Music
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Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven and Schubert
Resident Quartet's 30 years at Norfolk Chamber Music
By: - Jul 14th, 2007The great Tokyo Quartet offer energetic, lean Beethoven and a fresh view of Schubert.
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Outstanding and varied chamber music at Yellow Barn
with an important revival: Mauricio Kagel's
By: - Jul 13th, 2007The Yellow Barn Music School and Festival opened their Amherst season with a typical varied program, oustanding playing from its young musicians, and veteran Peter Frankl, as well as a captivating piece by Kagel.
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Opening Night at Tanglewood: Levine conducts Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky
Splendid performances open the Tanglewood summer
By: - Jul 11th, 2007James Levine opened the season with fresh and insightful performances for familiar music: Mendelssohn's music for Midsummer Night's Dream and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
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Pops Puts Nice Spin on Carousel
Keith Lockhart Conducts Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1945 Classic
By: - Jul 11th, 2007It was sweltering last night as Keith Lockhart led the Boston Pops Orchestra and Tanglewood Chorus through a full concert version of the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein classic "Carousel." Predictably the perrenial favorite drew a capacity audience in the Koussevitsky Music Shed and out on the lawn.
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André Previn conducts Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet plus Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto with Jean-Philippe Collard
By: - Jul 11th, 2007André Previn led the BSO in a fine concert of Romantic and Modern versions of Romeo and Juliet with Rachmaninoff's little played First Piano Concerto
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Tanglewood Tantrums
Is Tanglewood relevant today?
By: - Jul 10th, 2007A recent article and editorial in the Berkshire Eagle take Tanglewood to task for falling attendance. Dave Mathews and Bright Eyes to the rescue?
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All-Bartók Program at Tanglewood Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Juilliard String Quartet
Beyond the authoritative: wisdom and originality in the Bartok string quartets
By: - Jul 08th, 2007An inspired celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Juilliard String Quartet and the first performance of the Bartók String Quartets as a cycle, which occurred 59 years ago at Tanglewood.
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Boston Early Music Festival's Splendid Performance of Lully's Psyche
An important production brought to the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington by the Berkshire Opera
By: - Jul 05th, 2007The Boston Early Music Festival's performance of Lully's "Psyché" thrilled a diverse audience in Great Barrington.
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Aston Magna's 35th Anniversary Concert at the Clark
A scholarly, imaginative, and warm performance of Vivaldi Four Seasons and Bach concerti
By: - Jul 02nd, 2007Aston Magna, the oldest and one of the most important early music festivals in North America, adds a new venue for its 35th anniversary celebration, including veteran Stanley Ritchie.
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The 2007 Summer Classical Music Season in the Berkshires: a Guide
Tanglewood, Bard Summerscape, Monadnock, the Clark, and all the others
By: - Jun 19th, 2007A guide to the major music festivals of the Berkshires and environs with links to all schedules.
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Cutbacks in Classical Music Coverage Worry Critics
Staff cuts, reallocations, and a firing in Minneapolis, Atlanta, and New York
By: - Jun 12th, 2007Reductions in staff and the firing of a senior highly respected reviewer, Peter G. Davis, by New York Magazine, reflect a worrisome trend.
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Handel's Israel in Egypt by the Berkshire Bach Society Reviewed
A Choral Masterpiece D.O.A. at the Mahaiwe Theater in Great Barrington
By: - May 13th, 2007James Bagwell and the Berkshire Bach Society delivered a lifeless performance of Handel's choral masterpiece "Israel in Egypt" marred by poor intonation and ensemble.
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Handel's Grand Oratorio,
James Bagwell to conduct
By: - May 10th, 2007This large-scale performance of Handel's choral masterpiece promises to be the highlight of the final weekend of the spring season in the Berkshires.
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Upshaw and Kalish at Bard, Brahms in Boston, Handel in Williamstown...and Art History
An Embarras de Richesse in Music and Art
By: - Apr 23rd, 2007Music and art lovers face a wealth of important and pleasurable event this coming weekend.
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The VU on View
A new exhibition in New York on The Velvet Underground
By: - Apr 22nd, 2007The VU, the quintessential NYC band, is commemorated with this major exhibit of posters, recordings, photos, artifacts and ephemera. But to a Massachusetts club operator who booked the Velvets many times, it also details their close ties to that state.
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Beethoven, Fidelio, part II: a Major New Recording by Colin Davis and the LSO
A fresh approach to Beethoven's Fidelio
By: - Apr 19th, 2007A must-have recording: Sir Colin Davis leads the London Symphony Orchestra, Christine Brewer, John Mac Master, and a first-rate cast in a widely -acclaimed live concert performance from 2006.
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The VU On View
A new exhibition in New York on The Velvet Underground
By: - Apr 18th, 2007The history of the most important rock band ever to come out of New York is depicted in this extensive show of memorabilia, recordings, artifacts and ephemera commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of their first LP. But as a Massachusetts club operator who was close to the band points out, the material also reveals their strong ties to the state.
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Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius and Beethoven's Fidelio
and some remarks on the present state of classical recordings
By: - Apr 18th, 2007The London Symphony, releasing their own recordings on LSO Live, have set a new standard for orchestral recording, bringing stellar performances by Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Rostropovich, and Frühbeck de Burgos to a larger audience.
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Beethoven, Fidelio, part I
James Levine, the Boston Symphony, and a dream cast set a new standard for Boston opera in concert
By: - Apr 02nd, 2007James Levine, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a dream cast headed by Christine Brewer and Johan Botha, presented a memorable Fidelio.
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Master Pianist Garrick Ohlsson plays Beethoven Sonatas at the Colonial Theater
Help! The Colonial needs a piano!
By: - Apr 02nd, 2007Garrick Ohlsson's played four Beethoven Sonatas with his usual mastery in spite of an undersized piano of poor quality
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An Outstanding Meistersinger at the Metropolitan Opera
James Levine and consistently fine cast in Richard Wagner's comic masterpiece
By: - Mar 19th, 2007The Metropolitan Opera's beautiful production Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" is graced with a consistently excellent cast of singers.
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Patti Smith and the Dance Group Streb
Institute of Contemporary Art Performances
By: - Mar 06th, 2007The New Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston features performances by poet/ rocker, Patti Smith and the dangerous dance company Streb.
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Richard Giarusso and the Aoede Consort Triumph in Schütz'
Superb performance of Heinrich Schütz's choral masterpiece
By: - Feb 21st, 2007Williamstown Early Music and the Aoede Consort of Troy, New York, present seventeenth century church music in performances of the highest caliber.
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Albany Symphony Orchestra plays new Greek music and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony at the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
The Colonial Theatre's superb acoustics and a mixed concert
By: - Feb 18th, 2007The Albany Symphony Orchestra played for the first time in the wonderful Colonial Theatre, offering pleasing new pieces by young Greek composers, but disappointing Beethoven.
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Tanglewood 2007 Preview
Tanglewood 2007 tickets go on sale Sunday, February 11
By: - Feb 09th, 2007James Levine will conduct eleven concerts in an ambitious season, which includes a wealth of opera performances, several distinguished musicians from the Netherlands, and Hesperion XXI.
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