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.
“Sullivan is one of the best pianists in the world today, and he has all of the musical attributes I love: creativity, technique always in the service of expression, joy and humor, fearlessness, and pianistic mastery.” — Producer Fred Hersch
From Leopold Mozart’s teaching and promotion of his son’s early career to the later compositions of Franz Xaver Mozart, the program traces the musical lineage surrounding one of history’s most celebrated composers.
The program highlights original music shaped by jazz, Iraqi maqam traditions, and collective improvisation, performed by four internationally active musicians.
The vocal works on this program are from "Il primo libro delle musiche" by 17th-century Italian composer Francesca Caccini, a celebrated singer, lutenist, composer, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era.
Audiences still respond to Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise” nearly two centuries after it was composed because it speaks directly to experiences that never change: loss, isolation, and the search for meaning.
Bottesini’s “Gran duo for violin and double bass” is popular because it defies expectations of the double bass as a purely supportive instrument. Also, it happens to be the perfect showcase for Mr. Anderson's formidable chops.
The 2026 Tanglewood season is framed by the BSO’s multi-year theme "E Pluribus Unum: From Many One," with a strong emphasis on American voices and the nation’s 250th anniversary, alongside programs inspired by nature and faith.
Two of the most admired piano trios in the repertoire—one intense and biting, the other expansive and lyrical—anchor Sunday’s chamber music program at Saint James Place.
At 2 p.m., Renée Anne Louprette performs a program of Jacquet de La Guerre, Buxtehude, Bōhm, and Bach at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in the village of Housatonic.
