Tue, February 9, 2010

A Busy Quiet: Elliott Carter’s Flute Concerto

Posted 3 days, 16 hours ago

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Rowe, flute; James Levine, conductor
Music of Schubert, Carter, and Brahms
Symphony Hall, Boston
February 5, 2010

New music by Elliott Carter has, of late, come along at such a clip that hearing it always…

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Christian Tetzlaff Goes It Alone

Posted 1 week ago

Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Jordan Hall, Boston
January 31, 2010

The solo violin repertoire is pretty extensive, but the solo-and-I-mean-solo violin repertoire—four strings, one bow, no accompaniment—is somewhat less so, which is one of the…

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Deep Focus: James Levine, Back in Boston

Posted 1 week, 2 days ago

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; James Levine, conductor
Music of Carter, Berlioz, and Ravel
Symphony Hall, Boston
January 29, 2010

Full-on modernist essay? Check. Carefully selected re-run? Check. Show-offy warhorse?…

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Show and Tell: MacMillan’s St. John Passion

Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Christopher Maltman, baritone; Sir Colin Davis, conductor
MacMillan: St. John Passion
Symphony Hall, Boston
January 23, 2010

James MacMillan’s 2008 St. John Passion had its American…

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