Music
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Rachvelishvili Ravashing as Carmen
Tomer Zvulun Directs at the Metropolitan Opera
By: - Sep 28th, 2012Merimee started his novella Carmen by remarking that women are as bitter as gall. They have only two good moments, in bed and in death. We get Carmen in both positions, but she resists subservience. Here she is, Rachveslishvili larger than life.
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Kenny Rogers Gambles on Pittsfield
Country at the Colonial
By: - Sep 28th, 2012Now 74, for the very first time, Kenny Rogers performed in the Berkshires. In an adventurous booking coup the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield was near capacity for a rare appearance by a leading Country artist. With his signature, rough textured vocals and greatest hits Rogers both amused and abused a doting audience.
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Pittsfield CityJazz Festival Oct. 4-13
Jazz Crawl Continues Through the Weekend
By: - Sep 27th, 2012​Berkshires Jazz, Inc. has announced the final lineup for the 8th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, which runs from Oct. 4-13 in various venues in downtown Pittsfield. The music spans the spectrum of jazz, and includes the New England Jazz Ensemble with guest soloists Giacomo Gates and Ali Ryerson; The Jazz Arts Trio; Jazz About Town (a "jazz crawl" that features local musicians in restaurants and lounges throughout downtown on Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 5-7); and a new entry in the Jazz Prodigy series, Adam O'Farrill, a trumpet player who is garnering accolades across the northeast.
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A Conversation With Herb Gart - IX
An Ending of Sorts...
By: - Sep 26th, 2012I believe an Artist is someone who has found a way to express his/her ideas in such a way that the audience gets the ideas intended. To do this takes some degree of genius. It is very difficult to do. He knows who he is well enough to know what material works for him. He doesn't make many mistakes in self editing. He might need some help - after all, Marlon Brando needed a Director - but he is firm in understanding what he doesn't want to do.. Bob Dylan used to sit on the steps above the Gaslight Cafe in the Village and fix his curly hair with hairspray. He understood his art and his persona.
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New York's Chamber Music Society Serenades
Mozart, Kodaly, Strauss and Dvorak Welcome the Season
By: - Sep 26th, 2012Chamber music well-done is an intimate dialogue among musicians. No one does this better than the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, which appears in New York, but also at Harris Theater in Chicago and across the country.
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The Bandana Splits at Mass MoCA
Pop Band Performs Oct. 6
By: - Sep 23rd, 2012The Bandana Splits bring nostalgic charm to MASS MoCA's Club B-10 on Saturday, October 6, 8 PM. The Brookyn-based trio -- Dawn Landes, Lauren Balthrop, and Annie Nero -- recreates the bubblegum pop and doo-wop styles of the 1950s and '60s with upbeat three-part harmonies featuring ukuleles, guitars, and even kazoos.
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Brel in the Berkshires with McBroom and Ball
Barrington Stage Presents Jaques Brel Chansons American Style
By: - Sep 22nd, 2012Amanda McBroom, George Ball and Michele Brourman will perform tonight and tomorrow at Barrington Stage Company, at the Spice Dragon Cabaret Room, on North Street in Pittsfield, MA. A performance not to miss!
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Music Festival Berlin in September 2012
Part of a Series: Berliner Festspiele
By: - Sep 20th, 2012A yearlong celebration of world cultures continues in Berlin from September into Spring 2013. As the Music Festival came to an end, the exhibition “Dennis Hopper – The Lost Album†opened at the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Next, Berlin will offer a November “Jazzfest,†followed by an international literature festival and much more.
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The Cantilena Chamber Choir' s Ethan Frome Oct. 6
Caryn Block Composed Wharton Inspired Opera
By: - Sep 19th, 2012The Cantilena Chamber Choir will premiere scenes from Ethan Frome- A new three act opera by Composer Caryn Block Sunday, October 7, 2012- 5:00 pm at Trinity Church 88 Walker Street, Lenox, Massachusetts. The music will include select choral scenes drawn from the three act opera and dramatic arias, duets and trios for the principal characters in Wharton’s tragic love story based in the Berkshire region.
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Sondra Radvanovsky as Anna Bolena
Washington National Opera Begins its Season
By: - Sep 18th, 2012Radvanovsky has one of the most beautiful voices in the world. She is also a talented singing-actress. She makes Anna Bolena live. Radvanovsky not only sings with her naturally large and pure voice, but she has conceived the role to fit her vocal characterization into her gestures and expression.
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En Durance Vital - V
Old Folkies, New Music
By: - Sep 15th, 2012Two more joyous celebrations of authentic folk and historical treasures by outstanding musicians who are 50 years into their careers.
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Francesca Zambello to Washington National Opera
Exciting News for Opera Lovers
By: - Sep 13th, 2012Francesco Zambello has made her mark at Glimmerglass, Chicago and San Francisco. Now she takes over the artistic direction of the Washington National Opera.. “Cesca is both a brilliant director and a highly effective administrator,†said WNO Board Chairman Jacqueline B. Mars. “Her stature in the international opera community enhances the company and I have great confidence that she will take WNO in a positive direction.â€
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Liza Minnelli & Michael Feinstein at Tanglewood
American Songbook With Betty Buckley and Christine Ebersole
By: - Sep 03rd, 2012A lady a few rows in front of us was waving her cane, literally, in time to the music of Michael Feinstein's American Songbook. Later she joined him on stage for a duet of "New York New York." Incredibly, Liza Minnelli made a surprise appearance during the last day of the Tanglewood season. Tony winners Betty Buckley and Christine Ebersole also helped to bring the curtain down on another Tanglewood season.
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Close Encounters with Music at the Mahaiwe
Great Barrington Season Launches Oct. 20
By: - Aug 30th, 2012Close Encounters With Music introduces grand prize winners of the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition and Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in their Berkshire debuts; presents one of the preeminent Baroque ensembles, Tragicomedia, to usher in the holiday season; and adds another notch on its belt of successful commissioning projects with a new work by American composer Robert Beaser, who has written for Glimmerglass and New York City Opera.
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Chick Corea & Gary Burton at Tanglewood
Hot House New CD of Standards
By: - Aug 27th, 2012After 40 years of collaborations pianist Chick Corea and vibraphone player Gary Burton are about to release their sixth CD. Hot House is an album of the standards they loved and grew up on. For a nearly sold out gig in Ozawa Hall, with nearly as many outside on the lawn, they played a set of duets followed by one with the Harlem String Quartet.
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Poulenc Honored by Dell'Arte Opera
A Magnficent Performance of Dialogues of the Carmelites
By: - Aug 25th, 2012Small is just right for one of the most important operas of the 20th century. Conducted by Christopher Fecteau, the bells, organ and singing violins all provided musical perfume. The clarinet was particularly beautiful. Thickening of texture employed by the composer is matched by the emotional compacting of three great talents in creating the story of Blanche de la Force.
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Kenny Rogers at the Colonial Sept. 27
The Gambler To Serende Berkshire Fans
By: - Aug 24th, 2012Kenny Rogers will serenade audiences with country classics and contemporaries at The Colonial Theatre on September 27 at 8pm. Rogers' Greatest Hits album has sold over 24 million copies worldwide to date. He is the Recording Industry Association of America's eighth best selling male artist of all time with one Diamond album, 19 Platinum albums and 31 Gold albums.
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Met Live in HD Resumes Oct. 13
Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore at the Clark
By: - Aug 24th, 2012The Met: Live in HD returns to the Clark this fall with extraordinary stars, breathtaking music, and visionary interpretations by today’s most celebrated directors and conductors. This Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series features 12 live transmissions in the Clark’s auditorium, beginning October 13 with L’Elisir D’Amore and continuing with Otello (October 27), Tempest (November 10), Clemenza di Tito (December 1), Un Ballo in Maschera (December 8), Aida (December 15), Les Troyens (January 5), Maria Stuarda (January 19), Rigoletto (February 16), Parisfal (March 2), Francesca da Rimini (March 16) and Giulio Cesare(April 27).
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Leon Botstein Mounts Saint Saens' Henry VIII
Ellie Dehn as Catherine Wins at Bard
By: - Aug 21st, 2012This delicious opera not often produced starts slowly and leaves us hanging. Leon Botstein, the great educator in the US today, has taken up its cause. We are fortunate to have him teaching us opera.
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Marsalis and McBride Ignite Ozawa Hall
Historic Return of Jazz Masters to Tanglewood
By: - Aug 21st, 2012Both nine time Grammy winner, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis leading his Quintet, and renowned bass player Christian McBride with a trio, commented warmly on the honor of returning to Tanglewood. But, for both, not in many years. The evening that ended at 11 PM closed in a jam session with all of the musicians trading riffs.
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No Andris Nelsons for the BSO?
Globe Reports Contract Extension
By: - Aug 19th, 2012Andris Nelson, who some think is on the short list for the music director position as the Boston Symphony, has extended his contract with the Birmingham Symphony.
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Ebene Quartet at Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Rethinks Jazz Programming
By: - Aug 17th, 2012Last night in Ozawa Hall the French Ebene Quartet offered a divided program that included two works by Mozart and Tchakovsky followed by a jazz set. It is a part of he overhaul of jazz programming at Tanglewood. On Monday, August 20 Wynton Marsalis and Christian McBride are featured. With Chick Corea and Gary Burton slated for Sunday, August 26.
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International Contemporary Ensemble at Lincoln Center
Messiaen's Blackbirds Dance at Mostly Mozart
By: - Aug 12th, 2012Awash in beautiful sounds, often mirroring nature, the music performed by the young International Contemporary Ensemble sang at Alice Tully Hall. Jonathan Harvey's Birdsong premiered.
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Art Garfunkel Launches Tour and CD at the Clark
Poignant Performance Combined Old and New Songs
By: - Aug 12th, 2012Last night at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown the legendary singer/ songwriter, Art Garfunkel launched an 18 city tour that will end on December 1. It supports the issue of a double CD which is a retrospective of his career but includes new material. While he spoke to the audience of "giving my heart to you" he struggled to push a voice that he virtually lost just two years ago. An appreciative audience supported his courage and poetic humanity.
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Chris Botti Scorches a Soaked Tanglewood
Richly Varied Two Hour Set in Ozawa Hall
By: - Aug 07th, 2012Just before Chris Botti came on stage for a two hour performace at Ozawa Hall there was a brief but ferocious downpour that had hundreds of fans on the lawn scurrying of shelter. The downpour soaked some fans but failed to dampen spirits of a stunning, eclectic and thoroughly entertaining evening with one of our greatest living artists.
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