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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 [...]
News Notes – March 2
Death rate was high for some Beth Israel Deaconess heart patients By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff – March 2, 2011 Massachusetts public health officials are monitoring the heart program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center after discovering the hospital had a high death rate in 2009 for patients who had emergency cardiac catheterizations. An analysis [...]
News Notes – February 28
Stop & Shop protest march urges more pay for tomato farmers By Stewart Bishop – Globe Correspondent / February 28, 2011 Hundreds of demonstrators marched from Copley Square to a Brigham Circle Stop & Shop yesterday, calling on the supermarket chain to improve wages and working conditions for farm workers who labor in Florida’s vast [...]
News Notes – February 25
Fenway development would add new street By Sara Brown, Town Correspondent – February 24, 2011 Plans to add two mixed-use buildings to an ever-expanding part of the Fenway are moving forward, with neighborhood residents saying they are largely in favor of the proposal, despite some concerns about parking and housing. Boston developer Samuels & Associates [...]
News Notes – February 8
Turner suit fails to halt election – Judge sends query to state high court By Andrew Ryan – Globe Staff / February 8, 2011 A federal judge rejected yesterday Chuck Turner’s bid to halt a special election for the Boston City Council seat vacated when he was thrown out of office for accepting a $1,000 [...]
Susanna Mälkki/Alban Gerhardt in American Premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto
For the second week in a row a young Finnish conductor joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra, this time for an imaginative program that spans approximately 240 years. Susanna Mälkki, who stepped in as a last-minute replacement for Yuri Temirkanov in 2009, leads the BSO and German cellist Alban Gerhardt Thursday, February 10–Saturday, February 12 in [...]
BSO Chamber Players Release Album of American Music
On Wednesday, January 19, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players’ released their new all-American album, Plain Song, Fantastic Dances: Chamber Music By American Composers, featuring works by Lukas Foss, William Bolcom, Michael Gandolfi, and Osvaldo Golijov. Available in four digital formats or as a Super-Audio Hybrid CD, the new album features world premiere recordings of Michael [...]
Sakari Oramo, Radu Lupu at BSO – Feb 3-8
GUEST MAESTRO SAKARI ORAMO AND PIANIST RADU LUPU JOIN BSO FOR PROGRAM FEATURING BEETHOVEN, PROKOFIEV, AND MUSSORGSKY Joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra for four performances Thursday, February 3–Tuesday, February 8 are an exciting young conductor and a reigning master of the piano. Finnish maestro and chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Sakari Oramo, [...]
News Notes – January 9
His misstep is unlikely to keep Levy from top positions, observers say By Kay Lazar – Globe Staff / January 8, 2011 The shadow of controversy that marred Paul Levy’s last year as chief executive at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center will not foreclose another leading role for an executive renowned for taking on the [...]
News Notes – January 7
Sentenced to three and a half years, twice-convicted Wilkerson slams prosecutors By Gintautas Dumcius/Dorchester Reporter – Jan. 7, 2011 It was strike two for former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson. More than a decade after the Roxbury Democrat was convicted of federal tax evasion charges, Wilkerson was sentenced on Thursday to three and a half years [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
