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The Boston Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Andris Nelsons, presented a program featuring Golda Schultz (soprano), James Carter (saxophone), J. William Hudgins (vibraphone), and Caleb Quillen (double bass), performing works including John Adams's *Short Ride in a Fast Machine* and Barber's *Knoxville: Summer of 1915*. A subsequent performance, also conducted by Andris Nelsons, included Beethoven's *Missa Solemnis*, featuring soloists Eleanor Lyons, Wiebeke Lehmkuhl, Klaus Florian Vogt, and Franz-Josef Selig, along with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and guest conductor Anthony Blake Clark. Members of the orchestra, including Glen Cherry, Lisa Ji Eun Kim, Mary Ferrillo, and Christine Lee, participated in an event with guest speaker Lyra Brennan from Mass Audubon, performing Haydn's String Quartet Op. 64 No. Finally, the orchestra partnered with Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center and the Boston Public Art Triennial to present a free musical event, "Joy Takes Flight: A Celebration of Art, Music, and Conservation," on October 1.
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