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Barenaked Ladies will appear at Tanglewood on July 8 with Sugar Ray and Fastball

Archives of the Boston Symphony Orchestra contain no prior record of Barenaked Ladies appearing at Tanglewood or Symphony Hall.

Hobbled by pandemic, BSO announces Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival

The BSO is also releasing certain performances at the same times as they would have been heard live, with complete online recordings of BSO concerts taking place Sundays at 2:30 p.m. as an example of such scheduling.

Illuminating the Hidden Forest, Chapter 38: Comforts for the soul

Social distancing is easy in the outdoors, yet also offers the opportunity for community and connection.

Tanglewood Learning Institute announces 2020 schedule

With the second summer of TLI programming coming up in just 200 days or so, it's the perfect time to nibble (binge?) on party food and peruse TLI's summer schedule.

Autumn at Tanglewood

Just as the group launched into Mozart's "Kegelstatt Trio," the Center's famous mascot, a 100-foot-tall red oak, began to flutter in the wind, its leaves painted in shades of saffron, peach and tangerine.

Tanglewood Learning Institute announces fall/winter/spring schedule

In one fell swoop, Tanglewood became a year-round venue for the first time in its 82-year history when it launched the new Linde Center for Music and Learning in the summer of 2019.

I Publius: Remembering Michael Ballon

Michael Ballon would come out in his white chef’s outfit and we would gossip about things. Make no mistake about it: he had definite opinions and sometimes we would disagree.

Reflections while participating in Yo-Yo Ma’s Day of Action

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.

Bits & Bytes: Yo-Yo Ma’s Day of Action; ‘Green Inspiration’ art exhibit; ‘Bouquet of Baroque Concertos’; Laurel Hill Day; ‘A Movable Feast’ art tour

Bach Project’s Day of Action to be held at First Street Common Pittsfield -- Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach Project, in partnership with Hancock Shaker Village, will...

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Hospital on Main Street’; Chris Herren at the Mahaiwe; Hancock Shaker Village exhibits

From growing up in Fall River to playing basketball in Division 1 and the NBA, Chris Herren will take the audience on his journey from addiction to sobriety.

Remembering composer and conductor Andre Previn

Mr. Previn's oeuvre is so extensive in both the classical and jazz realms that a separate Wikipedia article is dedicated to it, and even that list is incomplete.

Leonard Bernstein and the haunting of Highwood Manor House

Lenny's legendary encounter at the Highwood Manor House wouldn't be the last time he would detect paranormal activity on the Tanglewood grounds.

REVIEW: Tanglewood’s Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert a fitting tribute to both Bernstein and Tanglewood

Most impressive was how conductor Andris Nelsons held the orchestra still long after it at had ceased playing for what the audience perceived as an odd, even uncomfortable, period — silence is a sound, too.

PREVIEW: Berkshire International Film Festival 2018 — 80 films from 27 countries in 4 days

I am still interested in the documentaries from war-torn areas of our globe and dramas of family strife, but there also needs to be some relief — some comic relief — and I think this festival successfully provides both.

PREVIEW: Tanglewood 2017, a history-making season

Andris Nelsons will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in its first-ever full-length performance — anywhere — of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold,” a monumental undertaking that could easily break all Tanglewood attendance records.  

All-star Jeremy Kittel Trio comes to old West Stockbridge Town Hall this Friday

When it comes to virtuosic fiddling, U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion Jeremy Kittel easily separates the men from the boys.

MUSIC: Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s Golden Anniversary

Great music may not save the world, but it may make the world worth saving. “We know that music cannot stop a bullet or feed the hungry, but it can bring empathy and joy to places where they are in short supply.” -- Yo-Yo Ma
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