BSO/Classical New England — 2022/06/25

 This is a good program, IMO, originally broadcast on November 27, 2021. WCRB tells us:

Saturday, June 25, 2022
8:00 PM

Tonight at 8, the Boston Symphony's Music Director leads the orchestra through the rustic serenity of the German composer's Serenade No. 2, as well as his roiling and triumphant First Symphony.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Johannes BRAHMS Serenade No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

This concert is no longer available on demand.

Hear Andris Nelsons preview the concert and describe his experiences of Thanksgiving in America with the audio player above.

Transcript: 

Brian McCreath Let's talk about Brahms and the program for Thanksgiving weekend, here in the U.S., and tell me about how you decided upon the Second Serenade and

Serenade No. 2 is peobably my favorite piece by Brahms. Lest that be taken as faint praise coming from me, I'll add that I really like it, as I said when I posted back then.

There's nothing to add to what I wrote last November. Enjoy! 

BSO/Classical New England — 2022/06/18

 Here, courtesy of WCRB, are the basics about this evening's BSO concert rebroadcast, while we wait for the Tanglewood season to begin next month:

Saturday, June 18, 2022
8:00 PM

Tonight at 8, the Swedish trumpeter is the soloist in Jörg Widmann's "Towards Paradise," a BSO co-commission, and Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler’s vision of nature, life, and transformation, the First Symphony.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet

Jörg WIDMANN Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI), for trumpet and orchestra (American premiere; BSO co-commission)
Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 1

This concert is no longer available on demand.

Interview With Håkan Hardenberger

Interview With Andris Nelsons

Hear Håkan Hardenberger describe the genesis and challenges of Jörg Widmann's Toward's Paradise in the audio player above.

Transcript:

Brian McCreath I'm Brian McCreath at Symphony Hall in Boston and very pleased that Håkan Hardenberger is back here with us,

The concert was originally performed and broadcast on Nonember 20, 2021, and I wrote about it then. Sorry to say, I don't remember what I thought of it at the time, but the links in my postfrom that date seem to be working, so you can check out the BSO's program notes etc. and the reviews.

For now, I can only add that if you don't like the Widmann, most of you will probably find the Mahler easy listening.

BSO/Classical New England — 2022/06/11

 WCRB tells us:

Saturday, June 11, 2022
8:00 PM

Tonight at 8, BSO Principal Clarinetist William R. Hudgins is the soloist in Mozart’s timeless Clarinet Concerto, and Roderick Cox leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Roderick Cox, conductor
William R. Hudgins, clarinet

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Clarinet Concerto
Felix MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish

This concert is no longer available on demand.

Interview With Roderick Cox

Interview With William R. Hudgins

Hear a preview with Roderick Cox, including his approach to Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Sym 

This is the concert of November 13, 2011. I wrote favorably about it back then, and I have no reason to change my recommendation. I presume the links to the reviews still work, so give it a listen.

BSO/Classical New England — 2022/06/04

 WCRB tells us:

Saturday, June 4, 2022
8:00 PM

Tonight at 8, the Italian pianist is the soloist in the sweeping epic of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Dima Slobodeniouk leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Beatrice Rana, piano

Peter TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
Antonin DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

This concert is no longer available on demand.

Hear a conversation with Beatrice Rana and CRB's Brian McCreath with the audio player above.

Transcript:

Brian McCreath I'm Brian McCreath from WCRB at Symphony Hall with Beatrice Rana, and Beatrice, it's so good

This was originally performed and broadcast on November 6, 2021, and I wrote about it then.

This should be enjoyable all the way.