Gustavo Dudamel, the popular Venezuelan music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, makes his BSO subscription series debut with two weeks of concerts-his first BSO appearances since his Tanglewood debut in 2006. This first program ushers in the change of season with two contrasting, spring-related works. Robert Schumann composed his Symphony No. 1, Spring, in 1841 with the encouragement of his new wife Clara; the score is bursting with energy and optimism. Igor Stravinsky's seminal ballet score The Rite of Spring, which premiered in Paris in 1913, was given its American premiere by the BSO in 1924. Depicting an imagined ancient ritual re-awakening of the earth, the score still has the power to thrill and even shock the listener with its raw, protean power.(Some emphasis added.)
The program wasn't given on Thursday, and as of this writing neither the Globe nor the Intelligencer has a review of the Friday afternoon performance. The pieces are pretty well known. So even without the benefit of reviews, you have a fairly good idea of what you'll be getting. As always, you can listen to the stream over the WCRB website, or, if you're within range of their signal, on 99.5 FM at 8:00 p.m. this evening, with a rebroadcast at the same time on Monday, April 15. By the way, it turns out that on Monday the 8th, last Saturday's program (from Tanglewood) will be transmitted again.
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