Fri May 7 · 8:00pm
Serge Koussevitzky: Creative Catalyst
Randall Thompson's Alleluia and Poulenc's Gloria both came from Koussevitzky commissions; the Gloria had its premiere with the soprano Adele Addison and the Boston Symphony in 1961. Addison is now in her 101st year. The programme frames Koussevitzky as the figure who made Boston a centre for new work.