Neue Kritikenmehr...
Anna Rakitina bids a memorable farewell to the Boston Symphony
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In her final appearance as the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Assistant Conductor, Anna Ratikina leads a fine programme of Prokofiev, Paganini and Ellen Reid.
Ellen Reid premiere and Renée Fleming steal the show from Bruckner 4
Ellen Reid’s evocative new work and Renée Fleming’s set of songs from her album “Distant Light” were the highlights of a program that included an uninspiring Bruckner Fourth Symphony.
Demented coloratura and spiritual chant
John Zorn’s compositions presented at The Cloisters contained a bonanza of musical ideas, rolling in unnervingly peculiar waves and presented in clumps and clusters like audio versions of found art.