Yo-Yo Ma’s lyrical prowess on display at BSO concert

On Sunday August 2, Andris Nelsons conducted the BSO in a delightful Tanglewood concert featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The other soloists were trumpet player Håkan Hardenberger and BSO principal violist Steven Ansell. The selection of music was an imaginative blend of classical elegance with two contrasting programmatic works. Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 90 in C preceded Brett Dean's Dramatis personae, Music for Trumpet and Orchestra. The storytelling element of Dean's starkly modern work proved a

On Sunday August 2, Andris Nelsons conducted the BSO in a delightful Tanglewood concert featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The other soloists were trumpet player Håkan Hardenberger and BSO principal violist Steven Ansell. The selection of music was an imaginative blend of classical elegance with two contrasting programmatic works. Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 90 in C preceded Brett Dean's Dramatis personae, Music for Trumpet and Orchestra. The storytelling element of Dean's starkly modern work proved a…