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Acoustics rather than aesthetics make this hall, the home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops, special for performers and concertgoers. Although acoustical science was a brand-new field of research when Professor Wallace Sabine planned the interior, not one of the 2,500 seats is a bad one—the secret is the box-within-a-box design.

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  • Address: 301 Massachusetts Ave., Back Bay, Boston, MA, 02115 | Map It
  • Phone: 888/266-1200 box office; 617/638-9390 tours
  • Hours: Free walk-up tours Oct.--May, Wed. at 4 and some Sat. at 2
  • Metro Symphony.
  • Location: Back Bay and the South End
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    The Boston Symphony is one of the best orchestras in the US, and they play in the best symphony hall in the world. I attend the BSO regularly; while I agree the acoustics is excellent, I do avoid the seats in the back of the orhcestra section that is below the Balcony overhang. If you're strapped for cash, you can try for their $9 rush tickets: offered on Tues/Thurs evening concerts, and Fri matinee concerts.

    If you don't care for classical music, you can still visit the hall by taking one of its free guided tours - available during the concert season.

    by yk, 11/6/09

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