“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.
Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds and String Instruments (1878) evokes the 18th century, late-baroque, tradition of outdoor performances on the grounds of the nobility’s castles for the amusement of both the aristocracy and its serfs.
If any conductor “owns” Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, it’s Michael Tilson Thomas. He certainly lived up to his Mahlerian reputation. When it comes to Mahler, Michael Tilson Thomas and the BSO are peerless.
