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Navigating from the Pacific Coast to Nordic landscapes: Adès and Kuusisto at Tanglewood

Pekka Kuusisto, Thomas Adès and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
© Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
Thomas Adès
© Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
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“instinctive rather than idiosyncratic”
Reviewed at Tanglewood, Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox on 13 July 2025
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Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
Sibelius, Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82
Pekka Kuusisto, Violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès, Conductor
A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston
****1
Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow
***11
Herbert Blomstedt conducts Brahms with the Boston Symphony
*****
An earthbound Missa Solemnis from Boston Symphony Orchestra
***11
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony perform Debussy and Mahler
***11
As usual, Beethoven ushers out the BSO season at Tanglewood
***11
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