Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Weekend
When:
Thursday, Apr 27, 2017 8:00p -
Tuesday, May 02, 2017 10:00p
Thursday, Apr 27, 2017 8:00p -
Tuesday, May 02, 2017 10:00p
Where:
Boston Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Admission:
$30.00 - $104.00
Categories:
Art, Kid Friendly, Music, Performing Arts
Event website:
https://www.bso.org/Performance/Listing?brands=1182
Thursday, April 27
Friday, April 28 (non-subscription concert)
Saturday, April 29
Tuesday, May 2
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
TAKEMITSU Nostalghia (In Memory of Andrei Tarkovskij),
for violin and strings
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6
Continuing Andris Nelsons’ and the BSO’s traversal of the complete Shostakovich symphonies is the composer’s Symphony No. 6, composed on the eve of World War II and following on the unmitigated success of his Symphony No. 5. Although overshadowed by the Fifth and Seventh (Leningrad), the Sixth is unmistakably Shostakovich in its sardonic humor and melancholy slow movement. The superb German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter opens the concert with Tchaikovsky’s evergreen Violin Concerto, among the most popular works in the repertoire. Known for her exploration of contemporary repertoire, Ms. Mutter also performs Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu’s 1987 homage to the phenomenal Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky. Takemitsu, himself a celebrated film composer, titled this atmospheric piece for violin and strings after one of Tarkovsky’s late masterpieces.
