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Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston

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AddressBoston
MA MA 02115
United States
Google maps42° 20' 34.019" N 71° 5' 9.143" W
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BostonAndris Nelsons conducts Beethoven & Francisco Coll

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Beethoven, Coll
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons; Kirill Gerstein

BostonAndris Nelsons with Hilary Hahn & Seth Parker Woods

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Tchaikovsky, Simon
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons; Hilary Hahn; Seth Parker Woods

BostonKent Nagano conducts Mendelssohn, Machover & Nante

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Mendelssohn, Machover
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano

BostonHaydn's The Creation

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Haydn: The Creation (Die Schöpfung), Hob XXI:2
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philippe Jordan; Louise Alder; Bogdan Volkov; David Steffens; Tanglewood Festival Chorus

BostonCreation by Osvaldo Golijov & David Henry HwangWorld premiere

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Golijov: Creation
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Eric Jacobsen; Cécile McLorin Salvant; Davóne Tines; Cyro Baptista; Kayhan Kalhor

BostonSamy Rachid conducts Weber, Mendelssohn & Schumann

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Weber, Mendelssohn, Schumann
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Samy Rachid; Jan Lisiecki

BostonKazuki Yamada conducts Ravel, Gershwin & Respighi

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Ravel, Gershwin, Respighi
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Jean-Yves Thibaudet

BostonAndris Nelsons conducts Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

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Tchaikovsky
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons
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Rachmaninov without excess: Cho and Nelsons in Boston

Seong-Jin Cho with Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
Seong-Jin Cho brings refinement and bite to the Paganini Rhapsody, before Andris Nelsons leads a leanly textured Second Symphony
****1
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A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Evgeny Kissin and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott
Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos. 
****1
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Herbert Blomstedt conducts Brahms with the Boston Symphony

Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Michael J Lutch, courtesy of the BSO
Herbert Blomstedt demonstrates the “singability” of Brahms in his latest appearance with the Boston Symphony, concluding with the autumnal glow of the Fourth Symphony.
*****
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Benjamin Zander’s Verdi Requiem with the Boston Philharmonic

The Boston Philharmonic perform Verdi’s Messa da Requiem © Paul Mardy
Benjamin Zander’s meticulous preparation, compelling concept and strong casting make for a shattering experience in the Boston Philharmonic’s performance. 
*****
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An earthbound Missa Solemnis from Boston Symphony Orchestra

Soloists, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus © Winslow Townson, courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Symphony Hall, Andris Nelsons returns to the work that opened the venue on 15th October 1900.
***11
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Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony perform Debussy and Mahler

Nikola Hillebrand, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Winslow Townson, courtesy of the BSO
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
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Eun Sun Kim makes dazzling Boston Symphony Orchestra debut

Eun Sun Kim and Inon Barnatan © Winslow Townson
Late-career works by Lyadov, Bartók and Rachmaninov dominated the program, which featured Inon Barnatan as piano soloist.
*****
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Blomstedt's masterful Schubert and Brahms with the Boston Symphony

Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott
Herbert Blomstedt returns to Symphony Hall to answer the question Schubert reportedly asked himself in his teens, “Who can do anything after Beethoven?”
*****
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