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Concert Review: The BSO Presents an Evening of Benevolent Kindred Spirits

October 27, 2016
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After all these many decades I am still deeply moved by Yo-Yo Ma’s playing, which combines irresistible charisma and generosity of spirit.

Classical Concert Review: Sean Newhouse Conducts the BSO

October 9, 2011
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Despite some interpretive shortcomings, Sean Newhouse, the orchestra’s 30-year-old assistant conductor has solid technique, and a major orchestra whose players, management, and audience believe in him.

Classical Music Commentary: On Andris Nelsons’ First Season in Boston and a Look Ahead at 2015-16

May 18, 2015
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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.

Concert Review: Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven, Bartók, and Tchaikovsky

October 2, 2014
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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.

Classical CD Reviews: Isabelle Faust plays Schumann and the Dmitri Ensemble plays Shostakovich Chamber Symphonies

July 22, 2015
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Listening to Isabelle Faust’s performance of Schumann’s Violin Concerto I wondered why the piece has remained on the fringes of the repertoire for so long.

Dance Review: “Gallim” — Extremes of Stress and Release

August 13, 2019
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Gallim specializes in depicting raw emotions through movement.

Classical Album Review: Saint-Saëns Symphonies courtesy of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and Jean-Jacques Kantorow

June 15, 2021
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A welcome entry in complete sets of Camille Saint-Saëns’ five symphonies — a composer of his caliber deserves a wealth of viewpoints.

Book Review: “Darkenbloom” — The Past is Prologue?

February 3, 2025
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“Darkenbloom” is a hefty novel, in which a blood-stained, depraved swath of history is laid bare by in-depth examination of a narrow geographical sample (think “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, or, for that matter, “Gone With the Wind”).

Rap Album Review: “Miles” — Blu & Exile’s World of Anguish and Beauty

July 24, 2020
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For an hour and a half, Blu examines himself on Miles, trying to understand who he is and where he comes from.

Arts Commentary: The Nelsons Case

March 10, 2026
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Ultimately—and regardless of one’s take on Andris Nelsons as an artist—it’s hard to see how the institution’s long-term interests are served by last week’s developments.

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