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Opening Night at Symphony

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  September 24, 2008 6:30 PM
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
September 24, 2008 6:30 PM
Symphony Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
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Featured Artists
[James Levine]
James Levine
conductor
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Maija Kovalevska
soprano
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Program  Notes   Audio 
GLINKA
Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin
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MUSSORGSKY (orch. RAVEL)
Pictures at an Exhibition
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About the Music

An All-Russian Program
James Levine and the BSO present Opening Night of the 2008-09 subscription season, performing an all- Russian program. The engaging young Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska sings Tatyana's Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin. The colorful overture to Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmila opens the program,and Mussorgsky's alternately majestic and mysterious masterpiece ends the concert.

WGBH's Brian Bell on Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Scored for piano by the composer, BSO Music Director Serge Koussevitzky commissioned Maurice Ravel to orchestrate Pictures, leaving us with one of the great symphonic showpieces of all time. Brian Bell provides you with a guided tour through the Exhibition.

WGBH's Brian Bell on Eugene Onegin
Not familiar with the action of the Tchaikovsky opera Eugene Onegin? Listen to a two minute musical tour of the action put together by Brian Bell of WGBH Radio.

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