He will lead the Boston orchestra in Mahler's huge Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection") at 8 p.m. on Oct. 7. On Oct. 8, he conducts a 1 30 p.m. repeat concert.
"On tour, when you repeat the concert almost every day," Mr. Jansons said, "you need a lot of imagination to make every concert a big event.
The group will repeat the concert at 3 p.m. March 13 at Christ Episcopal Church on East Main Street in Oyster Bay.
During prime-time on Thursday, however, network television drew meager ratings for mostly repeats and concert specials.
That the "Symphonie Fantastique" is repeated in concert programs to the point of cliché may have something to do with its relatively modest demands: not a lot of extra hiring, not a lot of audience resistance.
Standing curiously in the middle of an evening devoted to the seldom played was the Grieg Piano Concerto: famous, beloved and repeated in concert by every aspiring pianist who gets the chance.
"Russian officials are undoubtedly anxious to avoid a repeat of recent concerts by fellow pop superstars Madonna and Lady Gaga, both of whom violated laws banning so-called 'gay propaganda' by making statements in favor of LGBT rights," Becker wrote on Belerico.com on Thursday.
The BBC has announced a Britpop season, a week of shows across radio and TV, including documentaries, repeats of archival concerts and, with a certain inevitability, a poll to find Britain's 30 favourite Britpop anthems.
In a repeat of his UK concerts from 1966, leading figures in the English music scene began to gather on the island to show their support for Dylan, the singer widely considered "the minstrel to a generation".
The piece is to be repeated at five other concerts Thursday to Tuesday.
