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Boston Symphony Orchestra:
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Now in its 129th season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its inaugural concert on October 22, 1881, and has continued to uphold the vision of its founder, the businessman, philanthropist, Civil War veteran, and amateur musician Henry Lee Higginson, for well over a century. The Boston Symphony Orchestra has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, South America, and China; in addition, it reaches audiences numbering in the millions through its performances on radio, television, and recordings.
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BSO Podcasts
Enhance your concert going experience.
Welcome to Boston Symphony Orchestra's Concert Preview Podcasts! Learn about past and future music programs performed by the BSO. We hope you find these previews as well as the exclusive videos to be educational, insightful and entertaining.
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Boston Symphony Chamber Players
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players were founded in 1964 so that the Boston Symphony Orchestra could share the unique qualities of a full chamber music repertoire with concertgoers. Eleven Boston Symphony principal players along with guest artists explore this intimate musical genre in concerts at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. The Boston Symphony Chamber Players released a new All-Mozart CD in December.
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BSO on Tour
The Boston Symphony orchestra has concluded its first international tour under music director James Levine, it all started in Lucerne, Switzerland on Sunday August 26, and concluded in London, September 7, 2007. View the pictures, read the reviews, listen to interviews, and more!
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Staff & Administration
See the full list of our staff and administration.
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BSO Classical Companion
‘Classical Companion’ seeks to enhance the concertgoer experience through a range of interactive and educational online multimedia features. Interviews with composers and performers, archival images, video and sound clips combine to narrate an engaging historical context and listening guide for select BSO concert programming.
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Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Organized in the spring of 1970 by founding conductor John Oliver, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary in 2005. This season with the BSO at Symphony Hall, the chorus performs Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem and concert performances of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra with James Levine conducting, Orff’s Carmina burana with Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Messiaen’s Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence divine with Seiji Ozawa, Ives’s Symphony No. 4 with Alan Gilbert, and Berlioz’s Te Deum with Sir Colin Davis.
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History
Bostonian Henry Lee Higginson's long-standing dream of a great and permanent orchestra in his hometown became a reality in 1881. In October of that year, conductor Georg Henschel directed the first Boston Symphony Orchestra concert.
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Employment
Join the BSO team! The BSO actively seeks a diverse pool of qualified applicants for each position.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra Members
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of distinguished musicians from around the world.
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The BSO on 99.5 All Classical, A Service of WGBH
WGBH, Boston’s NPR Station for News and Culture, is proud to partner with the Boston Symphony Orchestra to present a full menu of exclusive features on the rich history and culture of the BSO, as well as conversations with some of the BSO’s finest musicians, all recorded by WGBH.
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Annual Report
As the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2008-09 season launched on September 24, 2008, the stock market was only days away from its precipitous decline. The downturn’s potential impact on the BSO’s unique artistic product was of immediate concern. Yet, thanks to the dedication of the BSO community—our unparalleled artists, generous donors, enduring audiences, and tireless volunteers and staff—the BSO continued making music of the highest caliber and spreading music’s joys to millions of people the world over.
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