Archived schedules

Nov. 26, 2014 Article by Dave Read

On Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, there are two concerts at Tanglewood. At 2:30 PM in the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Charles Dutoit conducts Mussorgsky, Wieniawski and Berlioz featuring violinist Joshua Bell.

• Charles Dutoit, conductor
• Joshua Bell, violin
• MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain
• WIENIAWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
• BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax perform Beethoven Sonatas

Later that evening, the program will be Beethoven’s Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano featuring Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax. This is a rare opportunity, featuring two of the world’s most celebrated musicians playing the work of perhaps the most important musician of all time!

Tanglewood schedule, brochures and tickets

Find out more about the Tanglewood schedule; brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org.

How to get to the Berkshires

Follow this link for Berkshires travel information, including public transportation within Berkshire county and Amtrak and Peter Pan bus schedules.

Tanglewood grounds map

Here is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.

Dec. 5, 2014 Article by Dave Read

The Berkshires at Christmas is something easily imagined, thanks especially to the nostalgia-inducing work of Norman Rockwell and the ubiquity of his painting Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas, which the Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce has appropriated into a destination weekend: December 5, 6 & 7, 2014.

A Christmas Carol at Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre

A Christmas Carol, the Victorian story of Ebeneezer Scrooge by Charles Dickens and adapted by Eric Hill, runs at Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre between Dec. 14 and Dec. 22. Tickets for A Christmas Carol are: Adults: $37 Children 16 and under: $27. The Christmas 2014 schedule at the Colonial also includes performances of The Nutcracker by the Albany Berkshire Ballet Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 2:30pm & 6:30pm, Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 1:30pm & 4:30pm.

Schedule for A Christmas Carol

• Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2pm
• Thursday, Dec. 18 at 7pm
• Friday, Dec. 19 at 7pm
• Saturday, Dec, 20 at 2pm and 7pm
• Sunday, Dec. 21 at 2pm and 7pm
• Monday, Dec. 22 at 7pm

Berkshire Museum Festival of Trees 2014

This Berkshire Museum’s Festival of Trees 2014, dubbed On Safari, is matches the museum’s current traveling exhibition, Lions & Tigers & Bears: Through the Lens with National Geographic, which features photographs by the magazine’s Michael Nick Nichols, Steve Winter, and Paul Nicklen.The Christmas tree show and Lions & Tigers & Bears will be on view from Saturday, November 15, through Sunday, January 4.

It’s A Wonderful Life at Shakespeare & Co.

At Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, MA, the Christmas schedule is highlighted by the return of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Running in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from December 5 through December 28, 2014, the production, directed by Jenna Ware, is an adaptation by Joe Landry based on the original radio script that was written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling.

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Dec. 2014 schedule

• Close Encounters with Music – A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION, Best of the Baroque – Saturday, December 6th at 6pm
• London’s National Theatre in HD: John, Sunday, December 14th at 3pm
• London’s National Theatre in HD:Broadway’s Of Mice And Men, Saturday, December 20th at 7pm
• Met Opera Live in HD: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Sunday, December 21st at 12pm
• Big Apple Circus in HD:METAMORPHOSIS – Tuesday, December 23rd at 6pm
• A Holiday Celebration with John Pizzarelli and Jane Monheit, Saturday, December 27th at 8pm
• Berkshire Bach Society, BACH at NEW YEARS, “A Blast of Brass,” Wednesday, December 31st at 6pm

MASS MoCA Dec. 2014 schedule

• Sundance Theatre Lab: Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up, Saturday, December 6, 8pm
• Hari Kondabolu, Saturday, December 13, 8pm
• Winter Break at the ArtBar; Saturday, December 26, 2014 – Thursday, January 1, 2015

Clark Art Institute tickets contact information

• 225 South Street – Williamstown, MA 01267
• 413-458-2303
• Galleries open daily – Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• web: clarkart.edu

The Colonial Theatre tickets contact information

• 111 South St. – Pittsfield, Mass 01201
• 413-997-4444
• TheColonialTheatre.org

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center tickets contact information

• 14 Castle Street – Great Barrington, MA 01230
• Box Office: 413-528-0100
• Mahaiwe.org

MASS MoCA tickets contact information

• 87 Marshall St.; North Adams, MA 01247
• Fall, Winter, Spring Hours: 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. closed Tuesday
• Phone: 413.MoCA.111
• Web: massmoca.org

Berkshire Museum tickets contact information

• 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
• 413-443-7171
• Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;Sun. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Closed Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day
• Berkshire Museum

Berkshire Theatre Festival tickets contact information

• PO Box 797, Stockbridge, MA 01262
• Box Office – 413-298-5576 ext. 33
• website: BerkshireTheatre.org

Shakespeare & Company tickets contact information

• 70 Kemble Street
• Lenox, MA 01240
• phone: 413-637-1199
• www.shakespeare.org

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Nov. 26, 2014 Article by Dave Read

Tanglewood schedule Aug. 14, 2015 features BSO music director Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony in a program of Mendelssohn and Mahler with guest soloist Christian Tetzlaff on violin. Part of Tanglewood’s UnderScore Friday series, patrons will hear comments about the program directly from an onstage BSO musician. UnderScore Fridays will occur on July 17, July 31, and August 14. at 8:30pm in the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox MA. Details for the Sat. Aug. 14 program at Tanglewood:

• Andris Nelsons, conductor
• Christian Tetzlaff, violin
• MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
• MAHLER Symphony No. 6

Tanglewood tickets and 2015 season brochure

Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org.

How to get to the Berkshires

Follow this link for Berkshires travel information, including public transportation within Berkshire county and Amtrak and Peter Pan bus schedules.

Tanglewood grounds map

Here is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.

Nov. 26, 2014 Article by Dave Read

Tanglewood schedule Aug. 15, 2015 lists BSO music director Andris Nelsons conducting Italian opera arias featuring his wife, soprano Kristine Opolais, at 8:30pm in the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox MA. Details for the Sat. Aug. 15 program at Tanglewood:

• Andris Nelsons, conductor
• Kristine Opolais, soprano
• BARBER Second Essay for Orchestra
• BOITO “L’altra notte in fondo al mare” from Mefistofele, Act III
• PUCCINI Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut, Act III
• VERDI Willow Song and “Ave Maria” from Otello, Act IV
• STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

Tanglewood Wine & Food Classic – Grand Tasting

Also scheduled for Aug. 15 is the Tanglewood Wine and Food Classic, which features wines from around the world, regional chefs, and locally-sourced foods, enjoyed in an incomparable setting on the Tanglewood grounds.

Tanglewood tickets and 2015 season brochure

Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org.

How to get to the Berkshires

Follow this link for Berkshires travel information, including public transportation within Berkshire county and Amtrak and Peter Pan bus schedules.

Tanglewood grounds map

Here is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.