Music
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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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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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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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Bellini's La Sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera
Live HD Broadcast in American Movie Theatres on March 21
By: - Mar 18th, 2009On Saturday, March 21, there will be a live HD broadcast in American movie theatres of a new Metropolitan Opera production of Vincenzo Bellini's 1831 Bel Canto masterpiece "La Sonnambula." The opera stars the soprano Natalie Dessay in the demanding role of Amina and the tenor Elvino, Juan Diego Florez, who rejects her for alleged infidelity the night before their wedding.
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Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) Celebrates 70th Birthday of composer John Harbison
Premiere: the Complete Version of John Harbison's Opera "Winter's Tale"
By: - Mar 14th, 2009Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) celebrates the 70th birthday of composer John Harbison (b.1938) one of America's most prominent artistic figures. BMOP presents the first complete performance of Harbison's revised version of "Winter's Tale" his first opera, on Friday, March 20th, 8:00 PM, at Jordon Hall.
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BSO and James Levine Release First Major Recordings
Works by Ravel, Brahms, Mahler and Bolcom
By: - Feb 20th, 2009The Boston Symphony Orchestra releases its first major recordings with Music Director James Levine—Ravel's complete Daphnis and Chloé, Brahms's A German Requiem, Mahler's Symphony No. 6, William Bolcom's Eighth Symphony, and Bolcom's Lyric Concerto for flute and orchestra—available on the orchestra's own BSO Classics label through its website at bso.org.
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The Metropolitan Opera Announces 2009-2010 Season
Eight New Productions Including Four Met Premieres
By: - Feb 11th, 2009Music Director James Levine conducts a new production of Tosca on Opening Night as well as four other operas Many of the world's greatest singers are featured in new roles. Debuts include conductors Pierre Boulez, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Esa-Pekka Salonen; directors Pierre Audi, Luc Bondy, Patrice Chéreau, Richard Eyre, and William Kentridge; designers Herzog & de Meuron, Rob Howell, Richard Peduzzi, and Miuccia Prada In its fourth season, The Met: Live in HD series will include nine live transmissions to more than 35 countries around the world
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The Enigma of Sarah Caldwell
Two Biographies Try to Unravel Her Mystery
By: - Feb 06th, 2009While she was alive Sarah Caldwell's name became a synonym for opera in Boston. She presided over a glorious period of operatic innovation, even as she ran up the bills, bounced checks and broke her word to her boards and ticket buyers alike. Two books have been written since her death in 2006, though neither help one understand what motivated her beyond a love of art. Perhaps that was all there was for her.
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Boston Pops 2009
Rites of Spring
By: - Feb 05th, 2009Barbara Cook will kick off the 2009 season of the Boston Pops on May 9. For the 15th year Keith Lockhart will conduct. Overall there is a great Pops tradition which is now 124 years old. The Pops will debut material from its new Red Sox CD. Other higlights include tributes to Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman.
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Eulogy for the Berkshire Opera Company
Will it go quietly into that good night?
By: - Jan 26th, 2009It appears that as it reaches its 25th Anniversary, there could be a funeral instead of a celebration for the Berkshire Opera Company. Its fate will be decided at a crucial board meeting in the near future.
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