BSO Music Director James Levine leads Boston Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz’ “La Damnation De Faust”

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Maestro Levine Also Leads The Bso And Soloists In Bartók’s “bluebeard’s Castle” On August 17 At Tanglewood Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos Conducts The Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Soloists, And Tanglewood Festival Chorus In Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 On August 19 August 17 Prelude Concert Features World Premiere Of John Williams’ Duo Concertante For Violin And Viola BSO Music Director James Levine leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust on Saturday, August 18, with mezzo-soprano Yvonne Naef (Marguerite); tenor Marcello Giordani (Faust); baritone José van Dam (Méphistophélès); bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi (Brander); the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor, and the PALS Children’s Chorus, Johanna Hill Simpson, founder and artistic director emerita. Berlioz’ dramatic legend will be sung in French with English supertitles. This 8:30 p.m. program in Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed, which will be repeated as part of the orchestra’s upcoming European tour, in the final BSO program of the Tanglewood season. However, Tanglewood concerts continue through Labor Day with performances by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, James Taylor, and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. On Friday, August 17, Maestro Levine conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung (Judith), bass Samuel Ramey (Bluebeard), and narrator Örs Kisfaludy in Bartók’s only opera, Bluebeard’s Castle, which will be sung in Hungarian with English supertitles. This 8:30 p.m. program in the Shed closes with Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor and will also be part of the BSO’s two-week, seven-city European tour. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 19, at Tanglewood. The TMCO will be joined in this program by soprano Melanie Diener, mezzo-soprano Mary Phillips, tenor Marcus Haddock, bass Raymond Aceto, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor. Ozawa Hall Concerts Frans Brüggen leads the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century in an all-Schubert program at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 21, in Ozawa Hall. The program opens with the composer’s Symphony in B minor, Unfinished, and concludes with his Symphony in C, The Great. Mr. Brüggen also leads the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22, in Ozawa Hall. This all-Beethoven program includes the Coriolan Overture and Symphony No. 5. Boston Symphony Orchestra members Victor Romanul, violin, and Michael Zaretsky, viola, perform a prelude concert at 6 p.m. on Friday, August 17, in Ozawa Hall. The program includes Mozart’s Duo in G for violin and viola and Copland’s Elegies for violin and viola, as well as the world premiere of John Williams’ Duo Concertante for violin and viola, written for Romanul and Zaretsky and to be published after its first performance. Mr. Williams’ piece was inspired by Martinu*’s Three Madrigals for violin and viola. The prelude concert is free, but is open only to ticketholders for that evening’s Shed concert. Tanglewood Music Center Fellows will also perform a prelude concert at 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 18, in Ozawa Hall featuring music of Foss, Salzédo, and Brahms. The prelude concert is free, but is open only to ticketholders for that evening’s Shed concert. Tanglewood Music Center Concerts In addition to the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra’s performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on August 19 and the Fellows’ prelude concert on August 18, TMC Fellows will perform a chamber music concert at 10 a.m. on Sunday, August 19. The program includes Agócs’ Fanfare, Matthews’ Five Concertinos for woodwind quintet, Foss’ String Quartet No. 1, Carter’s Brass Quintet, Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 74, and Fuchs’ Clarinet Quintet. James Levine and director Ira Siff will collaborate on coaching an evening of opera scenes with TMC Fellows that will close the TMC’s ’07 season on Sunday, August 19, at 7:30 p.m., also in the Theatre. Tanglewood Ticket Information Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is located in Lenox, Massachusetts. The 2007 season begins June 28 and continues through Labor Day weekend, concluding with the annual Jazz Festival. Tickets are currently on sale through Tanglewood’s website, www.tanglewood.org, and through SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200. Prices for the Tanglewood season are $9-$99; tickets for Tanglewood on Parade are $20, $28, $40, $59, $85, and $99. All ticket prices include a $1 Tanglewood grounds-maintenance fee. Tickets are also available for purchase in person at the Tanglewood Box Office at Tanglewood’s Main Gate on West Street in Lenox, Massachusetts, beginning at 10 a.m. on June 15. American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Discover, personal checks, and cash are all accepted at the Tanglewood Box Office. From June 15 to June 25, the box office is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. Beginning June 26, the Tanglewood box office is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. through intermission, and Sundays 10 a.m. through intermission. The Tanglewood Box Office only sells tickets for performances at Tanglewood. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492. Tanglewood continues its Children’s Lawn Ticket Program, which offers free lawn seating to children age 12 and under. Up to four free children’s tickets are available per parent or legal guardian per concert at the Tanglewood Box Office on the day of the concert. Children admitted without charge must sit with their parent or legal guardian on the lawn, and those under 5 years old must sit on the rear half of the lawn. Children under 5 years are not permitted in the Koussevitzky Music Shed or Seiji Ozawa Hall during concerts. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. The free lawn-ticket policy does not apply to organized groups of children. Tanglewood is pleased to offer a 50 percent discount on lawn tickets for all BSO Friday-evening concerts for students over age 12. This offer is valid only with a student identification card. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Main Box Office only on the night of the performance. Tanglewood concerts are broadcast live on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons in Boston on WCRB 99.5 FM, in Albany on WAMC 90.3 FM, and in Connecticut on WMNR 88.1 FM. Sunday-afternoon concerts are broadcast in Boston on WGBH 89.7 FM. Tanglewood is handicapped-accessible. The Tanglewood season is sponsored by State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation. The Boston Pops at Tanglewood Series is sponsored by Cunard, the official cruise line of the BSO. Steinway & Sons pianos are selected exclusively for Tanglewood. Delta Air Lines is the official airline of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Commonwealth Worldwide is the official chauffeured transportation of the BSO. WAMC is Tanglewood’s media partner. For Berkshire tourist information and reservations, contact the Berkshire Visitors Bureau at 800-237-5747 or www.berkshires.org. Tanglewood brochures - with complete programs and information on how to order tickets - are available by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org. All programs and artists are subject to change. For complete programs, ticket information, and downloadable press photos, please visit Tanglewood’s online press kit at www.tanglewood.org. Press Contacts: Bernadette Horgan, Director of Media Relations (bhorgan@bso.org) - 617-638-9285 Kathleen Drohan, Associate Director of Media Relations (kdrohan@bso.org)- 617-638-9286 TANGLEWOOD CONCERT LISTING, AUGUST 17-22 All programs and artists are subject to change Friday, August 17, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA VICTOR ROMANUL, violin MICHAEL ZARETSKY, viola Prelude concert MARTINU* Three Madrigals for violin and viola MOZART Duo in G for violin and viola, K.423 COPLAND Elegies for violin and viola WILLIAMS Duo Concertante for violin and viola (world premiere) Friday, August 17, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor MICHELLE DeYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith) SAMUEL RAMEY, bass (Bluebeard) ÖRS KISFALUDY, narrator BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle (Complete opera, concert performance) Sung in Hungarian with English supertitles BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Saturday, August 18, 10:30 a.m., Shed Open rehearsal Saturday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, August 18, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS Prelude concert FOSS Capriccio SALZÉDO Pentacle BRAHMS Piano Quintet, Op. 34 Saturday, August 18, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor YVONNE NAEF, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite) MARCELLO GIORDANI, tenor (Faust) JOSÉ VAN DAM, baritone (Méphistophélès) PATRICK CARFIZZI, bass-baritone (Brander) TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor PALS CHILDREN’S CHORUS, JOHANNA HILL SIMPSON, founder and artistic director emerita BERLIOZ La Damnation de Faust, Dramatic legend, Op. 24 Sung in French with English supertitles Sunday, August 19, 10 a.m., Ozawa Hall TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS Chamber music concert AGÓCS Fanfare MATTHEWS Five Concertinos for woodwind quintet FOSS String Quartet No. 1 CARTER Brass Quintet BEETHOVEN String Quartet, Op. 74 FUCHS Clarinet Quintet, Op. 102 Sunday, August 19, 2:30 p.m., Shed TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor MELANIE DIENER, soprano MARY PHILLIPS, mezzo-soprano MARCUS HADDOCK, tenor RAYMOND ACETO, bass TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Sunday, August 19, 7:30 p.m., Theatre TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS Opera scenes Tuesday, August 21, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall ORCHESTRA OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRANS BRÜGGEN, conductor ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM Symphony in B minor, D.759, Unfinished Symphony in C, D.944, The Great Wednesday, August 22, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall ORCHESTRA OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRANS BRÜGGEN, conductor KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT, piano ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
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Pittsfield Resident Victim of Alleged Murder in Greenfield

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A man found dismembered in a barrel in Greenfield on Monday has been identified as Pittsfield resident.
 
The Northwestern District Attorney's Office identified victim as Christopher Hairston, 35, and subsequently arrested a suspect, Taaniel Herberger-Brown, 42, at Albany (N.Y.) International Airport on Tuesday.
 
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that Herberger-Brown told investigators he planned on visiting his mother outside the country. 
 
Herberger-Brown was detained overnight, and the State Police obtained an arrest warrant on a single count of murder on Tuesday morning, the Greenfield Police Department said in a press release.
 
According to a report written by State Police Trooper Blakeley Pottinger, the body was discovered after Greenfield police received reports of a foul odor emitting from the apartment along with a black hatchet to the left of the barrel, the Greenfield Recorder reported. 
 
Investigators discovered Hairston's hand and part of a human torso at Herberger-Brown’s former apartment, located at 92 Chapman St, the news outlet said. 
 
According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Herberger-Brown originally told investigators that he had not been to the apartment in months because he had been in and out of hospitals. 
 
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