 The Classical Beat: Tanglewood Concludes; Berkshire Opera, South Mountain NextThis week, Tanglewood concludes its magnificently curated, presented and performed 2023 classical music summer festival season with panache by showcasing two live film concert blockbusters.  The Classical Beat Tanglewood and Sevenars Celebrate Great MusicTanglewood this week shifts into high gear with spectacular musical riches showcasing audience favorite works by time-honored composers.  The Classical Beat: Tanglewood + Sevenars = Classical Music HeavenBoth venues present outstanding classic and contemporary music performed at magnificent venues in pristine, bucolic settings by marvelous performers.  The Classical Beat: Prepare for a Feast of Musical OfferingsWith the arrival of the summer tourist high season – from mid-June through Labor Day – concert activity thrives, offering listeners a diversity of musical delights sure to please every taste.  The Classical Beat: At Summer's Apex, Great Music at TanglewoodCome mid-to-late August, classical aficionados are grateful for the cornucopia of musical riches the Boston Symphony bestows to rapt audiences within the incomparably bucolic setting that is Tanglewood. Many of those superlative concerts will reside in our collective memory.  The Classical Beat: Tanglewood and Sevenars are Not to be MissedThis week, as Tanglewood enters its sixth week of classical programming, the two large-scale orchestral works to be performed by the Tanglewood Music Festival Orchestra are 20th century classics  The Classical Beat: Tanglewood and Sevenars Showcase Diverse MusicTanglewood this week offers audiences a wide spectrum of programs and works by living composers, alongside a diverse lineup of performers offering their extraordinary artistry in this expansive summer season, presenting a wide diversity of music that’s both traditional and time-honored, and new, and everything in-between.  Thrilling Music at Tanglewood, SevenarsWith the arrival of August, we are at the mid-point – the height of the classical music festival season. Programs at Tanglewood this week offer as the artistic highlight an enthralling full traversal of all five Beethoven piano concertos performed by the luminous pianist Paul Lewis, and accompanied by the BSO, led by maestro Andris Nelsons – two each on Friday (Nos. 2 and 4) and Saturday (Nos. 1 and 3), and concluding with No. 5 (the magisterial “Emperor”) on Sunday. The week’s other prominent o  The Classical 'High Season' Approaches its ZenithDuring late-July, the classical music festival “high season,” anchored by concerts at Tanglewood and at other regional venues approaches its zenith, with both sure-fire and innovative programming. Offerings this week include Boston Symphony performances of both classic and rarely heard works by Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Mahler and Rachmaninoff, as well as by two of today’s prominent composers - Richard Danielpour and Pierre Jalbert.  Great Music at Tanglewood, Sevenars Music FestivalAs Tanglewood enters its third week, massed stellar performances will take center stage in Ozawa Hall and in the Koussevitsky Shed. Why go? |
