Nigel Parry: Ax; Chris Lee: Shaham
Saturday at 8:00pm, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an all-John Williams program, with pianist Emanuel Ax performing the Boston premiere of Williams’s Piano Concerto, and violinist Gil Shaham performing in "TreeSong" and the Theme from “Schindler’s List.
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In his Cantata No. 156, the composer infuses a particular sequence with the meaning of words of devotion to create a sonic symbol, part of a performance directed by Masaaki Suzuki on The Bach Hour.
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