Music
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Unknown Soldier at Williamstown Theatre Festival
World Premiere Musical by Michael Freidman and Daniel Goldstein
By: - Aug 02nd, 2015This is the 10th WTF season for Michael Friedman, and 6th for Daniel Goldstein. They have created the world premiere of a musical Unknown Soldier which is one of the bright and promising productions this summer in Williamstown. The project was initiated through a commission from former artistic director Nicholas Martin. It has been brought to fruition by Mandy Greenfield .
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This Week at Tanglewood: August 2nd-6th
Tanglewood On Parade Featured on Tuesday
By: - Aug 02nd, 2015The week of August 2nd to 6thh is one of the most exciting weeks at Tanglewood,located in Lenox, Massachusetts. If you are a fan of conductor Andris Nelsons and Yo-Yo Ma, this is your week of enjoyment.
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Side by Side by Sondheim
North Coast Repertory Theatre through August 16
By: - Jul 28th, 2015The North Coast Repertory Theatre production of “Side By Side By Sondheim”, does Mr. Sondheim proud! That enormous canon is selectively and lovingly brought to life by four gifted and talented singer/actors in a 90 minute free flowing tribute to his genius under the inspired direction of North Coast artistic director David Ellenstein.
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Girlfriend at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
World Premiere Musical by Todd Almond & Matthew Sweet
By: - Jul 28th, 2015Todd Almond’s new rock musical “Girlfriend” with music and lyrics by Matthew Sweet is a vanguard production that addresses the issues of understanding, acceptance, as well as the hopes and dreams of two gay teenage boys who discover one another in rural Nebraska in the summer of 1993.
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Paul Natkin Superstars
Exhibition at Ed Paschke Art Center in Jefferson Park.
By: - Jul 28th, 2015Paul Natkin told an attentive audience about shooting Bruce Springsteen in Minneapolis on his Born in the USA tour for a Newsweek cover. That shoot was described in a story about Natkin in the Chicago Sun-Times. "That's when my family believed I was a real photographer," he said. That publicity also led to five years as the staff photographer for the Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Tommy
Having a Silver Ball
By: - Jul 27th, 2015To get up for the gig, The Who, we dropped acid. From the front row Ronnie and I were blown away by Tommy.
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Opera Is Coming to Cambrige, NY
Rigoletto and Old Maid & the Thief at Hubbard Hall
By: - Jul 25th, 2015Hubbard Hall Opera Theater offers up something for everyone with their summer season.
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Chicago Exhibition of Jazz and Art
At Museum of Contemportary Art
By: - Jul 23rd, 2015The newly opened exhibit, The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Chicago's experimental jazz collective, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), which continues to expand the boundaries of jazz.
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Blue Moon Roof Top Party in Pittsfield
July 31 Benefit to Support Pittsfield Farmers Market
By: - Jul 22nd, 2015Dance drink and enjoy the stars from the Blue Moon Rooftop in downtown Pittsfield. It's a benefit for the Farmers Market.
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Daphne with The Cleveland Orchestra
Welser-Möst Realizes the First of the Last Great Works of Strauss
By: - Jul 19th, 2015Daphne, a one act opera, is more tone poem than drama. Each character has a signature in notes. Particularly Daphne, Apollo and Leukippos are shaped and defined by Strauss. Strauss' new librettist Joseph Gregor finally produced a satisfactory text with a lot of help from Strauss' friends. Daphne was Pauline, Strauss' wife, favorite. A noted soprano in her own right, Pauline recognized the extraordinary musical character Strauss created for sopranos. Regine Hangler took full advantage.
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Audra Mcdonald in Concert at Tanglewood
Tony winner plays Ozawa Hall on Sunday, July 19th
By: - Jul 18th, 2015Known for her recent role as Billie Holiday, multiple Tony award winning actress and singer, Audra Mcdonald takes center stage at Tanglewood on July 19.
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The Cleveland Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall
Welser-Möst Conducts Messiaen and Dvorák
By: - Jul 16th, 2015Welser-Möst hid behind Tristan and Iseult in Vienna and Salome at Carnegie, two terrific opera productions he conducted. The continuity of the performance he draws from the elegant Cleveland Orchestra, weaving together an unusual whole, swoops the listener into the entire work without a breath, but with infinite attention to dynamic detail. It is a remarkable and uplifting experience to hear orchestral works as Welser-Möst designs them. Orchestra members are willing and more than up to the exciting task.
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Yarn/Wire at the Lincoln Center Festival
World Premieres by Murail, Misato Mochizuki, Raphaël Cendo
By: - Jul 15th, 2015When is sound music? When is noise music? These are questions asked by Yarn/Wire, a quartet of two pianists and two percussionists. We are reminded first and foremost that the piano is a percussion instrument. The excitement begins with this idea and floats out...forever.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis Returns to Tanglewood
By: - Jul 15th, 2015On August 20, 2012 Wynton Marsalis shared an appearance at Tanglewood with bass player Christian McBride. Last night he returned to Ozawa Hall with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. This superb group of New York based musicians presented a program of traditional big band music from the 1930s and 1940s in the first half and works by members of the orchestra, including Marsalis, in the second.
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'Home on the Range' (Tanglewood)
Sing Along with Bryn Terfel
By: - Jul 10th, 2015Heavyweight bass-baritone Bryn Terfel wows the audience at Ozawa Hall
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Miles
Keith or Chick
By: - Jul 04th, 2015Miles on tour after Bitches Brew saw him at Harvard Stadium then later in the week Lennie's on the Turnpike. That night the band included Jack DeJohnette, drums, Michael Henderson, bass, Gary Bartz, horns, Fender pianos Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. John McLaughlin sat in on guitar. Back stage Miles asked me to help him make a difficult decision.
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Tanglewood/ BSO Opening Night
All-American Program
By: - Jul 04th, 2015For the BSO's opening night at Tanglewood guest conductor Jacques Lacombe led the orchestra through a diverse program of Americana that celebrated the Independence Day theme of freedom. Particularly essential was the give and take, call and answer between the traditions and cross pollination of jazz and classical music. A highlight was John Douglas Thompson speaking the words of Abraham Lincoln in a tribute composed by Aaron Copland.
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Les Troyens by San Francisco Opera
Stunning Performances by Antonacci, Graham and Hymel
By: - Jul 02nd, 2015The Trojan horse's head is 23 feet tall, the stage is packed with 18 principal singers, a chorus, dancers galore. Berlioz is perfumed with madness and desire. It is grand opera at its best in San Francisco: Les Troyens.
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Two Women at the San Francisco Opera
Anna Caterina Antonacci, a Singing Sophia Loren in Marco Tutino's Opera
By: - Jul 01st, 2015San Francisco Opera commissioned this work by an Italian composer Marco Tutino and puts on a terrific production. The set brilliantly reveals small human activities as an insert in the larger world picture. Often two dramas are taking place against the background of war. The beautiful score of Marco Tutino suits the story and provides ample opportunities to display the talents of the principals.
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Wilco and Real Estate Open Solid Sound Festival
Mass MoCA Be There or Be Square
By: - Jun 25th, 2015Wilco and thirty other bands invade Mass MoCA this weekend
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Tanglewood This Week
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, Huey Lewis, Mark Morris and More
By: - Jun 24th, 2015For under $100 you can purchase lawn tickets and see four popular artists at Tanglewood.
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Petrenko to Berlin Philharmonic
Boston Breathes a Sigh of Relief
By: - Jun 22nd, 2015Andris Nelsons' name has whirled in the air around Berlin. He succeeded Sir Simon Rattle at Birmingham and it is Rattle who is stepping down in Berlin. Nelsons was a natural choice. The orchestra made its announcement today: Kirill Petrenko is their man. Recently he has triumphed at the Munich Opera where we heard his wonderful Lulu.
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Sheryl Crow Rocks Tanglewood
If It Makes You Happy
By: - Jun 22nd, 2015The Tanglewood 2015 season opened with Sheryl Crow backed by Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops.
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Season Finale: Schubert and Beethoven Trios
Year-End Wrap up at the Rosen Salon
By: - Jun 21st, 2015Music salons at Joseph and Christina Rosen's are a treat. Over the course of a season, you can hear up and coming pianists, singers, and contemporary composers. The warhorses of music sound fresh and inviting. Only one of the pleasures of an evening is hearing Joe Rosen perform on the clarinet.
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Monteverdi Trilogy Heads to the Berkshires
Early Music Festival Travels to Great Barrington
By: - Jun 18th, 2015Every two years the Boston Early Music Festival schedules a week of concerts and operas that make Boston the world capital of early music. This year's focus was on Claudio Monteverdi, the first great opera composer. All three of his surviving operas were given stylish productions and featured some of the best singers of early music in the world. Taken from Greek myth and ancient Roman history, the stories resonate with the lives we live today.
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