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Nelsons to lead four premieres, Stravinsky ballets and Tchaikovsky cycle in final BSO season – Apr 08, 2026

The Boston Symphony Orchestra announced its 2026-27 schedule this week. Music […]

Nelsons’ spring love-fest with BSO audience continues, as Fujita makes impressive debut – Apr 03, 2026

There is, perhaps, no stranger ending to a major symphony than […]

Musical politics loom on stage and behind the curtain with Nelsons, Boston Symphony – Mar 27, 2026

Officially, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s “E Pluribus Unum” festival ended at […]

April 23 – Mar 24, 2026

Boston Symphony Orchestra Andrey Boreyko, conductor Evgeny Kissin, pianist Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter […]

Ólafsson unlocks the key to memorable Bach and Beethoven – Mar 21, 2026

“Key of E?” the playwright Franz Liebkind asks Max Bialystock during […]

Nelsons returns to BSO for a warm reception with Schumann and Tchaikovsky – Mar 20, 2026

A house divided against itself cannot stand—but it can try to […]

New England Philharmonic serves up a rich and bracing variety of new music – Mar 16, 2026

The Ides of March may have been unlucky for Julius Caesar in […]

Boston Philharmonic orchestras to shut down after 2026-27 season – Mar 11, 2026

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra will shut down permanently after the 2026-2027 […]

Seraphim Singers serve up a worthy, timely performance of Rachmaninoff’s “Vigil” – Mar 10, 2026

Sometimes titles are deceiving. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, for instance, only lasts […]

Blomstedt returns to BSO for lean yet rich and rewarding Brahms – Mar 07, 2026

New England might be in the grip of a winter with […]