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Leipzig Week in Boston

Clockwise from left: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Adès
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Clockwise from left: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Adès"

Saturday, February 10 (encore Monday, February 18),  2018
8:00 PM

An unprecedented alliance between the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is launched through music by Bach, Schumann, Shepherd, and Mendelssohn.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra already share common threads of history, and now Andris Nelsons forms another link as the Music Director of both orchestras. To celebrate, the BSO performs music by Leipzig composers, part of an entire week of special events. To learn more, visit the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Thomas Adès, piano
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus

J.S. BACH Concerto in D minor for three pianos, BWV 1063
SCHUMANN Nachtlied and Neujahrslied, for chorus and orchestra
Sean SHEPHERD Express Abstractionism (world premiere; BSO co-commission)
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish

See the entire schedule of Leipzig Week in Boston

Hear about the BSO - GHO Alliance and this week's program from Andris Nelsons:

Hear a preview of Schumann's Nachtlied and Neujahrslied with BSO Choral Conductor James Burton:

bso180210_burton_edit.mp3