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The orchestral playing, a couple moments of questionable intonation notwithstanding, was commanding and, at times, exhilarating.
Maurizio Pollini’s Chopin was breathtakingly beautiful, and often downright thrilling.
Esperanza Spalding is not simply beyond reproach – she is a young lioness the likes of which the jazz world has really never seen before.
There were times during the performance when Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and the band seemed to fully enter the Ottoman empire.
The BSO played with palpable enthusiasm. Andris Nelsons conducted with characteristic energy. There was, by the end of the evening, certainly, quite a bit about which to be happy.
The newly released Live at the Rainbow ’74 set proves that Queen had been slaying audiences since the beginning of their career.
To my mind, with Assembly of the Souls, composer Eitan Steinberg is working in Pulitzer contention territory.
This was a band that took its reunion as a personal challenge to come off as reckless as they did in their prime.
At least waiting for Andris Nelsons to take over the orchestra is done. And we don’t have to bide too much time before we get to hear more from him: his first subscription series with the BSO kicks off on Wednesday.
Never mind all the timeless melodies Glenn Tilbrook’s written: Anyone who can rhyme the name Persephone with “incessantly” deserves immortality for that alone.
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