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Thoroughly Modern (Mostly) Mozart

   It's not every day that one gets to see the world's leading interpreter of contemporary vocal music from the third row, but that's where I had the good fortune to

Don’t Try This At Home

I can pretty much guarantee that I’m the only person at Tanglewood tonight wearing a bracelet from today’s Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. But, hey, that’s how I roll. An all-Brahms

Who’s Counting?

At some point during tonight’s performance of Sinfonia (1998), I found myself asking: how is a frail, diminutive, 99-year-old capable of such fierce, overpowering sounds? And, how is it that every time

Tanglewood – Day 2

After a strenuous hike straight up Mt. Lenox this afternoon, an hour of Elliott Carter wasn’t exactly the first thing I wanted to listen to tonight. But the program, featuring chiefly

Carter Starter

 I got to Tanglewood just in time afternoon to catch the seventh of ten Elliott Carter concerts taking place this week, featuring TMC fellows playing the Quintet for Piano and Strings,

The ‘Shire

Such is how David – a former fellow – refers to Tanglewood and its environs, where I’m headed tomorrow for the umpteenth consecutive summer (give or take an ump). On the agenda:

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