Boston Symphony Orchestra
Saturday’s performance revealed the BSO to be at the top of its collective game, totally locked in, and fully responsive to Andris Nelsons’ leading.
Javier Perianes proved himself one of the elite pianists of our day, playing with such deep, inward focus.
Hardly any of the under-60s generation can tell you who Serge Koussevitzky was or what his legacy consists of.
The big news was the well-deserved Grammy for best orchestral performance that the BSO and current music director Andris Nelsons won .
The BSO’s Shakespeare festival has proven to be the most satisfying extended endeavor yet of Andris Nelsons’ directorship.
The English horn, of course, is no stranger to haunting melodies.
This season’s three-week commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – the first such thematic series of Andris Nelsons’ BSO directorship – go off to a compelling start.
Fuse Commentary: The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 Season Announcement
On the whole, 2016-17 is shaping up to be one of the liveliest Boston Symphony Orchestra seasons since the first years of James Levine’s tenure.
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