Whoever planned the first month of concerts at Symphony Hall this year deserves a pat on the back: rarely, if ever, do four consecutive weeks of programs, and from different artists, hold together so cogently. On Thursday night the Boston Symphony Orchestra returned to the stage with a lineup that ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Barton, Lipman, and Sanikidze explore space within old and new music – Jan 26, 2025. Musical expression requires the space between notes and phrases to tell […]

Feb 3, 2025 · Tis the season for musical marathons, at least in New England. A little more than a week after the Boston Symphony Orchestra wrapped its survey of the complete Beethoven symphonies, the Celebrity Series brought Seong-Jin Cho to Symphony Hall to present all of Maurice Ravel’s solo piano works.

Jan 10, 2025 · Complete cycles of the Beethoven symphonies aren’t for the faint of heart. Just ask Lorin Maazel, whose 1988 traversal of the set included a respirator in the dressing room—just in case. Then again, Maazel was leading all nine works in a single day. Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony ...

Dec 21, 2024 · 2. Víkingur Ólafsson playing Bach The Goldberg Variations stand as one of the canon’s three or four most imposing monuments. Yet there was nothing forbidding about the Icelandic pianist’s traversal of the set at Jordan Hall in February. Rather, Ólafsson’s reading blended absorbing sweep and organic logic, with every phrase and embellishment emerging with inviting freshness and a true ...

Oct 29, 2024 · A retrospective 2024-25 BSO season will also offer premieres, Mahler and Korngold rarities – Apr 04, 2024. The Boston Symphony Orchestra celebrates Andris Nelsons’ first decade as music […]

Oct 10, 2024 · Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons, conductor Ross Jamie Collins, conductor Na’Zir McFadden, conductor Sergio Tiempo, pianist Sibelius: Finlandia Grieg: Piano Concerto

Jan 12, 2024 · Nothing draws a crowd like The Rite of Spring.Or, apparently, Seong-Jin Cho. Together, the combination of Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 homage to pagan Russia and the superstar Korean pianist playing Maurice Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand resulted in a full house for the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of the new year Thursday night..

Critic’s Choice 2023-24 – Sep 05, 2023. Puccini: Madama Butterfly. Boston Lyric Opera/David Angus. September 14-24. Last year, Boston Lyric […]

Apr 4, 2024 · The Boston Symphony Orchestra celebrates Andris Nelsons’ first decade as music director while also highlighting new and recent initiatives in its 2024-25 season, which was announced Thursday.