I’ve compiled a list of twelve concerts (or concert series) that I think will stand among the future season’s highlights.
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
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 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 plays Ginastera, Ravel, and Strauss
This was a truly great performance, one that fully suited the BPO’s season-long, dual commemorations.
Music Commentary: 2018-19 Boston Classical Music Fall Season Preview (Orchestras, Opera, and New Music, mainly)
There’s so much going on in the area that’s good that it’s a challenge to go wrong.
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.
Commentary: 2017-18 Orchestral, Opera, and New Music Season Preview
Some institutions’ offerings aren’t as challenging as they could be, but there’s a healthy balance between the familiar and new.
Commentary: Best Classical Performances of 2016
Picks for the top live classical performances of 2016. Feel free to agree, disagree, add to them, come up with your own list, etc.
Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra at Sanders Theater
Elgar’s brilliant scoring in his Symphony no. 1 was front and center, in this performance not an end in itself but serving clearly expressive goals.
Concert Review: The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra plays Wagner—Superbly
The biggest takeaway from the evening was the superb quality of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s playing.
