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Berkshires Summer Activities For Performances July 4, 2009 Weekend
If you would like to RSVP for Tanglewood events and go as a group, please RSVP with Yehudis Gellis, yehudith18@yahoo.com by Tuesday, August 25. We will also try and coordinate ticket purchases for other of the events listed below if we have a minimum of 4 people RSVPing with Yehudis by the August 25 deadline. If we do not have 4 people for any events ( including Tanglewood), we will put people in touch with each other so they can order directly together.
MUSIC AND THEATER
The famed summer home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra for more than 60 years presents daily concerts in a scenic environment of spectacular beauty. A typical summer schedule offers chamber music, jazz concerts, open rehearsals, contemporary music performances, and free student concerts. For a complete schedule of concerts and more information go to www.bso.org
Calendar of Events: http://www.bso.org/bso/mods/content_calendar.jsp?id=bcat5240086
1. July 2nd @ 8:00PM - Stephen Kovacevich
Program Notes Audio J.S. BACH, Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828, Schumann, Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Tickets - $17 to $51, plus $5.50 surcharge, based on availability
2. Stravinsky & Brahms – Sunday, July 5th @ 2:30 PM
Featured Artists James Levine - conductor, Christian Tetzlaff - violin Program STRAVINSKY - The Rite of Spring BRAHMS -Violin Concerto Tickets - $18 to $89, plus $5.50 surcharge, based on availability
3. A. Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano Program 1 – Sunday 7/5 @ 8:00 PM
Featured Artists Christian Tetzlaff -violin Alexander Lonquich – piano
BEETHOVEN The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Program 1
Tickets - $17 to $51, plus $5.50 surcharge, based on availability
B. Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano Program 2 – Tuesday, 7/7 @ 8:00 PM
Featured Artists Christian Tetzlaff -violin Alexander Lonquich – piano
BEETHOVEN The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Program 2
Tickets - $17 to $51, plus $5.50 surcharge, based on availability
4. TMC: Chamber Music Concerts
The TMC is the Boston Symphony's summer academy for young professionals pursuing advanced musical study.
General Public Tickets for TMC Chamber Music Concerts: $11
July 5th: TMC: Chamber Music Concert
July 6th: TMC: Chamber Music Concert
July 7th: TMC: Chamber Music Concert
Free outdoor concert by "The Doerfels"
Tuesday, July 7; 6:00 p.m. Venue: The Clark Telephone: 413-458-2303
The Doerfels are an amazing twelve-member family bluegrass band who’ve wowed audiences and impressed critics from Branson, MO, up and down the East Coast to Canada. Bring family and friends, a picnic, blankets, and lawn chairs to the Clark for this Berkshire tradition.
The Berkshire Theatre
Francis Hardy has an unusual job. He, his wife, Grace, and his loyal manager, Teddy, travel across the British Isles performing a series of almost vaudevillian faith healings. But like any professional, Hardy begins to worry about losing his talent, or whether or not he ever really had one. The strain is felt by his wife, observed by his manager, and so grips Francis that he becomes obsessed with curing the incurable, no matter the cost.
Thursday July 2 – 8PM
Tickets: $39 to $51, plus surcharge, based on availability
The Einstein Project humanizes an immortal figure. Through conversations with his son, his wife, and his colleagues, Paul D’Andrea and Jon Klein present a vulnerable, fiendishly intelligent Albert Einstein trapped between his beliefs and his duty. A fascinating portrait of the man who, however reluctantly, ushered in the atomic age. Originally presented in the Unicorn Theatre, BTF Director Eric Hill turns to the Main Stage to re-invigorate this extraordinary production.
Thursday, July 2 – 8PM Monday, July 6 – 8PM Tuesday, July 7 – 8PM
Tickets: $39 to $51, plus surcharge, based on availability
Based on Voltaire's novella, Candide has been delighting audiences for over 50 years. The story of young Candide's journey of self-discovery, it is a tale of a man who has his world view shocked and must find his place while trying to "Make his Garden Grow." Featuring some of Leonard Bernstein's most recognizable music, this promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Tuesday, July 7 – 8PM
Tickets: $39 to $51, plus surcharge, based on availability
Jacob’s Pillow
Radio and Juliet, Ballet Maribo
Transport into a universe of razor-sharp dancing, video effects, electronic rhythms and beautiful melodies with a new take on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set to the music of Radiohead, today's most influential alternative rock band. In a rare U.S. engagement, this powerfully gorgeous contemporary ballet by Romanian choreographer Edward Clug, a fast-rising star and artistic director of Ballet Maribor, casts superb ballet dancers that give new life to this timeless tale of conflict, fate and love.
Thursday Jul 2 2009 8:00 PM Sunday Jul 5 2009 2:00 PM Box Office Phone: 413.243.0745
Tickets - start at $51.50, based on availability
Be among the first to experience the humor and poignant humanity of LAFA & Artists as they launch a vibrant presence in contemporary dance. Fang-Yi Sheu, renowned for her star performances with the Martha Graham Dance Company and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, dances with her own new company in a varied program. The company will perform the American premiere of 37 Arts, an acrobatic romp of delights and hard times choreographed by LAFA & Artists co-founder Bulareyaung Pagarlava, Single Room, and the world premiere of Summer Fantasia Part One - Summer at Jacob's Pillow, inspired by Ms. Sheu's and Mr. Pagarlava's experience at the Pillow last summer.
Thursday Jul 2 2009 8:15 PM Sunday Jul 5 2009 5:00 PM
Tickets - start at $34.50, based on availability
Shakespeare & Company Calendar of Events: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/403/1246474800000;jsessionid=761AA6C3EAA0564E18B4A1BC982D8DDD
Golda’s Balcony: Hailed by critics when premiered at Shakespeare & Company in 2002, a beautiful and inspiring piece that brims with wisdom. Meet the lioness mother who stood against history to create a free nation. July 2nd at 8PM July 3rd at 3PM
Tickets - $16 to $34, plus surcharge, based on availability
Hamlet July 3rd at 2PM July 5th at 7:30PM July 8th at 7:30PM
Tickets - $30 to $54, plus surcharge, based on availability
Pinter’s Mirror Three of Harold Pinter’s best one act plays: Family Voices, Victoria Station, A Slight Ache. Three brilliant one-act plays commemorating the darkly comedic insight of Harold Pinter. Performed by Elizabeth and Malcolm Ingram, a rare chance to see and hear exceptionally gifted actors breath life into Pinter’s taut language.
Tickets - $16 to $34, plus surcharge, based on availability
Revolutionary Moments July 5th at 11AM
Tickets - $20
Othello July 5th at 2:00PM
Tickets - $21 to $46, plus surcharge, based on availability
Box Office: 413.597.3400 https://www.lsw.com/stores/wtf/
Children by A.R. Gurney
July 2nd at 8:00PM July 5th at 2:00PM July 7th and 8th at 8:00PM
Knickerbocker https://www.lsw.com/stores/wtf/
July 8th at 8:00PM
Barrington Stage Company: Calendar of Events Box Office: 413.236.8888
Roger and Hammerstein’s Carousel July 2nd at 8:00PM July 3rd at 2:00PM July 5th at 5:00PM July 7th at 7:00PM July 8th: 2PM and 7PM
Amanda McBroom with Michele Brourman July 2nd at 8:00PM
Shirley Jones July 7th at 7:00PM
Underneath the Lintel July 8th at 7:30PM
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