Who says old dogs can’t learn new tricks? The Boston Symphony Orchestra—now in its 144 th season—trotted out a fresh one with conductor Dima Slobodeniouk on Thursday night: eschewing the usual ...

One Response to “Nelsons opens BSO’s Shostakovich festival with a riveting Eleventh Symphony” Posted Apr 13, 2025 at 4:51 pm by Gerry Katz Thanks for identifying the encore. However, I thought it ...

In music as in love, passion can be a double-edged sword. Take the Jerusalem Quartet’s performance at Jordan Hall on Friday night. Nobody’s about to argue that the ensemble’s Celebrity ...

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 ...

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 ...

On paper, the lineup for pianists Víkingur Ólafsson and Yuja Wang’s duo recital on Friday at Symphony Hall didn’t make much sense. John Cage and Conlon Nancarrow, for instance, don’t normally share ...

“[Bleeping] family,” Jeff Goldblum’s Zeus mutters in an early episode of Netflix’s Kaos. He could easily have been referring to the dysfunctional brood at the heart of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart’s ...

One Response to “Handel & Haydn Society serves up a delightful and sparkling “Marriage of Figaro”” Posted Nov 22, 2022 at 8:50 am by Richaard B. Beams Greetings – Thanks for your fine and thorough ...

Since its founding in the late 90s, the Calder String Quartet has developed a sterling reputation for its wide-ranging programming and championing of contemporary music. Friday night at Jordan Hall, ...

There’s no better way for a conductor to mark a birthday than with a concert. At least that seemed to be one of the ideas behind Benjamin Zander’s appearance Friday night at Symphony Hall. A day after ...

The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra under founding conductor Benjamin Zander opened their season Sunday at Symphony Hall with an intense program devoted to the relationship between old and new.

Beware of ideas, Joseph Stalin once warned: they are more powerful than guns. “We would not let our enemies have guns,” he went on. “Why should we let them have ideas?” That statement might make a ...