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Young and old

Mark Morris at Tanglewood
The presence of company veterans infuses Mark Morris Dance Group with a maturity that both grounded and lifted this presentation to a higher plane.
By JANINE PARKER | July 02, 2008

Hot and cold

More French music plus Osvaldo Golijov at the BSO; Sarasa’s warm tribute to Craig Smith
James Levine’s second French program this season with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was more compelling than the one with which he began the season.
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | December 11, 2007

How it's done

Jonathan McPhee and the Longwood Symphony perform Beethoven's Ninth
The problem with the Ninth is that it gets played like a monument.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | October 10, 2007

But not simpler

James Levine and Christoph von Dohnányi at the BSO, Tod Machover at the ICA, Karita Mattila
James Levine’s last program of the BSO season was an odd assortment.
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | April 17, 2007

Stormy weather

BSO cancellations, plus the Camerata, Jonathan Biss, Emmanuel Music, and more
The BSO has been having terrible luck hanging on to its star soloists.
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | March 28, 2007

Loh, behold!

Those who missed last week’s Portland Symphony Orchestra performance should hope guest conductor Lawrence Loh is a finalist in the symphony's search for a new music director.
By BEN MEIKLEJOHN | February 07, 2007

Symphonic wars

Composers in time of conflict
In a time of war, brace yourself for a symphonic rendition of the human struggles of war and conquest.
By BEN MEIKLEJOHN | January 24, 2007

Marketplace and temple

The BSO’s opening night; Marcus Thompson and the Jupiter String Quartet
At times, this ‘American’ program, led by the BSO’s first American music director, bordered on being a Pops concert.
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | October 03, 2006

From Knoxville to Swan Lake and back

A chock-full season of classical music
As our most prestigious classical-music institution, the Boston Symphony Orchestra ought to be every year’s headliner, and once again, under the adventuresome direction of James Levine, it is.
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | September 13, 2006

Ground zero

Platoon gets down to too little
This article originally ran in the January 13, 1987 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By OWEN GLIEBERMAN | August 10, 2006