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Philharmonical Warfare: The Forgotten Story Of the BSO’s Cold War Collaboration With the CIA

Written by JONATHAN RILEY Posted October 25, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

How the government secretly paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to promote American cultural enlightenment

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BSO, CIA, features, history, Music, news, Orchestra, throwback

KEITH LOCKHART ON HALLOWEEN AT SYMPHONY HALL

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted October 29, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

This Halloween, the Boston Pops will perform the original score of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho in sync with the film on screen at Symphony Hall. DigBoston caught up with Pops conductor and musical director Keith Lockhart ahead of this very special event.

 

Why did you decide ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: BSO, Film, Keith Lockhart, Music, Orchestra, performing arts, preview, Psycho

‘TIS THE SEASON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 12, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Conductor Keith Lockhart has now been at the podium for almost half of those 40 years, and under his leadership the Pops’ national recognition has soared. This year, in addition to its performances at Symphony Hall, its A Pops Holiday Party special returns to PBS stations across the country.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A Pops Holiday Special. Symphony Hall, Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, Holiday Pops, Keith Lockhart, Pops

RENÉE FLEMING: AN INTERVIEW WITH OPERA’S BIGGEST STAR

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 27, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, MUSIC

I actually can’t believe the Boston Symphony is putting on this opera in concert. It’s so massive. The cast, everything about it.

Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: BSO, opera, Renee Fleming

OPEN NIGHTS: LAYING OUT THE PERFORMANCE AND VISUAL ART OPENINGS AHEAD FOR FALL

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 22, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Calendar, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

It's going to be a good season.

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JOHN OLIVER + TRAILER APOCALYPSE + HOME ALONE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 23, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, DigThis

What to do and where to do it.

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DIG THIS: JOHN OLIVER + TRAILER APOCALYPSE + HOME ALONE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 23, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Calendar, DigThis

What to do and where to do it.

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HOT TICKET: ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE, AND NOW YOU CAN AFFORD IT

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: Performing Arts

There are a couple hundred performing arts organizations in the area, and while we’d like to comb through the fine print of each and spotlight the ways to make them all accessible, well, we’d need a bigger boat. We also know you don’t have the attention ...  read more

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ACCESS THE ARTS: ENJOY ALL THE SCENE HAS TO OFFER

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: Visual Arts

If you're a student who blew through your semester’s savings by the end of September, someone who hands over each paycheck directly to their landlord, or someone busy working to find work, sneezing next to one of greater Boston's many arts institutions can feel like an overdraft threat to your bank account. That should’t be the case, and in many instances, it’s not.

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CAN THE BSO INTRIGUE THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF BOSTON?

Written by MARTIN CABALLERO Posted September 29, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC

They already have

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