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Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra plays Stravinsky and Berlioz

Desperate times, desperate measures.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Music Commentary: Top Classical Performances and Recordings of 2017

A line-up of concerts, performances, and recordings that, as 2017 draws to its close, I can’t, for one reason or many, shake from my memory.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: A Far Cry, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Christian Tetzlaff, Glass Works, Jacquelyn Stucker, Martha Argerich., New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Pamela Frank, Roomful of Teeth, The Maid of Orleans

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Symphony Hall

The BPYO is as responsive, confident, technically skilled, and emotionally expressive an orchestra as they come.

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

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra plays Mahler

So, what is one to make of the BPYO’s weekend effort? It was a bit bold, to be sure. But it was also stirring, heartfelt, and timely.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony no. 6

Music Commentary/Preview: 2016 Fall Orchestral Season Overview

In the six years I’ve now been reviewing for the Fuse, I can honestly say that the 2016-17 season looks to be one of the liveliest in recent memory.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: A Far Cry, Bach Beethoven and Brahms Society Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Youth Symphony, Boston-Philharmonic, Cantata Singers, Celebrity-Series, Grand Harmonie, Handel and Haydn Society, Lexington Symphony, Longwood Symphony, New England Conservatory, New-England-Philharmonic, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra

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