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San Francisco Symphony

Classical Music Review: San Francisco Symphony at Symphony Hall

While the orchestra’s program was almost defiantly canonical, it was played with such lightness and energy that you could forgive its disappointing safeness.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, The Celebrity Series of Boston

Classical Album Reviews: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 3 and Mass in C (SFS Media), Music for Harp (Innova)

Beethoven’s Mass in C is the highlight. Would that the San Francisco Symphony’s performance of the Third Concerto had more electricity.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: Emmanuel Ax, Innova, Michael Tilson Thomas, Music for Harp by Bay-Area Composers, San Francisco Symphony, SFS Media

Classical CD Reviews: John Adams’ “Absolute Jest” (SFS Media); Alexander Melnikov plays Schumann (Harmonia mundi)

John Adams’ Absolute Jest is a sheer blast of fun, wildly inventive and, at its best, a vertiginous collage.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Absolute Jest, Alexander Melnikov, Freiburger Barockorchester, Grand Pianola Music, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras, John Adams, Robert Schumann, San Francisco Symphony, SFS Media productions, Synergy Vocals

Fuse Music Commentary: Notable Classical Performances of 2014

It’s fun to recall what’s been played locally since January and be reminded just how rich the greater Boston area’s classical music scene really is.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: A Fine Centennial, Andris Nelsons, BMOP, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Claudio Abbado, Die tote Stadt, Drift and Providence, Gil-Rose, Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas, Monadnock Music, New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera, Piano Concerto, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Salome, Samuel Carl Adams, San Francisco Symphony, Sebastian Knauer, Shall we Dance?, Simone Dinnerstein, Sir Christopher Hogwood, Tessa Lark, The Discovery Ensemble, The Love Potion, Witold Lutoslawski

Classical Music CD Review: “Masterpieces in Miniature” (SFS Media)

The conceit of this disc is both nostalgic and old-fashioned.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Masterpieces in Miniature, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, SFS

Concert Review: Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall

Under Michael Tilson Thomas’s leadership, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra’s sound has been refined and tightened; its repertoire has grown to embrace American music of all stripes.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Celebrity-Series, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony

Classical CD Review: San Francisco Symphony’s “West Side Story” — A Brashly Invigorating Performance

The music of West Side Story sounds grippingly urgent and colorful as ever in the hands of one of America’s best orchestras and conductors.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Leonard Bernstein, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, West-side-story

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