![]() The Tanglewood concerts I’m really excited about begin soon afterward. The concert will end with what many people (including me) consider the most exciting orchestral work of the 20th century, Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” The one time I heard BSO music director Andris Nelsons conduct it, he did something I thought was impossible - he made it sound dull. Leonard Bernstein was an important figure at Tanglewood, and while I love his Broadway music, I’m not a huge admirer of his serious concert music, and opening night will feature two of his serious pieces: his very last orchestral piece, “Opening Prayer,” in Hebrew, with baritone Jack Canfield, and his early “The Age of Anxiety” Symphony (premiered by the BSO with Bernstein himself at the keyboard - pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet will be the guest pianist here). ![]() ![]() Though I have to admit, I’m less excited about Tanglewood’s opening night ( July 8) than ensuing events. Our country’s pre-eminent summer music festival is a two-hour drive from Boston (traffic willing), and this summer’s program is chock full of goodies. MASSACHUSETTS Tanglewood Lenox | July 8-Aug. ![]() Please stay safe and enjoy the enormous variety of summer programs. (If you feel safer with a mask, please mask up.) And at least two of the major festivals, the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in the Berkshires and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York, are essentially outdoors in large open-air theaters (or, even more open-air, on the lawn behind the seats). Take that, COVID-19! (An exclaim made with cautious optimism.) As of this writing, live music is back in full swing this summer. ![]()
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