BY ALAN SHERROD It is an inarguable truth that every concert comes with its own set of expectations, a delicious combination of factors—conductor, orchestra, soloists—that ideally turn the “merely intrigued” into “definitely compelled” ticket buyers. Clearly, concert expectations were…
One Name. One Legend. Midori.
BY DIANA SALESKY It was August 25, 1988. Leonard Bernstein was turning 70, and his birthday bash was nothing less than a televised tribute concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Seiji Ozawa. The evening overflowed with stars…