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Boston, MA Oct. 28 As a composer who writes about music, and who therefore habitually reflects on the shortcomings of language in attempts to describe (let alone define) musical experience, I don't run into many operas more pertinent to my work than Moses und Aron.
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Boston, MA Oct. 14 In the program notes, there was mention of the oddity of having a brief English 'opener' for an otherwise all-Russian program. But all three pieces were written in the 20th century (and if the Vaughan Williams is a modern musical reflection upon an Elizabethan source, why, so is Prokofiev's ballet).
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Boston, MA Oct. 7 To the question, Why do you think audiences continue to be so frightened of Schoenberg's music? James Levine replies: "I really haven't got a clue! Probably because there's been so much written that makes it controversial even before audiences have had the opportunity actually to experience it" (emphasis mine).
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Lenox, MA - Aug. 21, 2006 This is the fifth time we've seen James Taylor in concert, all at Tanglewood since 2001, and we're learning that besides delivering an entertaining and satisfying musical experience, he always offers a big slice of himself and there's always some other memorable element.Review of James Taylor and Band at Tanglewood continued ....
Lenox, MA - July 25, 2006 Tanglewood on Parade, the annual day-long extravaganza for the support of the Tanglewood Music Center, which provides full tuition, room and board for 150 or so fellows every summer, closed with the Gala concert in the Shed with four conductors taking turns leading the T.M.C. Orchestra, the Boston Pops, and the Boston Symphony.Review of Tanglewood on Parade continued ....
Lenox, MA - July 21 - 23, 2006
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birthday, the Boston Symphony Orchestra offerred a weekend-long immersion in the composer's nonpariel ouerve that easily showed why his popularity continues to grow, as well as why Music Director James Levine and the B.S.O. are beautifully suited to one another.Review of Mozart's 250th birthday celebration at Tanglewood continued ....
Lenox, MA - July 15, 2006 Even though the Shed wasn't the most comfortable room in the Berkshires Saturday night (thanks to high heat and humidity), still it was the best place for a music fan to be, because that's where Maestro James Levine conducted the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in a ripsnorting performance Richard Strauss' Elektra.Review of Elektra at Tanglewood continued ....
Lenox, MA - July 4, 2006 Being alien to the Country music world, as you'd (use to) expect any good Lenoxian to be, about all we knew about Lee Ann Rimes was that she sounded like Patsy Cline. So, even though we were charmed by her beauty and stagecraft right away and impressed by her singing, especially by her treatment of the Cline icon "Crazy," ... Review of Lee Ann Rimes at Tanglewood, July 4, 2006 continued ....
Lenox, MA - July 1, 2006 The annual pre-Fourth of July performance of "A Prairie Home Companion, with Garrison Keillor" at Tanglewood allows the audience an afternoon of unabashed fellowship, giving us a glimpse at our heritage that is strong enough to quiet the clamorous ire aroused by today's power-mongers and a feeling that it'll be all right (if only we keep Powdermilk biscuits in our diet). Review of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, at Tanglewood continued ....