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Tchaikovsky, Kirchner and Schumann

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  October 16, 2008 8:00 PM
  October 16, 2008 10:30 AM
  October 17, 2008 1:30 PM
  October 18, 2008 8:00 PM
[James Levine]
Boston Symphony Orchestra
October 17, 2008 1:30 PM
Symphony Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
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[James Levine]
James Levine
conductor
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Maurizio Pollini
piano
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Program  Notes   Audio 
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
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KIRCHNER
The Forbidden (world premiere; BSO 125th anniversary commission)
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SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto
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The Pre-Concert Talk will be given by Marc Mandel, Director of Program Publications, from 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM at Symphony Hall. Free to performance ticket holders. Pre-Concert Talks are sponsored by New England Coffee.

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Audio Concert Preview by Richard Dyer, narrated by Ron Della Chiesa.

WGBH's Brian Bell on Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6
Every music director with the exception of William Steinberg conducted the Tchaikovsky Sixth frequently, even Erich Leinsdorf had difficulty staying away from the piece. Here is Brian Bell's analysis.

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About the Music

The BSO's second world premiere of the 2008-09 season, continuing the series of commissions celebrating the orchestra's 125th anniversary, is the eminent composer Leon Kirchner's The Forbidden, based on his rhapsodic and romantic recent piano piece of the same name (aka Sonata No. 3). Tchaikovsky's lush, passionate, and searing Symphony No. 6, begins this concert, which ends with Schumann's Piano Concerto as performed by the great Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini.
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