Boston Symphony Beethoven

[richardfinegold]

Nelsons/Boston/Beethoven

6th and Seventh last night. We were in Boston for a family event. Good Sixth except the brook babbled geriatrically. Some stiffness rhythmically in 7/I. Brass a bit weak at the end but I’m from Chicago. Otherwise a fine evening

[richardfinegold]

The Hall in Boston appeared to be redecorated. We were there sometime prior to the pandemic. It is much lighter in color now, somewhat like the difference in Notre Dame in Paris pre and post fire

[pastoralguy]

Nelsons/Boston/Beethoven

6th and Seventh last night. We were in Boston for a family event. Good Sixth except the brook babbled geriatrically. Some stiffness rhythmically in 7/I. Brass a bit weak at the end but I’m from Chicago. Otherwise a fine evening

Sounds like a terrific concert! One day, we’ll get to Boston…

[richardfinegold]

Sounds like a terrific concert! One day, we’ll get to Boston…

Lots to do there. We also went to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and walked the Freedom Trail

[bluestateprommer]

WCRB has archival audio of the LvB 6 & 7 concert (presumably the one that RF attended) available for a spell:

https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2024-10-30/nelsons-the-bso-and-beethovens-symphonies-nos-6-and-7

Bonus Beethoven radio relays from WCRB who'd like more:

(a) LvB 1, 2 & 3 (this one will expire first, so I'd advise listening to this one first if anyone is inclined to go for the whole set):

https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2024-10-30/beethovens-revolutionary-early-symphonies-nos-1-2-3

(b) LvB 4 & 5:

https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2024-10-30/the-bso-and-two-sides-of-beethoven

[richardfinegold]

Thank you for that BSP! Listening to the 4/5 link now which was 2 days prior to the concert that we attended. My sister in law and her husband had arived for the family wedding a day before us and attended it.
The same day as this concert the Berkilee School of Music, which is 1 block from Boston Symphony Center was having a combined recital and lecture featuring Beethoven Op. 111 and a lecture by Jan Swafford. WHen I saw that I had missed that I wished that we had come in earlier as I greatly enjoyed Swafford's biographies of Beethoven and Brahms.