Saturday, September 30, 2017

BSO — 2017/09/30

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This week the BSO gives us Piano Concerto No. 4 by Beethoven, with Paul Lewis as soloist. After intermission it's Shostakovich's ...
Saturday, September 23, 2017

BSO — 2017/09/23

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We read in the BSO program detail page: Franz Joseph Haydn and Gustav Mahler defined the genre of the symphony during their respective e...
Friday, September 22, 2017

BSO — Friday, 2017/09/22 — Opening Night Gala

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This evening WCRB  will broadcast/stream the Boston Symphon'y' opening night gala. It's an all-Bernstein program, as the orchest...
Saturday, September 16, 2017

BSO/Classical New England — 2017/09/16

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The BSO's Symphony Hall season will open on Friday, September 22 (and will continue through Saturday, May 5, with the usual month off in...
Saturday, September 9, 2017

BSO/Classical New England — 2017/09/09

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This week, WCRB's Saturday evening Boston Symphony broadcast (also streamed) is the concert performed on April 15 of this year. It cons...
Saturday, September 2, 2017

BSO/Classical New England — 2017/09/02

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Sorry to be so late. I've been busy. Here are the essentials from the WCRB website. http://classicalwcrb.org/post/all-french-program-al...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Tanglewood — 2017/08/25-27

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It's the final weekend of this year's Boston Symphony season at Tanglewood. As has become traditional, the final piece on Sunday wil...
Friday, August 18, 2017

Tanglewood — 2017/08/18-20

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Three orchestras in three days at Tanglewood. Friday, August 18, 2017.   It's an Underscore Friday, with introductory remarks from Pri...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

Tanglewood — 2017/08/11-13

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This week I'll be able to enjoy the concerts live, barring unforeseen developments. A friend from the Syracuse area and I will meet a fe...
Friday, August 4, 2017

Tanglewood — 2017/08/04-06

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My father had a record (now mine), which he very much liked listening to, of Chopin's first piano concerto, with Edward Kilenyi as soloi...