For those precious few who are still interested in the Boston Symphony saga we’ve been posting about over the past month, news arrived this week that the BSO musicians have […]
When former NY Times’ classical music critic Tony Tommasini visited Tanglewood 30 years ago, he argued that there are really two Tanglewoods. One is the Tanglewood Music Center, which since
“(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
Lenox, MA – Anyone who’s ever been to Tanglewood for the 4th of July knows that the weekend typically belongs to veteran singer-songwriter – and longtime Berkshires resident – James
After hiking the canyons of Utah and Arizona for a week, I’ve come back to a veritable Avalanche of music here in NYC. Which isn’t at all a bad thing.
After a couple of weeks out of town, I was back at Carnegie Hall last night to hear the Philadelphia Orchestra play a sold out concert with their principal guest conductor,
I’ve been overseas for the past two weeks, but apparently folks are still up in arms about Andris Nelsons’ dismissal from the Boston Symphony three weeks ago. Reports are that
I, like most people who follow classical music, was floored by the news last Friday that Andris Nelsons, music director of the Boston Symphony since 2014, was being dismissed at
