The Knights believe that having an enormous amount of fun is the best way of accomplishing serious musical work, so it’s only natural that the world’s happiest orchestra would team up with the world’s happiest violinist.
Tag: Seiji Ozawa Hall
An exaltation of Bach in the hands of Hilary Hahn: Virtuoso marvels in Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall
It is not an exaggeration to suggest that, for many devotees in the audience, this experience was indeed like being in a cathedral, with the voices coming from the stage reaching to the heavens above as well as into their hearts.
Solemnities and confections in Studio E: Gracing the opening of the Tanglewood Learning Institute
Had composer and conductor Oliver Knussen not died in Suffolk last year at the age of 66, he would have presided over this year’s Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. It seemed fitting as well that the first sounds to put the new hall to test were Knussen’s stunning ‘Prequel to Opening Signal.’
Blazes of brass and pyrotechnic percussion: New works and impressive debuts in Ozawa Hall
Here was a morning of provocative musical offerings and ear-rattling virtuosity, leaving the listener to wonder from minute to minute, “How is that even possible?” and “How come I never heard these guys?”
The Linde Center for Music and Learning: Visions and promises to the Berkshire community
Although each speaker offered a unique perspective on their place in and vision for this major new center, two themes ran through everyone’s remarks: the pivotal role of the arts and learning in our society, and the importance of and commitment to the Berkshire community.
Tanglewood to welcome folk-rock pioneer Richard Thompson
It should be unnecessary to tell you that Thompson started out in a band called Fairport Convention. That’s kind of like saying Paul McCartney started out in a band called the Beatles.
Bits & Bytes: ‘Woodstock to the Moon’; Berkshire Lyric at Ozawa Hall; ‘Businesses in Barrington: Part II’; Matthew Noble Day
Guest speakers for “Businesses in Barrington: Gone but Not Forgotten, Part II” will be local historian and Edge columnist Gary Leveille along with Mike Fitzpatrick and Jane Green.
REVIEW: Sexy, philosophical ‘Candide’ by the Knights at Tanglewood
If the overall story was a succession of loosely threaded skits, Leonard Bernstein’s music was a curio box that overflowed with pleasures.
PREVIEW: Tanglewood performance by Igor Levit, JACK Quartet to highlight notorious demagogues
Beethoven suffered fools from time to time, but he wanted nothing to do with despotic megalomaniacs.
Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s Summer Concert Series features talented, passionate young performers
The Boston University Tanglewood Institute is an eight-week program of the college to train musicians of middle and high school age by immersing them in the world of professional and deeply exciting music-making.
Bits & Bytes: ‘The Creation’ at Tanglewood; Chesterwood‘s Ledges Trail to open; ‘A Silver Dagger’ at Bidwell House Museum; BAA call for art
Chesterwood will begin its 2018 season Saturday, May 26, at 9 a.m. with a ribbon cutting and hike to celebrate the restoration of its historic Ledges Trail, designed by Daniel Chester French.
Viva Vivaldi! Apollo’s Fire to light up Tanglewood night
Led by brilliant harpsichordist, Jeannette Sorrell, the ensemble exudes stylish energy — a blend of scholarship and visceral intensity.
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.