David Noel Edwards is a writer, composer, and recording artist from Canaan, New York. He has been writing for the Berkshire Edge since 2015, mainly about music, but also about books, birds, and reptiles.
Expectations were high at Tanglewood's Linde Center on Friday, Nov. 15, but Ms. Zuraitis and her band easily exceeded them, as the crowd would undoubtedly agree.
"[Some of our songs] feel like they might help people get through tough times in their lives," Ruth Moody of The Wailin' Jennys told The Berkshire Edge. "And I think we're all kind of gravitating towards that right now. The world needs it."
Here's hoping word gets out among BSO decision makers that the Arcis Saxophone Quartet is a smoking-hot contender for a summer appearance at Tanglewood.
The group's program, “Hope Unfolding: Choral Reflections on Power, Pain, and Perseverance,” features J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 150 but also includes works by contemporary artists.
After 30 years on the road, Pink Martini knows what pleases an audience. So they open their shows with their best-known tunes rather than make everyone wait until the end like other touring bands.
This performance will focus on the music of bebop masters Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, so it would be wise to prepare yourself for more than a few thrills and chills.
Sunday's program consists of a single piece, Schubert's Octet in F, D.803, and there is almost no possibility that it will not please you and everyone else in Studio E on Sunday.
By giving innumerable benefit performances since 2010, the West Stockbridge Chamber Players have helped restore the Old Town Hall and turn it into a performance venue, museum, and community gathering place.
