Suffice it to say, the tour was an extraordinary experience, musically and culturally, and, for me, a conspicuously potent introduction to a new continent.
Benjamin-Zander
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.
Concert Music Review: The Boston Philharmonic plays Ives and Mahler
This performance of Ives’ Third was the most welcome entry in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s celebratory season – a beautifully considered, powerfully rendered account of this too-neglected score.
Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth conducts Mahler 3 and Benjamin Zander conducts Mahler 9
Benjamin Zander conducts a conspicuously fine Mahler Nine; François-Xavier Roth’s new account of Mahler’s Symphony no. 3 proffers nothing particularly special.
Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra plays Britten, Schwantner, and Holst
This Sunday’s BPYO concert tied together a number of highly personal strands, presenting music connected to two of conductor Benjamin Zander’s mentors — Benjamin Britten and Gustav Holst.
Classical Concert Review: The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Beethoven
Bread-and-butter of the orchestral repertoire though this music may be, there was no complacency to be heard in the orchestra’s playing of it.
Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Symphony Hall
Without question, this BPYO rendition of Shostakovich Ten was one of the most urgent and necessary of any symphonic score I’ve heard all year.
Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic plays Ginastera, Ravel, and Strauss
This was a truly great performance, one that fully suited the BPO’s season-long, dual commemorations.
Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Sanders Theater
Rarely in my experience has Ives’s visionary score sounded so fired with purpose.
Concert Review: Russian Music by the Boston Philharmonic
Benjamin Zander, who’s led some distinctly fine concerts in recent years, drew the best out of his band.
