2026

Subtlety may deceive you, Oliver Cromwell warned. Integrity never will. The […]

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