Tag: boston symphony orchestra
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October 29, 2007 02:08 PM EDT --
Many of us do Sudoku puzzles when we’re sick and bored at home. Perhaps we’ll read a novel or watch some TV if we’re taking care of a family member. Instead, while . . . more
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November 14, 2007 04:09 PM EST --
Classical music is a genre obsessed with anniversaries. Every year, it seems like classical music institutions all over the world acknowledge the significant dates of at least one famous composer. . . . more
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February 11, 2008 03:23 PM EST --
Bringing Boston's A-list together for an evening of elegance and entertainment, the BSO's Repartee group in conjunction with Stuff@Night Magazine and The Boston Phoenix will host an exclusive . . . more
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November 08, 2007 11:44 AM EST --
Young classical music fans and non-classically inclined socialites alike will enjoy the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Repartee pre-concert reception. Never been to Symphony Hall? . . . more
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October 25, 2007 04:10 PM EDT --
For all of our gather.com readers between the ages of 21 and 38, remember that our first Repartee program concert is coming up on October 30th. Join us at 7 PM at Symphony Hall for a pre-concert . . . more
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November 01, 2007 02:53 PM EDT --
Gather.com community members! Remember that the BSO’s first Bolero Program concert is quickly approaching!
Bolero is a series of concerts for classically-minded singles . . . more
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November 21, 2007 12:54 PM EST --
“I’m a complete unabashed Smetana nut,” writes James Levine in this week’s BSO program book, “and I’m so happy to be playing both these works with the BSO, which hasn’t . . . more
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February 11, 2008 02:52 PM EST --
Shostakovich was on a roll in the 1920s. His First Symphony, a graduation piece from his final days at the Leningrad Conservatory, catapulted him to international stardom and secured for him . . . more
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November 05, 2007 11:05 AM EST --
It’s a packed week for Symphony Hall. The exciting new conductor (who just can’t seem to get any bad press) and most recent appointment for music director of the L.A. Philharmonic, . . . more
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January 17, 2008 10:20 AM EST --
Mitsuko Uchida has been playing Mozart for what seems likean eternity. She has studied, performed, and recorded all 27 concerti, and her thoughtful and nuanced approach borrows from the insights of . . . more
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February 28, 2008 11:30 AM EST --
Anyone who witnessed the glorious recital that Thomas Quasthoff presented with James Levine this past weekend of the complete Winterreise song cycle by Schubert knows that he is blessed with . . . more
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February 26, 2008 09:38 AM EST --
Especially with a maestro like Levine at the helm of the Boston Symphony , we've gotten used to hearing huge masterpieces—works that exploit the grandeur, the huge sound and dexterous playing . . . more
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April 28, 2008 04:53 PM EDT --
In November we heard Mahler's Ninth Symphony, a musical monument to life yet haunted by death, a piece the stares through and transcends mortality, an otherworldly farewell that has to be experienced . . . more
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March 24, 2008 11:05 AM EDT --
A brief stint as a busker in Harvard, performing as a living statue called "The Eight Foot Bride." A B.A. from Wesleyan. A period founding and developing the street theater . . . more
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November 20, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
Are you a young classical music lover, looking for a place to socialize and listen to great music? Or do you frequent the Middle East, Paradise Lounge, and Great Scott to hear hot new bands but . . . more
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January 25, 2008 11:24 AM EST --
Performances of The Dream of Gerontius are rare. From a logistical standpoint, the piece raises some problems. It requires a large orchestra, full chorus, and vocal soloists, which for a work that . . . more
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March 11, 2008 09:36 AM EDT --
A number of great maestros have conducted the BSO this season including (but not limited to) Bob Spano, Fruhbeck de Burgos, Sir Colin Davis, Cristoph von Dohnanyi, Charles Dutoit, and of course James . . . more
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February 01, 2008 12:20 PM EST --
It seems like symphony concerts across the country offer the opportunity to see only one soloist per evening. We generally hear one concerto in between a shorter overture and a symphony, and . . . more
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March 18, 2008 03:12 PM EDT --
With the recent passing of Craig Smith, founder and Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music, Boston has grown a little more sensitive to the music of Bach. Early music has always flourished here, . . . more
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November 30, 2007 04:14 PM EST --
Few composers are blessed with fame and fortune during their lifetime and fewer receive that acclaim at a young age. But things are different for Osvaldo Golijov who, while still in his forties, . . . more
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