It’s a glorious FALL onstage everywhere in Boston right now with BOSTON BALLET and the BSO with fantastic programs for everyone!
The Seasons’ Canon
Head over to The OPERA HOUSE where BOSTON BALLET has just kicked off its season with FALL EXPERIENCE which left me speechless. You don’t have to know anything about ballet to love this. If you’ve ever in your life moved– you will be moved! For me the highlight of the program was a work I had never seen before, though I’d HEARD this haunting music: The Seasons Canon set to one of the most ravishing compositions I’ve ever heard– Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: Recomposed by Max Richter, brilliantly choreographed by Crystal Pite. It’s a stunner, like plunging into a dream and witnessing the beginning of life, the dancers arising as one organism from some primordial essence, taking shape and vibrating to a life force animating everything in the universe …I am still swooning… WATCH the trailer here!
“After”
The program features four contemporary choreographer in all, three of them women, including Principal Dancer Lia Cirio whose world premiere After –her second commissioned by Boston Ballet– kicked things off !
“Ein von Viel”/photo: Gene Schiavone
Sabrina Matthews’ Ein Von Viel featured two male dancers and a pianist at a grand piano onstage playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations! The dancers smoothly unleash Bach’s variations, serpentine, surprising, and muscular with attitude to spare.
“Plan to B”/ photo:Gene Schiavone
Resident choreographer Jorma Elo’s Plan to B a contemporary classic which premiered with Boston Ballet 20 years ago will fire you up with its explosive energy. SEE Boston Ballet’s FALL EXPERIENCE at The Opera House through November 3!
THEN head over to Symphony Hall for the first ever DAY OF THE DEAD concert! Conductor Keith Lockhart and The Boston POPS will be Celebrating Día de Muertos – The Day of the Dead concert on Friday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m. This Mexican holiday honors the dead by celebrating the souls of deceased relatives. The celebration in Symphony Hall will include Vocalist Veronica Robles and her Mariachi Ensemble and guitarist Zaira Meneses!
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is also in the middle of a FREE chamber music series this Fall performed by BSO musicians and guests, including 11 concerts at eight venues throughout Greater Boston– Below are the upcoming concerts!
***Tickets to Community Chamber Concerts are FREE but must be reserved ahead of time. To reserve your ticket, visit our website.
Sunday, Nov. 3, 3 p.m. (Hibernarian Hall, Roxbury)
Sunday, Nov. 10, 3 p.m. (Arlington Town Hall, Arlington)
Sunday, Nov. 17, 3 p.m. (La Colaborativa: Chelsea Survival Center)
Friday, Nov. 22, 1:30 p.m. (Fenway Center for the Arts)
Then on November 21-23 a special SUPER STAR performance when Conductor Andris Nelsons welcomes Renee Fleming to join the BSO in a special concert created for the legendary soprano including works by Mozart and a multimedia composition based on Georgia O’Keeffe’s life and work,
SEE ALL UPCOMING BSO & POPS PERFORMANCES and EVENTS HERE!
