BSO 2016/17 Season - Concert Previews
Summary: Welcome to Boston Symphony Orchestra's Concert Preview Podcast for music programs being performed by the BSO for the 2016-2017 season. We hope you find these previews and videos, as well as the program notes educational, insightful and entertaining, and as always, if you would like to learn more about the Boston Symphony Orchestra, please visit www.bso.org.
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Listen to the concert preview. J.S. Bach's great "St. John" Passion returns to the BSO repertoire after an absence of thirty years. The esteemed Japanese conductor Masaaki Suzuki, is a noted period-performance scholar and director of the Bach Collegium Japan. He brings his historically informed approach to these performances of one of Bach's greatest achievements.
Download the program notes. J.S. Bach's great "St. John" Passion returns to the BSO repertoire after an absence of thirty years. The esteemed Japanese conductor Masaaki Suzuki, is a noted period-performance scholar and director of the Bach Collegium Japan. He brings his historically informed approach to these performances of one of Bach's greatest achievements.
Listen to the concert preview. French conductor Stéphane Denève, music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and chief conductor designate of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, makes his Boston Symphony debut substituting for Sir Colin Davis in these concerts. As originally planned, acclaimed American pianist Jonathan Biss is soloist in Beethoven's epic Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, the last and most powerful of Beethoven's concertos.
Download the program notes for this series. French conductor Stéphane Denève, music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and chief conductor designate of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, makes his Boston Symphony debut substituting for Sir Colin Davis in these concerts. As originally planned, acclaimed American pianist Jonathan Biss is soloist in Beethoven's epic Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, the last and most powerful of Beethoven's concertos.
Listen to the concert preview. Johannes Debus makes his BSO subscription series debut, stepping in to lead Sir Colin Davis's originally planned program of music by Mozart and Haydn, with BSO principal William R. Hudgins as soloist in Mozart's serenely beautiful Clarinet Concerto, one of his last completed works.
Download the program notes for this series. Johannes Debus makes his BSO subscription series debut, stepping in to lead Sir Colin Davis's originally planned program of music by Mozart and Haydn, with BSO principal William R. Hudgins as soloist in Mozart's serenely beautiful Clarinet Concerto, one of his last completed works.
Listen to the concert preview. Having appeared with the BSO several times at Tanglewood, the veteran American conductor John Nelson makes his subscription series debut joined by Evgeny Kissin as soloist in two contrasting concertos.
Download the program notes for this series. Having appeared with the BSO several times at Tanglewood, the veteran American conductor John Nelson makes his subscription series debut joined by Evgeny Kissin as soloist in two contrasting concertos.
Video from the BSO's Classical Companion. This video also depicts a scene from William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet." It too is shown twice, first with no musical accompaniment and then again with excerpts from a composition of music which the play inspired. The excerpts of music exemplify a theme the composer wrote to personify the characters and/or action you are watching in this scene and like scenes throughout the play.
Video from the BSO's Classical Companion. This video also depicts a scene from William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet." It too is shown twice, first with no musical accompaniment and then again with excerpts from a composition of music which the play inspired. The excerpts of music exemplify a theme the composer wrote to personify the characters and/or action you are watching in this scene and like scenes throughout the play.
Video from the BSO's Classical Companion. An introduction to Shakespeare and music by Robert Kirzinger.
Video from the BSO's Classical Companion. The following video depicts a scene from William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest." It is shown twice, first with no musical accompaniment and then again with excerpts from a composition of music which the play inspired. The excerpts of music exemplify a theme the composer wrote to personify the characters and/or action you are watching in this scene and like scenes throughout the play.
Video from the BSO's Classical Companion. This video also depicts a scene from William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest." It too is shown twice, first with no musical accompaniment and then again with excerpts from a composition of music which the play inspired. The excerpts of music exemplify a theme the composer wrote to personify the characters and/or action you are watching in this scene and like scenes throughout the play.
Listen to the concert preview. Making his BSO debut in these concerts, Thomas Adès conducts a thoughtfully conceived program much of which was inspired by Shakespeare's great play The Tempest.
Listen to the analysis of Thomas Adès "The Tempest". Making his BSO debut in these concerts, Thomas Adès conducts a thoughtfully conceived program much of which was inspired by Shakespeare's great play The Tempest.
