James Levine
Conductor
Weekend Guide: Music...Lincoln Center; 212-875-5656. CARNEGIE HALL: Lorin Maazel picks up the baton from an ailing James Levine to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in two Beethoven symphonies: No. 6 ("The Pastoral") and No. 7. Monday at 8 p.m. at Carnegie... In this article: Carnegie Hall, New York Philharmonic, Irving High School, Noah and the Whale, Juilliard String Quartet, Gossip in the Grain, Egmont, Alan Gilbert, and Franz Schubert |
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Boston Herald | October 26, 2009
Docs order BSO's James Levine to rest
...performed for a herniated disc. Levine had hoped to rejoin the orchestra this Friday and Saturday to conduct the next installment of the orchestra's highly anticipated - and sold out - Beethoven cycle. Heeding his doctors' advice, Levine...
In this article: Surgery, Lorin Maazel, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, and New York City
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | October 27, 2009
Beethoven, with the right bit of whimsy
...size - + When he announced this season's Beethoven symphony cycle, Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine admitted an ulterior, fill-in-the-blank motive: He had never conducted Beethoven's Fourth Symphony in concert. Because of...
In this article: Eroica, Third Symphony, Fourth Symphony, Surgery, The Boston Globe, Ann Hobson Pilot, and Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Tanglewood season starts with Mahler
...the BSO in a concert version of Mozart's "Abduction From the Seraglio. '' He also returns to the Tanglewood Theatre to lead TMC musicians in Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos. '' His additional Tanglewood programs include a reprise of Stravinsky's...
In this article: Tanglewood, Second Symphony, Third Symphony, Fourth Symphony, Symphony of Psalms, Ariadne auf Naxos, and Kurt Masur
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In Levine’s absence, Maazel places firm, chilly stamp on Beethoven
(BSO Photo) Text size - + It is truly unfortunate that, in the end, James Levine's recovery from back surgery has forced his withdrawal from the Boston Symphony Orchestra's entire Beethoven cycle. It must surely be frustrating for...
In this article: Lorin Maazel, New York Philharmonic, Sixth Symphony, Surgery, and Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Levine’s return delayed to January
...the BSO said yesterday. Originally expected to return from back surgery last week, Levine will now miss the complete cycle of nine Beethoven symphonies that he had programmed and the BSO had promoted enthusiastically. For Levine, 66, this...
In this article: Surgery, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, New York Philharmonic, Beethoven's Third, Anxiety, and Wellesley College
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Opening nights, opening minds
...in 2006. In February Levine will also conduct a beautifully conceived program - Berg's Three Pieces for Orchestra, Strauss's "Four Last Songs'' with Fleming, and Mahler's Symphony No. 4 - with deep musical and historical resonances. But one...
In this article: Alan Gilbert, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Magnus Lindberg, Beethoven, New York, New York Philharmonic, Boston, and Surgery
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A young maestro to assist Levine
...what we want from Levine. For those who saw the opening LA concert it's obvious that Dudamel has a long way to go - his conducting of Mahler's First Symphony was choppy; Levine's conducting of Mahler is spectacular. (Listen to the BSO's...
In this article: Louisiana, Leonard Bernstein, John Adams, Green Umbrella, Hector Berlioz, New York, and Michael Tilson Thomas
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James Lawrence Levine (born 23 June 1943) is an American orchestral conductor and pianist. He is best known as the music director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He is also music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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