Music
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Boston Pops At Symphony Hall
Keith Lockhart Launches Season December 9
By: - Nov 30th, 2009In a great Boston tradition Keith Lockhart will conduct the Boston Pops in all of the Holiday favorites. The fun begins on December 9 at Symphony Hall. There will be 35 performances through December 27. Followed by a New Year's Eve gala.
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Music Museum of New England
Rock 'n' Soul Benefit Concert December 13
By: - Nov 28th, 2009The Music Museum of New England is dedicated to preserving the musical heritage of the region. Currently operating a website, its long-term goal is to build an archive and open a visitors center. Many area musicians will celebrate the season in a benefit for MM/ONE on December 13 at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Mass.
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Karita Mattila as Katya Kabanova at Chicago's Lyric Opera
Jonathan Miller Revives Production of Leos Janacek
By: - Nov 27th, 2009Karita Mattila performs the title role in Leos Janacek's Katya Kabanova with her glorious voice on full display. The production at the Lyric Opera is peerless. Janacek is recognized with Benjamin Britten as one of the two great operatic composers of the 20th century.
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Jerry Corbitt's CD Along for the Ride
Catching Up With an Old Friend
By: - Nov 25th, 2009Reviewing a new country flavored CD by Jerry Corbitt was an opportunity to reflect on a friend. Wilson managed him before Corbitt joined the Youngbloods and a career as solo performer,writer, producer and sideman. Recently they reconnected through Facebook.
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Arlo Guthrie at Shakespeare & Company
Benefit Performance on December 5
By: - Nov 24th, 2009A Berkshire legend, singer songwriter, Arlo Guthrie, will perform a special benefit concert for Shakespeare & Company in Lenox. The performance followed by a dessert reception will occur on December 5. He will perform an acoustic set in the Founders Theatre. Arlo will perform at Symphony Hall in June and with the Pops this summer at Tanglewood.
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Riccardo Muti Conducts the New York Philharmonic
Thrilling Performances of Liszt, Elgar and Prokovief
By: - Nov 22nd, 2009Both orchestra and audience eagerly await the arrival of Riccardo Muti at Avery Fisher Hall. The program on November 19th progressed from Liszt, to Elgar,to Prokovief's ravishing "Romeo and Juliet."
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James Taylor and Carole King at Tanglewood
Together for Fourth of July Fireworks
By: - Nov 21st, 2009The Berkshires will be booked solid for the Fourth of July weekend. On Friday night Keith Lockhart will lead the Pops in its 125th anniversary concert. On Saturday and Sunday the legendary song writers James Taylor and Carole King will bring their world tour to Tanglewood.
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Tanglewood Announces 2010 Season
Tickets on Sale February 14
By: - Nov 21st, 2009Once again the Boston Symphony Orchestra has scheduled a full, rich and diverse season for Tanglewood 2010. Many of the most beloved composers and conductors will be featured.
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On the Road with the Boston Pops
Northeast Tour: December 5 to 19
By: - Nov 16th, 2009America's Orchestra, the Boston Pops, conducted by Keith Lockhart will launch its annual Northeast Tour on December 5 in Storrs, Connecticut and end in Providence on the 19th. These appearance will coincide with Symphony Hall performances from December 9 to 27. Yo, ho, ho.
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Cantilena Chamber Choir: World Favorite Carols
Trinity Church Concert, Lenox, Dec. 6
By: - Nov 14th, 2009There will be a combination of rarities, surprises as well as familiar favorites during the special Holiday concert "The World's Favorite Carols." Cantilena Chamber Choir and Trinity Church Youth & Adults Choirs will perform at Trinity Church in Lenox, on Sunday, December 6, at 3 p.m. Deck the halls.
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Jazz Funk Trio Medeski Martin & Wood at MASS MoCA November 12
Legendary Group to Play Hunter Center SRO Style
By: - Nov 09th, 2009Arriving with a full head of steam, Medeski, Martin & Wood are expected to pack Mass MoCA's Hunter Center in a SRO performance as part of their Radiolarians project. Like its microscopic organism namesake, Radiolarians is new music in the jazz funk realm that inverts the natural order of all things musical.
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Esther at the New York City Opera
Lauren Flanigan and Stephen Kechulius Magnificent
By: - Nov 09th, 2009On November 6, the New York City Opera presented "Esther" a haunting and beautiful opera by American composer Hugo Weisgall It was performed in the renovated concert hall in a renovated concert hall, the David H. Koch Theater of Lincoln Center.
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BSO About to Announce Tanglewood Season
Time for Change or More of the Same
By: - Nov 07th, 2009The overall Tanglewood attendance was up some 20,000 last summer. But subtract the 61,198 for the five day sellout of James Taylor and Friends and Tanglewood would have been down some 40,000 with an overall loss even greater than the $3 to 4 million reported by the Berkshire Eagle. Will there be any surprises when the coming season is announced on November 20?
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Thomas Hampson at the New York Philharmonic
Neeme Jarvi Conducts Theatrical Music
By: - Nov 06th, 2009The New York Philharmonic, under the baton of famed Estonian conductor Neeme Jarvi performed Beethoven, Mozart and Zemlinsky last evening at Avery Fisher Hall. The program is repeated on November 6 and 10.
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Lise Lindstrom Triumphs in Turandot
Last Minute Debut at the Metropolitan Opera
By: - Nov 03rd, 2009It was a classic example of "A Star Is Born." Because of a flu for soprano Maria Guleghina at the last minute Lise Lindstrom, who is known for her Turandot, made her Met debut to thunderous applause. It was an evening of enchanting fantasy in the magnificent Franco Zeffirelli production. It comes to a theater near you live in HD on November 7.
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Eclectic ETHEL Debuts Original Score at Williamstown Film Festival

Robots and Ghouls at MoCA for an Evening of Intergalactic Love
By: - Nov 02nd, 2009New York's eclectic string quartet ETHEL created an original score for the Mexican Sci-Fi film La Nave de los Monstruos ("Ship of Monsters."). The group delivered a perfect melding of strings and sound effects to accompany the B-Film classic. While the film and performers were lighthearted and campy, the music had a surprising depth, performed with an ear for improvisation.
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Lang Lang and Friends at Carnegie Hall
Ancient Paths/Modern Voices in New York
By: - Oct 28th, 2009Super pianist Lang Lang performed chamber music in the company of friends and presented future talents as part of a Festival celebrating Chinese culture.
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Amanda McBroom's Cabaret Performances
Singer-Songwriter to Debut New Jacques Brel at Barrington Stage Company Oct. 23-24
By: - Oct 20th, 2009Last summer Amanda McBroom played two memorable SRO evenings at Barrington Stage 2. She was a sensation. This weekend she returns to meet the apparently insatiable thirst for genuine cabaret singers that exists in the Berkshires and surrounding hills. We talk to her about her two great talents, songwriting and singing powerful songs straight from the heart.
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Dr. Dog Unleashes a Fun, Foot Stomping Evening at Mass MoCA
Winterpills Opens for the Philadelphia Indie Group
By: - Oct 19th, 2009During Open Studios Weekend, Philadelphia based Dr. Dog rocked Mass MoCA with a people pleasing blend of psychedlia, 7th chords and synchronized foot stomping. Northampton's Winterpills, who toured with Cake last fall, opened for them. It was the first appearance by both bands at Mass MoCA which once again found a younger audience much in evidence.
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Christine Brewer Bewitches at Carnegie Hall
An American Nightingale
By: - Oct 15th, 2009Christine Brewer, a magnificent American soprano, performed a varied program accompanied by Craig Rutenberg. They performed works by Gluck. Strauss,Marx, Britten, Marx and Wagner.
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Award Winner Hahn-Bin's Debut at Carnegie Hall
Goth and Emo Styles Morph as Emerging Violinist
By: - Oct 12th, 2009What do Hahn Bin, Emanuel Ax, Ruth Laredo, Dawn Upshaw, Richard Goode, Pinchas Zuckerman and the Tokyo String Quarter have in common. They are all winners of the prestigious Young Concert Artists award. The Mohwk coiffed performer made his Carnegie Hall Award Concert debut before an appreciative audience.
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Richie Havens at the Colonial in Pittsfield
Berkshire Singer Songwriter Meg Hutchinson Opens Love Fest
By: - Oct 11th, 2009The Woodstock film captured a clip of the legendary, three hour long set by Richie Havens which opened three days of music. It earned him a place in the Hippie Hall of Fame. There was an acid flashback for the fans last night at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. With an evocative opening set by Berkshire singer Meg Hutchinson.
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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi Premieres at the Metropolitan Opera House
Live in HD Broadcast Set for October 24
By: - Oct 05th, 2009Aida made its season premier on October 2 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. This beloved opera has everything -- a passionate love triangle, war between neighbors, father pitted against daughter (in a scene that rivals that of Brunhilde and Wotan), priests who rule under a ruthless God, and rulers who cannot accept either losses or victories as sufficient. The opera will be broadcast in the Live from the Met series on October 24 at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington.
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Amanda Palmer Pops into New Year
Joins Keith Lockhart at Symphony Hall December 31
By: - Oct 05th, 2009The bad girl and lead singer of the Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer, promises to put some zing into the traditional New Year's Eve celebration at Symphony Hall in Boston. She will join Keith Lockhart for an evening of fun and games. My goodness.
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Alan Gilbert Conducts the New York Philharmonic
Emanuel Ax, Pianist
By: - Oct 01st, 2009On September 30,the New York Philharmonic presented EXPO, a new Magnus Lindberg work, two compositions by Charles Ives and a dynamic performance of Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto featuring Emanuel Ax.
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