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Marcelo Lehninger replaces Andris Nelsons for upcoming BSO concerts
Conductor Andris Nelsons regrets to announce that he will not be able to travel to Boston for his scheduled concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on January 6, 7, and 8, as he and his wife prepare for the imminent arrival of their first-born child. BSO Assistant Conductor Marcelo Lehninger will step in to conduct this program, with Haydn’s [...]
Arts Lines
Starting with the November 2100 issue, the Fenway News will be publishing a separate selection of short items about arts and cultural news in our neighborhoods. These were previously mixed in with the Community Newslines items. A Circuitous Path from Harvard Square to Hemenway Street On the first anniversary of its new 350-seat theater on [...]
Northeastern University to Host Boston Symphony Chamber Series
BSO Community Chamber Music Series Five Free Concerts at Northeastern’s Fenway Center Hosted by the Music DepartmentMembers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra will bring five free concerts to the Northeastern campus, as part of the BSO’s 2011-12 Community Chamber Music Series. The concerts will be held on November 11, January 27, February 24, March 16, and April 13—all at [...]
EMINENT WAGNERIAN BASS-BARITONE JAMES MORRIS AND FREQUENT GUEST CONDUCTOR RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS JOIN THE BSO AND THE TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS FOR EXCERPTS FROM DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
MAESTRO FRÜHBECK ALSO LEADS THE ORCHESTRA IN HAYDN’S SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 AND 100 Performances to take place Thursday, November 3, and Saturday, November 5, at 8 p.m., and Friday, November 4, at 1:30 p.m., with an Open Rehearsal Thursday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos returns for a second consecutive week November [...]
RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS LEADS THE BSO IN STRAUSS’S EIN HELDENLEBEN AS WELL AS SCHUMANN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO WITH SOLOIST GIDON KREMER
RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS LEADS THE BSO IN STRAUSS’S EIN HELDENLEBEN AS WELL AS SCHUMANN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO WITH SOLOIST GIDON KREMER Performances to take place Thursday, October 27, Saturday, October 29, and Tuesday, November 1, at 8 p.m., and Friday, October 28, at 1:30 p.m., with an Open Rehearsal Wednesday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. [...]
Grammy Winner and Oscar Nominee Alan Silvestri, Perform at Symphony Hall, April 1, 2011
Back to the Future: Two Generations of Film and Video Game Composers, with Grammy Winner and Oscar Nominee Alan Silvestri, Perform at Symphony Hall, April 1 BOSTON, March 7, 2011 — The Berklee College of Music Film Scoring Department presents an evening of music from popular movies and video games, Back to the Future: Two [...]
News Notes – March 17
BU alumnus among missing NYT journalists in Libya by Josh Cain/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 16, 2011 Four New York Times reporters covering the violence in Libya have gone missing, The Times reported on Wednesday on its website. Among them is Tyler Hicks, a Times war photographer and Boston University alumnus who graduated with [...]
News Notes – March 5
10th US archivist to talk at convocation – John Reed, Susan Hockfield also slated to headline MIT150 event By Rebecca Han/The Tech – March 4, 2011 John S. Reed ’61 (chairman of the MIT Corporation), David S. Ferriero (10th Archivist of the United States and former associate director of MIT Libraries), and Phillip L. Clay [...]
News Notes – March 3
SJP responds to ‘Israel Peace Week’ with protests, speakers by Amelia Pak-Harvey/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 3, 2011 Countering last week’s Israel Peace Week, Students for Justice in Palestine is hosting Israel Apartheid Week bringing a number of speakers, including the former legal advisor to the Palestinian Liberation Organization, to Boston University. The week [...]
BSO Announces That James Levine Will Step Down as Music Director
DISCUSSIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO DEFINE A NEW ARTISTIC ROLE FOR MAESTRO LEVINE BSO Managing Director Mark Volpe announced today that as of September 1, 2011, James Levine will step down from his current role as Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2004. Discussions between the BSO and Maestro [...]