Tanglewood features Kurt Masur, James Taylor in week three

12:00AM / Wednesday, July 17, 2002Print Story | Email Story

Tanglewood's third week of orchestral concerts in 2002 features the final performances of Kurt Masur as New York Philharmonic Music Director, flutist Sir James Galway performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and BSO Assistant Conductor Federico Cortese, singer-songwriter James Taylor joining John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the start of the 2002 Festival of Contemporary Music. Tanglewood favorite James Taylor returns to the Koussevitzky Music Shed on Wednesday, July 17, at 8:30 p.m. for a special program with conductor John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra. Taylor will join the orchestra for several of his classic hits, including "Fire and Rain" and "Carolina in My Mind," and selections from his upcoming album "October Road," scheduled for release in August. Williams will lead the orchestra in some of his own music as well, including his Liberty Fanfare and "Summon the Heroes," and Mr. Taylor will also be featured as narrator for Aaron Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait." Making his first appearance at Tanglewood since 1997, flutist James Galway joins BSO Assistant Conductor Federico Cortese and the Boston Symphony on Friday, July 19, at 8:30 p.m. in the Shed as soloist in William Bolcom's Lyric Concerto, for flute and orchestra, on a program with the overture to Rossini's The Siege of Corinth and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. This performance of Bolcom's concerto is the BSO's contribution to this year's Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood. On July 20 and 21, Tanglewood welcomes Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic back to the Berkshires for their first Tanglewood concerts since 1990 and Masur's final concerts as Music Director of the Philharmonic. On Saturday July 20, at 8:30 p.m. in the Shed, New York Philharmonic principals Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster, and Carter Brey, cello, join Mr. Masur and the New York Philharmonic as soloists in Brahms' Double Concerto, on a program with Mahler's Symphony No. 1. Masur's final concert with the New York Philharmonic, on Sunday, July 21, at 2:30 p.m. in the Shed, will be an all-Beethoven program featuring the composer's Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, with soloist Yefim Bronfman, and the Symphony No. 3, Eroica. Prior to the BSO concert on Friday, July 19, composer and pianist William Bolcom joins Boston Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Malcolm Lowe in a Prelude Concert in Ozawa Hall. This concert is free to ticketholders for that evening's BSO concert. 2002 Festival Of Contemporary Music The Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer academy for advanced music study, opens its annual Festival of Contemporary Music on July 19 with Sir James Galway's performance of William Bolcom's Lyric Concerto, for flute and orchestra, with Federico Cortese and the Boston Symphony. Directed by Chinese-American composer-conductor Bright Sheng, this year's Festival will focus on American music of the last 15 years, including works by John Adams, Elliot Carter, John Harbison, Leon Kirchner, George Perle, Steve Reich, and Joan Tower, and the world premiere of For Aaron, commissioned by the TMC from American composer Lukas Foss, a member of the first Tanglewood Music Center (then the Berkshire Music Center) class in 1940, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year. The Tanglewood Music Center pays tribute to renowned soprano and longtime TMC faculty member Phyllis Curtin on Saturday, July 20, at 2:30 p.m. in the Theatre with "A Celebration of American Art Song," a program of music Ms. Curtin premiered or had close ties with during her esteemed career. The program, featuring performances by Vocal Fellows from this year's TMC class, includes Make Our Garden Grow from Leonard Bernstein's Candide; John Cage's The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs; Virgil Thomson's Susie Asado; Theodore Chanler's The Midget and Thomas Logge; Ned Rorem's The Serpent, I am Rose, and Some Trees; Roger Sessions' On the Beach at Fontana, Aaron Copland's Vocalise, Bernstein's Two Love Songs, and selections from Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, Carlisle Floyd's The Mystery: Five Songs of Motherhood, and William Schuman's Five Rounds on Famous Words. This program also includes the world premiere of Vignettes: Letters from George to Evelyn, a Tanglewood Music Center commission from TMC faculty member Alan Smith written especially for this concert. The Festival salutes some of the giants of 20th century American composition in a 10 a.m. concert Sunday, July 21, in Ozawa Hall, including John Cage (Credo in Us), Jacob Druckman (Valentine and Tromba Marina), Aaron Copland (Sextet), Morton Feldman (Extensions IV), George Crumb (Madrigals, Book 1), Stefan Wolpe (Piece for trumpet and seven instruments), and Charles Ives (The Innate, Largo Risoluto No. 2, and Hallowe'en). Later that day, at 8:30 p.m. in Ozawa Hall, the FCM presents the first of four programs of American Music of the Last 15 Years, including Frank Zappa's G-Spot Tornado, Milton Babbitt's Triad, Evan Chambers' Cold Water, Dry Stone, Leon Kirchner's Triptych, John Adams' Chamber Symphony, and songs of William Bolcom - Twilight After Haying, The Clearing, Oh to be a Dragon, and September 1, 1939. Tanglewood Music Center Concerts The Tanglewood Music Center, the BSO's advanced music academy for young performers and composers, continues its new series of Saturday-evening TMC Prelude Concerts on Saturday, July 20, at 6 p.m. in the Theatre. This program is free to ticketholders for that evening's BSO concert. Tanglewood Ticket Information Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is located in Lenox, Mass. The 2002 season continues through September, concluding with the annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival over Labor Day Weekend. Tickets for the July 17 Boston Pops concert featuring James Taylor are priced from $27 to $88, with lawn tickets available at $15.50. Tickets for the New York Philharmonic concert on July 20 are priced from $17 to $78, with lawn tickets available at $14.50. Tickets for the New York Philharmonic's all-Beethoven program on July 21 - Kurt Masur's final concert as New York Philharmonic Music Director - are priced from $27 to $88, with lawn tickets available at $15.50. Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra tickets are $20 for inside Ozawa Hall and $10 for lawn tickets (please note: prices are for Ozawa Hall TMCO concerts only). Other TMC concerts and recitals in Ozawa Hall are priced at $10. To charge tickets to a major credit card, call SymphonyCharge at 617-266-1200 or 888-266-1200. Tickets are also available for purchase in person at the Tanglewood Box Office at Tanglewood's Main Gate on West Street in Lenox, Mass. American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Discover, personal checks, and cash are all accepted at the Tanglewood Box Office. The Box Office is open every day at 10 a.m. (9 a.m. for Open Rehearsals) and closed at 6 p.m. on non-concert evenings; at intermission on Shed concert evenings; and one-half hour after the start of concerts on Ozawa Hall concert evenings. Tickets may also be purchased online through the Tanglewood website, www.tanglewood.org. There is a service charge for each ticket purchased on line or by phone. Tanglewood concerts are broadcast live on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons in Boston on WCRB 102.5 FM, in Albany on WAMC 90.3 FM, and in Connecticut on WMNR 88.1 FM; in addition, Sunday afternoon concerts are broadcast in Boston on WGBH 89.7 FM. Tanglewood is handicapped-accessible. In consideration of all patrons, Tanglewood continues to offer a smoke-free environment this season. Designated smoking areas are marked outside the Tanglewood entrance gates. All programs and artists are subject to change. For further information on Tanglewood, including complete concert programs, call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 413-637-5165. Tanglewood is on the Internet at www.tanglewood.org.

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McCann Recognizes Superintendent Award Recipient

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:32PM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Landon LeClair and Superintendent James Brosnan with Landon's parents Eric and Susan LeClair, who is a teacher at McCann.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Superintendent's Award has been presented to Landon LeClair, a senior in McCann Technical School's advanced manufacturing course.

The presentation was made last Thursday by Superintendent Jame Brosnan after Principal Justin Kratz read from teachers' letters extolling LeClair's school work, leadership and dedication.

"He's become somewhat legendary at the Fall State Leadership Conference for trying to be a leader at his dinner table, getting an entire plate of cookies for him and all his friends," read Kratz to chuckles from the School Committee. "Landon was always a dedicated student and a quiet leader who cared about mastering the content."

LeClair was also recognized for his participation on the school's golf team and for mentoring younger teammates.

"Landon jumped in tutoring the student so thoroughly that the freshman was able to demonstrate proficiency on an assessment despite the missed class time for golf matches," read Kratz.

The principal noted that the school also received feedback from LeClair's co-op employer, who rated him with all fours.

"This week, we sent Landon to our other machine shop to help load and run parts in the CNC mill," his employer wrote to the school. LeClair was so competent the supervisor advised the central shop might not get him back.

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