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Post by BoatBabe on Jan 13, 2024 20:03:38 GMT -5
Your honesty delights me, Joe! That's why I trust everything you say. Happy weekend!
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Post by joew on Jan 20, 2024 18:33:38 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Jan 27, 2024 18:53:18 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Feb 3, 2024 18:56:04 GMT -5
This is definitely a "must listen" concert. WCRB tells us the basics on their website: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2023-09-25/randall-goosbys-boston-symphony-debutI was there for the Friday matinee performance, and it was all good listening. The Bruch and Mendelssohn are familiar pieces and pleasant to hear.(Of course the Reformation itself isn't my favorite thing, but Mendelssohn's symphony is good music.) The Smyth. on the other hand is something I've never heard before (and the BSO has never played). It's fascinating and quite musical, although in a style suitable for the story of the opera. By all means check out the BSO performance detail page www.bso.org/events/smyth-bruch-mendelssohn?performance=2024-02-03-20:00 for the informative program note about the Overture to The Wreckers (as well as for the other information available). Here's their summary for the concert as a whole: . I can't find a review in the Globe, but there's a favorable one in the Intelligencer, www.classical-scene.com/2024/02/03/nostalgia-hall/ concentrating on the violinist, who was quite good. Even the familiar music seemed fresh. I also noticed several fresh faces. The contrabassonist looked to be in his twenties, and his low notes were clearly audible . There looked like a couple of new players in the second row of the double basses, and I don't remember seeing the female trombonist. There were also a couple of unfamiliar horn players. Sometime I should look at the orcheedstra's online personnel page to find out a bit about them, but at any rate there's always some change going on as the older members retire and new ones are brought in. This is a concert well worth hearing. Don't forget the rebroadcast on February 12.
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Post by joew on Feb 10, 2024 18:48:28 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Feb 17, 2024 18:54:22 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Feb 24, 2024 19:31:01 GMT -5
This evening we reeturn with WCRB to that thrilling evening of yesteryear — February 4, 2023, to be exact — for an enocre broadcast of the BSO in excerpts from "Tannhäuser." Further detail is here from WCRB: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2022-11-10/the-temptations-and-majesty-of-wagners-tannhauser-from-nelsons-and-the-bsoI posted about it at the time, and I assume the links there are still working. It's good music, I think, and worth listening to. As I commented last year about the story: " The thing is, the opera is fiction using the historical characters of the great medieval poet Wolfram von Eschenbach, Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia (also known as Elizabeth of Hungary), and the poet/minstrel Tannhäuser. There was also a jubilee year in which pilgrims flocked to Rome. But basically, the opera is a pretty good story of sin, love, and redemption." There probably won't be a further rebroadcast on Monday, March 4, since they don't customarily do that with the "encore broadcasts." So listen this evening if you can.
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Post by joew on Mar 2, 2024 18:28:43 GMT -5
The BSO is beginning a two-week "Music of the Midnight Sun" Festival this week. WCRB has the basic information: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2023-09-25/kuusisto-plays-nielsen-with-storgards-and-the-bsoI have a ticket waiting for me at the box office, but I haven't had a nap today, and I'm feeling a bit drowsy. Unfortunately, public transportation is very spotty in the late evenings, so I think I'll just stay home and listen to WCRB along with you. For additional information, you can go to the BSO's own performance detail page,https://www.bso.org/events/tarkiainen-nielsen-sibelius-2?performance=2024-03-02-20:00 with its links to performer bios and program notes. Their introduction is as follows: Somebody in my grandmother's generation was quoted by my mother as saying, "A little Sibelius goes a long way." Listening to his music has led me to disagree. Sibelius was a very good composer, IMO, and I'm looking forward to hearing the music on the second half of the program. As for the first half, the composer's description of "Midnight Sun Variations" in the program notes has me interested to hear it, and I have no doubt the Nielsen violin concerto will be good. I can't find any reviews in the Globe or the Intelligencer. With what I've seen about the program, I think it should be worth listening to. Don't forget the chance to listen again with the rebroadcast on March 11. Enjoy.
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Post by joew on Mar 9, 2024 19:25:44 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Mar 16, 2024 18:11:11 GMT -5
This week the BSO gives us three pieces for or about children and rounds the evening off with a lively and pleasantpice that's about 100 years old. Here's their description: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2023-09-25/fairy-tales-both-magical-and-fearsome-with-the-boston-symphony-and-mark-elderI recommend going to the BSO performance detail page www.bso.org/events/ravel-langer-dvorak-janacek and finding the link to the program notes, especially for the Langer and Dvořák pieces. Here's their overview of the show: The brief review in the Intelligencer www.classical-scene.com/2024/03/16/colorful-varied/ is more descriptive than evaluative and contains a good description of the Langer piece. The Globe doesn't seem to have reviewed it yet. I was there on Friday afternoon. I found the Ravel dull for the most part, but most people seem to like it. The Langer was amusing in the way the music, raucous at times and more gentle at times supported the taxt. The cellist did very well with his solos. After intermission, the Dvořák was interesting. Again, I recommend using the BSO's prograsm notes to get an idea of the action which the music represents. The Janáček is lively and fun, IMO. All in all, it isn't must listen music, but I don't regret spending the time listening to it, and I'm looking forward to hearing it again this evening and on the 25th. Enjoy.
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Post by joew on Mar 23, 2024 18:45:59 GMT -5
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Post by BoatBabe on Mar 24, 2024 9:21:07 GMT -5
Ahhhh, stepping into The Unknown . . .
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Post by joew on Mar 30, 2024 17:11:39 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Apr 6, 2024 18:34:05 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Apr 13, 2024 18:53:09 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Apr 20, 2024 18:45:17 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Apr 27, 2024 17:33:26 GMT -5
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Post by joew on May 4, 2024 18:22:45 GMT -5
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