{"id":26893,"date":"2026-07-02T09:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/?p=26822"},"modified":"2026-07-18T15:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:59:12","slug":"jerry-garcia-symphonic-celebration-with-boston-pops-june-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/jerry-garcia-symphonic-celebration-with-boston-pops-june-30-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration with Boston Pops, June 30, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dave Read<\/a>, June 30, 2026 performance – If classical music resides within impermeable bounds, pop music lives inside a porous membrane that allows for one genre to blend with another, so that an audience may enjoy musical mulligatawny. Who knows where, why, or how such marriages are made, but the middle-of-the -road Boston Pops Orchestra<\/strong> now regularly shares the stage with the far-from-mainstream music of Jerry Garcia<\/strong> and the Grateful Dead<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\"Jerry<\/a>
Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration with Boston Pops; Hilary Scott\/BSO photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Dark Star
\nHere Comes Sunshine
\nBirdsong
\nReuben & Cherise
\nWest La Fadeaway
\nChina Cat Sunflower\u2014I Know You Rider [jam]
\nTerrapin Station
\nScarlet Begonias
\nMorning Dew
\nShakedown Street
\nRun for the Roses
\nCats Under the Stars
\nRipple<\/div>\n

Not a few audience members danced in their seats, since heightened vigilance makes the aisles no-dance zones, inconceivable when America was run as a republic, by the people. The Shed was full and the late afternoon rain seemingly had no deleterious effect on the crowded law. <\/p>\n

Even though I left my critical glasses home in favor of my summertime shades, I’m reminded of what Neil Young said to the acoustic engineer who was adjusting the balance on the massive speakers installed on his porch and open barn: “more barn!” I think added prominence to the orchestra would have enhanced tonight’s concert, which was plenty fun even so, even if dancers at their seats make better doors than windows!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dave Read, June 30, 2026 performance – If classical music resides within impermeable bounds, pop music lives inside a porous membrane that allows for one genre to blend with another, so that an audience may enjoy musical mulligatawny. Who knows where, why, or how such marriages are made, but the middle-of-the -road Boston Pops […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-tanglewood-concert-reviews","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27073,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26893\/revisions\/27073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}