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An audience on the lawn of the Koussevitsky Music Shed at Tanglewood in 2018. (Courtesy Fred Collins) Classical-music devotees who’ve been missing the sound of live music and the camaraderie of intermissions can begin to breathe a sigh of relief as the pandemic, at least around these parts, begins to wind down. The Boston Symphony Orchestra has just announced that Symphony Hall will reopen Sept. 30 with celebrity violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter playing the new John Williams Violin Concerto No. 2...

Local performers will be showcased as they perform some of the finest selections in classical music

Unpardonably yours, Mr. Donald J. Trump Updated December 11, 2020, 1:16 p.m. Email to a Friend For sake of our republic, indict him and let process play out Jeff Jacoby’s argument that Joe Biden should pardon Donald Trump is odious (”Biden promised not to pardon Trump. Maybe he should do so anyway,” Opinion, Dec. 9). Jacoby writes that “the question for Biden isn’t what Trump deserves, but what the nation needs.” What this country really needs now — after a l...