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English orchestral conductor
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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-27 18:05:50
Saturday night’s Boston Philharmonic concert at Symphony Hall commenced with Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte. The resulting enchantment, reinforced by the BPO’s cool and self-assured execution, opened a gripping evening. [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-11-21 02:34:38
Friday night’s Boston Philharmonic Orchestra performance of Britten, Bartok, and Shostakovich at Symphony Hall was a deeply personal one for conductor Benjamin Zander. [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-10-27 21:13:24
Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic came to Symphony Hall last weekend to open their 45th season with ebullience and grace. [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-08-30 15:26:19
The impressive and impressionable players of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (BPYO) became enraptured by the South African people and their country over an extraordinary six-concert tour in mid June; South Africans responded in kind to these remarkable young musicians. Pretoria, Cape Town, and Makhanda witnessed Beethoven 5th and Ein Heldenleben; Mahler’s Second Symphony came to Johannesburg, Soweto, and Cape Town, where BPYO shared the stage with Gauteng Choristers, directed by Sidwell Mhlongo; soprano Andiswa Makana, and mezzo-sopranop Bongiwe Nakani Mcetywa—South African musicians singing Mahler for the first time. The SA Daily Maverick recounted: On his first trip to South Africa years ago, Zander fell in love with the country, the people and the way everybody seemed absorbed and fascinated by South Africa. “Every conversation, it seemed, was about the country, its future, its problems and the solutions.” Zander met Nelson Mandela on that trip. He said to him: “It is […]
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