San Francisco Chronicle on MSN12h
Review: S.F. Symphony takes a dive into the weirder side of Mahler with Paavo Järvi
The orchestra approaches Mahler’s Seventh Symphony with admirable risk and excitement, if not the polish of performances ...
Review: Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen burrows into Bartók with the CSO
It’s been too long since we’ve seen Esa-Pekka Salonen on the podium. The conductor-composer, a youthful 66, had to bail on ...
Boston Classical Review13h
A pair of impressive debuts mark the BSO’s program from Beethoven to Stravinsky
The night’s post-intermission sampling of Ravel and Stravinsky delivered their own fireworks, though of a somewhat more ...