Music
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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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Brahms and Schoenberg at the New York Philharmonic
Maestro Alan Gilbert Tours the Leitmotifs
By: - Sep 26th, 2009It was exciting to be at Avery Fisher Hall as Alan Gilbert led the New York Philharmonic in the Brahms vioin concerto and Schoenberg's Pelleas and Melinsande.
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Fans Love Metropolitan Opera HD Screenings
A Phenomenon from Great Barrington to Great Britain
By: - Sep 22nd, 2009The Met's Live in HD opera presentations begins its fourth season of telecasts to the big screen on Saturday, October 10 with a new production of Puccini's Tosca. Tickets are difficult to find, and at Great Barrington's Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, tickets for the first few telecasts were quickly gobbled up by Berkshire residents. Tickets remain at other venues, and we have the latest scoop on the entire season.
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A New Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York
Karita Mattila Makes Her Met Debut as Tosca
By: - Sep 22nd, 2009An eagerly awaited new production for Puccini's Tosca opened the Met for the 2009-2010 season, and will be broadcast Live in HD on October 10.
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Maestro Alan Gilbert at New York Philharmonic
New Conductor Leads Adventuresome Program on PBS
By: - Sep 16th, 2009September 16, 2009,the day we have waited for. Maestro Alan Gilbert takes the podium at Avery Fisher Hall...
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Swings into the Berkshires
Retro Band Chooses Great Barrington to Kick Off National Tour
By: - Sep 12th, 2009The first stop on their national tour was the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy blew the roof off the venerable old hall at its opening concert. This legendary powerhouse proves that nothing comes close to the sound of a live big band.
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Summer HD Festival in Lincoln Center Plaza - Part Two
Encores from the Metropolitan Opera
By: - Sep 08th, 2009Although these opera broadcasts were encores, they seemed very present -- revealing the originals in a new and satisfying experience.
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Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2009: Come Sunday
Kenny Barron and Mulgrew Miller, Vanguard, Jon Faddis, Dave Holland
By: - Sep 07th, 2009The Sunday program, ending the three day Tanglewood Jazz Festival featured blistering afternoon and evening programs of straight up jazz. It was a take no prisoners conclusion to a fabulous season of music in the Berkshires.
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