Summer concerts in Lenox, in the Berkshires, are yours to enjoy weekdays.  On Mondays, although Tanglewood doesn’t have concerts scheduled, Ventfort Hall does!  And you can walk from Brook Farm Inn B&B to this lovely intimate, mansion performance. Here’s the schedule:

Ventfort Summer Concert Series   World-Class Performers  An Intimate Space An Atmosphere of Elegance      Monday Aug 9 7pm $30   Alexander Velinzon, Violin, BSO Assistant Concertmaster  Keisuke Wakao. BSO Assistant Principle Oboe BSO Cello Quartet (Adam Esbensen, Blaise Dejardin, Alexandre Lecarme, Mihail Jojatu)
Jonathan Bass, Piano   Selections to include works by:  A. Marcello, L.V.Beethoven, C. Saint-Saens, W.A.Mozart, T.Albinoni, F.Schubert, W.Fitzenhagen, A.Piazzolla  

 
 Friday, Aug 13 4:30pm

Boston University Tanglewood Institute

Presents:

Young Artists Piano Concert

 In conjunction with Tanglewood’s BUTI Young Artist Piano Program, we will host a concert featuring some of the world’s top young pianists from Germany, Korea, Israel, China and the U.S. The concert will also feature chamber music with violin, viola and cello and piano. FREE with the price of tour admission ($16 adults, $5 children 5-17, NOTE – Members are usually free for Tour Admision, but there will be a $16 admission for this special event). A special tour will be given at 3 pm and the recital will begin at 4:30 pm.  Picnics on the Porch will be available for purchase after the concert and refreshments will be available for purchase as well.    Monday, Aug 16  7pm $30 Alexander Velinzon, Violin, BSO Assistant Concertmaster  Keisuke Wakao, BSO Assistant Principle Oboe;  Anait Velinzon, Violin Mahail Jojatu, BSO Cello Kimie Miyatake, Piano Edmund Arkus, Piano  Selections to include works by: J.S. Bach, Bartók, Dvoˇrák, Mozart, Piazzolla, and more   Seating is Limited – Reservations Suggested (and required for Picnics on the Porch)

BSO Managing Director Mark Volpe today announced that BSO Music Director James Levine will withdraw from his Tanglewood concert appearances due to further recuperation time needed after major back surgery in April.  Several of the world’s most prestigious conductors will fill in for the six BSO concerts and three Tanglewood Music Center programs to have been led by James Levine, including Michael Tilson Thomas (July 9, 16, and 17), Christoph von Dohnányi (August 1 and 2), and Hans Graf (July 25).  In addition, Johannes Debus, music director of the Canadian Opera Company, will make his BSO debut on July 23.

Brook Farm Inn will accept one night reservations for this special event.  Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, April 20th.  Go online to www.tanglewood.org to order tickets or call the BSO at 888-266-1200 Mon-Fri, 10AM-6PM.

Hancock utilizes the universal language of music to express  central themes of peace and global responsibility.  His musical collaborations combine Hancock’s genre-defying musical vision with the “local” musical identity of cultures from around the world.

Welcome to Snow Time in the Berkshires

Frosty welcomes you to Brook Farm Inn

The  pristine snow that fell in Lenox a few days ago  resulted in the sighting of these winter friends at Brook Farm Inn.  The Berkshires are now ready for cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing.  The ski areas are making their own snow to add to nature’s bounty, and the scenery is great!

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“For the ghost should never be allowed to forget that his only chance of survival is in the tale of those who have encountered him.”

Edith Wharton wrote those words many years ago, but they still seem particularly apt today. Whether using the latest technology or their old-fashioned senses, visitors to The Mount during this season’s inaugural Friday night ghost tours have reported a variety of eerie experiences from unexplained taps on the shoulders to the faint aroma of flowers and cigar smoke.

During Halloween week, the time of year when according to ancient folklore, communication between the spiritual and physical worlds is at its liveliest, The Mount will be hosting a series of events to tell tales, both ancient and new, and shiver the spines of all who care to venture forth.

Halloween Week Activities:

October 26-29 (Monday – Thursday)

3:30 p.m. Daily readings by members of The Mount’s staff of stories and poems by some of Wharton’s favorite ghost story writers including Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, M.R. James, and Edith Wharton herself.  These readings are included in the price of admission to The Mount and will start each afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in the Drawing Room.

October 30 (Friday)

8:30 p.m. A reading, in collaboration with the Berkshire Theatre Festival, who made this year’s “Wharton on Wednesdays” so successful, of Edith Wharton’s famous gothic tale, The Lady’s Maid’s Bell. The reading, by BTF favorites Ariel Bock and Jonathan Epstein, will be held in the Drawing Room at The Mount. Admission is $10 and reservations are required. Please call (413) 551 – 5100.

October 31 HALLOWEEN (Saturday)

6:30 p.m. A special Halloween ghost tour of the stables and grounds to be followed by a reading in The Mount’s Drawing Room of Edith Wharton’s spine-tingling tale Kerfol performed by Ariel Bock and Jonathan Epstein of the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Price is $30 per adult and $15 for 16 and under and includes both tour and reading.

Costumes are encouraged during this special week. The tour is not suitable for children under 8, or people with limited mobility. Reservations are required, please call (413) 551-5111 or see www.edithwharton.org for more information.

“If it sends a cold shiver down one’s spine, it has done its job and done it well.”

Find out if Edith Wharton and her beloved house can still make spines shiver.  Celebrate Halloween at The Mount.