Music
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Nalini Ghuman, Musicologist, Visa Revoked, Cancels Talk at Bard Music Festival
American-trained academic unable to return to teaching post in California
By: - Aug 21st, 2007The US State Department continues a harmful trend.
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Edward Elgar and his World, The Bard Music Festival 2007
A broad view of the great English composer
By: - Aug 17th, 2007Three weekends of lively performances and lectures on Sir Edward Elgar, the greatest English composer since Purcell, who was also well-represented in the Berkshires this summer.
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Yo-Yo Ma and James Levine Play Dvorák at Tanglewood
One of the summer's most popular events.
By: - Aug 16th, 2007Yo-Yo Ma's commitment and interpretive brilliance overcome a flawed accompaniment.
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Verdi's Don Carlo at Tanglewood with Levine and the TMC Orchestra
Zelijko Lucic and Luciana d'Intino excel in an uneven cast
By: - Aug 04th, 2007The much-loved Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra under Jsmes Levine gave Verdi's middle-period masterpiece a unique quality last weekend.
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The Police were Arresting
A Fenway Reunion for Roxanne and Co
By: - Aug 03rd, 2007Our man Mark Favermann was just steps from the stage at the rock event of the summer a reunion performance by Police at Fenway Park.
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Zemlinsky at Bard: a Review
A Splendid evening of musical theater, not to be missed
By: - Jul 29th, 2007Outstanding singing and conducting and brilliant productions bring Zemlinsky's "Florentine Tragedy" and "The Dwarf" to life.
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Bard Summer Opera Preview: Zemlinsky's
Double bill of one act operas after Oscar Wilde
By: - Jul 25th, 2007Leon Botstein will conduct Olivier Tambosi's stylish productions of these decadent works by Alexander von Zemlinsky, the under-recognized teacher and brother-in-law of Arnold Schoenberg.
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Aston Magna: Johann Sebastian Bach and King Frederick the Great Meet Again
this time, more cordially
By: - Jul 17th, 2007In a beautifully played concert musicians of Aston Magna evoked the infamous encounter between King Frederick the great and J. S. Bach which led to the creation of the Musical Offering.
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Andre Previn Jazz Trio at Tanglewood
With Jim Hall and David Finck in Seiji Ozawa Hall
By: - Jul 16th, 2007Accompanied by David Finck, bass and Jim Hall on guitar, the composer and conductor Andre Previn performed jazz for a sold out audience at Ozawa Hall.
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Hesperion XXI led by Jordi Savall play Sephardic Music at Tanglewood
Montserrat Figueras sang
By: - Jul 16th, 2007Hesperion XXI thrilled a close-to-capacity non-specialist audience in Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood.
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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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