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DESCRIPTION:Sep 7 - Oct 17\, 2026\nThings change. In January 2024\, the boa
 rd of the Boston Symphony Orchestra placed Andris Nelsons on a rolling “
 evergreen” contract as music director. In March of this year\, the board
  announced that his vision and their own for the ensemble’s future were 
 “not aligned” and that his current contract\, through the 2027 summer 
 season at Tanglewood\, would not be renewed. “Boring repertoire\,” one
  industry insider and BSO subscriber I know tells me\, summing up the Nels
 ons era. “Boring and low-energy interpretations. Half-empty halls. All t
 he excitement of a Puritan mass.” Yet the musicians\, by and large\, are
  in vociferous opposition. Reading between the lines\, the board’s compl
 aint seems to be that Nelsons lives in the past of dead white Europeans—
 no woke premieres\, no movies with live accompaniment\, in short\, no pand
 ering. But as the insightful musician\, masterful technician\, and artist 
 of unimpeachable integrity that he is\, he has pledged to bring his tenure
  to a professional\, orderly conclusion. Scrolling through the fall season
 \, novices and devotees alike will find much to revel in. Over the first f
 ive weeks\, Nelsons leads the Fourth Symphony of Brahms\, the Symphonie Fa
 ntastique of Berlioz\, and Mahler’s hypnotic Seventh (“The Song of the
  Night”). There’s also an all-Rachmaninoff bill with Seong-Jin Cho\, a
  Baryshnikov among pianists\, headlining the Rhapsody on a Theme of Pagani
 ni. Premieres? Francisco Coll’s piano concerto showcasing the magisteria
 l Kirill Gerstein\, and a double concerto by Carlos Simon juxtaposing the 
 radiant maturity of Hilary Hahn on fiddle and the excitement of the fast-r
 ising Seth Parker Woods on cello.
LOCATION:Boston Symphony Orchestra\, 301 Massachusetts Ave\, Boston\, MA 02
 115\, United States
SUMMARY:Andris Nelsons with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
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