Classical Music entertainment in Boston
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Near-perfect acoustics match the ambitious programs of the world-renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), which performs from October to April. Conductor James Levine makes a point to challenge his audience, leading a masterful orchestra through Brahms and Beethoven, Ravel and Rachmaninoff. Though occasionally playing outdoors at the Hatch Shell, their usual home is the beauteous Symphony Hall, featuring an ornamental high-relief ceiling and attracting a crowd dressed in their finest. It was designed in 1861 with the help of a Harvard physicist who pledged to make the building acoustically perfect (he succeeded). In summer months, the BSO retreats to Tanglewood in Wester…
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New England Conservatory
Founded in 1867, the NEC is the country’s oldest music school. The conservatory hosts professional and student chamber and orchestral concerts in the acoustically superlative hall, which dates from 1904. Perhaps for better sight lines, the floor pitches slightly forward, and while perfectly safe, it gives some on the balcony an odd sensory experience. The Boston Philharmonic, Boston Modern Orchestra Project and From the Top (of National Public Radio fame) all make use of the hall.
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Longy School of Music
George Longy was an oboist with the BSO before he decided to found the Longy School of Music in 1915. Now approaching its centennial, Longy is a well-respected training ground for classical musicians. Students and faculty show off the goods on an almost daily basis, often free of charge.
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Chamber Music Teas
On some Fridays, members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra get together to perform during afternoon teas in the Cabot-Cahners room of Symphony Hall (doors open at 13:30, concert at 14:30). Consume coffee, tea and baked goods in the finest style.
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Symphony Hall
The celebrated Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops perform here.
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