August 28, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read 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 with Beethoven’s beloved symphony, almost […]
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Andris Nelsons conducts Acts I and II of Verdi’s Aida at Tanglewood
August 20, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read 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, and the Tanglewood […]
Continue reading Andris Nelsons conducts Acts I and II of Verdi’s Aida at TanglewoodSilk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood
Aug. 7, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read 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 Ozawa Hall, the […]
Continue reading Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood2016 Tanglewood on Parade
August 2, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read 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 on tonight’s program. Even […]
Continue reading 2016 Tanglewood on ParadeChick Corea Trio at Tanglewood
July 31, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read 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 […]
Continue reading Chick Corea Trio at TanglewoodAndris Nelsons leads BSO and violinist Augustin Hadelich at Tanglewood
July 30, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read Lenox, MA – Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed was full on a rainy Saturday night for the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s program of Corigliano, Sibelius, and Beethoven, conducted by music director Andris Nelsons, and featuring violinist Augustin Hadelich. Mr. Hadelich, whose recovery in his mid-teens from severe burns […]
Continue reading Andris Nelsons leads BSO and violinist Augustin Hadelich at TanglewoodJames Taylor’s 4th of July concert at Tanglewood
July 4, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read James Taylor, whose public attachment to such establishment organizations as the Boston Red Sox and Boston Symphony Orchestra make him seem like the Hilary Clinton of singer-songwriters, had a Bernie Sanders moment during his Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood. Over the years, whenever he introduced […]
Continue reading James Taylor’s 4th of July concert at TanglewoodBob Dylan at Tanglewood July 2, 2016
July 2, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read It was a night of biblical proportions at Tanglewood, a concert by Bob Dylan that was a revelation, following a set by Mavis Staples that was a revival. The revelation is that some 55 years into his career, by remaining true and not wavering from his […]
Continue reading Bob Dylan at Tanglewood July 2, 2016Garrison Keillor says goodbye to Tanglewood
June 25, 2016 Article by Dave Read The 17th and final broadcast from Tanglewood of A Prairie Home Companion, with Garrison Keillor, was a perfectly entertaining two hour live radio show for the enjoyment of millions of listeners worldwide wrapped in nearly another two hours of singing and storytelling around the Berkshires campfire. Some twenty […]
Continue reading Garrison Keillor says goodbye to TanglewoodTanglewood opening weekend photos
June 19, 2016 Article by Dave Read Tanglewood opening weekend photos showing that the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, located in the Berkshire county towns of Lenox and Stockbridge, is a venue on par with the amazing array of Popular Artists scheduled to perform there during the 2016 season. By the time B. […]
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