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A birthday retrospective in Boston: Andris Nelsons and the BSO perform Debussy and Mahler

Nikola Hillebrand, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
© Winslow Townson, courtesy of the BSO
Andris Nelsons conducts the Lorelei Ensemble and Boston Symphony Orchestra
© Winslow Townson, courtesy of the BSO
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“immersed the hall in billowing clouds of mist”
Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Boston on 4 October 2025
Debussy, Nocturnes, L 91
Mahler, Symphony no. 4 in G major
Nikola Hillebrand, Soprano
Lorelei Ensemble
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, Conductor
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
As usual, Beethoven ushers out the BSO season at Tanglewood
***11
A galactic adventure at Tanglewood: Kazuki Yamada and The Planets
****1
Yo-Yo Ma luxuriates in warm Saint-Saëns at Tanglewood
****1
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