Musical expression requires the space between notes and phrases to tell a cohesive story and move the music forward. In their successful Celebrity Series recital on Saturday, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, violist Matthew Lipman, and pianist Tamar Sanikidze masterfully manipulated each moment and its silences. Though Barton commented on this unusual instrumentation, the composers understood that ...

Dec 21, 2024 · Top Ten Performances of 2024 – Dec 21, 2024 1. Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris […]

Dec 21, 2024 · 3. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Raphaël Pichon/Handel & Haydn Society Performances of the“Choral” Symphony are not exactly rare these days. Regardless, the Handel & Haydn Society’s March account of this Beethoven favorite stood out for its command of color and character, as well as the sense of occasion. Making his second appearance with the group, Raphaël Pichon led a reading of ...

6 days ago · 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 symphonies, which Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra have been busy assaying these last two weeks. On Thursday night, their project crossed the finish line with performances of the ...

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 in case. Then again, Maazel was leading all nine works in a single day. Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra are opening 2025 with Beethoven’s nine symphonies and, more sensibly, dividing the ...

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. […]

Jan 17, 2025 · Not every night does the music of Beethoven conjure the words and sentiments of Mahatma Gandhi, E. M. Forster, and Louis Spohr. Then again, not every evening at Symphony Hall proves so stimulating as Thursday’s traversal of that composer’s Fourth and Fifth Symphonies from Andris Nelsons and the ...

Jan 1, 2025 · Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons, conductor Christine Goerke, soprano Brandon Jovanovich, tenor Tanglewood Festival Chorus Boston Lyric Opera Chorus Korngold: Die tote Stadt 7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall bso.org January 31 A Far Cry Mason: Svítání Beethoven/Fischer: Symphony No. 6 7:30 p.m. Jordan Hall February 1 Blue Heron Regis: Missa L’homme armé 3 pm. First Church in Cambridge ...

Oct 29, 2024 · Celebrity Series brings fireworks, musical riches to 2024-2025 season – May 06, 2024 A visit from the Berliner Philharmoniker, a string of powerhouse recitals, […]

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. Though at times retrospective, the upcoming year does include a series of premieres as well as Nelsons conducting a pair of landmark scores by Gustav Mahler and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Nelsons kicks ...