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Benjamin-Zander

Classical Critic’s Notebook: Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2

Whatever Rachmaninoff’s conflicted feelings about writing symphonies were, there’s nothing ambiguous about the content of his Second Symphony. From start to finish, it’s a marvel of melodic freshness and brilliant instrumentation.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2

Classical Music Preview: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2022-23 Season

The season-long celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Benjamin Zander’s debut as a conductor, which gets underway later this month when the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) returns to the stage, doesn’t stint on festive spirit.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Hayoung Choi

Classical Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra plays Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8

This was an epic performance of an epic piece, steeped in Brucknerian character.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Anton Bruckner, Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical Music Preview: Catching Up and Looking Ahead with Benjamin Zander on the BPO/BPYO Season

For Benjamin Zander and his musicians – as for all of us – it was a strange, even desperate, several months.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Interview, Music Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestras, Boston-Philharmonic

Concert Review: Lucas Debargue and the Boston Philharmonic at Sanders Theatre

A pianist of real character and refinement – plus a huge career in Europe – Lucas Debargue was on hand to lend his musicianship to a relatively rare outing of Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto no. 2.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucas Debargue

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Symphony Hall

The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra’s first appearance of the season presented canonical selections without a hint of complacency or apathy.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Stefan Jackiw

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic plays Beethoven and Rachmaninoff

Violinist Liza Ferschtman and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s account of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto lacked nothing for momentum and spirit.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Liza Ferschtman

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic plays Mozart, Brahms, and Bartók

There was nothing sleepy or commonplace about the ensemble’s performance of favorites by Mozart, Brahms, and Bartók.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alessandro Deljavan, Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

Arts Commentary: Some Thoughts on the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra’s 2019 Brazilian Tour

Suffice it to say, the tour was an extraordinary experience, musically and culturally, and, for me, a conspicuously potent introduction to a new continent.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Brazil!

Classical Music Review: The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in Brazil, Part One

The BPYO’s repertoire in Brazil is drawn from last year’s programs and is built around Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 2.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Sala São Paulo

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