Tuesday, March 31, 2026     Music Director Eckart Preu is joined tonight by two soloists who are PSO members: concertmaster Charles Dimmick and principal cellist Brent Selby. Charles has soloed often with the PSO while Brent is making his first solo appearance tonight. Both enjoy busy careers in and around Boston and have distinguished pedigrees…. Read More

Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor, BWV 232*  Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany on March 31, 1685 and died in Leipzig, Germany on July 28, 1750. The first complete public performance of the Mass in B Minor took place in Leipzig, Germany in 1859 under the direction of Bach scholar Karl Reidl. It is… Read More

Sunday, April 26, 2026Tuesday, April 28, 2026     Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor is universally recognized as one of the greatest works of western music. Performances of this work have drawn large audiences for 150 years as people seek to imbibe its profound spirituality and its lofty remove from daily life. The piece… Read More

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor Gustav Mahler was born in Kalischt, Bohemia in 1860 and died in Vienna in 1911. He completed this work in 1905 and led the first performance with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra the following year. The Symphony is scored for 4 flutes (2 doubling piccolo), piccolo, 4 oboes,… Read More

Tuesday, May 19, 2026     It may seem a fool’s errand to try to write about this massive work in a few hundred words. The symphony requires over 80 minutes to perform, employs an enormous orchestra that includesextraordinary percussion, encompasses a vast range of emotion, and pushes musicians and audiences to their limits. Nonetheless, a… Read More

Takashi Yoshimatsu Ode to Birds and Rainbow Takashi Yoshimatsu was both in Tokyo, Japan on March 18, 1953 and lives there now. Ode to Birds and Rainbow was written in 1994 and has been performed widely since. At least two commercial recordings are available. It is scored for 2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes, 2… Read More

Sunday, March 1, 2026     Today’s concert continues an exploration of music and nature that began with guest conductor David Amado’s program last October and continued with Eckart’s powerful program in late January. This time, guest conductor Morihiko Nakahara brings music from his native Japan, along with a lesser-known work by the great American composer… Read More

Max Richter On the Nature of Daylight Max Richter was born in Hamelin, West Germany on March 22, 1966. He now lives in England. On the Nature of Daylight was released in February, 2004 as part of the album The Blue Notebooks. It is scored for string orchestra: first and second violins, violas, cellos and… Read More

Sunday, January 25, 2026    Monday, January 26, 2026 These concerts continue the PSO’s exploration of music inspired by nature. Guest conductor David Amado’s October program evoked the heavens and the Greek and Roman Gods whoinhabit them. This weekend PSO Music Director Eckart Preu leads the orchestra in music about inner and outer worlds and how… Read More