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Prom 49: Boston Symphony Orchestra misses the magic in Mahler

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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
Dean, Dramatis Personae
Mahler, Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet
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
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony perform Debussy and Mahler
***11
As usual, Beethoven ushers out the BSO season at Tanglewood
***11
A galactic adventure at Tanglewood: Kazuki Yamada and The Planets
****1
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