BSO/Classical New England — 2020/08/01

This evening we get an encore broadcast of the Tanglewood concert given on Friday July 12, 2019. I must have been away, because i didn't post about it at the time.

The orchestra's performance detail page has the usual links to notes and performer bios, as well as the following brief synopsis:

BSO principal trumpet Thomas Rolfs and English horn player Robert Sheena join Andris Nelsons and the orchestra for the opening work on the July 12 program, Copland’s Quiet City, followed by a performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto with Jan Lisiecki in his Tanglewood debut and ending with Copland’s Symphony No. 3.

(Some emphasis added.)

WCRB has taken to playing "Quiet City" fairly frequently during late evenings. It's a pleasant enough piece which I think lives up to its name. I'm not familiar enough with the other pieces to offer a solid opinion, but I think they're both okay.

The Boston Musical Intelligencer's review is brief but highly favorable all around. The Globe's review (which starts with the Verdi Requiem given on Saturday) found no fault with the Copland, but was not satisfied with Lisiecki's playing of the Grieg.

IMO this is a concert worth listening to. I'll be tuned in to WCRB from 8:00 until my brother calls from Japan.