Boston Symphony Orchestra

Arts Commentary: Reviving Memories of BSO Superstar Conductor Serge Koussevitzky

February 22, 2016
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Hardly any of the under-60s generation can tell you who Serge Koussevitzky was or what his legacy consists of.

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Fuse News: 2016 Grammys for Classical Music

February 16, 2016
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The big news was the well-deserved Grammy for best orchestral performance that the BSO and current music director Andris Nelsons won .

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Concert Review: The Bard in Boston, Part 3

February 16, 2016
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The BSO’s Shakespeare festival has proven to be the most satisfying extended endeavor yet of Andris Nelsons’ directorship.

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Concert Preview: BSO’s Robert Sheena on George Tsontakis’ “Sonnets”

February 11, 2016
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The English horn, of course, is no stranger to haunting melodies.

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Concert Review: The Bard in Boston, Part 2

February 9, 2016
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Everyone on stage seemed to sense that this was a special occasion and the BSO, accordingly, played with an extra jolt of electricity.

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Concert Review: The Bard in Boston – Part 1

February 2, 2016
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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.

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Classical Music Commentary: 2016 Orchestral Winter/Spring Season Preview

January 10, 2016
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The upcoming season is a remarkably robust one in terms of the variety of offerings and the quality (and number) of participating ensembles.

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Music Feature: Best Classical Performances of 2015

December 17, 2015
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Of course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.

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Concert Review: Boston Symphony plays Haydn, Bartók, and Tchaikovsky

December 1, 2015
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Andris Nelsons possesses a clear fondness for Slavic music and his Tchaikovsky performances in Boston have become can’t-miss events.

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Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra plays Berg and Shostakovich

November 25, 2015
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Andris Nelsons drew playing from the BSO that reveled in Alban Berg’s sense of color and musical drama.

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