Tilson Thomas Opens BSO at Tanglewood

Colin Oettle — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:23:11 +0000

What might have been simply a guest-conducted performance of Mahler’s second symphony has since generated significant buzz as people speculate about the BSO’s future.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra on opening night at Tanglewood, the orchestra’s summer residency in Lenox, Massachusetts. While The Boston Globe praised the performance, and astutely compared Levine’s and MTT’s vastly different Mahlers, other publications addressed the underlying suspicion that Levine will be directing fewer and fewer performances.

Rumors aside, the music world looks forward to Levine’s speedy recovery and return to his post at the BSO.

Related articles: The Boston Globe, Berkshire Eagle

Levine Returns to BSO After Spinal Surgery

Colin Oettle — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:34:30 +0000

James Levine led the Boston Symphony Orchestra last week for the first time since his back surgery in the Fall. While Levine has been in New York for assorted performances at Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera, his leadership at the BSO was absent for most of the season’s Fall performances. He presented his returning program, featuring works by Berlioz, Ravel, and Carter, in both Boston and New York. Perhaps fortuitously, the night before the BSO’s Carnegie Hall performance, Levine and the BSO won a Grammy for their recording of Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé.” For a complete review of the performance and a clip of the Grammy winning recording, see the NYT article here.

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Tilson Thomas Opens BSO at Tanglewood

Levine Returns to BSO After Spinal Surgery