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MacMillan

Presented by Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall

January 21-January 23, 2010

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Sir Colin Davis’s second week of concerts is devoted to a new work co-commissioned by the BSO and the London Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish composer James MacMillan’s St. John Passion. Sir Colin requested this major work from one of his favorite contemporary composers in part to commemorate the conductor’s own 80th birthday; he led the premiere in London in April 2008. The piece is a largescale work in two parts for chorus, orchestra, and baritone solo, building on the great traditional Passions of Bach in a dramatic setting, both traditional and modern, of the Passion narrative from the Gospel of John. These are the American premiere performances.

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    Symphony Hall

    301 Massachusetts Avenue
    Boston, MA 02115

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    Tickets: 1/21 - $29-$105 1/22 & 1/23 - $30-115

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    Dates:
    January 21-January 23, 2010

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    8:00 PM

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    • Event Name: MacMillan
      "Grab your seats, folks - this is high drama!"
      Review posted by: kv from Boston's north end, Jan 22, 2010
      

      Stunning! but merits fair warning - not light entertainment! Three tectonic plates pound against each other for a night of trial, mob rule and cowardice. Jews, Romans and a nascent Christian... Expand

      Stunning! but merits fair warning - not light entertainment! Three tectonic plates pound against each other for a night of trial, mob rule and cowardice. Jews, Romans and a nascent Christian movement dull themselves against each other. This dude on trial is caught in the cogs of bureaucracy. Worse than drivers' exams at the RMV. And his friends? None. Wow the strings section feels it. They grind. Percussion punctuates. They pick out every excruciating detail of John's account. When the dude sees his mom--how do moms in the audience deal?--her words have a sweet whim of suicide. She's almost Ophelia. Then uneasiness. Abeyance. Deep misery. No wonder people love to clap. The end of this piece needs a noisy celebration to dispel its grief. Keep your program open to the drama section so you match words and events, and the passage of time, to the complicated sounds of blood & sweat. Brace your ears for cacophonous renditions of monumental mythohistory Collapse

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    • Event Name: MacMillan
      "Grab your seats, folks - this is high drama!"
      Review posted by: kv from Boston's north end, Jan 22, 2010
      

      Stunning! but merits fair warning - not light entertainment! Three tectonic plates pound against each other for a night of trial, mob rule and cowardice. Jews, Romans and a nascent Christian... Expand

      Stunning! but merits fair warning - not light entertainment! Three tectonic plates pound against each other for a night of trial, mob rule and cowardice. Jews, Romans and a nascent Christian movement dull themselves against each other. This dude on trial is caught in the cogs of bureaucracy. Worse than drivers' exams at the RMV. And his friends? None. Wow the strings section feels it. They grind. Percussion punctuates. They pick out every excruciating detail of John's account. When the dude sees his mom--how do moms in the audience deal?--her words have a sweet whim of suicide. She's almost Ophelia. Then uneasiness. Abeyance. Deep misery. No wonder people love to clap. The end of this piece needs a noisy celebration to dispel its grief. Keep your program open to the drama section so you match words and events, and the passage of time, to the complicated sounds of blood & sweat. Brace your ears for cacophonous renditions of monumental mythohistory Collapse

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