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Herbert Blomstedt wears a striped button shirt and a red sweater. He has white hair and frameless glasses. He stands outside and looks at the camera, smiling softly.
© J. M. Pietsch
Saturday, February 15th, 2025 at 8:00pm, Herbert Blomstedt, one of the masters of conducting for over seven decades, leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in symphonies by Schubert and Brahms.
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  • On The Bach Hour, one of the composer's frothier musical creations tells the story of a father, his daughter, and a hot caffeinated beverage that causes a minor rift in family relations.
  • Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra conducting debut in a program that includes Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with soloist Veronika Eberle, Ravel’s "Alborada del gracioso," and Stravinsky’s suite from "The Firebird."
  • Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a cast headlined by Christine Goerke and David Butt Philip in Erich Korngold’s opera “Die tote Stadt” (“The Dead City”), a longing farewell to the Romantic Era.
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