Lenox Library's Distinguished Lecture Series: 'The New Gilded Age'

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LENOX, Mass. — The Lenox Library will continue its Distinguished Lecture Series on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022 at 4:00 p.m., when author and journalist Donald Morrison will discuss "The New Gilded Age." 
 
In his lecture, Morrison will address the ways in which the current society mirrors that of the late nineteenth century.
 
At TIME, Donald Morrison wrote and edited in every department of the magazine. He was Editor of its Asian edition in Hong Kong and its European edition in London. A frequent lecturer and conference moderator, he has taught at New York University in London, Tsinghua University in Beijing, and the Institut d'etudes politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris.
 
Morrison is the European Editor of the London-based magazine PORT and a regular commentator for The Berkshire Eagle and NPR's Robin Hood Radio. He has written for The Financial Times, The New York Times, Le Monde, Le Point, The New Republic, Smithsonian, and Quartz. He has been an author, co-author and editor of books about Chinese democracy and photojournalism. His "The Death of French Culture," a 2009 French best-seller, was published in the U.S. in 2010. Morrison holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics.
 
Th lecture is free and open to the public and will take place in the main reading room of the Library, located at 18 Main Street, Lenox. 
 
Visit https://lenoxlib.org or the Library's Facebook page for more information.

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The Classical Beat: Tanglewood, Sevenars Offer Culminating Programs

By Stephen DanknerSpecial to iBerkshires

The Classical Beat: Tanglewood, Sevenars Offer Culminating Programs

During this penultimate week of the Tanglewood Music Festival, the spotlight will focus on a wide range of standard repertoire in both the concerto and symphony genres: Mozart piano concerti, performed by the stellar Knights chamber orchestra, with the masterful soloist Emanuel Ax; Prokofiev's brilliant Violin Concerto No. 1, with the luminous Midori as soloist; and for fans of Tchaikovsky, the lushly lyrical Symphony No. 5. Later in the week, don't miss out on Prokofiev's alternatively lyrical, boisterous, majestic and thrilling Symphony No. 5; Beethoven (the joyous and heartfelt Seventh Symphony) and Schumann (the extraordinary Cello Concerto, performed by the great master Yo-Yo Ma) will certainly be high points for listeners. As always, Tanglewood presents a bouquet of musical riches presented in an incomparably bucolic setting. Many of those superlative concerts will reside in our collective memory for a long time.

Here are five special not-to-be- missed highlights, followed by the full listing and extraordinary range of programming to be found in each of Tanglewood's superb venues — the Shed and Ozawa Hall, and including the Tanglewood Learning Center's special lectures during the six-day period from Wednesday, August 14 through Monday, August 19.

Tanglewood Highlights This Week

  • Chamber orchestra "The Knights" with the magnificent pianist Emanuel Ax performing two Mozart piano concertos each evening (August 14 and 15).
  • The landmark CGI (computer-generated) film "Jurassic Park" in concert. Screening with the Boston Pops performing John Williams' incredibly brilliant score, conducted by Keith Lockhart (August 17).   
  • Two showings of the popular TLI Silent Film project with TMC composers, conductors, and instrumentalists, in collaboration with Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (August 18).
  • BSO Assistant Conductors Samy Rachid and Earl Lee lead two programs featuring some of the most esteemed soloists of our time. Rachid makes his BSO and Tanglewood marks the debut of the phenomenal violinist Midori in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 on a program of Russian masterpieces that includes Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and Evgeny Svetlanov's "Dawn in the Field" (August 16). 
  • Samy Lee conducts the incomparable Yo-Yo Ma in Schumann's Cello Concerto with BSO Composer Chair-designate Carlos Simon's "Fate Now Conquers" and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (August 18).

Tanglewood Full Programming Aug. 14-19

Wednesday, August 14

1:30 p.m., Studio E, Linde Center for Music and Learning. TLI Open Workshops: Roberto Díaz, viola.

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Thursday, August 15

1 p.m., Tent Club: TLI Talks and Walks Anthony Fogg, moderator, with violinist Midori

8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall Recital Series: The Knights, Eric Jacobsen, conductor, Emanuel Ax, piano Gabriela ORTIZ La Calaca, for strings. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503.

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Friday, August 16

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