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PETER MOST: The school funding formula that defies logic

Times have changed, but the formula remains stuck in 1949. The wealth disparities between neighboring towns simply did not exist at anything like their current scale. The founders of the regional school system could not have foreseen the inequity their formula has imposed on most towns today.

A tale of two pianos: Lang Lang and Rudolf Buchbinder in the Tanglewood Shed

Both Lang and Buchbinder availed themselves fully of the Shed’s magnificent magnification. One often not only could hear a pin drop, but concentrated deeply on the exaltation of glorious sound.

AT TANGLEWOOD: Sweet serenades, lavish Liszt

Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds and String Instruments (1878) evokes the 18th century, late-baroque, tradition of outdoor performances on the grounds of the nobility’s castles for the amusement of both the aristocracy and its serfs.

AT TANGLEWOOD: Pianist Yuja Wang ‘elevates’ the audience

Pianist Yuja Wang lifted a large crowd in the Tanglewood Shed to heights of emotional wonderment.
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