“(A) Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.” – Gerturde Stein, 1913 As awkward as the first Boston Symphony concert at Tanglewood felt, things got ratcheted up […]
Trouble in Paradise as Andris Nelsons Arrives at Tanglewood Amidst Protests Read Post »
by Peter Matthews "It's not the lawn, it's not the great old pines. It's not the blue skies, or sudden thunderstorms, or the mountains. All that is wonderful…But, it's the
Symphonies, Suites and Götterdämmerung: A Weekend at Tanglewood Read Post »
by Pete Matthews "Music is one of the most important gifts we've been given from nature. It's all out there: all we need to do is organize the sound sources,
Back to the Berkshires: the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood Read Post »
STOCKBRIDGE, Massachusetts – On a fairly unremarkable Tuesday in March 2020, I decided at the last minute to go see the NY Phil and Louis Langrée perform a concert at
The Boston Symphony Orchestra Returns to Live Performance at Tanglewood Read Post »
Great Barrington, MA – When it comes to music in the Berkshires, there's more to life than just Tanglewood. Case in point: the 113 year old Mahaiwe theater, where last
Sarah Kohrs and Wanda Houston at The Mahaiwe in Great Barrington Read Post »
LENOX, MA – In the summer of 1949, Aaron Copland invited Olivier Messiaen, who at that time was little-known in the U.S., to be a composer-in-residence at Tanglewood, which was just then
Birds and Music with Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Tanglewood Read Post »
LENOX, MA – I've been going to Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's longtime home in the Berkshires, almost every summer now for the past two-and-a-half decades. Those that have been to
A Berkshires Bounty: Opening Weekend at Tanglewood Read Post »
LENOX, MA - It's been eighty years now since the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave it's first concerts in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts and, aside from a four-year hiatus during
Tanglewood 2016: Towards the Future Read Post »
