Boston Symphony/Andris Nelsons – Gubaidulina/Firsova Prolog & Mahler Seven. Saturday September 26, 2026 @ Boston Symphony Hall. Broadcast live on Classical Radio Boston, with the following comments courtesy of CRB’s On Demand service.

Boston Symphony/Andris Nelsons – Gubaidulina/Firsova Prolog & Mahler Seven. Saturday September 26, 2026 @ Boston Symphony Hall. Broadcast live on Classical Radio Boston, with the following comments courtesy of CRB’s On Demand service.

Oct 1, 2026 | Concert Soundbites, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Sofia Gubaidulina (left) with Elena Firsova The late Sofia Gubaidulina left Prolog unfinished if with detailed notes as to how she intended to complete it, which has been undertaken by Elena Firsova. Premiered two evenings prior to this performance, Prolog is a...
Boston Symphony Orchestra Opening of 2026-27 Season: Andris Nelsons conducts Symphonie fantastique and Emanuel Ax plays Mozart’s Concerto K482 – Live broadcast on Classical Radio Boston.

Boston Symphony Orchestra Opening of 2026-27 Season: Andris Nelsons conducts Symphonie fantastique and Emanuel Ax plays Mozart’s Concerto K482 – Live broadcast on Classical Radio Boston.

Sep 20, 2026 | Concert Soundbites, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Saturday, September 19, 2026 Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA K482, a magnificent way to start the Bostonians’ new season (I am assuming this programme had already been played on Thursday evening and Friday afternoon). For this Saturday...
BBC Proms 2026 on Sunday morning August 23 @ Royal Albert Hall, London. Academy of St Martin in the Fields. [Apropos Thea Musgrave’s Bassoon Concerto (for Amy Harman)/Posted for the record.]

BBC Proms 2026 on Sunday morning August 23 @ Royal Albert Hall, London. Academy of St Martin in the Fields. [Apropos Thea Musgrave’s Bassoon Concerto (for Amy Harman)/Posted for the record.]

Aug 24, 2026 | BBC Proms 2026, Concert Soundbites

Photo, BBC/Chris Christodoulou It may only last a few seconds short of twelve minutes, if written with characteristic elegance and fluency, but Thea Musgrave’s Bassoon Concerto (‘Out of the Darkness’) compels interest for the concentration of ideas....
Tanglewood – Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons – Mozart/Tchaikovsky: 1/3. Turkish Violin Concerto/Polish Symphony. With Augustin Hadelich. Live broadcast on Classical Radio Boston.

Tanglewood – Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons – Mozart/Tchaikovsky: 1/3. Turkish Violin Concerto/Polish Symphony. With Augustin Hadelich. Live broadcast on Classical Radio Boston.

Jul 25, 2026 | Concert Soundbites, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Friday, July 24, 2026 Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, Massachusetts The first of three consecutive Mozart/Tchaikovsky concerts. Unfortunately I missed Augustin Hadelich playing Mozart’s ‘Turkish’ Violin Concerto (No.5; K219),...