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Prom 49: Boston Symphony Orchestra misses the magic in Mahler

By George Slater-Walker, 23 August 2015
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“Mahler’s Sixth Symphony... found a very unlikely friend: the Albert Hall’s acoustic”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 22 August 2015
Programme
Dean, Dramatis Personae
Mahler, Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Performers
Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, Conductor
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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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George Slater-Walker
George Slater-Walker
George recently graduated with a BA in Music at Magdalen College Oxford and is now pursuing the life of a horn player in London and elsewhere. His particular interest lies in fin-de-siècle Austro-German music and art.