Tag: symphony
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March 08, 2007 01:59 PM EST --
I started playing the cello when I was 10 years old. When I was 12, I joined our city's youth symphony. I played cello until I reached 17, then I stopped.
My symphony conductor was furious. I had . . . more
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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 10, 2008 02:04 PM EST --
Thanks to everyone who came to our Repartee event on January 8th andmade it a great success! And special thanks to Marc Mandel, ourspeaker, and violinist Emil Altschuler, our musical guest.
Ournext . . . 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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April 04, 2007 02:20 PM EDT --
"I have the best conducting job in the world," says Paul Gambill, music director of the Nashville Chamber Orchestra . "It's way too much fun!" A typical evening Gambill . . . 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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