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Theater Interview: Hip-Hopper Baba Israel on “I Spy an Adventure!”

July 1, 2025
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“When you collaborate with an audience and other artists, and you let hip hop flow and intertwine, anything goes.”

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Poetry Commentary: Native American Poet and Activist Joy Harjo at Tanglewood — A Disappointment

August 4, 2022
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Many have surrendered to Joy Harjo’s undeniable shamanistic charms and classify her as a national treasure.

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Concert Review: John Williams’s Violin Concerto no. 2 at Tanglewood

July 25, 2021
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On first impression, John Williams’ second violin concerto didn’t strike me as an instant classic, but there’s more than a little here to warrant repeated listening.

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Classical Music Preview: Tanglewood 2019 Season Announcement

November 17, 2018
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Next summer promises to be a safe one, musically, at Tanglewood.

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Concert Review: Tanglewood’s Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration Gala

August 28, 2018
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Nearly three decades after he left us, Bernstein’s music seems to be in good hands and anything but forgotten. And his larger musical influence strongly endures.

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Music Commentary: “Bernstein at 100,” aka Tanglewood 2018

November 17, 2017
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In honor of what would have been Leonard Bernstein’s hundredth birthday, the Tanglewood Festival is pulling out all the stops.

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Classical Music Review: A Bleak “Black Monk” at Tanglewood

July 25, 2017
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It is my sad duty to report that an evening which looked so promising was hardly a worthy homage to an important musical figure of the 20th century.

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Music Review: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at Tanglewood – Global Adoration

August 11, 2016
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If there is such a thing as world music, this is it.

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Arts Commentary: Reviving Memories of BSO Superstar Conductor Serge Koussevitzky

February 22, 2016
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Hardly any of the under-60s generation can tell you who Serge Koussevitzky was or what his legacy consists of.

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Classical Music Review/Commentary: BSO / Pianist Kirill Gerstein – Whose America?

July 20, 2015
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The BSO’s Americana concert could only provide four beautiful snapshots of a very complicated landscape.

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