Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Riccardo Chailly
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.