Bang on a Can Summer Marathon 2012
Along with all of the other musical happenings in the Berkshires this past weekend, Bang on a Can wrapped up their 11th annual Summer Music Festival at Mass MoCA on Saturday with a Marathon concert in […]
Tanglewood 2012: Boston Symphony Orchestra with Emanuel Ax
(Photo: Hilary Scott/BSO) My weekend at Tanglewood wrapped up Sunday afternoon with yet another performance by the BSO, their third different program in three days (which may be unusual elsewhere,
Tanglewood 2012: Berlioz’ The Damnation of Faust
(Photo: Hilary Scott/BSO) Continuing the great tradition of operatic performance at Tanglewood, Charles Dutoit led the Boston Symphony Orchstra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, PALS Children's Chorus, and soloists in a performance
Tanglewood 2012: Boston Symphony Orchestra with Nelson Freire
On a crisp, clear Friday in the Berkshires, the place to be last night was Tanglewood where, after a picnic dinner out back of Highwood, my friend Kit and I took
Lincoln Center Festival: Feng Yi Ting
by Angela Sutton Photo: Cong Yan / China Daily The Lincoln Center Festival provided a respite from a steamy, stormy, July Thursday with a trip to ancient China in Guo
Tanglewood 2012: Gerhard Oppitz plays Brahms at Ozawa Hall
Greetings from the Berkshires, where I'm happy to be back after not having made my annual pilgrimage here last summer. At Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony, things
Converse City Carnage Featuring Sleigh Bells
by Laura Wasson Shrouded in a veil of billowing smoke and thundering bass, Sleigh Bells took to the stage for Converse City Carnage this past Saturday. It was an idyllic evening at Pier 63,
The English Beat at The Bell House
by Joshua Kraus It was ‘80s night at The Bell House on Friday. The reformation of The English Beat, a kickstarter of early British two-tone punk, lured a boisterous crowd
Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Emilie’ at the Lincoln Center Festival
by Michael Cirigliano II The idea of a monodrama opera based on the final days of an 18th-century female mathematician feverishly working on a translation of Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica