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MUSIC REVIEW

Thomas Oboe Lee symphony imagines Paris

The Paris conjured in the imagination of American visitors is a distinctive and palpable enough place to warrant its own passport stamp. Thomas Oboe Lee’s new Symphony no. 8, “City of Light’’-commissioned by the Boston Classical Orchestra, premiered by them and conductor Steven Lipsitt at Faneuil Hall on Saturday-seems to unapologetically illustrate that imaginary Paris as much as the real one.

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