Yo-Yo Ma selected the Berkshires as one of 36 locations around the world on his tour, where he performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for solo cello … Alongside each concert, Ma has led a Day of Action, a series of conversations and collaborations to explore how culture can help us imagine and build a better future.
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REVIEW: BUTI tuba recital at Trinity Church in Lenox
After watching these guys suck up gallons of air and force it through all those yards of brass tubing, “Ride of the Valkyries” will never be the same.
Circa at Jacob’s Pillow: Gravity-defying virtuosity on the edge of possibility
Opening night performance of Circa at Jacob’s Pillow left reviewers Carolyn and Eli Newberger awestruck and moved.
Aston Magna opens 45th season with ‘Music for Forbidden Dances’
The program blends the magic of tango, chacanas and sarabands – tracing the dance forms’ origins in Latin America from baroque times to the present — with early music selections that are the hallmark of Aston Magna.
REVIEW: Virtuosity of Los Angeles Guitar Quartet on display at Close Encounters with Music
Members of the LAGQ certainly know how to put a concert program together. They’re as good at this as they are at playing their instruments.
REVIEW: At Close Encounters with Music, an intimate evening with Bach
Enjoying Bach in full-blown glorious detail is something both Yehuda Hanani and Kivie Cahn-Lipman have been doing as a matter of course all their lives. They revel in it.
DANCE: Alonzo King’s ‘LINES,’ sinuous exploration of existence
It was heartfelt, honest, and original expression by strikingly beautiful, muscular, tall, linear humans to music of depth and profundity. Notably absent were rote patterns, fixed poses, and showy acrobatics.
Apollo’s Fire to light up Tanglewood with ‘Night at Bach’s Coffee House’
Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichordist and passionate conductor of Apollo’s Fire, considers “the most distinctive thing about our style is that we are really focused on the concept of Affekt, the idea that the music is there to move the emotional mood of the listeners.
Lulu ‘n’ Hershey
Lulu and Hershey — The back story: As a young poodle, Lulu demonstrated discriminating taste in music and art.