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Just two weeks after Music Director Laureate and legendary conductor Seiji Ozawa returned to the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a spectacular all-French program, it was Maestro James Levine who took the podium Saturday night for an ambitious program featuring works that span the spectrum of musical genres. From the classical symphony of Beethoven’s 7th to the Neo-classical ballet of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” to the new horn concerto of famed American composer Elliott Carter, concertgoers young and old indulged in another musical treat of the highest quality...
...transform the musical from a large-scale, flashy production to what Bala describes as a “semi-stage concert,” where the ensemble remains on stage for the entirety of the show, clutching songbooks. Yet another element of the musical affected by space is the orchestra, which now consists of a 10-piece ensemble rather than the original, which demanded at least 25 musicians. “One of the challenges and the joys was condensing the score while keeping the diverse textures of the music intact,” says musical director Joshua R. Stein...
...majestic entrance of the organ signaled the beginning of an almost liturgical closing section. The subsequent stately harmonic procession by the full orchestra was well conducted before returning to the opening B minor key and ending on an unsynchronized pizzicato note...
...concluded the night with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Manfred Symphony Op. 58,” a work inspired by the poem by English Romantic writer Lord Byron. The lush sound of the orchestra and driving pulse of the four movements created a stronger sense of cohesion in the piece than in the Brahms...
...light touch of the vivace con spirito recalls that of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” but the orchestra erred on the heavy side, sometimes bogging down the music lines. Overall, Kuerti paced the orchestra well throughout the work for a clean performance...