Kraftvoll und energisch

By Christine Arnold, 27 August 2015

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Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 25 August 2015

Strauss R., Don Quixote, Op.35

Shostakovich, Symphony no. 10 in E minor, Op.93

Andris Nelsons, Conductor

Steven Ansell, Viola

Yo-Yo Ma, Cello

Boston Symphony Orchestra

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****1

Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow

Cameron Kelsall, 9th April

In his first New York appearance since the termination of his contract as BSO Music Director, Nelsons courts public sympathy and makes some thrilling music.

***11

Herbert Blomstedt conducts Brahms with the Boston Symphony

Kevin Wells, 5th March

Herbert Blomstedt demonstrates the “singability” of Brahms in his latest appearance with the Boston Symphony, concluding with the autumnal glow of the Fourth Symphony.

*****

An earthbound Missa Solemnis from Boston Symphony Orchestra

Cameron Kelsall, 11th October

In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Symphony Hall, Andris Nelsons returns to the work that opened the venue on 15th October 1900.

***11

Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony perform Debussy and Mahler

Kevin Wells, 4th October

Andris Nelsons celebrates Symphony Hall’s 125th anniversary with two works contemporaneous to the hall’s first season: Debussy’s Nocturnes and Mahler’s Symphony no. 4 (both premiered in 1901).

***11

As usual, Beethoven ushers out the BSO season at Tanglewood

Cameron Kelsall, 24th August

The season-ending performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony loses its intended conductor but remains enjoyable, if somewhat under-rehearsed.

***11

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Christine Arnold

Christine studied musicology and dance science in Salzburg and Newcastle. After her Bachelor degree she is now proceeding her studies in musicology and the piano as minor subject at the Folkwang Universität in Essen.

Kraftvoll und energisch: Andris Nelsons mit dem Boston Symphony Orchestra bei den Salzburger Festspielen