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[MUSIC REVIEW] BSO, Levine, Schoenberg, July 14
7.17.06
BSO's 'Gurrelieder' is luminous, heartfelt
By Richard Dyer, Globe Staff
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, music director
At: Tanglewood, Friday night
LENOX -- The dreaded name of composer Arnold Schoenberg restricted the audience at Tanglewood for the Boston Symphony Orchestra's performance of his ``Gurrelieder" Friday night to 4,793 people, although the weather was beautiful.
What the people who didn't come probably didn't realize is that this massive orchestral song cycle contains some of the most intimate and some of the most sweepingly romantic music that Schoenberg, or anyone else, ever wrote. And disappointing crowds have to be placed in perspective -- on how many occasions anywhere have nearly 5,000 people assembled to hear ``Gurrelieder"?
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