Tanglewood

Jacob's Pillow Dance Company has announced that it will present a special two week residence and performances by the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company of the work Chapel/Chapter starting on June 23 before the usual opening of the summer season.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2008 Tanglewood program with James Taylor celebrating the Fourth of July weekend and an even greater emphasis on opera but no great changes or surprises.

Originally scheduled to open last December Federal Judge Michael A. Posner ruled yesterday that Mass MoCA may indeed open the unfinished exhibition of Christoph Buchel in its largest gallery. Did the museum simply prevail in a no win situation? The jury is still out.

The volunteers, the deficits, the sniping from the sidelines: You have to expect it when you are biggest target. The BSO's Berkshire summer of 2007 lends itself to parody, speculation and reminiscences.

The Labor Day weekend wound down with the Tanglewood Jazz Festival performances on Sunday that started in the afternoon and ended just around midnight. It was the last groove of summer.

During its second day Freddy Taylor again demonstrated what is meant by Festival which is more than just a bunch of concerts. The evening featured the vocalists Kurt Elling and Randy Crawford, accompanied by pianist Joe Sample and his trio.

An eclectic array of possibilities makes this the richest Fall arts season yet.

Now in his sixth season Freddy Taylor has brought the annual Labor Day Weekend long Jazz Festival to venerable Tanglewood. Last night there was hot jazz wafting through the cool breeze.

A Tanglewood summer relatively rich in historically informed performances ended officially with a mostly impressive Beethoven Ninth under Frühbeck de Burgos with a postlude by the splendid Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under their founder Frans Brüggen with young fortepiano master Kristian Bezuidenhout.

In just a few years James Levine has succeeded in making Tanglewood world-class center of operatic studies. He, director Ira Siff,designers John Michael Deegan and Sarah Conly have created an unforgettable production of "Così Fan Tutte."

Yo-Yo Ma's commitment and interpretive brilliance overcome a flawed accompaniment.

The much-loved Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra under Jsmes Levine gave Verdi's middle-period masterpiece a unique quality last weekend.

Hesperion XXI thrilled a close-to-capacity non-specialist audience in Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood.

Accompanied 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.

The great Tokyo Quartet offer energetic, lean Beethoven and a fresh view of Schubert.

Julianne Boyd hosted an open meeting in her Barrington Stage Company theatre in Pittsfield between arts leaders and Deval Patrick, the first Democrat Governor of Massachusetts in far too long.

The 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.

André 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

James 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.

It 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.

A recent article and editorial in the Berkshire Eagle take Tanglewood to task for falling attendance. Dave Mathews and Bright Eyes to the rescue?

In addition to a gallery in Lenox, primarily focused on ceramic art, Leslie Ferrin has just opened a large new space in Pittsfield. Is this further evidence of the development of the Northern Berkshire city as a viable arts center?

An 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.

The Boston Early Music Festival's performance of Lully's "Psyché" thrilled a diverse audience in Great Barrington.

Aston 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.