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The Drury High School Council meets Tuesday, Jan 13, at 6:30 in the conference room. Agenda items include AYP, school grant, laptop initiative and PowerSchool updates. |
Steve Decker cleans up in front of BankNorth on Wednesday.
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More Snow
The Berkshires received several inches of snow this morning, but not enough to close schools, unlike yesterday's sleety mess. Temperatures will drop into the 20s this afternoon. A few more snow showers are expected through the weekend.
We have reports that the roads are very slippery to take care in the evening commute. |
Duff'em If You've Got'em
 North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it. |
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Wanted: Eagle Eyes
 MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.
Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us. |
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BSO Music Director James Levine Leads The Boston Symphony Orchestra - July 02, 2008
2008 Tanglewood Season, Week Three, July 18-24
BSO Music Director James Levine Leads The Boston Symphony Orchestra In Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 And Harbison’s Symphony No. 5, July 18
Maestro Levine To Lead BSO In All-carter Concert On July 24
To Close Tanglewood’s Historic 2008 Festival Of Contemporary Music Centenary Celebration Of Elliott Carter, July 20-24
BSO Assistant Conductor Shi-Yeon Sung Makes Her BSO Debut Leading Orchestra In Works Of Schumann And Mendelsshohn And Garrick Ohlsson In Schmann’s Piano Concerto In A Minor, July 20
Midori Joins Guest Conducotor Leonard Slatkin And The BSO For Tchaikovsky’s Beloved Violin Concerto In D, July 19
The Tanglewood season continues into its third week as BSO Music Director James Levine leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and John Harbison’s Symphony No. 5, featuring baritone Thomas Meglioranza and mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey, on Friday, July 18, in Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed. Harbison’s Sumphony No. 5 was given its world premiere by the BSO, with Ms. Lindsey and baritone Nathan Gunn on April 17th of this year at Symphony Hall. Downloadable photos and biographies of soloists in this and all Tanglewood programs can be found in Tanglewood’s online press kit at www.tanglewood.org/presskit. />
James Levine will also lead the BSO in the closing concert of the 2008 Festival of Contemporary Music (July 20-24), celebrating the 100th birthday year of legendary American composer Elliott Carter and his significant contributions to modern music, and marking the first time the BSO is featured as part of the festival programming. The program, to take place on July 24, at 8 p.m., in Ozawa Hall, will include Carter’s the Boston Concerto, Three Illusions for Orchestra, Horn Concerto featuring BSO principal horn James Sommerville, and Symphonia: Sum fluzae pretium spei. James Levine serves as Director of the 2008 Festival of Contemporary Music, marking the first in the 44-year history of the FCM that a BSO music director has taken on the leadership role of the festival. In addition, the 2008 FCM marks the first time the festival focuses on a single composer. The five-day festival also includes 11 concerts, several roundtable and panel discussions, four American or world premieres, and an interview with the composer himself, who turns 100 on December 11. More information on the 2008 Festival of Contemporary Music can be found at www.tanglewood.org/presskit.
BSO Assistant Conductor Shi-Yeon Sung, the first woman to hold an assistant conductor position with the BSO in the orchestra’s 127-year history, will make her BSO debut leading the orchestra in Schumann’s Overture from the incidental music to Manfred and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, Italian, at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, in the Tanglewood Shed. Garrick Ohlsson, piano will join Ms. Sung and the BSO to perform Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor. Born in South Korea, Shi-Yeon Sung is the winner of the 2006 International Conductors' Competition Sir Georg SOLTI, as well as the 2004 conducting competition for the Conducting Forum of the German Music Council, and the 2004 Female Conductors' Competition in Solingen, Germany.
World-renowned violinist Midori and the BSO, conducted by Leonard Slatkin, will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D on Saturday July 19 at 8:30 p.m. in the Koussevitzky shed. The program also includes Vaughan Williams’ Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” and Copland’s Symphony No. 3.
This Week At Tanglewood And Prelude Concerts
Continuing this week and throughout the summer season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra will present a new Friday-evening panel discussion series, “This Week at Tanglewood,” to take place at 7 p.m., prior to all BSO Friday evening performances. Featuring special guests in informal and engaging discussions, the series will be hosted by Ira Siff, the co-host of the Saturday Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and the off-beat satirical director and brains behind La Gran Scena. Each 45-minute session will include an overview of the coming week’s schedule, including everything from BSO performances to Tanglewood Music Center concerts to children’s programming. Attendance to “This Week at Tanglewood” is free to patrons with tickets to Friday evening BSO concerts.
The Prelude Concert on Friday, July 18, at 6 p.m., in Ozawa Hall will feature members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra performing string quartets by Beethoven and Janacek. The Prelude Concert on Saturday July 19, at 6 p.m., in Ozawa Hall, will feature fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center performing works by Beethoven and Brahms. Attendance to Friday- and Saturday-evening Prelude Concerts is free to patrons with tickets to the evening’s BSO concerts.
Tanglewood Ticket Information
Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is located in Lenox, MA. The 2008 season begins June 23 and continues through Labor Day weekend, concluding with the annual Jazz Festival. Tickets are on sale through Tanglewood’s website, www.tanglewood.org, and through SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200. Regular season ticket prices range from $10-$105. Tickets for Open Rehearsals are $17. All ticket prices include a $1 Tanglewood grounds maintenance fee. Festival of Contemporary Music tickets are priced at $11 except for tickets to the July 24th BSO concert, which are priced from $16-$50.
Tickets are also available for purchase in person at the Tanglewood Box Office at Tanglewood’s Main Gate on West Street in Lenox beginning at 10 a.m. on June 13. American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Discover, personal checks, and cash are all accepted at the Tanglewood Box Office. The Tanglewood Box Office only sells tickets for performances at Tanglewood. For further information and box office hours, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.bso.org. |
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