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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-27 22:55:11
[…] the choreography depicted village elders choosing a young virgin woman to dance herself to death in a fertility rite only intensified the outrage. And Stravinsky could still provoke a near riot at Symphony Hall in 1982 when the orchestra canceled infamous subscription concerts of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. Actress Vanessa Redgrave’s support of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's Yasir Arafat provoked internal angst, and external threats of protesters interrupting the concert. For my Rite Music Director Andris Nelsons chose a slower-than-standard tempo, allowing the piece to breathe. The opening, a lone bassoon solo, danced with lyrical beauty, softly reverberating and lilting, while the rest of the orchestra waited, seemingly in breathless anticipation. Suddenly, the entire ensemble entered, and with Stravinsky’s calling card of surprising string accents matched in wailing brass, the audience experienced the expertly crafted havoc—Stravinsky’s controlled lack of order and harmony—that could inspire riots. *** Symphonic music is enveloped by […]
2024-02-18 19:09:00
[…] at the end of 2022-23.MGT (apparently does not want a full-time job, as of early 2022)Miguel Harth-Bedoya (seems settled in at Baylor)Lionel BringuierSian EdwardsIngo MetzmacherJac van SteenMark WigglesworthPeter OundjianIlan VolkovAleksandr MarkovicLothar KoenigsHenrik NanasiPhilippe Jordan, eventuallyFranz Welser-Möst, eventuallyAnd closed:Update and correction: San Francisco Chamber Orchestra was unable to hire Cosette Justo Valdés. Instead, Jory Fankuchen, a violinist in the orchestra, has been named Principal Conductor and will lead this season's programs.Indianapolis Symphony hires Jun Markel, effective September 1, 2024.Andris Nelsons renewed his contract with the Boston Symphony. He's now on an evergreen rolling contract, which will continue as long as he and the orchestra are happy with each other. MTT had one of these at SFS.Shanghai Symphony, with the appointment of Long Yu.Virginia Symphony, with the appointment of Eric Jacobsen.Warsaw Philharmonic, with the appointment of Krzysztof Urbański.Bern Symphony, with the appointment of Krzysztof Urbański.Berlin State Opera, with the appointment of Christian Thielemann.Dresden Philharmonic, with the appointment […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-02 18:32:40
Tanglewood 2024 Looks Good
This summer’s two months at Tanglewood offer a more varied and richer schedule than ever, on the fully equipped campus in Lenox that has abundances for every taste. The Boston Symphony shares the Shed and other halls with several other orchestras; recitals and chamber music abound, beginning with a String Quartet Marathon of three concerts on June 30th. The calendar is HERE. Tickets go on sale March 19th . The listing that I received has some gaps (programs not yet determined), but Beethoven’s orchestral music appears on no fewer than six dates (July 5 and 21, August 4, 18, 24, and 25), including four symphonies (of course the 9th) and three concerti. Stravinsky appears on four dates (July 12 and 15, August 9 and 10). There’s an entire evening of Richard Strauss (July 7). Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony will be performed twice, by the TMC Orchestra on July 8 with Nelsons, and […]
2024-02-01 22:36:00
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Andris Nelsons, music director. January 30, 2024.
[…] and the music follows (or leads) the arc of the story tightly.Shostakovich composed many film scores (34 per Wikipedia), and one might conclude he used many of the same techniques to compose the music for this opera. There is a film Katerina Izmailova, of which Shostakovich was a part of, and for which he wrote the musical score, I do wonder if that music resembles what we hear today.Opolais - at one point married to Nelsons - was the clear star in the production. She was on stage for most of the time, and probably did as much singing as the other soloists combined. Her voice remained strong throughout. The only time she was drowned out was when the orchestra was playing at its loudest. (From where I sat I wasn't even sure she was singing.) I may have remarked on her inability to act in prior reviews, but that […]
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