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Widmann’s maze keeps the listener off balance, constantly surprising and tricking the ears as a labyrinth constantly surprises and tricks the eyes.

Thanks to an extraordinary ensemble effort by everyone involved, old friends arrived wearing expertly tailored new clothes inviting a closer look.

Inventive, engaging, and above all fun, this performance of Victor Wooten's virtuosic concerto for electric bass guitar invites repeat performances.

The conductor brought the score together by finding unexpected warmth in Sofia Gubaidulina's music and avoiding the melodramatic in his interpretation of Rachmaninov. 

Muscular and energetic yet subtle and mercurial, this was a tour-de-force performance from an inexhaustible dynamo of invention

The BSO selected two sumptuous works of Strauss to contrast the joyousness of Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos. 

Looking at its past, its present and its future, the Boston Symphony returns to Symphony Hall after the Covid hiatus. 

Yo-Yo Ma's beauty of tone was as remarkable as always in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations.

Concerto and symphony – in reversal of the usual order – from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons.

Skride’s approach is not based on power, glamour or virtuosity but is anchored by poetic expressivity and tonal beauty

Emanuel Ax joins Nelsons and the BSO for Beethoven's big fives to re-open live music at Tanglewood.

Nelsons, in his “Paths of Romanticism” series, has chosen programs that can be played by a small chamber group made up some of the world’s finest musicians.

Works by Weber and Schumann allowed the BSO soloists the opportunity to shine in this latest video stream. 

Razor sharp precision from Nelsons and the BSO in Shostakovich and Stravinsky, with intensely expressive playing from Michael Zaretsky and Randall Hodgkinson in Eda Rapoport's Poem.

In Boston, an inventive program of Ravel, Honegger and Milhaud explores the Parisian musical melting pot of the 1920s and 30s.

Konzertmusik is a showpiece for the sections it involves, but, as this performance demonstrated, its conversational structure brings with it a dry wit and rich dynamic which sets it apart.

Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers is sandwiched by two Beethoven symphonies in this final programme in Andris Nelsons' “Spirit of Beethoven” theme.

Excellent camera work contributed to the transparency and clarity by visualizing the interplay between various instruments and sections in the reduced orchestra, especially the eloquent winds.

As if they’d never been apart, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra pick up where they left off a year ago, with a vibrant Eroica and two mesmerising contemporary pieces.

Pastoral repose and granitic grandeur in an awe-inspiring performance of Sibelius' Second Symphony. 

After Helen Grimes makes her Symphony Hall debut, Johannes Moser is the soloist in William Walton's Cello Concerto, before Maurice Duruflé's Requiem comes as welcome consolation. 

As the BSO heads on an international tour, Andris Nelsons leads a program featuring Barber, Shostakovich and Dvořák. 

Yu-An Chang and the Boston Symphony Orchestra premiere Chihchun Chi-sun Lee's commission and Till Fellner offers a lucid, elegant classical interpretation of Mozart.

The Boston Symphony, Javier Perianes and Marcelo Lehninger show off slimmed down warhorses to begin the New Year.

Three firsts and an old friend, plus a probing Daniel Lozakovich add up to a memorable evening of music at Symphony Hall. 

Nelsons and the Boston Symphony  present an American premiere, Shostakovich’s Twelth, and dazzling Ravel with Dame Mitsuko Uchida

The US premiere of Dieter Ammann's Piano Concerto gets a great reception in Boston from Andreas Haefliger and conductor Susanna Mälkki. 

Yuja Wang embodies the flash, brilliance and wry, irreverent humor of Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andris Nelsons opens its 139th season with Poulenc, Beethoven and a world premiere of Eric Nathan's Concerto for Orchestra.

Yo-Yo Ma again displayed his wonderful expressiveness, his unsurpassed talent to project over his accompaniment.

Kirill Gerstein’s interpretation of Brahms' Second Piano Concerto appeared as a true homage to the great Romanian pianist Radu Lupu.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra offered a reading of Beethoven's “Pastoral” Symphony that ideally suited the bucolic surroundings.

Emanuel Ax’s extraordinary gift for musical collaborations was especially evident in Mozart's E flat major concerto. 

The world premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Aether for violin and orchestra shifts attention from Till Eulenspiegel's earthy antics to the cosmic.

In its chamber music textures, Shostakovich's 15th couldn’t provide greater contrast to Rachmaninov’s rainforest of notes in this Slavic double bill from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony. 

Ken-David Masur and James Burton step in for Gustavo Dudamel in a program featuring Antonio Estévez' Cantata criolla.

Gustavo Dudamel and the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform Stravinsky and Schumann's rousing musical depictions of spring.

Renée Fleming assumes the role of the Countess is Capriccio as part of an all-Strauss program at Symphony Hall. 

The concerto is not only a dance with tradition, it’s a dance between Adès and his frequent collaborator and friend, Kirill Gerstein.

Andris Nelsons leads a moving performance of Dvořák’s Stabat Mater with the Boston Symphony and Tanglewood Festival Chorus. 

The Boston Symphony Orchestra led by Andris Nelsons performs Boulanger, Debussy and Puccini. 

Lisa Batiashvili and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons offer an adventurous program of works leaving a lasting impression.

Storgårds, Helmchen and the Boston Symphony Orchestra impress with a programme inspired by nature.

Herbert Blomstedt returns to the Boston Symphony for a rewarding matinee program of Haydn and Brahms. 

John Harbison's Second Symphony takes the listener from Dawn to Darkness, while Vaughan Williams' Fifth offers “the similitude of a dream” in Boston. 

A rare outing for Fanny Mendelssohn's Overture in C opens the second half of the Boston season. 

In Germany, the Christmas Oratorio is performed with the same frequency during the holiday season as Messiah in English-speaking countries. In Boston, the BSO gives its first performance!

Drive and energy in Andris Nelsons' pairing of the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies highlights their similarities rather than their differences. 

A great close to Maher's Second Symphony in Boston, paired with an earthbound curtain raiser. 

John Harbison's 80th birthday in December was marked at the start of Ken-David Masur's colorful program with the Boston Symphony.