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The outgoing BSO Music Director receives a warm reception, conducting a program of Schumann, Bruch and Sarah Kirkland Snider

Hilary Hahn plays Barber's Violin Concerto with understated lyricism, but Jaap van Zweden's Mahler disappoints.

When it comes to new music, the parameters by which we usually observe classical musicians often fade away. In this case we are speaking about eight cellists, and given this program, it would be of little use to comment on the purity of their sound. Tonight’s scores, in fact, frequently required the sound to be pierced and dirty.