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The Topsfield Town Library will present the first free Cafe Concert of the season with a classical duo featuring violinist Elizabeth Larson and cellist Soo Bae on Friday at 7:30 p.m. These young, passionate artists have been performing for most of their lives.
Continue reading "Amanda Palmer, New Year's, the Pops"
You can argue about the music that results, but the Boston Pops is at least making some interesting moves in its ongoing attempt to hip up the joint.
PINK A recent injury may mean a toning down of the singer's high wire antics in her circus-themed show, but hopefully Pink's voice is still in three-ring shape.
Tipton opens 'Year of the Search'
Chelsea Tipton II remembers the first classical composer who got seriously into his head.
Daily guide to television and radio
Chat at 11 a.m. with Courtney Hollands on upcoming events in Boston. Chat at noon with Matthew Gilbert and Joanna Weiss on TV.
Sony Classical and Integrity Music Release Handel's Messiah Rocks on CD & DVD - the Rock Interpretat
On October 6, 2009 Sony Classical and Integrity Music will release the Handel's Messiah Rocks CD and DVD.
Parsing programs in past tense
By Leslie Kandell The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood season attendance figures show a 5 percent increase over last year's. Perhaps the rain's dampening effect was offset by lower gas prices.
CC alum Nico Muhly moves into Miller Theatre
Published Tuesday 8 September 2009 07:14pm EST. Exactly 10 years ago, now-world famous composer Nico Muhly, CC'03, moved into his first-year dorm at Columbia.
Chronicle Goes Retro: British Virgin Islands 7:30 p.m. WCVB-TV Mary Richardson travels to the British Virgin Islands and, aboard a 72-foot yacht, she visits Tortola and learns about the sailing life of the Caribbean.
James Taylor, Sheryl Crow and Yo-Yo Ma Join to Delight Rain-Soaked Crowd at Tanglewood
It's a good thing James Taylor put "Shower the People" relatively early in his set list Friday because anything later might have seemed downright cruel.
Varied, interactive programs part of seventh annual music festival
The Carolina Chamber Music Festival begins its seventh annual season from Sept. 10-19 in downtown New Bern.
Every summer the Boston Symphony Orchestra plays a series of concerts, some of them in an outdoor band shell, under the moniker "The Boston Pops." In lieu of heavy fare like Wagner and Mahler, the orchestra troops out feather-light fare by the likes of John Philip Sousa and film composer John Williams.
Tanglewood's weekend menu: Pops, classical, contemporary
Three kinds of music were heard at Tanglewood during the weekend. The Boston Symphony Orchestra presented classical concerts in the Koussevitzky Music Shed Saturday and Sunday; the Boston Pops under Keith Lockhart performed there Friday, and the annual Festival of Contemporary Music got under way with four concerts in the small halls....
Celebrating the Cape's culture
This afternoon, for the 24th year in a row, the Boston Pops will take the stage on the Hyannis Village Green and entertain a crowd of thousands with some of the best renditions of popular classical music you will ever hear.
A refuge for kids, and civility
Several weeks ago, I wrote a column about my disappointment at the behavior of some people at this year's Fourth of July concert by the Boston Pops in Boston.
Culinary wizard Julia Child will swap her whisk for a baton tomorrow evening when she leads the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra during its Pops by the Sea concert in Hyannis.
Celebrating the Cape's culture
This afternoon, for the 24th year in a row, the Boston Pops will take the stage on the Hyannis Village Green and entertain a crowd of thousands with some of the best renditions of popular classical music you will ever hear.
Pops and Ben Folds want *you* for an opening act
A new chapter in the ongoing "Idol"-ization of American culture? Or an interesting attempt to open the doors of Symphony Hall a little wider via the Intertubes? I'm too busy thinking about the damn Red Sox to have an opinion, but here's the facts: The Boston Pops and Ben Folds are holding an online talent search via SonicBids.com to find an opening ...
Wanted: Opening band for Boston Pops. Pays $1000. No drums. Self-defense skills a plus.
The Boston Pops has announced a contest in conjunction with SonicBids to choose an opening band for the Boston Pops/Ben Folds gig in October .
CLASSICAL MUSIC TANGLEWOOD James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler tonight, Mozart Sunday.
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