Attendance and Programs at Berkshire Festival and Boston Symphony
Tomorrow groundskeepers tend lawns at Tanglewood as Berkshire Festival logs its 28th season and musical historians study events and achievements of summer. Attendance figures are unreliable due to weather, but the festival remains a strong cultural magnet and the Boston Symphony Orchestra again anchors a season shaped by programs, soloists, and support for contemporary and neglected composers.
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Tanglewood
General Motors
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Ball
New York
Musical festival programs and audience demand clash at Tanglewood
A veteran observer laments festival inflexibility and gaps in repertoire inclining toward admired idols. He notes limited program choices, scarce English and American works, and reliance on standards like La Mer while praising the Berkshire Center and Tanglewood’s global reach. The piece highlights Lohen Grin in concert form as a season hallmark and ponders Box Office versus Musical Direction in symphonic authority.
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Berlioz
Charles Ives
Scriabine
Faure
Roger
Fledgling Actress Tammis Scott Earning Her Wings at Playhouse
Nine year old Tammis Scott will appear in her third Berkshire Playhouse role this season. She plays Greta Schlegel in Carnival, winding up the two week run September 4. The daughter of Stockbridge photographer Wailer Scott and actress Carmelita, Tammis previously appeared as Flower Girl in Cheri and the Last of Cheri and as Streetwalker in The Three Penny Opera. Both parents are connected with the Playhouse this summer.
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Tammis Scott
Stockbridge
Berkshire Playhouse
Wailer Scott
Carmalita
Tammis
Greta Schlegel
Cheri
Playhouse
Berkshire
Scott
Lili
Mr. Scott
Scotts
the Plain School
Wagner's Lohengrin Concert Debut At Tanglewood
The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Erich Leinsdorf opened the Tanglewood week with the first act of Wagner's Lohengrin in concert, featuring Chorus Pro Musica and star soloists Lucile Amara, Sandor Konya, Rita Gorr, Jerome Hines, William Dooley, and Calvin Marsh. The two remaining acts follow, praised for radiant prelude, powerful vocal ensemble, and moving dramatic intensity.
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Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chorus Pro Musica of
Boston
Alfred Nash Patterson
America
Lucile Amara
Elsa
Sandor Konya
Lohengrin
Rita Gorr
Ortrud
Jerome Hines
King Henry
William Dooley
Telramound
Calvin Marsh
the Herald
Bridge blunders gift opponents chances to win big
Bridge players trade risky lines as South enters the lead with queen of diamonds and after a sequence of returns and ruffs, East gains the lead. South ruffs in dummy and attempts another diamond, but East wins the sack and then cashes a trump. South faces a tough position as the play unfolds.
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East
Declarer
West
Don't Give Opponents Chance To Beat You
Bridge commentary describes a hand where South's ruffing and diamond play lead to a loss of contract. The dealer considers opening bids with 13 points, arguing the queen of diamonds is devalued and that better pass remedies would avoid declaring the contract.
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