Thomas Adès, conductor

BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès is joined by American violinist Pamela Frank and French violist Antoine Tamestit in Wolfgang Mozart’s abundantly tuneful Sinfonia concertante. English composer Gustav Holst’s The Planets covers a vast range of musical territory, from the fleet energy of Mercury through the pounding aggression of Mars to the ethereal mysticism of Neptune, which here features the versatile women’s vocal group Lorelei Ensemble for the wordless choral part. Opening the concert is Adès’ own Shanty – Over the Sea. In this atmospheric string orchestra piece, many lines interweave to “create a widening seascape.”

Thomas Adès conducts Thomas Adès, Mozart, and Holst featuring Pamela Frank, violin, Antoine Tamestit, viola, and Lorelei Ensemble.

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