PBS film of Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at Tanglewood Article by Dave Conlin Read. The June 24, 2012 concert by Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood was great fun, as we reported at the time. We haven’t seen the DVD from the show, but […]
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Wynton Marsalis Quintet Christian McBride Trio at Tanglewood
August 20, 2012 Article by Dave Read Wynton Marsalis Quintet and Christian McBride Trio performed one set each in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood and then assembled for a mashup that looked to be as much fun for the musicians to do as it was exciting for the audience to see and hear. If there were […]
Continue reading Wynton Marsalis Quintet Christian McBride Trio at TanglewoodJohn Williams’ 80th birthday celebration at Tanglewood
John Williams’ 80th birthday celebration at Tanglewood August 18, 2012 performance; Dave Read. Tanglewood rung up another glittering gala celebration, honoring the 80th birthday of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams with no less a musical luminary than soprano Jessye Norman serving as M.C. But to refer to John Williams as Boston Pops Laureate Conductor […]
Continue reading John Williams’ 80th birthday celebration at TanglewoodChris Botti at Tanglewood
Aug. 4, 2012 Article by Dave Read Chris Botti put on a tremendous show in Ozawa Hall, which was packed to the rafters with lawn patrons given refuge from the rain. Botti is a versatile trumpeter, playing plenty of straight ahead jazz but also pop, rock, and classical in this genre-agnostic show that featured two […]
Continue reading Chris Botti at TanglewoodTanglewood 75th anniversary concert
Tanglewood 75th anniversary concert July 14, 2012 performance; Article by Dave Read Tanglewood threw an impressive party in recognition of its 75th anniversary as the summer home in the Berkshires and educational component of the Boston Sympony Orchestra. The Tanglewood Medal was instituted and shortly after intermission of the 3 hour program, Boston Pops conductor […]
Continue reading Tanglewood 75th anniversary concertBSO opens Tanglewood season with 1937 all-Beethoven program
BSO opens Tanglewood season with 1937 all-Beethoven program July 6, 2012 performance review by Dave Conlin Read Despite all the attendant publicity – and publicity’s essential theme tempus fugit, I got a sense of timelessness at the opening concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra‘s 75th anniversary Tanglewood season. Conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi, the program […]
Continue reading BSO opens Tanglewood season with 1937 all-Beethoven programJames Taylor at Tanglewood July 2 – 4, 2012
James Taylor at Tanglewood July 2 – 4, 2012 by Dave Read. The Koussevitsky Music Shed at Tanglewood is a holy place in the minds of legions of classical music lovers, sort of a chapel to the cathedral – Symphony Hall in Boston. Over the past decade or so, the BSO has instituted a way […]
Continue reading James Taylor at Tanglewood July 2 – 4, 2012A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood summary
July 3, 2012 Article by Dave Read Just as Tanglewood is important to the Berkshires, so too is it important to Garrison Keillor, who told the audience in 2000 during the first live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood that it was where he and his wife had their second date. Keillor and […]
Continue reading A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood summaryReview A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood, June 30, 2012
July 2, 2012 Article by Dave Read The 13th live broadcast from Tanglewood of A Prairie Home Companion, with Garrison Keillor, featured the familiar guests Arlo Guthrie, Heather Masse, and The DiGiallonardo Sisters, as well as the Guys All Star Shoe Band and the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Mr. […]
Continue reading Review A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood, June 30, 2012Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble June 24, 2012 concert review
Review of Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble concert at Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, June 24, 2012; 17 piece ensemble includes Galician bagpiper Christina Pato and Chinese sheng player Wu Tong.
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