Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter Tanglewood Popular Artists 2017 schedule represents a roster of musical acts that, taken together, could be the answer to only one question, “Who is playing at Tanglewood this summer, besides the classical stuff?” The programming and marketing departments at Symphony Hall in Boston have attained a level of expertise… read more
BSO and Nelsons win second Grammy
Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter The Boston Symphony Orchestra was awarded its ninth Grammmy at the February 12, 2016 awards ceremony and the second in a row as part of its collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon to record Dmitri Shostakovich’s entire canon of 15 symphonies, plus his opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. For this year’s… read more
June 2017 Tanglewood schedule
Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter JUNE 18, 2017 SUNDAY, 8:00 PM – Jaws in Concert Tanglewood Koussevitzky Music Shed – Tanglewood – Lenox, MA Jaws in Concert Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra Keith Lockhart, conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops perform the entire score in sync with Jaws. JUNE 28, 2017 WEDNESDAY, 8:00 PM… read more
July 2017 Tanglewood schedule
Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter Three Friday-evening Shed performances will be part of the popular UnderScore Friday series this season. At these performances, patrons will hear comments about the program directly from an onstage BSO musician. UnderScore Fridays will occur on July 21, August 4, and August 18. July 1, 2017 Saturday, 10am and… read more
August 2017 Tanglewood schedule
Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter Three Friday-evening Shed performances will be part of the popular UnderScore Friday series this season. At these performances, patrons will hear comments about the program directly from an onstage BSO musician. UnderScore Fridays will occur on July 21, August 4, and August 18. Aug. 1, 2017 Tuesday, 8:00pm –… read more
Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven’s Ninth at Tanglewood
August 28, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read Tell your friends: Facebook Twitter Andris Nelsons conducted Beethoven’s Ninth at Tanglewood August 28, 2016, in a program that included Aaron Copland’s Quiet City, which gave the Boston Symphony Orchestra the opportunity to bid farewell to trumpeter Thomas Rolfs and English hornist Robert Sheena. Before proceeding… read more
Andris Nelsons conducts Acts I and II of Verdi’s Aida at Tanglewood
August 20, 2016, Article by Dave Read Tell your friends: Facebook Twitter BSO Music director Andris Nelsons conducted Verdi’s Aida, Acts I & II at Tanglewood, in the Koussevitsky Music Shed on Aug. 20, 2016, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, soloists Kristine Opolais, Violeta Urmana, Andrea Carè, Alfredo Nigro, Franco Vassallo, Morris Robinson, Kwangchul Youn,… read more
Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood
Aug. 7, 2016 article by Dave Read Tell your friends: Facebook Twitter The Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma, used the Koussevitsky Music Shed at Tanglewood like a high school during their Aug. 7, 2016 performance, presenting both lessons in social studies and the senior assembly. Eighteen years since being co-founded by Yo-yo Ma at… read more
2016 Tanglewood on Parade
Aug. 2, 2016 | Article by Dave Read Tell your friends: Facebook Twitter 2016 Tanglewood on Parade gala concert included four guest conductors, Stefan Asbury, Stephane Denave, Ken-David Masur, and Giancarlo Guerrero besides Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams, who also is a composer of movie scores, including Star Wars, an excerpt of which was… read more
Chick Corea Trio at Tanglewood
Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter Lenox, MA – The Chick Corea Trio, with Christian McBride on bass and Brian Blade on drums, performed a thrilling set of hyphen-free jazz before a capacity audience in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, bringing to a close one segment of a year-long 75th birthday celebration by the NEA Jazz… read more
