Don’t Forget Your Radiation Pills
I’ve just caught wind of the news that the North Korean Minister of Culture has extended an invitation to the New York Philharmonic to perform in Pyongyang before the notably-eccentric […]
Classical
A Berskshires Marathon – Part II
I was back at Tanglewood less than twelve hours after I’d left Friday night, just in time to catch the start of the BSO’s weekly open rehearsal. These rehearsals have
A Berkshires Marathon – Part I
Well, it wasn’t quite the endurance test of June’s Bang on a Can Marathon, but over the course of 29 hours this weekend, I managed to pack in five
Cosi @ Tanglewood
This is from Act II of yesterday’s performance of Cosi Fan Tutte at the Tanglewood Theater, with James Levine conducting an all-student orchestra and cast from the Tanglewood Music Center.
Tanglewood Open Rehearsal
I forgot the USB cable for my camera, but I did manage to snap a couple of pics yesterday on my camera phone. This one is of yesterday’s open rehearsal
Tanglewood Sunset
The rainclouds broke while I was in Ozawa Hall for tonight’s prelude concert of Mozart and Dvorak string quintets, such that I was able capture this remarkable sunset on my
Back In the Saddle
Apologies to regular readers for my relative scarceness over the past week, but I have been dealing with the recent passing of my grandmother, with whom I was very close.
Sunday Afternoon in Vermont
57th Annual Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, VT, 7/29/07 "Marlboro was the place where I decided to become a musician…The four summers I spent there were great formative experiences. It
No Smiles This Summer Night
Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) "Intimations of divinity can be found in classical music, in which I think there is a sort of human holiness.” (from "Bergman Island," 2006) "His use of