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Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

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

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 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: 2019-20 Classical Music Preview

I’ve compiled a list of twelve concerts (or concert series) that I think will stand among the future season’s highlights.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Preview Tagged: Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Opera Collaborative, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Musica-Viva, Cantata Singers, Celebrity-Series, Collage New Music, Handel & Haydn Society, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Concerts, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Lexington Symphony, Longwood Symphony, New England Conservatory Orchestras, New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Emmanuel Music, Handel & Haydn Society, New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera

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.

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

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