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  • Tuesday, February 25, 5:30 pm Reception, 8:00 Concert – Night at the Symphony for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy

    A benefit for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy will take place Tuesday, February 25 at Boston Symphony Hall, beginning with a reception at 5:30 pm followed by the concert at 8. The eminent violinist Pinchas Zukerman conducts this beautifully balanced program, which also features him as soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3, one of the composer’s earliest masterpieces, written when he was 19. Richard Strauss’ surprisingly deft, precocious Serenade for 13 winds dates from 1881, when he was only 17. The Bruckner Adagio, played here by string orchestra, is the second movement of his String Quintet, his most substantial piece of chamber music. Concluding these concerts is Haydn’s Symphony No. 49, from 1768, which may be derived from music he wrote for the theater (the nickname was not the composer’s). The BSO’s only previous performances of this piece were in 1979 at Symphony Hall and 1988 at Tanglewood. To purchase tickets, visit www.emeraldnecklace.org. All proceeds benefit the Justine Mee Liff Fund.

  • Tuesday, January 17, 6:30 pm – A Night at the Symphony to Benefit the Justine Mee Liff Fund of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy

    The Emerald Necklace Conservancy will host a benefit evening at Symphony Hall on Tuesday, January 17, beginning with a pre-concert dinner reception in the Cabot-Cahners Room at 6:30, followed by the 8 pm concert.  David Zinman will conduct, with featured Norwegian artist Leif Ove Andsnes (pictured below) at the piano.  The program will include Weber’s Overture to Euryanthe, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, the world premiere of John Harbison’s Symphony No. 6, a BSO commission, and finally, Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.  Intermission fare will also be served in the Cabot-Cahners Room, and there will be a Raffle of Culture and Luxury to further enhance the evening.  $150 per ticket, or be a Supporter for $250 and receive an invitation to a reception on May 15, 2012 at 211 Commonwealth Avenue.  Tickets are available on line at www.emeraldnecklace.org/BSOconcert/.