The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons.
In Thursday’s (4/10) Boston Globe, AZ Madonna writes, “In its 2025-2026 season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra will honor the United States’s 250th anniversary with a wide-ranging exploration of American music, featuring three dozen works by American composers past and present. The 125th anniversary of Symphony Hall will also be commemorated with Beethoven’s ‘Missa Solemnis,’ which was performed at the hall’s October 1900 inaugural concert, and other music from the turn of the 20th century. Additional themed programming intended to stretch across seasons will explore music’s intersections with religious faith and the natural world … The orchestra’s approach to American music next season is shaped by the words ‘E Pluribus Unum’—’from many, one,’ said BSO president and CEO Chad Smith … [and] ‘represents the beginning of a deep exploration of the humanities’ in the orchestra’s work, with more supplementary events hosted by the BSO’s humanities institute … ‘E Pluribus Unum’ highlights [include] concert performances of Samuel Barber’s ‘Vanessa’ presented in collaboration with Boston Lyric Opera … and the Boston premiere of BSO composer chair Carlos Simon’s gospel-inspired ‘Good News Mass,’ conducted by BSO artistic partner and youth and family concerts conductor Thomas Wilkins…. [Music Director Andris] Nelsons is helming 14 different programs during the season … The Boston Pops also have several dates—most of them conducted by Keith Lockhart.”
