Carpenter Constructs Glittering Edifice

Cameron Carpenter, an organist of prodigious technique and an immensely creative bent played throughout a compelling BSO program under the direction of guest conductor Bramwell Tovey on Thursday evening. Carpenter presents proudly as a maverick of the “classical music” stage. Sporting a Mohawk, he cuts a lively and glittery figure in the embrace of the curvaceous Symphony Hall Skinner organ, with its console at center stage. His hands and feet flew across the key and pedal boards and stop jambs. [...]