BSO/Classical New England — 2017/04/08

This week the orchestra isn't playing in Symphony Hall (or anywhere else that I can see on their website). So WCRB is giving us a rerun of a concert from 15 months ago. Here's the description on their Upcoming BSO Broadcasts page, where you can also see the broadcast/webstream schedule for the rest of the season:

Saturday, April 8
Johannes Moser is the soloist in Dvorák's Cello Concerto, part of an All-Czech program that also includes "The Moldau," from Smetana's My Country, and Martinu's Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No. 6), all conducted by Ludovic Morlot, in a concert recorded on January 23, 2016.
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
SMETANA “The Moldau” from Ma Vlast
MARTINU Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No. 6)
DVORAK Cello Concerto

Of course, I posted about it at the time of the performance. Unfortunately, I neglected to include a link to the review in BMInt. Here it is.

Anyway, this should be worth tuning in or listening on line on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Boston Time. It doesn't look as if they're planning to play it again on Monday the 17th.

BTW, while I was looking up the BMInt review of this week's rebroadcast, I noticed that there is an extensive, and fascinating to me, discussion about conducting in the comments on the review of last week's concert.

BSO/Classical New England — 2015/05/09

Last Saturday's BSO concert was their final broadcast until the Tanglewood season begins in July. The May 2 concert will be rebroadcast and streamed on Monday, May 11 at 8:00 p.m., Boston Time. This Saturday, instead of giving us a concert from a recent season — which they have often done during hiatuses — WCRB will present a program about past conductors. They describe it as follows on their BSO page:

Ron Della Chiesa tells the story of the BSO through the influence of the last five music directors, with performances led by Charles Munch, Erich Leinsdorf, William Steinberg, Seiji Ozawa, and James Levine.

This is a repeat of a show they presented last winter. I missed it at that time (It was not given in the Saturday evening time slot, as I recall.), but it sounds very interesting, and I'm definitely looking forward to hearing it. Munch was a great favorite in his day and Leinsdorf was very accomplished when he arrived. I was sorry to see him go.

Notice, at the bottom of WCRB's BSO page, the link to a program devoted just to Leinsdorf, in addition to all the other links available.