With town assessments potentially rising by as much as 18 percent, residents and officials pushed back on Superintendent Brian Ricca's proposed fiscal 2027 budget options and criticized him for presenting it without line items.
Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds and String Instruments (1878) evokes the 18th century, late-baroque, tradition of outdoor performances on the grounds of the nobility’s castles for the amusement of both the aristocracy and its serfs.
If any conductor “owns” Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, it’s Michael Tilson Thomas. He certainly lived up to his Mahlerian reputation. When it comes to Mahler, Michael Tilson Thomas and the BSO are peerless.
