Art & Exhibits

Adirondack Museum
Route 30, Blue Mountain Lake, 352-7311.
Through Oct. 13: A Paradise for Boys and Girls: Children’s Camps in the Adirondacks; Summering in the Adirondacks; Places of the Spirit: Sacred Sites of the Adirondacks.

Albany Center Galleries
AlbanyPublic Library, 161 Washington Ave., Albany, 462-4775.
Through Aug. 29: Ruth Leonard: Paintings and Drawings.

Albany Institute of History & Art
125 Washington Ave., Albany, 463-4478.
June 11-Aug. 31: Cut & Paste. June 14-Nov. 2: All Aboard! Models, Memorabilia and Memories of Railroads from AIHA’s Collections. Through Aug. 3: City Neighborhoods, Picturing the People and Places of Albany, North Albany. Aug. 16-Oct. 26: City Neighborhoods: Picturing the People and Places of Twentieth Century Albany, Pine Hills.

Albany International Airport
Colonie, 242-2243.
Through Jan. 4: Unplugged, Painting in the Age of Technology.

The Arts Center Gallery at the Saratoga County Arts Council
320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 584-4132.
Through June 14: Living and Traveling in China: Two Artists’ Perspectives. Through June 30: Gouache paintings by Doretta Miller, ceramic sculpture and paintings by Chris Duncan.

The Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River St., Troy, 273-0552.
Through Aug. 24: A is for Art.

Bennington Center for the Arts
Route 9 at Gypsy Lane, Bennington, Vt., (802) 442-7158.
June 14- Aug. 24: Art of the Animal Kingdom VIII; Art of the American Indian. June 14-Dec. 24: Floyd Scholz: Fine Arts Bird Carvings. Aug. 30-Dec. 24: George Cherepov Retrospective; Impressions of New England.

Bennington Museum
West Main St., Bennington, Vt. (802) 447-1571.
Through Dec. 31: The Bennington Battle: How an Event Defined a Community. Through Oct. 31: Norman Rockwell: From Model to Painting.

Berkshire Botanical Garden
Routes 183 and 102, Stockbridge, Mass., (413) 298-3926.
Through Oct. 31: Sculpture in the Garden 2003.

The Berkshire Museum
39 South St., Pittsfield, Mass., (413) 443-7171.
June 14-Aug. 24: William Morris: Myth, Object and the Animal. Through Sept. 9: Twelve Masters of Contemporary Glass Art.

Carrie Haddad Gallery
622 Warren St., Hudson, 828-1915.
Through July 20: Works on Paper. July 24-Aug. 31: Poetry in Motion: Figurative Painting. Sept. 4-Oct. 12: Landscapes.

Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, (845) 758-7598.
June 29-Sept. 7: Slater Bradley: Theory and Observation; Aida Ruilova: Untitled; Sodium Dreams.

Center for Photography at Woodstock
59 Tinker St., Woodstock, (845) 679-9957.
Through Aug. 3: Byrdcliffe Artist Colony Centennial Exhibition, Made In Woodstock II. Aug. 17-Oct. 12: Managing Eden; Lisa Klapstock / THRESHOLD.

The Chapman Historical Museum
348 Glen St., Glens Falls, 793-2826.
Through Aug. 30: Fighting Fire: Bucket Brigades to Ladder Trucks.

Chesterwood
Stockbridge, Mass., (413) 298-3579.
June 27 – Oct. 13: Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood. June 28 – Oct. 31: David Finn Photography Exhibit; Andrew DeVries and Fred X. Brownstein Sculptors-in-Residence. July 12, 13, 19 & 20; Aug. 9, 10, 16, 17, 30, 31: Bronze Casting with Andrew DeVries. July 12, 13, 19 & 20; Aug. 9, 10, 16, 17, 30 & 31: Marble Carving with Fred Brownstein. July 19, 11:30 AM: Masterpieces of Sculpture.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 West Bay Road, Amherst, Mass., (413) 658-1100.
Through June 29: The Art of Mitsumasa Anno: Bridging Cultures.

Clark Art Institute
Williamston, Mass., (413) 458-2303.
June 14-Sept. 7: Turner: The Late Seascapes.

Fenimore Art Museum
Lake Road, Route 80, Cooperstown, (888) 547-1450.
Through June 15: Modern Medium: Contemporary Art in New York State; Colors of Cooperstown. Through July 21: A Fleeting Presence: The Psychometry Series by photographer Carol Golemboski. Through Dec. 28: Heights of Fashion, A History of the Elevated Foot; American Memory: Recalling the Past in Folk Art.
Firlefanz Gallery
292 Lark St., Albany, 456-1931 or 436-9498.
Through June 21: JC Garrett Makes Drawings and Other Things.

Fulton Street Gallery
408 Fulton St., Troy, 274-8464.
Through June 5: Aspiring Artists. Through July 17: Beyond Functional Art.

Hamilton Hill Arts & Crafts Center
409 Schenectady St., Schenectady, 346-1262.
Through July 30: Diasporic Visions: Images of the Lives and Experiences Throughout the World.

The Hyde Collection
161 Warren St., Glens Falls, 792-1761.
Through June 15: Weber Furlong Paintings from the Permanent Collection. Through July 27: Family Matters: American Impressionism and Realism. Through Aug. 24: Frederic Remington: Illustrator, Sculptor, Painter.

Lake George Arts Project
Courthouse Gallery, Canada and Lower Amherst Streets, Lake George Village, 668-2616.
Through June 20: How Sitting Affects Human Behavior.

Lake Placid Center for the Arts
91 Saranac Ave., Lake Placid, 523-2512.
Through June 26: Natural Expressions - The Wright Touch. 6-28: Photographic Visions: Black and White Photography.

MASS MoCA
1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, Mass., (413) 664-4481
Through Aug. 31: Robert Wilson’s Monumental 14 Stations. Through Sept. 5: Susan Leopold: Mixed-Up Worlds. Through spring 2004: Yankee Remix: Artists Take on New England, a collaboration between MASS MoCA and the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

National Museum of Dance
South Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 584-2225.
Through May 1, 2004: Classic Black: history of African-American ballet dancers.

New York State Museum
Empire State Plaza, Albany, 474-5877.
Through June 29: Strangely Familiar: Approaches to Scale in the Collection of the Modern Museum of Art, New York, an exhibit on loan from MoMA.

The Norman Rockwell Museum
Stockbridge, Mass., (413) 298-4100.
Through Oct. 26: The Berenstain Bears celebrate: The Art of Stan and Jan Berenstain, a show of illustrations from the famous children’s books. Through Oct. 19: Freedom: Norman Rockwell’s Vermont Years. Through Jan. 2004: Norman Rockwell’s 322 Saturday Evening Post Covers.

Rensselaer County Historical Society
57 Second St., Troy. 272-7232.
Through June 12: Hidden Faces: Selected Portraits from the Permanent Collection.

Samuel E Fine Art Gallery
127 Jay St., Schenectady. 466-3595.
Through Sept. 1: An exhibit featuring metal sculptures and functional metal works by gallery owner Samuel E Bates; guest artists are Noel Dhooge, H.V. “Jake” Adams, Howard McAvoy, and Steve Kowalski.

Schenectady Museum
Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady. 382-7890.
Through Aug 25: Oakroom Artists: Member Exhibition. Through Aug 15: Fragile Works: The Steinmetz Photograph Collection 1892-1910.

Shaker Museum and Library
88 Shaker Museum Road, Old Chatham, 794-9100.
Ongoing: From Mount Lebanon to the World.

Skidmore College
Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, 580-5849.
July 9, 3 PM: Gallery Talk with Elise Freda. July 10 - July 31: Roadshow.

Spencertown Academy
Route 203, Spencertown. 392-3693.
Through June 29: Of Time and the River, an exhibit of installations by Jane Ingram Allen. In the Craftspace: Table Settings.

Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute
225 South St., Williamstown, Mass., (413) 458-9545.
Through Nov. 2: Art in Nature: The Clark Art Institute Today and Tomorrow. June 14 – Sept. 7: Turner: The Late Seascapes.

Storm King Art Center
Old Pleasant Hill Road, Mountainville, (914) 534-3115.
Ongoing: Grand Institutions: Calder’s Monumental Sculpture.

Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery
Skidmore College, 815 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 580-8080.
June 21 – Aug. 31: OPENER 4: Jim Hodges. June 27 – Sept. 28: Living with Duchamp; The Art of Arline Fisch.

Ten Broeck Mansion
9 Ten Broeck Place, Albany, 436-9826.
Through Dec. 31: The Tapestry of Albany County: A Sampler of Historic Communities; Thomas E. Murray—Albany’s Lamplighter & the American Dream, an exhibit featuring a model steam engine built by 16-year-old Murray in 1876; Arbor Hill: Putting a Human Face on My Neighborhood, a photography exhibit by George Simmons.

Time & Space Limited
434 Columbia Street, Hudson, 822-8448.
July 5th-Aug. 2: Larry Brown and Jon Isherwood.

Visions Gallery
40 N. Main St., Albany, 453-6600
Through July 3: Icons, by Christine Simoneau Hales and Fred Douglas de Mayo; Pearceptions, by Tracy Vartenigian Burhans.

Williams College Museum of Art
Williamstown, Mass., (413) 597-2429.
Through June 29: pol·i·tick, artists’ videos addressing cultural, sexual and textual aspects of current events. Through June 15: Chronicling Faith: Maksim Dmitriev and the Renaissance of Orthodox Monasticism in Late Imperial Russia. Through July 6: Wait Until Dark: Night Photography from the Collection of Jay Richard DiBiaso. Through Aug. 3: Tibet: Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents from the Newark Museum Collection. Through Dec. 21: Ha! Cartoons, Caricatures, and Satire from the Williams College Museum of Art.

Classical

Aston Magna Festival
St. James Church, Main Street and Taconic Avenue, Great Barrington, Mass., (413) 528-3595. Performances at 6 PM unless noted.
July 5: The Birth of the String Quartet: Works by Telemann, Allegri, Scarlatti, Haydn and Mozart. Performers will be Daniel Stepner and Nancy Wilson (violin), David Miller (viola) and Loretta O’Sullivan (cello). July 12: Sweeter Than Roses: Songs and sonatas of Henry Purcell. Performers will be Nancy Armstrong (soprano) Stephen Hammer (oboe) and an ensemble led by Daniel Stepner. July 19: Italian Madrigals and Trio Sonatas: performers will be Daniel Stepner, Laura Jeppesen (viola de gamba) and Peter Sykes (harpsichord). July 26: La Belle France: A program of music by Marais, Couperin and Clérambault. The performers will be Daniel Stepner, Laura Jeppesen, Chris Krueger (flute) and John Gibbons (harpsichord). Aug. 2 (5:30 PM): Gala Concert featuring the complete Bradenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach.

Bard Music Festival
Olin Hall (unless otherwise noted), Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, (845) 758-7950. The two-weekend festival, Janácek and His World, features programs focusing on the composer and his works.
Aug. 8 (Sosnoff Theater, 8 PM): Leoš Janácek: An Introduction with the Casal String Quartet, Bard Festival Chorale and Chamber Players performing an all-Janácek program, introduced by Leon Botstein. Aug. 9 (1 PM): Coming of Age as a Composer with the Casal String Quartet, Claremont Trio and more performing works by Janácek, Krizkovsky, Rubinstein, Smetana and Dvorák. Aug. 9: (Sosnoff Theater, 7:30 PM): Music and Storytelling with the Bard Festival Chorale and American Symphony Orchestra performing works by Janácek, Fibich, Smetana and Dvorák. Aug. 10 (1:30 PM): The Music of Language and Fantasy with Melvin Chen (piano), Sophie Shao (cello), Bard Festival Chamber Players and more, performing an all-Janácek program. Aug. 10 (Sosnoff Theater, 4:30 PM): Contemporary Insiders with the Casal String Quartet, Claremont Trio and more, performing works by Janácek, Suk, Novák and more. Aug. 15: (Sosnoff Theater, 8 PM): Folklore from the Field to the Parlor with Michael Beckerman and more, performing songs by Janácek. Aug. 16 (1 PM): Czech Modernism with the Avalon Quartet, Curiously Strong Winds and more, performing works by Janácek, Ostrcil, Martinu, Haas and others. Aug. 16 (Theater Two, 4:30 PM): The Diary of One Who Vanished. Aug. 16 (Sosnoff Theater, 7:30 PM): The Symphonic Imagination with the American Symphony Orchestra performing works by Janácek, Novák, Tchaikovsky and Suk. Aug. 17 (1 PM): International Modernism with Timothy Fain (violin), Anna Polansky (piano), Bard Festival String Quartet and more, performing works by Stravinsky, Hindemith, Bartok, Szymanowski and Janácek. Aug. 17 (Sosnoff Theater, 4:30 PM): Speech and Music—The Pan-slavonic Context with the American Symphony Orchestra performing works by Janácek, Musorgsky and Szymanowski.

Berkshire Choral Festival
Rovensky Shed, Berkshire School, Route 41, Sheffield, Mass., (413) 229-1999. All concerts feature the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Call for performance times.
July 12: Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in D, conducted by Dennis Keene. July 19: John Alexander conducts the Lord Nelson Mass by Haydn and Belshazzar’s Feast by William Walton. July 26: Barber’s Prayers of Kierkegaard and Vaughn Williams’ Sea Symphony, conducted by Robert Page. Aug. 2: St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach, conducted by David Hill. Aug. 9: Brian Kay conducts works by J.S. Bach and Mendelssohn.

Baroque Festival 2003
All performances take place at 4 PM at the Baroque Festival Studio, 165 Wilton Road, Greenfield Center, with the exception of the 7/11 performance, which will take place at noon at the Saratoga Springs City Center, Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Call 893-7527 for info.
July 6: Program to be announced. July 11: Free family program with Bells & Motley Consort. July 13: Baroque violinists Judson Griffin and Susan Heerema perform works by Bach, Handel and more. July 20: A consort of viols from the Smithsonian will play English works of the early 17th century, with Amanda Balestrieri (soprano) and director Kenneth Slowik. July 27: Instrumental works by Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti performed by Robert Conant (harpsichord).

Glimmerglass Opera
Alice Busch Opera Theatre, Cooperstown, (607) 547-2255. Evening and matinee performances. Call for times and complete schedule.
July 3-Aug. 26: Don Giovanni. July 5-24: Bluebeard. July 19-Aug. 23: Orlando. July 26-Aug. 25: The Good Soldier Schweik.

Lake George Opera
Spa Little Theatre at Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center, Route 9, Saratoga Springs, 584-6018.
June 27-28 (7 PM): Italian Opera Gala Concert. July 5, 8, 10 (7:30 PM) and July 12 (2 PM): Rossinni’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella). July 6, 13 (2 PM) and July 9, 11 (7:30 PM): Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah.

Music From Salem
Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main St., Cambridge, 677-2495. Performances are at 8 PM.
July 12: Mozart’s Piano Trio in E major, plus works by Beethoven and Mendelssohn. July 26: Brahms’ String Quartet in C minor, plus works by Mozart and Barber. Aug. 8: Poulenc’s Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, plus works by Mozart, Dahl, Wolfgang and Francaix. Aug. 15: Turina’s Piano Quartet, plus works by Ridout, Boccherini and Granados.

The Pleshakov Music Center
544 Warren St., Hudson, 671-7171. Performances are at 8 PM unless otherwise noted.
June 21: Penthouse Concert One with Vladimir Pleshakov performing works by J.S. Bach, Haydn, Rust and Mozart on an authentic Mozart-era instrument. Limited seating. July 19: Penthouse Concert Two with Elena Winther and Vladimir Pleshakov. Limited seating. July 26: Baroque works by J.C. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bach and Telemann performed by Elaine Comparone and the Queen’s Chamber Band. Aug. 15: Music from Historic New England in Music and Projections with Dr. Jerome Reed performing Ives’ Concord Sonata. Aug. 16: Chamber Symphony Players of the Berkshires perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 and Schubert’s Symphony No. 5. Aug. 23: Penthouse Concert Three with Vladimir Pleshakov performing works by Beethoven and his contemporaries on a period instrument. Limited seating. Aug. 24: Young Artists Series 2003, with Michael Rogers and Lidiya Yankovskaya performing works by J.S. Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

Saratoga Choral Festival 2003
St. Clement’s Church, 231 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, (518) 791-0185. Performance at 7 PM.
Aug. 10: Vaughn Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem for chorus and orchestra featuring soprano Heidi Skok, and works of the Russian Orthodox Liturgy by Rachmaninoff.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Route 9, Saratoga Springs, 587-3330. SPAC is the summer residence of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Saratoga Chamber Music Festival.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Orchestral performances take place at 8:15 PM. Unless otherwise noted, all concerts feature Charles Dutoit conducting.
Aug. 6: Emanuel Ax on piano, featuring Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven’s Overture to Coriolan and Symphony No. 5. Aug. 7: Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yefim Bronfman on piano, plus Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Aug. 8: Elmar Oliveira on violin, featuring Brahms’ Violin Concerto, Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra. Aug. 9: Joshua Bell on violin and Boris Pergamenchikov on cello, featuring works by Beethoven, Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. Aug. 13: Boris Pergamenchikov on cello, featuring Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique). Aug. 14: Martha Argerich on piano, featuring Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Musorgsky’s Prelude to Khovanshchina and the Symphony No. 5 by Shostokovich. Aug. 15: Boris Berezovsky on piano, featuring the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Rachmaninoff, In the Steppes of Central Asia by Borodin, and the Suite from Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev. Aug. 16: A Tchaikovsky Spectacular with violinist Nikolaj Znaider, featuring the Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, the Violin Concerto, Romeo and Juliet and the 1812 Overture. Aug. 20: Martha Argerich on piano, featuring Ravel’s Piano Concerto, plus works by Mozart, Poulenc and Stravinsky. Aug. 21: From Broadway to Hollywood, a tribute to Cole Porter, Richard Rogers and Jerome Kern conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. Aug. 22: André Watts on piano, featuring Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 and Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman. Aug. 23: Those Fabulous Philadelphians with Lang Lang on piano, featuring works by Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Ravel and Falla.
Saratoga Chamber Music Festival
Matinee performances on Sun at 2:15 PM, Tue evening performances at 8:15 PM, except as noted. The theme of the season is Souvenirs of St. Petersburg.
Aug. 5: Emanuel Ax, piano, Elmar Oliveira, violin, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chantal Juillet, violin will perform works by Dvorák, Debussy, Ravel and Glazounov. Aug. 10: An evening of works by Stravinsky, MacMillan and Beethoven, will be performed by violinist Joshua Bell with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chantal Juillet, violin. Aug. 12: Pianist Boris Berezovsky, violinist Chantal Juillet and cellist Boris Pergamenchikov will perform works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. Aug. 17: Nikolaj Znaider, violin, with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chantal Juillet, violin, will perform works by Tchaikovsky, Glinka and Shostakovich. Aug. 19: Martha Argerich, piano, with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chantal Juillet, violin, will perform works by Bartok and Borodin. Aug. 21 (5 PM): Impromptu concert featuring pianist Martha Argerich, the Wister Quartet, Chantal Juillet and others performing works by Schnittke and Smith. Aug. 24: Works by Beethoven, Bresnick and Dvorák will be performed by the Jupiter Trio.
Saratoga Visitor Center Chamber Music Series
Saratoga County Arts Council, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 587-3241. Performances at noon featuring members of the New York City Ballet Orchestra.
July 10: An all-J.S. Bach program featuring Robert Conant on harpsichord. July 17: Schubert’s String Quartet in C major. July 24: Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major.

Stockbridge Summer Music
Seven Hills Inn and Resort, 40 Plunkett St., Lenox, Mass., (413) 443-1138. Performances at 8 PM.
July 7: The King of Strings with Luis Beguia (cello) and piano accompanyment performing works by Bach, Vivaldi, Taylor, Fauré and Kodály. July 14: Innuendo with Keith Lockhart (piano), Lucia Lin (violin), Christopher Wu (violin), Amadi Hummings (viola) and Owen Young (cello) performing works by Mozart, Schulhoff and more. July 21: Fantasy & Romance with Susan Miron (harp) and Burton Fine (violin, viola) performing works by Saint-Saëns, Debussy and Scarlatti. July 28: Opera Treasures with Jo Dolce (soprano), Robert Van Valkenburg (tenor), Thomas Stallone (baritone) and Matthew Cvetik (piano) performing a selection of favorite arias, duets and trios. Aug. 4: Boston Trio, Irina Muresanu (violin), Raphael Popper-Kreutzer (cello) and Heng-Jin Park Ellsworth performing works by Haydn, Schöenfield and Ravel. Aug. 11: Arts & Music of Tsarist Russia with Barbara and Gerhardt Suhrstedt performing works by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. Aug. 18: The Golden Sounds of Brass performing works by Mozart, Debussy, Ellington and Gershwin. Aug. 25: Mussorgsky-Chopin with Sergey Schepkin (piano).

Tanglewood
Lenox, Mass., (413) 637-5165. The Boston Symphony Orchestra will perform under the direction of a variety of conductors this season. Concerts are performed at Ozawa Hall unless otherwise noted.
June 29-30 (8:30 PM): Tanglewood Music Center Fellows and Orchestra with conductor Craig Smith, and Yo-Yo Ma, cello performing works by Stravinsky and Bach with the Mark Morris Dance Group. July 5 (Shed, 8:30 PM): Kurt Masur conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra with mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus performing works by Prokofiev and Mussorgsky. July 6 (Shed, 2:30 PM): BSO with conductor James Depriest and the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio performing works by Svoboda, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. July 9 (7 PM): Violinist Christian Tetzlaff performing the complete sonatas and partitas for solo violin by J.S. Bach. July 10 (8:30 PM): Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, with pianist Peter Serkin, performing songs by Mozart, Brahms, Lieberson and Debussy. July 11 (6 PM): Prelude concert with members of the BSO. July 11 (Shed, 8:30 PM): BSO with conductors Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Craig Jessop, baritone Russell Braun, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and members of the Orchestra at Temple Square performing works by Bernstein and Brahms. July 12 (Shed, 8:30 PM): BSO with pianist Van Cliburn performing works by Beethoven. July 13 (shed, 2:30 PM): Kurt Masur conducts BSO with violinist Sarah Chang, performing works by Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Dvorák. July 15 (Shed, 8:30 PM): The Boston Pops Orchestra with conductor Keith Lockhart and guitarist John Pizzarelli. July 16 (8:30 PM): Dubravka Tomsic, piano, performs works by Haydn, Beethoven and Chopin. July 18 (6 PM): Prelude concert with members of the BSO. July 18 (Shed, 8:30 PM): Robert Spano conducts the BSO with violinist Midori, performing works by Stravinsky, Dvorák and Benjamin. July 19 (Shed, 8:30 PM) BSO with Hans Graf, conductor and Nelson Freire, piano performing works by Beethoven, Schumann and Bartók. July 20 (Shed, 2:30 PM): BSO with pianist Peter Serkin, performing works by Weber, Stravinsky and Mozart. July 20 (8:30 PM): 2003 Festival of Contemporary Music with pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ursula Oppens and Robert Spano performing works by Benjamin, Ligeti and Messiaen. July 22 (8:30 PM): Chanticleer performs works by Stucky, Hill and Davids. July 24 (8:30 PM): Borodin String Quartet performs works by Beethoven and Shostakovich. July 25 (6 PM): Prelude concert with members of the BSO. July 25 (Shed, 8:30 PM): BSO with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus performing works by Schubert and Falla. July 26 (Shed, 8:30 PM): BSO with Gil Shaham, violin and Jane Eaglen, soprano, performing works by Humperdinck, Mozart and Wagner. July 27 (Shed, 2:30 PM): BSO with pianist Garrick Ohlsson and soprano Dawn Upshaw performing works by Rossini, Mozart, Golijov and Kodály. July 30 (8:30 PM): Emerson String Quartet performing works by Smetana, Janácek and Brahms. July 31 (8:30 PM): Piotr Anderszewski, piano, performing works by J.S. Bach and Beethoven. Aug. 1 (6 PM): Prelude concert with members of the BSO. Aug. 1 (Shed, 8:30 PM): BSO with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus performing Verdi’s Requiem. Aug. 2 (Shed, 8:30 PM): John Williams conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Aug. 3 (Shed, 2:30 PM): BSO with conductor Christoph von Dohnányi and pianist Emanuel Ax performing works by Brahms and Dvorák. Aug. 3 (Shed, 8:30 PM): Yo-Yo Ma and guests performing works by Brazillian composers. Aug. 5 (Shed, 8:30 PM): Tanglewood on Parade with the BSO, Boston Pops Orchestra, TMC Orchestra and conductors Edo De Waart, Charles Dutoit, Keith Lockhart and John Williams performing works by Britten, Bizet, Gershwin, Williams and Tchaikovsky. Aug. 6 (8:30 PM): Sir Roger Norrington conducts Camerata Salzburg in an all-Beethoven program. Aug. 8 (6 PM): Prelude concert with members of the BSO. Aug. 8 (Shed, 8:30 PM): BSO with conductor Peter Oundjian and pianist Richard Goode performing an all-Mozart program. Aug. 9 (Shed, 8:30 PM): BSO with Yefim Bronfman, piano, performing works by Adams and Tchaikovsky. Aug. 10 (Shed, 2:30 PM): An all-Richard Strauss program with the BSO and soprano Renée Fleming. Aug. 10-11 (Theatre, 8:30 PM): TMC Vocal Fellows and Orchestra with sopranos Dawn Upshaw and Lucy Shelton performing works by Zuidam and Golijov. Aug. 13 (8:30 PM): BSO Chamber Players performing works by Lutoslawski, Harbison and Brahms. Aug. 14 (8:30 PM): Juilliard String Quartet performing works by Haydn, Schuller and Beethoven. Aug. 15 (Shed, 8:30 PM): BSO with conductor Neeme Järvi and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performing works by Smetana, Grieg and Tchaikovsky. Aug. 16 (Shed, 8:30 PM): John Williams conducts the BSO with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and highland bagpiper Iaian Massie performing works by Maxwell Davies, Elgar, Williams and Bernstein. Aug. 17 (Shed, 2:30 PM): TMC Orchestra with Joshua Bell, violin, performing works by Zemlinsky, Tchaikovsky and Brahms. Aug. 19 (8:30 PM) Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax. Aug. 20 (8:30 PM): Norwegian Chamber Orchestra performing works by Rameau, Mozart and Haydn. Aug. 21 (8:30 PM): David Daniels, countertenor and Craig Ogden, guitar, performing works by Purcell, Dowland, Bellini and Fauré. Aug. 22 (6 PM) Prelude concert with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Aug. 22 (Shed, 8:30 PM): An all-Mendelssohn program featuring Sir Neville Marriner conducting the BSO with soprano Kendra Colton, mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao and guest narrator Christopher Plummer. Aug. 23 (Shed, 8:30 PM): BSO with violinist Itzhak Perlman performing works by Berlioz, Bruch and Vaughn Williams. Aug. 24 (Shed, 2:30 PM): BSO with conductor James Conlon and Tanglewood Festival Chorus performing works by J.S. Bach and Beethoven. Aug. 25 (Shed, 8:30 PM): Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with conductor Keith Lockhart and violinists Regina Carter, Eileen Ivers and Lara St. John.

Williamstown Chamber Music Series
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, South Street, Williamstown, Mass., (413) 458-2303. Performances are at 8 PM.
Aug. 5: Daedelus Quartet. Aug. 12: Raphael Piano Trio. Aug. 19: Elements String Quartet. Aug. 26: Aspen Ensemble.

Dance

Ballet Hispanico
Company residency at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, 580-5595.
Through June 21: Course offerings include Bodywork, Ballet, Repertory, Contemporary Caribbean, Flamenco, Salsa and Jazz. Evening seminars, lecture/demonstrations, video presentations, and open rehearsals supplement the course work. Call for dates and times.

The Egg
Empire State Plaza, Albany, 473-1845.
June 7, 8 PM: Ballet Hispanico. July 13, 7:30 PM: Dance Brazil. Aug. 1, 8 PM: The Philadelphia Dance Company: Philadanco.

Hubbard Hall
25 East Main St., Cambridge, NY, 677-2495.
June 12-14, 7 PM; June 15, 3 PM: Annual Spring Dance Program Concert.

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Off Route 20 (eight miles east of Lee), Becket, Mass., (413) 243-0745. Ted Shawn Theatre performances are Wednesday-Saturday at 8 PM; Saturday-Sunday at 2 PM; additional shows where noted. Doris Duke Studio Theatre performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8:15 PM, Saturday at 2:15 PM and Sunday at 5 PM.
Ted Shawn Theatre—June 18-22: Twyla Tharp Dance. June 25-29: Maria Pagés’ Flamenco Republic (with live music). July 2-6: Mark Morris Dance Group (with live music). July 9-13: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (world premiere). July 16-20: Rennie Harris (with live music). July 23-27: CND2 Dances by Nacho Duato (United States debut). July 30-Aug. 3: Merce Cunningham Dance Company (with live music). Aug. 6-10: Batoto Yetu (world premiere, with live music). Aug. 13-17: Stephen Petronio Company. Aug. 20-24: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
Doris Duke Studio Theatre— June 26-29: Mémé Banjo Compagnie Lionel Hoche. July 3-6: Doug Varone’s Short Fictions (Pillow Exclsuive, with live music). July 10-13: Battleworks. July 17-20: Kitt Johnson/Vincent Manstoe (Johnson’s United States debut). July 24-27: Buglisi/Foreman (with live music). July 31-Aug. 3: Jo Strømgren Kompani (United States debut). Aug. 7-10: Irma Omerzo (United States debut). Aug. 14-17: Akram Khan Dance Company. Aug. 21-24: Compagnie Felix Rückert (with live DJ, United States debut).

New York City Ballet
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Route 9, Saratoga Springs, 587-3330. New York City Ballet is in residence July 9-27. Performances are at 8:15 PM Tuesday-Saturday, with 2 PM matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays.
July 8, 8:15 PM: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. July 9, 8:15 PM: Concerto Barocco, Guide to Strange Places, Western Symphony. July 10: 2 and 8:15 PM: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. July 11, 8:15 PM: Donizetti Variations, Glass Pieces, Western Symphony. July 12: 2 PM: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 8:15 PM: Concerto Barocco, Guide to Strange Places, Western Symphony. July 15, 8:15 PM: Donizetti Variations, Guide to Strange Places, Glass Pieces. July 16: Swan Lake. July 17: 2 PM, 8:15 PM: Swan Lake. July 18, 8:15 PM: Donizetti Variations, Piano Pieces Symphony in Three Movements. July 19, 2 PM: Swan Lake. 8:15 PM: (Saratoga Gala ) Walpurgisnacht Ballet, Thou Swell, Glass Pieces. July 24, 2 and 8 PM: Coppélia. July 25, 8:15 PM: Concerto Barocco, Carnival of the Animals, Chaconne. July 26, 2 PM: Coppélia. 8:15 PM: Symphony in Three Movements, Carnival of the Animals, Western Symphony.
Shakespeare & Company
70 Kemble St., Lenox, MA, (413) 637-1199 ext. 110
July and Aug., 7:15 PM: Preludes (most nights before the show).

Pop Concerts

Adirondack Pub and Brewery
33 Canada St., Lake George, 668-0002.
6/5: Mikki Bakken. 6/6: Acoustic Circus. 6/7: Will Foley. 6/14: Rosanne Raneri. 6/21: Donna Britton. 6/28: Kate Blain. 7/4: Phil Henry. 7/5: Tim Wechgelaer. 7/11: LB Walker. 7/12: Rick Bolton and the Dwyer Sisters. 7/18: Donna Britton. 7/19: Jeff & Becky Walton. 7/25: Rosanne Raneri. 7/26: Lani Richards. 8/1: Kate Blain. 8/2: Will Foley. 8/8: Tim Wechgelaer. 8/9: Mikki Bakken. 8/15: LB Walker. 8/16: Gary Moon. 8/22: Donna Britton. 8/23: Mike Grutka. 8/29: Phil Henry. 8/30: Adam Rosenberg.

The Ale House
680 River St., Troy, 272-9740.
6/7: Sun Mountain Fiddler. 6/14: No Outlet. 6/28: Super 400.

The Bayou Café
507 Saratoga Road, Glenville, 384-1568.
6/6: Social Lube. 6/7: Yellow Dog. 6/13: Good for the Soul. 6/14: Deep Sea Jelly. 6/20: Insignificant Others. 6/21: Stickmen Play. 6/26: Gabe & Eric. 6/27: Vivid. 6/28: David Smith & Bad Karma.

The Bayou Café
79 N. Pearl St., Albany, 426-8550.
6/5: Mitch Frasier. 6/6: Dona Oxford Band. 6/7: Pipe Kings. 6/12: Yellow Dog. 6/13: Jocamo. 6/14: Brian Kaplan. 6/20: Bluz House Rockers. 6/21: Social Lube. 6/27: Yellow Dog. 6/28: Robanic.

Bourbon St. Bar & Brill
2209 Central Ave., Colonie, 382-1110.
6/8: the Blues Blasters. 6/15: Brown Shugie Blues. 6/22: Doc Orloff’s Blues Elixir. 6/29: George Boone.

The Branches
St. John’s Lutheran Church, 160 Central Ave., Albany, 465-7545.
6/10: Harpfaire. 7/8: Rosanne Raneri. 8/12: MotherJudge, Alma Alverez.

Caffe Lena
47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, 583-0222.
6/13: Mark Tolstrup. 6/14: Tony Bird. 6/15: Mary Migliozzi. 6/20: Charlie Smith & Rob Aronstein. 6/21: the McKrells. 6/22: Brenna Bavis & Cary DeNigris. 6/27: Huxtable, Christensen & Hood. 6/28: Livio Guardi & Wilson Montuori; Danny Garcia & Katy Farone. 6/29: Marty Hughes.

Calvin Theatre
19 King St., Northampton, Mass., (800) THE-TICK.
6/6: Lou Reed. 6/11: Kasey Chambers. 6/13: BB King, Jeff Pitchell. 7/11: Tracy Chapman, Joseph Arthur. 7/25: Mary Chapin Carpenter. 8/11: the Indigo Girls, Kim Richey.

Century House
Route 9, Latham, 785-1834.
6/6: Matt McCabe & Tim Wechgelaer. 6/7: Matt McCabe & Gary Blodgett. 6/13-14: Harmony Bay. 6/20-21: Shaker Creek. 6/27-28: Bruce Kean.

Club Helsinki
248 Main St., Great Barrington, Mass., (413) 528-6308
6/5: Wakarusa. 6/6: John Cleary & the Monster Gentelmen. 6/7: Jen Chapin. 6/8: Underbelly. 6/9: the Hunger Mountain Boys. 6/11: Guy Clark. 6/12: the Electrasteez Project. 6/13: Jonatha Brooke; the Hazard County Girls. 6/14: Fuzz’s Gratuitous Sextet. 6/15: Sky Smeed Band. 6/16: Los Mofos. 6/18: Luther Wright & the Wrongs. 6/19: Melodrome. 6/23: the Hunger Mountain Boys. 6/26: Dr. Tim Presents. 6/27: Lucy Kaplansky; Jim & Jennie & the Pine Tops. 6/28: the Tarbox Ramblers. 7/6: Ellis Paul. 7/11: Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys. 7/17: Meg Hutchinson, Paul Curerri & Andy Friedman. 7/18: the Jim Weider Band. 7/10: the Asylum Street Spankers. 7/20: Celia. 7/31: Richard Shindell. 8/24: Pieta Brown. 8/28: Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans. 8/29: Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys.

The Egg
Empire State Plaza, Albany, 473-1845.
6/8: Guy Clark, Mary Gauthier. 6/11: Joan Armatrading. 7/18: They Might Be Giants. 8/3: Taj Mahal. 8/14: the Robert Cray Band.

The Glenville Spot
442 Saratoga Road, Glenville, 384-0004.
6/6: Plum Crazy, Beach Fann, Acoustic Trauma. 6/11: Chris Emerson. 6/12: Pete Pidgeon, Arcoda. 6/13: Carnival of Souls. 6/14: Derek Sherinian, Mike Campese. 6/19: Gobhi, Under Violet. 6/20: Fetish Lane. 6/21: North Allen, HeadBump. 6/25: Chris Emerson. 6/26: Release, Mother Necessity. 6/27: Rezi, Panache. 7/11: Blackcat Elliot, the Velmas, Banana Fish Zero. 7/25: Disgruntled Rhythm.

High Rock Steakhouse and Pub
534 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 584-4000.
6/6-7: Good for the Soul. 6/13-14: Bobby Stillwell Band. 6/20-21: Larry Lewis and Solid Smoke. 6/27-28: the Heaters. 7/4-5: Geo and the Komrades. 7/11-12: Larry Lewis and Solid Smoke. 7/18-19; 7/23-24: Broken Lies. 7/25-26: Vivid. 7/30-31: the Pipe Kings.

Impulse Response Concerts
Troy, 281-3206.
6/26 (Arts Center of the Capital Region): Robert Rich. 7/25 (51 3rd Street): 7/25: Francisco Lopez, Jason Lescalleet, Brendan Murray, Howard Stelzer, Jason Talbot.

Iron Horse Music Hall
20 Center St., Northampton, Mass, (413) 584-0610.
6/5: Maria Muldaur, Jon Dee Graham; Ben Lee, Shawn Fogel, Rachael Cantu. 6/6: the Blood Oranges, the Ward River Club. 6/6: the Raveonettes, VUE, These Bones. 6/7: Sarah Harmer. 6/8: 5-Alone. 6/9-10: Gaelic Storm. 6/11: Fairport Convention. 6/12: Blue Rodeo. 6/13: Vinx. 6/14: Sue Foley. 6/15: Suzy Bogguss. 6/20: Erin McKeown; Little Charlie and the Nightcats. 6/21: Meshell Ndegeocello. 6/22-23: Jonathan Edwards. 6/27: Cast Iron Filter, Blue Dogs; Smokejumpers, Canyon. 6/28: the Stone Coyotes, the So and So’s. 7/8: Jay Farrar, Anders Parker. 7/11: Shemekia Copeland. 7/17-18: Jerry Jeff Walker. 7/19: Rane. 7/23: BR549. 7/26: Drunk in July, the Wayward Saints. 7/29: Rhett Miller. 8/1: Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem. 8/4-5: Taj Mahal. 8/19: Pinmonkey.

Justin’s
301 Lark St., Albany, 436-7008
Every Thursday, Adrian Cohen Trio; every Sunday night, Brian Patneaude Quartet. 6/6: Hal Miller Trio with Sumi To