Music
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Arlo Guthrie at the Colonial Theatre November 16
Celebrating Woody's Hundreth Birthday
By: - Oct 30th, 2012Arlo Guthrie will play the Colonial on November 16 at 8pm to honor his father, Woody Guthrie, and all that he contributed to Folk Music. For this concert only, Arlo will be accompanied by his family, to celebrate Woody Guthrie's life and music.
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Charles Dutoit Conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Stravinsky's Le Rossignol and L’Enfant et les sortileges of Ravel
By: - Oct 29th, 2012With its French and Russian traditions, the BSO seemed the ideal orchestra to present these two rarities. But the Stravinsky had never been done before, and the Ravel only 3 times. Both works are oddities within the composers’ oeuvre, but that makes them even more of a delight to encounter.
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Simon Boccanegra Rules at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lessons in Superior Opera Production
By: - Oct 29th, 2012Elijah Moshinsky directs, Sir Andrew Davis conducts, and the singers, each and every one, including Thomas Hampson, Krassima Stoyanova, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Frank Lopardo and Quinn Kelsey keep you in their thrall. A report on Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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World Peace Orchestra Celebrates Solti Centennial
Lady Solti Presents Solti's Life in Music
By: - Oct 21st, 2012Prince Charles writes of his admiration for George Solti, a committed humanitarian and passionate advocate of the cause of international peace and understanding. Carnegie Hall was the setting of his centennial celebration.
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Handel Rarity Partenope by Boston Baroque
Amanda Forsythe and Owen Willetts Shine as Vocal Soloists
By: - Oct 21st, 2012Partenope is the Queen of Naples in this comic romp by George Frideric Handel. Playing the queen like a reality series star, Amanda Forsythe leads cast in comic and vocal bravura. It’s hard to believe but as recently as 25 years ago the Italian-language operas of George Frideric Handel were rarely heard, while his English-language oratorios were a mainstay in Anglo-Saxon countries.
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The MET Orchestra at Carnegie
Slow Flows the Don Under Semyon Bychkov
By: - Oct 17th, 2012A world-reknowned conductor, Semyon Bychkov, led the Met Orchestra in Wagner and Strauss. James Levine has been announced as conductor of the May Carnegie concert. Fabio Luisi has said he is not available as a back up.
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The Vespers At Eagle Hill Cultural Center
Nashville Band a Solid Hit.
By: - Oct 16th, 2012What began as a delicate and subtle seeking of a fragile melody on the dobro by Bruno Jones, was shattered as the group’s hoyden, Callie Cryar, stepped to the microphone and let loose...
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Riverside Blues and Barbecue Festival
Greenfield Hosts 2nd Annual Contest
By: - Oct 12th, 2012Part I - Blues In this subculture, mention the three B's and everyone knows you are talking about Blues, Beer and Barbecue. Riverside served up plenty of each. First, about the music.
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B.U. Fringe Festival Presents Massenet Rarity
Explores Theme of The Ladies of the Camellias
By: - Oct 08th, 2012Risk-taking annual Fringe Festival goes beyond normal student production formula. Three-part festival looks at tragic role of the courtesan in 19th century art, focusing here on Manon Lescaut and Marguerite Gautier in works by Massenet, Dumas and Verdi. The theme is “The Ladies of the Camellias,†and it attempts to probe how 19th century French and Italian playwrights and composers dealt with the role of the fallen woman.
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The Chicago Symphony at Carnegie II
Muti Continues Our Musical Education
By: - Oct 08th, 2012School has never been more fun and moving than it is with tutor Riccardo Muti introducing his native composers, Martucci and Respighi, and also Dvorak, who helped to jump start his career.
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Crescedo Performances Nov. 10 and 11
La Lombardesca--The Golden Era of the Baroque in 17th Century Poland
By: - Oct 08th, 2012On November 10 and 11 Lakeville’s music organization Crescendo, with support from the Polish Cultural Institute of New York, presents “La Lombardesca--The Golden Era of the Baroque in 17th Century Poland.†The program will be presented in Lakeville, Conn. and Great Barrington, Mass.
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Muti Magic at Carnegie Hall
Chicago Symphony Precise, Passionate, Compelling
By: - Oct 07th, 2012Riccardo Muti and his Chicago Symphony Orchestra opened the Carnegie Hall Season. And what a splendid welcome. Featured was Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. When Muti conducted it in 1980, the composer declared the performance a "second premier." Orff went home and made changes which he autographed and then sent to Muti. Such is Muti’s gift.
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Jazz Diva Eliane Elias at Eagle Hill Cultural Center
Paul Overton Assumes the Helm for Season V
By: - Oct 04th, 2012Eliane Elias, fresh from Lincoln Center performances last weekend is here to launch the fall schedule at Hardwick's Eagle Hill Cultural Center. Eliane’s new CD “Swept Away†was released last week as well.
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Madama Butterfly at Boston Lyric Opera
Puccini Classic Nov. 2-11
By: - Oct 04th, 2012Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) opens its 2012/13 Season with a new production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Nov. 2 – 11, 2012, starring soprano Yunah Lee in her BLO debut in her signature role of Cio-Cio San. Performances take place at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre (265 Tremont St., Boston.. The production stars soprano Yunah Lee in her BLO debut as Cio-Cio San, a role for which she has received widespread critical acclaim and which Opera News recently declared her “signature role.â€
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Gotham Chamber Opera at Poisson Rouge
Neal Goren Combines East and West
By: - Oct 03rd, 2012The stage at Poisson Rouge thrust out for the meeting of East and West. The performers were in thrust mode too. From the first pavonne danced bare-chested instead of bustled up in the back, a contrarian view to classic forms was often on display. When the dancers from Company XIV accompanied the singers, they added a visual line to the musical one, and emphasized the emotion of an aria or recitative. The effect was delightful, moving and, at the right times, frightening. The erotic and exotic in a special mix.
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2nd Annual Fresh Grass Bluegrass Festival
A Sellout for MoCA
By: - Sep 30th, 2012I was, as always, delighted and energized by Joy Kills Sorrow. Leyla McCalla’s Sunday morning performance captivated me and her afternoon session with the Carolina Chocolate Drops sealed my appreciation. The festival achieved capacity sales for the intended venue a week before opening night, and while there were a few hiccups, on the whole, the staff ran a very successful and satisfying event.
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BSO Porgy and Bess
Concert Version Conducted by Bramwell Tovey
By: - Sep 29th, 2012The BSO's performance of George Gershwin's classic American "folk opera" was sumptuously played and well sung, but it tried to make Gershwin a late Romantic like Strauss or Puccini. The production is musically rich, bringing out the complexities of the score with a clarity that only underscores how great the work is. It is the first time the orchestra has performed “Porgy,†which opened in Boston in 1935 as a try-out for its New York premiere, in Symphony Hall.
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Rachvelishvili Ravashing as Carmen
Tomer Zvulun Directs at the Metropolitan Opera
By: - Sep 28th, 2012Merimee started his novella Carmen by remarking that women are as bitter as gall. They have only two good moments, in bed and in death. We get Carmen in both positions, but she resists subservience. Here she is, Rachveslishvili larger than life.
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Kenny Rogers Gambles on Pittsfield
Country at the Colonial
By: - Sep 28th, 2012Now 74, for the very first time, Kenny Rogers performed in the Berkshires. In an adventurous booking coup the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield was near capacity for a rare appearance by a leading Country artist. With his signature, rough textured vocals and greatest hits Rogers both amused and abused a doting audience.
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Pittsfield CityJazz Festival Oct. 4-13
Jazz Crawl Continues Through the Weekend
By: - Sep 27th, 2012​Berkshires Jazz, Inc. has announced the final lineup for the 8th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, which runs from Oct. 4-13 in various venues in downtown Pittsfield. The music spans the spectrum of jazz, and includes the New England Jazz Ensemble with guest soloists Giacomo Gates and Ali Ryerson; The Jazz Arts Trio; Jazz About Town (a "jazz crawl" that features local musicians in restaurants and lounges throughout downtown on Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 5-7); and a new entry in the Jazz Prodigy series, Adam O'Farrill, a trumpet player who is garnering accolades across the northeast.
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A Conversation With Herb Gart - IX
An Ending of Sorts...
By: - Sep 26th, 2012I believe an Artist is someone who has found a way to express his/her ideas in such a way that the audience gets the ideas intended. To do this takes some degree of genius. It is very difficult to do. He knows who he is well enough to know what material works for him. He doesn't make many mistakes in self editing. He might need some help - after all, Marlon Brando needed a Director - but he is firm in understanding what he doesn't want to do.. Bob Dylan used to sit on the steps above the Gaslight Cafe in the Village and fix his curly hair with hairspray. He understood his art and his persona.
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New York's Chamber Music Society Serenades
Mozart, Kodaly, Strauss and Dvorak Welcome the Season
By: - Sep 26th, 2012Chamber music well-done is an intimate dialogue among musicians. No one does this better than the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, which appears in New York, but also at Harris Theater in Chicago and across the country.
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The Bandana Splits at Mass MoCA
Pop Band Performs Oct. 6
By: - Sep 23rd, 2012The Bandana Splits bring nostalgic charm to MASS MoCA's Club B-10 on Saturday, October 6, 8 PM. The Brookyn-based trio -- Dawn Landes, Lauren Balthrop, and Annie Nero -- recreates the bubblegum pop and doo-wop styles of the 1950s and '60s with upbeat three-part harmonies featuring ukuleles, guitars, and even kazoos.
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Brel in the Berkshires with McBroom and Ball
Barrington Stage Presents Jaques Brel Chansons American Style
By: - Sep 22nd, 2012Amanda McBroom, George Ball and Michele Brourman will perform tonight and tomorrow at Barrington Stage Company, at the Spice Dragon Cabaret Room, on North Street in Pittsfield, MA. A performance not to miss!
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Music Festival Berlin in September 2012
Part of a Series: Berliner Festspiele
By: - Sep 20th, 2012A yearlong celebration of world cultures continues in Berlin from September into Spring 2013. As the Music Festival came to an end, the exhibition “Dennis Hopper – The Lost Album†opened at the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Next, Berlin will offer a November “Jazzfest,†followed by an international literature festival and much more.
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