Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), a Boston-based American orchestra, has live shows at Symphony Hall and summer functions at Tanglewood. Nelsons current director BSO. Bernard Haitink currently holds the BSO Emeritus title, was referred to as a well-performing baritone, invented Henschel's revolutionary card capability and sent Brahms, which includes and very important Hungarian Arthur Nikisch, from 1884 to 1889 and again from 1898 to 1906. According to the criticism of Joseph Horowitz Fritz Steinbach, declined, was engaged earlier, the post was finally Karl Ruin. He was chief until 1908 from 1912 1918. The director was Max FiedlerDuring World I, was arrested, in a prison camp trial or charge until the end of the war, subsequently carried out only in Following conductors of the BSO were French: Rabaud, then Pierre from 1919 1924Status elevated during the direction of Serge Koussevitzky. One million members of the radio audience when the Koussevitzky orchestra first performed a live concert radio broadcast, the voice messages of the orchestra's normal radio his summer home to which is now Music Center. These radio voice messages went from 1926 to 1951, which includes many of Prokofiev's. They have provided the Concerto Orchestra of Béla Bartók, which includes new works Heitor Villa-Lobos (Symphony No. 12) Henri Dutilleux seventy-fifth birthday, Andrzej these days the works Leon Kirchner, Peter Lieberson. Other commission rates included John Not only two of Hall's 100th birthday. Hans Werner has committed his eighth orchestra. Although Koussevitsky his protégé Leonard Bernstein was his successor after on the market in 1949, produced their first music system in February 1954 Victor. In 1952, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, musical director in 1973, held the position until 2002