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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |