Music
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John Williams at Tanglewood
Film Night Tribute to Warner Brothers
By: - Jul 19th, 2009There was a sold out Shed and a crowded lawn for the annual Film Night conducted by the composer John Williams. He holds the record for Oscar nominations and has taken home five Academy Awards. He was joined by narrator Frank Langella in a tribute to Warner Brothers studio.
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Tanglewood This Week: Mahler, Film Night
The Mandate and Vision of Programming
By: - Jul 15th, 2009With all the cold and wet weather we are still waiting for summer to arrive in the Berkshires. It is amazing to realize that we are sliding into the third weekend at Tanglewood. On Friday night James Levine will conduct Mahler. And on Saturday one of the annual highlights of the season will feature John Williama in a Film Night tribute to Warner Brothers.
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James Levine Conducts Rite of Spring
Stravinsky's Modernist Masterpiece at Tanglewood
By: - Jul 06th, 2009When Igor Stavinsky's ballet "Le Sacre du Printemps," with choreography by Vaslav Nijinski, premiered in Paris with the Ballets Russes on May 29, 1913 it provoked a riot. A light attendance for James Levine conducting at Tanglewood indicates that after almost a century it is still a hard sell. Judging by a standing ovation and encore it was clear that much of the audience had come to hear violinist Christian Tarzlaff perform Brahms.
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Diana Krall's Tanglewood Cabaret
Fourth of July Celebration in Lenox
By: - Jul 05th, 2009Miraculously Diana Krall transformed a packed Shed and several thousand on the Lawn at Tanglewood into the most intimate cabaret. With sizzling jazz piano, a scorching quartet and torchy lyrics. Krall took time to chat about her husband, Elvis Costello, twin boys, and getting hugs from the Obamas during a recent visit to the White House. Ending with fireworks.
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Keeping Up With Tanglewood
Filling Out the Calendar
By: - Jul 04th, 2009Coming into the second week of the Tanglewood season we greatly anticipate James Levine conducting Wagner's "Die Meistersinger" on July 11. Later he will conduct Mozart's "Don Giovanni." There is always so much going on that there is no time t take a breath during the dense season. On the occasion night off or when we have to be somewhere else friends invariably tell us what we have missed. So get our your calendar and start planning ahead. The wonderful Tanglewood season always seems to go by in a blur. Between now and the Labor Day Jazz Festival, pack a basket, spread the blanket, open the wine and enjoy a glorious night under the stars.
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James Levine Conducts Opening Night at Tanglewood
A Magnificent All Tchaikovsky Program
By: - Jul 04th, 2009Last night was the official launch of the Tanglewood season with James Levine conducting an all Tchaikovsky program. There will also be Tchaikovsky tonight in the Fourth of July celebration on the Esplanade in Boston conducted by Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. Tonight, there will also be fireworks following the performance in Lenox of Diana Krall. The summer music season has been launched full blast.
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Bang on a Can at Mass MoCA
Steve Reich Returns for Popular Annual Event
By: - Jul 02nd, 2009From Thursday, July 16 through Saturday, August 1, Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) will present the eighth annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA. The Festival is dedicated entirely to programming today's most innovative new music and includes public performances, workshops for participants in everything from Balinese music to improvisation, master classes, music business seminars, and more.
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Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival
Two Day Event Drew 12,027 Visitors
By: - Jul 01st, 2009The two day event Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival last weekend at the Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center was an artistic success that drew 12,027 visitors. In a tough economy that represents a slight increase over last year's attendance for the annual event. Highlights included Patti LaBelle, George Benson and Dave Brubeck.
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Tanglewood Off and Running
A Jump Start with Krall, Tchaikovsky, and Rites of Spring
By: - Jul 01st, 2009The Tanglewood Music Festival kicks into high gear this week. The official gala opening of the season will be marked by James Levine conducting an all Tchaikovsky program on Friday, July 3. Followed by the traditional fireworks pop star Diana Krall appears on the Fourth of July. And on Sunday afternoon there will be a different kind of pyrotechnics when Levine leads the orchestra in Stravinsky's magnificent and visceral "Rites of Spring."
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On the Silk Road with Yo Yo Ma
The Silk Road Ensemble at Lincoln Center
By: - Jun 12th, 2009Yo Yo Ma advances cultural diffusion with his extraordinary mix of East and West The Silk Road Ensemble performed at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
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32nd Annual Freihofer Jazz Festival
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, June 27 & 28
By: - Jun 11th, 2009Despite the poor economy tickets to the 32nd annual Freihofer Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, June 27 and 28 are selling briskly. Jazz fans are advised to act quickly to avoid disappointment.
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Chanteuse Barbara Cook Soars with the New York Philharmonic
Her Long Goodbye Brings Laughter, Tears and Joy
By: - Jun 02nd, 2009A luminous Barbara Cook, now 83, delivered "an evening for the records" at Avery Fisher Hall. This in turn brought the house down.
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The New York Philharmonic at St. John the Divine
Memorial Day concert
By: - May 26th, 2009The annual Memorial Day concert the New York PHilharmonic performs in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, honors the dead and inaugurates its free summer concert program.
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Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) Enlivens Audiences and Completes 12th Season with Five World Premieres
Lisa Bielawa final appearance as Composer-in-Residence (BMOP) Premieres her "In medias res".
By: - May 25th, 2009Friday, May 22nd, Boston Modern Orchestra Project's five premieres include final appearance of Composer-in-Residence Lisa Bielawa and New England based composers Geoffrey Gordon, Eric Moe, Lewis Spratlan and Thomas Oboe Lee.
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Dickey Betts Rocks the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield
Great Southern Tours the Berkshires
By: - May 21st, 2009In 2000, after some 30 years as a founding member, Dickey Betts was fired from the Allman Brothers Band. He now tours fronting Great Southern which played at the sold out Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. It was a great night of country blues.
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Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) Completes 12th Season with Five World Premieres
Lisa Bielawa's final appearance as Composer-in-Residence premieres her In medias res
By: - May 17th, 2009Final concert of 12th season, Boston Modern Orchestra Project present Five World Premieres. Lisa Bielawa's final appearance as Composer-In-Residence premieres In medias res.
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Mahler's 7th Symphony at Carnegie Hall
The State Orchestra of Berlin Conducted by Daniel Barenboim
By: - May 15th, 2009At Carnegie Hall in New York, the State Orchestra of Berlin under Daniel Barenboim performed Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony and the Wayfarer songs, with Thomas Hampson. This was part of the larger series in which all the Mahler symphonies have been performed in order. It wasn't hard to see why this doesn't happen often as the work requires at least 80 musicians.
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Boston Pops With Guest Artists Maya Beiser and John Pizzarelli
Keith Lockhart Conducts During 124th Season
By: - May 13th, 2009For the 124th season of the Boston Pops Keith Lockhart performed with guest artists, Maya Beiser, on cello, and the jazz quartet of John Pizzaerlli. While Pizarelli is a frequent peformer with the Pops this was the debut appearance for Beiser whom Lockhart described as the "Queen of Post Modern Cello."
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Tanglewood Special Offers
More Ways to Enjoy Music in the Berkshires
By: - May 04th, 2009The BSO and Tanglewood are making you an offer you cannot refuse. The season long Grass Pass offers admission to most events. The 45/45 combines two lawn tickets with two tickets to the Clark Art Institute. There are also hotel/ back stage and ticket offers. Check it out.
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Pianist Nicki Denner Brings Latin Beat to Mass MoCA
Salsa Dance Party on May 1
By: - Apr 22nd, 2009The Latin jazz pianist Nicki Denner will perform at the Hunter Center of Mass MoCA on Friday, May 1. With the easing of travel restrictions for Americans with family in Cuba this is a call for celebration with a night of music and dance.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra 2009-2010 Season
James Levine Leads 15 Programs
By: - Apr 17th, 2009The complete Beethoven Symphonies will be among the 15 programs that James Levine will lead during the 2009-2010 season of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In addition to Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Renee Flemming performing the Four Last Songs of Strauss there will be premieres by Carter, Harbison, Leiberson and John Williams.
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John Harbison's Opera "Winter's Tale"
Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) Performs Premiere
By: - Mar 24th, 2009The 70th birthday of esteemed America composer John Harbison (b. 1938) was celebrated in Jordan Hall, where Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) staged the first complete performance of Harbison's first opera, Winter's Tale (1974, revised 1991). Opera is Harbison's favorite medium. He won a 1987 Pulitzer Prize for his cantata Flight into Egypt.
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Renee Fleming as Rusalka at the Metropolitan Opera
A Rare Peformance of Dvorak's Czech National Treasure
By: - Mar 23rd, 2009Antonin Dvorak's opera "Rusalka" premiered in Prague in 1901. It took 92 years before its first performance at the Metropolitan Opera. The diva, Renee Fleming performed the lead role in 1997 and 2004. Her recent performance as the water spirit who falls in love with a human was utterly enchanting.
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Tanglewood 2009 News Updates
Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Tony Bennett Featured
By: - Mar 20th, 2009The Boston Symphony Orchestra is going all out to make the 2009 season a boffo hit for Tanglewood. Jazz singer Tony Bennett has been added on July 21. Sheryl Crow will join James Taylor. The Clark Art Institute will join Tanglewood for a special twofer ticket promotion. This is just a sample of the exciting news.
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Tanglewood Sold Out for James Taylor Performances
Only Lawn Tickets Available for Taylor with Pops and John Williams
By: - Mar 18th, 2009For the coming season the ever popular annual appearance by Berkshire native, James Taylor, has been shifted from the Fourth of July weekend to close the season, August 27-30, and anticipate the annual Jazz Festival on Labor Day weekend which falls late this year. The BSO announces that other than lawn tickets the Taylor concerts have sold out.
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