{"id":26421,"date":"2025-07-11T09:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/?p=26421"},"modified":"2025-07-11T09:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:38:17","slug":"beethoven-matinee-at-tanglewood-july-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/beethoven-matinee-at-tanglewood-july-6-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Beethoven matinee at Tanglewood, July 6, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dave Read<\/a>, July 6, 2025 performance – Today’s program, the first matinee of the Tanglewood<\/a> season, was an all-Beethoven<\/strong> one, performed mere hours after last night’s all-Rachmanioff<\/strong> program. Knowing that the season finale will be Beethoven’s Ninth<\/em>, which we delight to exhaust all our powers of concentration on, and the weather being ideal, we enjoyed this concert on the lawn.<\/p>\n

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Scene from the lawn outside the Shed at Tanglewood in the Berkshires; Dave Read photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nSuch is the luxury of life in the Berkshires<\/strong>, that one can take a casual approach as one of the world’s best orchestra’s performs a couple hour’s worth of the best music ever composed!<\/p>\n

Pianist Yefim Bronfman<\/strong>, a long-time favorite soloist at Tanglewood, delighted the audience with his performance of Beethoven’s Piano concerto in C minor<\/em>. Called back for an encore, he played a piece by Rachmanioff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To conclude the opening of the season, the rejuvenated BSO<\/strong> music director Andris Nelsons<\/strong> led a breathtaking rendition of Beethoven’s Fifth<\/em>. Despite its familiarity, especially its ominous opening quartet of notes, which the composer described as “fate knocking at the door,” this performance felt like a brand new thing.<\/p>\n

With a rapt audience contributing to a distraction-free ambiance on lawn, not only may one bask in the sunshine of an ideal summer afternoon, but also set the imagination afloat in a musical sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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