Brevity, Shakespeare tells us, is the soul of wit. Yet concision needn’t come at the expense of depth, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s shortish program on Thursday night demonstrated.

At Mechanics, those came through largely intact. Michael Riesman’s account of the “Opening” featured impeccable rhythmic ...

The program was buoyed by the exuberance and clear direction of conductor Tianhui Ng and a rock-solid percussion section that ...

Sunday’s performance embraced the score’s explorations of sonority and character in equal measure. The first movement’s ...