Tag: levine
group name: bso
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October 09, 2007 11:16 AM EDT --
Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere of his Sixth Symphony, Pathetique, on October 28, 1893. Nine days later he was dead. While musicologists may never know why he died when he did (some speculate . . . 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 EST --
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 06, 2008 01:18 PM EDT --
Performance Dates:
Friday, October 10, 2008 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:00 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:00 PM
MAHLER - Symphony No. 6
Continuing a multi-year survey . . . 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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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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April 03, 2008 02:08 PM EST --
Levine 's Brahms performances at Tanglewood in years past crackled with the kind of intensity of sound and rhythmic punch that makes the maestro one of the best in the world. And Brahms's . . . 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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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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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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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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October 15, 2007 04:15 PM EDT --
Exposed tritones and open intervals mix with dense clusters of notes to form the dark mood of Musique funebre by Witold Lutoslawski. He dedicated this 12-tone piece to the memory of Bela Bartok, . . . more
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May 02, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
For the final performance of the 2007-2008 Boston Symphony Orchestra season, James Levine leads the orchestra in perhaps the most audacious, and certainly the most extensive, program of his tenure in . . . more
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