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Beethoven, premieres on tap for BSO season

The BSO will honor retiring harpist Ann Hobson Pilot. The BSO will honor retiring harpist Ann Hobson Pilot.
By Jeremy Eichler
Globe Staff / April 17, 2009

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Music director James Levine will open the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2009-10 season on Sept. 23 with the premiere of John Williams's "On Willows and Birches," written as a tribute to the BSO's retiring harpist Ann Hobson Pilot. He will also lead a complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies as well as premieres by Peter Lieberson, John Harbison, and Elliott Carter. Bernard ... (Full article: 469 words)

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