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A series of new and recent recordings by Boston orchestras demonstrate that, in the right hands, symphonic music since 1945 remains alive and well, still powerful, fresh, and vibrant.
Contemporary dance has no useful definition; maybe we could think of it as an attitude, a constantly changing venture.
I’ve never seen Kurt Elling when he wasn’t in fine voice, and this show was no exception.
At first, The Submission comes on as an agreeably edgy satire of the automatic embrace of identity politics and political correctness in the academy and popular culture.
Albatross is terrific — a powerful script, vital performance, and imaginative stage design.
How much longer can these seventy-somethings climb those stairs?
Taken together, it’s a bracing, provocative, and – perhaps above all – fun survey of music for the stage from, for England, the conspicuously abundant 20th century.
Two 20th century gems bracketed the evening, and all four works showed how the ballet idiom can serve and be served by classical music.
Mothers & Sons raises important questions about struggle, acceptance, and love, dramatizing battles that are still being waged.
Classical Music Commentary: On Andris Nelsons’ First Season in Boston and a Look Ahead at 2015-16
By the end of Andris Nelsons’s inaugural season he had the BSO playing with lots of energy and like they really care, night in and out.
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