January 22 – Prof. Hazza Abu Rabia, “Christians and Jews”. The lectures take place once a month, usually on the third Sunday of the month and are held at 4 pm on Sunday afternoons in the elegant and restful surroundings of the Sedgwick Reading Room.
February 19 – “Lenox at 250, Session I.” Special panel discussion on the first half of Lenox’s history (1767-1880). Panel I to include Charles Flint and Lucy Kennedy (early history), Carole Owens (1750-1800), Bernard Drew (mid-19th century). Audience participation encouraged!
March 19 – “Lenox at 250, Session II.” Special panel discussion on the second half of Lenox’s history (1880-2016). Panel II to include Cornelia Gilder and Richard Jackson (The Gilded Age), David Roche (1940-1970), Olga Weiss (The Music Inn). Audience participation encouraged!
Contact: Dr. Joseph Cardillo Phone: 518-674-5973 drjosephcardillophd@gmail.com Location: Sedgwick Reading Room
Lenox Historical Society will sponsor a free lecture at the Lenox Library by Bernard A. Drew. In his talk, “The Brass Age of Automobiles Meets the Gilded Age of American Travel,” Drew will discuss the [...]
April 23 – Lenox Library Director Amy Lafave on the newly published book Images of America: Lenox.
July 7, Opening Night at Tanglewood "Mahler’s Overwhelming Masterpiece, the Resurrection Symphony" (BSO/Nelsons)
SPECIAL TALK: "How to Listen (Really Listen) to Music" (Mozart, Beethoven, and Ellington)
"A March through the Ages" Ravel, Haydn, Mozart, Adès (BSO/Nelsons/Trifonov)
"The Mythical and Musical Story of Wagner’s Ring" Wagner, Das Rheingold (BSO/Nelsons)
"The Power of Poetry and Fate" Bernstein, Tchaikovsky (BSO/Thibaudet)
"The Conjunction of Opposites" Beethoven, Britten, and Adès (BSO/Ax)
Join us for a reading of "John Parsons: An Eminent New Yorker in the Gilded Age" by author Paul Hicks.
"Flawless Masterpieces" Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak (BSO/Dutoit/Bronfman)
"Jazzy Piano and an Orchestral Extravaganza" Stravinsky, Ravel, Berlioz (BSO/Dutoit/Aimard)
"The World of High Romanticism" Chopin, Rachmaninoff (BSO/Graf/Ohlsson)
"Schumann and Yo-Yo" Mozart, Schumann (BSO/Dohnanyi/Ma)
"Orchestral Riches and Riots" Dvorak, Brahms, Stravinsky (BSO/Shaham/Weilerstein)
"One of my best works!" Brahms, Beethoven (BSO/Dohnanyi/Znaider)
"Mahler’s Orchestral Songs and Brahms’s Pastoral Symphony" Mahler, Brahms (BSO/Keenlyside)