It was clear that the crowd loved the concert presented this evening by the BSO, Nelsons, and Emanuel Ax. The BSO members wore red rose boutonnieres as a gesture of solidarity with Nelsons in the wake of his dismissal.

The recital today offered two works best known for meltingly beautiful cantabile movements: Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” and the third-movement love song in Schumann’s Fantasie.