The charmed trifecta of John Adams, Yuja Wang, and Gustavo Dudamel produced a hit, at least to this Boston audience.
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Concert Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Symphony Hall
New Yorker critic Alex Ross has called the LAPO the best orchestra in the country and that appellation seems about right.
Classical CD Reviews: Vienna Philharmonic’s 2017 New Year’s Concert and Previn plays Previn
Gustavo Dudamel takes over the reins of the Vienna Philhamronic’s annual New Year’s concert; a disc of chamber music by Andre Previn.
Fuse Concert Review: A Gripping Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at Symphony Hall
For at least the last decade, the LAPO has set the bar in creative programming, commissioning new works, and integrating itself into its community.
Classical Music: Dudamel Comes to Town
Leonard Bernstein was the most charismatic conductor of the last century, and Gustavo Dudamel is the most charismatic one of this century. By Caldwell Titcomb I provided a lengthy update on the phenomenal conductor Gustavo Dudamel here in December. But now there is important fresh news about him. He actually came to town this weekend […]
Classical Music Sampler: April 2010
By Caldwell Titcomb April 1: Ursula Oppens, long a champion of contemporary music (and a 1965 honors graduate of Harvard), presents a free piano recital under the auspices of the Blodgett Distinguished Artists Series. The program includes John Corigliano’s “Winging It,” William Bolcom’s “Ballade,” Tobias Picker’s “Three Nocturnes,” the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen’s “Oros,” […]
Coming Attractions in Classical Music: October 2009
By Caldwell Titcomb Oct 4: Celebrated mezzo-soprano Frederika von Stade gives her farewell Boston performance to inaugurate the Celebrity Series’ new season. Also sharing the spotlight will be the famed soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Symphony Hall, 3:00 p.m.
Music Review: Dazzling Dudamel & His Kids
By Caldwell Titcomb Boston now knows what the international shouting has been about this year. In the field of classical music, the greatest buzz has focused on the frizzy-haired young conductor Gustavo Dudamel and his Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela (SBYO), which came to town for a November 7 concert in Symphony Hall.