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...final concert of the BSO"s 25th anniversary season under conductor Seiji Ozawa, the Mather House resident played the song that led to his discovery, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, at a free community concert. The event was held at Roxbury Community College's Reggie Louis Arena...
True, Ms. Mutter was strapless, playing the violin in a gun-metal gray dress, and Mr. Ozawa was batonless, conducting as if summoning some ancient rain spirit. But these were the few rare unconventional elements of BSO's February 8th performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D, Opus 61 and Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps, pictures from pagan Russia...
...celebration of Seiji Ozawa's 25th Anniversary Season as the music director of the BSO, internationally renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter was invited to play her first engagement with the symphony since November 1993. You may know Ms. Mutter more for her interpretations of 20th century music or perhaps for her provocative personal style, but judging from her performance last Tuesday she should be equally well known for her superb technical abilities...
...Boston Symphony Orchestra is celebrating Seiji Ozawa's 25th anniversary this year, opening its season with Petrassi's Concerto for Orchestra No. 5, SaintSaens Piano Concerto No. 2 and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3. First Nights' matriculators will enjoy an upscale evening which calls for discriminating musical analysis. Pricey but classy, a romantic evening accompanied by the strains of the BSO is a surefire way to impress a dating prospect. 8 p.m., Symphony Hall, 301 Mass...
With acute sensitivity, Ozawa used the work of these two composers to probe mortality. But the concert he put together was not as morbid and ponderous as such subject matter might suggest. Rather, with artistic mastery, Ozawa performed a concert about death that, surprisingly, left us unambiguously joyful about life...