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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.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, BSO 2016-17 Season Announcement, Thomas Ades

Classical News: Tanglewood and Mahler’s 3rd Symphony — Under Extreme Conditions

Gustav Mahler’s 3rd Symphony as performed on the opening weekend at Tanglewood by the Boston Symphony and choruses under the direction of Rafael Frubeck De Burgos was a triumph of both interpretive and technical performance.

By: Ron Barnell Filed Under: Classical Music, Fuse News, Music Tagged: BSO, Gustav-Mahler, Rafael Frubeck De Burgos, Ron Barnell, Tanglewood

Concert Review: Gil Shaham and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

It’s rather melancholy to think that this incarnation of the TMCO will never perform again as an ensemble. Such is the nature, though, of Tanglewood and many summer music festivals.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Tanglewood Music Center, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, TMC, TMCO

Classical Music Commentary: Just How Perilous Is the Life of The Boston Symphony Orchestra?

The overall prognosis for the Boston Symphony Orchestra is good. While there remains room for growth and improvement both artistically and financially, the Orchestra has the advantage of a solid musical reputation and a strong core of patrons who support its mission.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, economics, The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras: Artistic Triumphs and Economic Challenges

Concert Review: Leila Josefowicz and the Boston Symphony Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen

As the BSO searches for its new music director, Mr. Salonen’s name is sure to come up. While he’s probably a long-shot candidate, any orchestra that has him on their podium for a week or two a season should count itself lucky.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leila Josefowicz

Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi at Symphony Hall

If a few of his tempos, particularly in the opening movement, weren’t among the liveliest on record, there was a gravitas and underlying conviction to Mr. von Dohnányi’s interpretation of “A German Requiem” that were wholly appropriate to the piece and its appearance on a program that was presented during Holy Week.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: A German Requiem, Anna Prohaska, Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, Christoph von Dohnányi, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Johannes Brahms

Concert Review: Frank Peter Zimmermann and the Boston Symphony Orchestra/Juraj Valcuha

The concert’s other purely orchestral work, Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony (no. 3), came after intermission and offered Mr. Valcuha the opportunity to demonstrate his command of large-scale symphonic structure. Let’s just say he flexed some pretty impressive muscle.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Juraj Valcuha

Concert Review: Peter Serkin/BSO/Stéphane Denève

Perhaps most remarkably, BSO conductor Stéphane Denève managed to create an atmosphere in which the Symphony Hall audience, which at this time of year sometimes sounds like it’s made up of inpatients from a tuberculosis ward, was utterly captivated: even the quietest moments were accompanied by a welcomed, attentive silence.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, Peter Serkin, Stephane Deneve

Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey Light Up Symphony Hall

After the “Lobgesang”’s premiere, Robert Schumann declared this movement “a glimpse of heaven filled with Raphael’s madonnas,” and Saturday’s performance by the BSO came about as close to that as one could imagine, sensitively phrased and beautifully blended.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, BSO, Felix Mendelssohn, Lobgesang

Classical Concert Review: The BSO Handles a Last Minute Cancellation with Aplomb

Guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, music director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, is a big man who conducts with big gestures. In the first half of “The Rite of Spring” I wasn’t quite sure if his podium mannerisms (which culminated in jumping jacks during the concluding “Dance of the Earth”) were helpful or distracting.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, Giancarlo Guerrero, Riccardo Chailly

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