tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61473044745943800612024-03-16T11:51:56.511-07:00Aisle Be Seeing YouThe blog for the Celebrity Series of Boston- a Boston based arts organization which presents an annual concert series. Here you can find news about our season, local and international arts, and much more! www.celebrityseries.orgAisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.comBlogger1284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-52499388438489514222013-09-26T03:58:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.894-07:00Play Me, I'm Yours is Page 1 news ...<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef019aff9eab3f970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="PMIYGlobePage1" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef019aff9eab3f970c image-full" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef019aff9eab3f970c-800wi" title="PMIYGlobePage1" /></a><br />"The 'Play Me I’m Yours' public art project comes to Boston<br />this week as Celebrity Series of Boston places 75 pianos around the city to<br />celebrate its 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary. The first pianos were installed<br />Wednesday, with the full project starting Friday and running through Oct. 14" <br /><br /><p><br />Find a piano, upload and image or a movie, read about <em>Play Me, I'm Yours</em>: <a href="http://www.streetpianosboston.com" target="_blank">www.streetpianosboston.com</a><br /><br />Check out our 75th Anniversary Season: <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">www.celebrityseries.org</a>.</p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-23444281065162534272013-09-25T10:26:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.882-07:00Not "just playing, but making things..." Vijay Iyer gets a MacArthur Grant<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef019aff9afe53970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Macarthur-fellowship-vijay-iyer-20130924-001" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef019aff9afe53970b image-full" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef019aff9afe53970b-800wi" title="Macarthur-fellowship-vijay-iyer-20130924-001" /></a><br /><br />Pianist Vijay Iyer is on this year's list of MacArthur Fellows; rarified air, indeed. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/columnists/chi-howardreich-columnist,0,1780480.columnist" target="_blank">Howard Reich</a> talked to Iyer regarding his award for the Chicago Tribune:<br /><br /><em>"'I'm really inspired by the composer-pianists of the last century,<br />particularly (Duke) Ellington and (Thelonious) Monk and people in that<br />lineage who aren't just playing, but they're making things,' says Iyer,<br />speaking by phone from his home in New York and adding such names as<br />piano innovators Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner and Bud Powell."<br /><br /></em><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-macarthur-fellowship-vijay-iyer-20130924,0,1018593.column" target="_blank">Read the full story</a>.<br /><br />If you live in Boston or Cambridge, you can see and hear Iyer <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2013_14/iyer.htm" target="_blank">with poet Robert Pinsky on March 14 at Sanders Theatre</a> as part of the Celebrity Series of Boston's 75th Anniversary Season.<em><br /><br /></em><a href="http://vijay-iyer.com/" target="_blank">vijay-iyer.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.macfound.org/fellows/class/2013/" target="_blank">The 2013 MacArthur Fellows</a><br /><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-24921786262688501002013-09-23T09:02:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:43:44.345-07:00Boston's Street Piano locations are online!<br /><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef019aff911b16970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Legopiano" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef019aff911b16970d image-full" height="427" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef019aff911b16970d-800wi" title="Legopiano" width="640" /></a><br />The pianos are not on the street, yet, but the listings are! A map of all the locations of all 75 pianos in the Street Pianos Boston Festival, plus artists and host info are available online at: <a href="http://www.streetpianosboston.com/" target="_blank">www.streetpianosboston.com</a>. <br /><br />Another small step in a season filled with 75th anniversary activities - learn more at <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/" target="_blank">www.celebrityseries.org</a>!<br />
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<br />AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-25647920510557839632013-09-16T10:04:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.856-07:00Check our our new YouTube channel!<iframe frameborder="0" height="371" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ziRW9Q_7iC8" width="495"></iframe><br /><br />Our new YouTube channel is up and running! In honor of our 75th Anniversary Season we are featuring special messages from Celebrity Series of Boston performers. Our first posting is from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artistic director Robert Battle.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/celebseries" target="_blank">Celebrity Series of Boston on YouTube</a><br /><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-52200752852956059442013-09-12T04:10:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.844-07:00Play Me I'm Yours, the 1000th piano<iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7hc_pHowcy0" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In honor of our 75th anniversary, Celebrity Series of Boston is presenting Play Me, I'm Yours, the Boston street piano festival from September 27 to October 14. The event places 75 pianos on streets all over Boston for the public to play at any time.<br /><br />Boston is not the first city to host Luke Jerram's remarkable project, but among the unique aspects of Boston's festival is that we will host the 1000th Play Me, I'm Yours piano. The video above shows, in just under 8 minutes, the handiwork of  Frank Casazza (<a href="http://eyeformation.net/" target="_blank">Eyeformation</a>) and Michael Crockett (<a href="http://www.i-m.co/MichaelCrockett/Hazeleyesstudio/" target="_blank">Hazel Eyes Studio</a>) as they turn a baby grand into a work of visual art. The 1000th piano will be available for the public to play on City Hall Plaza during the fesitval.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.streetpianosboston.com/" target="_blank">Street Pianos Boston</a><br /><br /><a href="http://celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2013_14/streetpianos.htm" target="_blank">Play Me, I'm Yours Celebrity Series page</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">Celebrity Series of Boston</a><br /><br /><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-91415333422283797002013-08-22T07:21:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.832-07:00Wayne Shorter: Jazz means 'I dare you'<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef01901ef2bbeb970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Mileswayne" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef01901ef2bbeb970b image-full" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef01901ef2bbeb970b-800wi" title="Mileswayne" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter</span><br /><br /><em>"The six years I was with Miles, we never talked about music. We never had a rehearsal. Jazz shouldn’t have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that’s required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'"</em> —Wayne Shorter<br /><br />Wayne Shorter makes his Celebrity Series debut as part of <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2013_14/shorter.htm" target="_blank">the Wayne Shorter 80th Birthday Celebration</a> (which will also feature John Patitucci, Danilo Perez, Brian Blade, Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Geri Allen, Lawrence Fields, Linda Oh, and Joey Barron).<br /><br />Tip of the cap to <a href="http://jasoncrane.org/" target="_blank">Jason Crane</a> and <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2013_14/shorter.htm" target="_blank">Destinationout</a>.<br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-74686011772302661332013-08-20T08:21:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.817-07:00Listen Magazine interview with pianist Yuja Wang<iframe frameborder="0" height="278" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YKrtKKq3eTo" width="495"></iframe><br /><br />Check out Listen Magazine's interview with pianist Yuja Wang.<br /><br />Yuja Wang performs on the <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2013_14/wang.htm" target="_blank">Celebrity Series of Boston 75th Anniversary Season at Jordan Hall on October 18</a>.<br /><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-30136396705487649832013-05-16T17:00:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.805-07:00Videotaping Robert Battle at Citi Wang Theatre<p><br /><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef0191023a56bf970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Photo (2)" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef0191023a56bf970c" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef0191023a56bf970c-320wi" title="Photo (2)" /></a><br /><br />Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director, Robert Battle, was kind enough to tape some personal thoughts before tonight's performance on the Celebrity Series of Boston's 75th Anniversary.</p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-36640689850706601242013-05-08T10:46:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.793-07:00Frederic Franklin (1914-2013)<p><br /><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef01901bf21169970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Franklin572" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef01901bf21169970b image-full" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef01901bf21169970b-800wi" title="Franklin572" /></a><br /><br />The renowned dancer and ballet master Frederic Franklin died on May 4 at age 98. <br /><br />Mr. Franklin made his Boston debut in November 1938 with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo during the first season of the Celebrity Series of Boston. In addition to multiple Celebrity Series performances in Boston with Ballet Russe, his work was also seen by Bostonian's in Celebrity Series presentations of Dance Theatre of Harlem.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2013/may/07/frederic-franklin-dies-ballet" target="_blank">The Guardian</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.theworld.org/2013/05/dancing-through-the-20th-century/" target="_blank">PRI's The World</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2013/05/06/actualidad/1367874474_569480.html" target="_blank">El Pais</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/frederic-franklin-ballet-dancer-coach-and-director-dies-at-98/2013/05/05/9b69f642-0e3a-11e1-a560-dfb7ccea65aa_story.html" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/scimedemail/la-me-passings-20130507,0,468052.story" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.danceheritage.org/franklin.html" target="_blank">Dance Heritage Coalition</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://artsfuse.org/81943/fuse-dance-news-frederic-franklin-a-legend-passes/" target="_blank">Arts Fuse</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqnK35QzJSg" target="_blank">Dance/USA Franklin Bio (video)</a></p><br /><p> </p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-18648876445873585642013-04-18T03:20:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.781-07:00Our 75th Season is now on sale!<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017d42e8ba71970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Gustavo_Dudamel_1703a" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef017d42e8ba71970c image-full" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017d42e8ba71970c-800wi" title="Gustavo_Dudamel_1703a" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Gustavo Dudamel of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, March 23, 2014</span><br /><br />Subscription sales are now live on <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">celebrityseries.org</a>. </span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2013_14/13_14calendar.htm" target="_blank">Check out our complete 13-14 Calendar!</a></span></strong><br /><br /></p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-64741434261094888972013-04-16T06:38:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.770-07:00The Bernstein Response<p><br /><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c38aa4881970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Leonard-bernstein-conducting1" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef017c38aa4881970b" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c38aa4881970b-500wi" style="width: 495px;" title="Leonard-bernstein-conducting1" /></a><br /><br /></p><br /><p><strong>"This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more<br />beautifully, more devotedly than ever before."  —Leonard Bernstein</strong></p><br /><p> </p><br /><p><strong><br /></strong></p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-76671910457158284892013-04-09T11:02:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.758-07:00Masterclass with Spellbound dancers<p><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c387ac6dc970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="IMG_3075" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef017c387ac6dc970b image-full" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c387ac6dc970b-800wi" title="IMG_3075" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Spellbound Dance Company dancers Maria Cosso (center) and Giacomo Todeschi (left) lead a masterclass at  Rindge & Latin High School in Cambridge on April 4, 2013. The class was part of Celebrity Series' Arts for All! program.</span></strong></p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>Complete 2013-14 season is now on sale at <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">www.celebrityseries.org</a> - take a look!</p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-89200804377882898462013-03-26T05:51:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.742-07:00Barbara Cook in Vanity Fair<p><br /><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c381f472a970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="BarbaraCook" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef017c381f472a970b" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c381f472a970b-800wi" title="BarbaraCook" /></a><br /><br />Broadway and cabaret star Barbara Cook did an interview with Vanity Fair's Patrick Monahan back in November. Here's a snippet:</p><br /><p><strong>"Is there a standard you feel differently about singing now than when you first heard it?</strong></p><br /><p>“I’ve Got You Under My Skin”—I’ve heard that, of course, all my life. Then a few years ago, I heard Katharine McPhee [of <em>American Idol </em>and <em>Smash</em>]<br />do that on television, and I thought, You know, I think I can do<br />something with that. So I took my ideas to Lee [Musiker, Ms. Cook’s<br />musical director and pianist] and we worked it out together." <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2012/11/barbara-cook-jazz-sondheim" target="_blank">Read the full interview</a>.<br /><br />Barbara Cook and John Pizzarelli return to the <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">Celebrity Series</a> and Symphony Hall on April 6. Good seats are still available! <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2012_2013/cook_pizzarelli.htm" target="_blank">Get your tickets</a>.</p><br /><p> </p><br />Complete season is now on sale at <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">www.celebrityseries.org</a> - take a look!<br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-76538164132393524362013-03-01T05:16:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.725-07:00Musings on Van Cliburn, by Walter Pierce<p><strong>Musings on Van Cliburn</strong></p><br /><p>He was a phenomenon. He was a larger<br />than life personality. He was a genuine American hero. He was a gifted pianist<br />who brought world attention to American classical music. He was the<br />quintessential Southern gentleman -- a tall Texan who conquered the hearts of<br />the Soviet and American public when both nations stared at each other grimly<br />across a political divide.</p><br /><p>He was the first musician to receive a<br />New York ticker tape parade when he returned to the US following his winning<br />the prestigious International Tchaikowsky Competition in Moscow in 1958.</p><br /><p>And yet, many musicians and critics felt<br />he never lived to fulfill the potential that lay before him.</p><br /><p>He was a gracious, giving personality<br />who easily won the hearts of everyone he met.</p><br /><p>He had his quirks: he hated being early for<br />his own concerts, preferring to arrive a few minutes past concert time, doff<br />his coat, stride on stage, sit down at the piano and begin playing the National<br />Anthem. When everyone resumed their seats, he began the concert.</p><br /><p>I recall being invited with my mentor,<br />Aaron Richmond, by Van Ciburn's then American concert manager, William Judd of<br />Columbia Artists, to his apartment to hear a young pianist they had signed with<br />the hopes that we might book him in recital. This was in the period just before<br />he left for the Moscow competition. Little did I know what would follow in the<br />next few months.</p><br /><p>Within a year or so, we were presenting<br />Van Cliburn in recital in Boston to an adoring public which filled every seat<br />in Symphony Hall with an overflow on the stage, while hundreds of would-be<br />ticket buyers were turned away.</p><br /><p>I feel blessed indeed to have had the<br />opportunity to share in presenting Van Cliburn in recital in Boston on over a<br />dozen occasions.</p><br /><p>Au revoir, Van -- we loved you dearly.</p><br />Walter<br />Pierce<br /><br /><em>Walter Pierce was Executive Director of Celebrity Series of Boston from 1965 to 1996. The <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">Celebrity Series</a> presented Van Cliburn 8 times under his leadership.</em><br /><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-64576887409600985672013-02-27T06:15:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.690-07:00Van Cliburn (1934-2013)<p><br /><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017ee8c4e622970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Van_Cliburn_-_Tel_Aviv_1962" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef017ee8c4e622970d" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017ee8c4e622970d-500wi" title="Van_Cliburn_-_Tel_Aviv_1962" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Pianist Van Cliburn in Tel Aviv, 1962</span></strong></p><br /><p>Pianist Van Cliburn has died at age 78. The Shreveport, Louisiana native's triumph at the 1958 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow made him a household name.<br /><br />Van Cliburn made his Celebrity Series debut in 1960 and performed on the Series a total of 13 times - all in recital and all at Symphony Hall - most recently in 2001. <br /><br />Numerous winners of <a href="http://www.cliburn.org/cliburn-competition/" target="_blank">The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition</a> have also appeared on the Celebrity Series over the years, including <a href="http://www.feghali.com/" target="_blank">Jose Feghali</a>, <a href="http://www.jonnakamatsu.com/" target="_blank">Jon Nakamatsu</a>, Stanislav Ioudenitch, <a href="http://www.alexkobrinpianist.com/" target="_blank">Alexander Kobrin</a>, <a href="http://www.olgakern.com/" target="_blank">Olga Kern</a>, and Hoachen Zhang.<br /><br />Coverage of Van Cliburn's death:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/arts/music/van-cliburn-pianist-dies-at-78.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" target="_blank">New York Times</a><br /><br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443864204577621492136875530.html" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/van-cliburn-celebrated-classical-pianist-dies-at-78/2013/02/27/beb517ac-3636-11e1-afdf-67906fc95149_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Post</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-van-cliburn-obit-20130227,0,6919189.story" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/02/27/4647640/van-cliburn-dies.html" target="_blank">Fort Worth Star-Telegram</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21607436" target="_blank">BBC News</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21607436" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a><br /><br />Videos:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7MAriotZyE" target="_blank">Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in Moscow (1962)</a></p><br /><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5WqZqMcNrc" target="_blank">Christie's Auction Interview (includes clip of 1958 competition)</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lUFFZqXtoM&feature=related" target="_blank">On <em>What's My Line?</em></a></p><br /><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pd0OC_8jqY" target="_blank">At The Kennedy Center Honors (2001)</a></p><br /><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9D2aHiFpdk" target="_blank">Playing Chopin Ballade No. 3</a></p><br /><p> </p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-40444772444178483732013-02-12T11:31:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.664-07:00Celebrity Series 2013-14 subscriptions on sale April 18, 2013Subscriptions for our 2013-14 season (our 75th season) go on sale April 18, 2013. Some performances may be announced in advance of that date, but all performances begin subscription sales on April 18. Check this blog or <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">www.celebrityseries.org</a> for more details as they become available.<br /><br />Complete season is now on sale at <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">www.celebrityseries.org</a> - take a look!<br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-74803803484374554782013-02-08T10:28:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.650-07:00Karita Mattila recital is cancelledKarita Mattila's concert, scheduled for this evening, has ben cancelled. Ticket holders please visit <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2012_2013/mattila.htm" target="_blank">performance page</a> for options.<br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-80114570753175351282013-01-22T03:46:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.632-07:00Barenboim and Celebrity Series bring West-Eastern Divan Orchestra to Boston<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K22pkacxfN0" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />“In 1999, Edward Said and myself formed the West-Eastern Divan<br />orchestra, composed of musicians from Israel, Palestine, and other Arab<br />countries; countries where the open ear has been too often replaced by<br />the unsheathed sword, to the detriment of all. Now, over 10 years later, we have hopefully achieved an<br />orchestra that is worthy of your ear. And one which shows that people<br />who listen to each other, both musically and in all other ways, can<br />achieve greater things.” <strong>– Daniel Barenboim</strong><br /><br />The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra makes its Boston debut at Symphony Hall courtesy of Celebrity Series of Boston on Sunday, January 27 at 3pm with an all-Beethoven program. <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2012_2013/westeasterndivan.htm" target="_blank">Tickets and information.</a><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-90042010548853305202012-12-11T10:42:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.611-07:00Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012)<p><br /><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c3484a671970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="17483_mstislav_rostropovich_and_galina_vishnevskaya" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef017c3484a671970b" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c3484a671970b-500wi" title="17483_mstislav_rostropovich_and_galina_vishnevskaya" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Vishnevskaya with husband, cellist Mistislav Rostropovich</span></strong><br /><br />Russian soprano and political dissident Galina Vishnevskaya died yesterday in Moscow.<br /><br />Ms. Vishnevskaya appeared twice on the Celebrity Series, in her first American recital in 1960 and  again in 1961. Boston Globe critic Kevin Kelly reviewed her second Celebrity Series performance, "Galina Vishnevskaya ... is the kind of singer who ruffles the cool detachment of a supposedly objective critic. I would have voted for her before she opened her mouth."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/arts/music/galina-vishnevskaya-electrifying-soprano-dies-at-86.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">New York Times</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9738109/Galina-Vishnevskaya.html" target="_blank">The Telegraph</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2012/12/News/Galina_Vishnevskaya.html" target="_blank">Opera News</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/11/russian-opera-singer-galina-vishnevskaya-dies" target="_blank">The Guardian</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20681654" target="_blank">BBC News</a></p><br /><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZHFubLDnyE" target="_blank">Vishnevskaya sings Tchaikovsky, "Why are the Roses so Pale?" w Rostropovich, piano</a> (video)</p><br /><p> </p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-90637589653569826252012-12-05T04:35:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.596-07:00Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck dies at 91<p> </p><br /><p><br /><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c344e2be1970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="DavBru" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c985253ef017c344e2be1970b image-full" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c985253ef017c344e2be1970b-800wi" title="DavBru" /></a><br /><br />Pioneering jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck has died of heart failure at the age of 91.<br /><br />Brubeck was presented 11 times by Celebrity Series of Boston between 1971 and 1984, including appearances with his quartet and alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, with his son, Darius and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Manager-Jazz-composer-pianist-Dave-Brubeck-dies-4093342.php" target="_blank">San Francisco Chronicle</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-dave-brubeck-dead-20121205,0,7126256.column" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/jazz-composer-dave-brubeck-dies-91-article-1.1213854" target="_blank">New York Daily News</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20609327" target="_blank">BBC News</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2012/12/05/jazz-great-dave-brubeck-dies-in-connecticut-age-91/1748335/" target="_blank">USA Today</a></p><br /><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aHGMDf42lw" target="_blank">Dave Brubeck Quartet playing <em>In Your Own Sweet Wa (video)</em></a></p><br /><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8UQbzvSVy8" target="_blank">Dave Brubeck Quartet playing These Foolish Things (video)</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI&" target="_blank">Dave Brubeck Quartet playing <em>Take Five</em> (video)</a></p><br /><p> </p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-49925136706885108962012-12-03T10:19:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.583-07:00Mummenschanz with the muppets and in Boston<iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xe95sn0cN3k" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Watch the uniquely delightful Swiss performance group Mummenschanz perform on the Muppet Show in 1976. Mummenschanz will celebrate 40 years of innovative non-verbal theatre (with toilet paper, giant blobs of felt, and squishable masks) in Boston from December 5-9th at Citi Shubert Theatre. Presented by your friendly neighborhood Celebrity Series.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2012_2013/mummenschanz.htm" target="_blank">Tickets</a></strong><br /><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-4034571090647344092012-12-03T10:15:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.569-07:00Emerson String Quartet reviewed by Boston GlobeRead <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2012/12/03/emerson-quartet-returns-eve-departure/EoFOxJdSUgJUXHQFSKo3pN/story.html" target="_blank">Jeremy Eichler's review</a> of Sunday afternoon's Celebrity Series concert by the Emerson String Quartet (login req'd), the ensemble's last in Boston with David Finckel in the cello chair.<br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-78932257787193137382012-11-30T06:06:00.000-08:002013-10-02T08:27:55.557-07:00David Finckel's Long GoodbyeCellist David Finckel makes his last appearance in Boston with the Emerson String Quartet this Sunday. He has been doing some thinking as he makes other "final" appreances on his tour. Here is a sample:<br /><br /><em>"What am I really leaving? Is it three incredible colleagues, who have inspired, educated and supported me for three decades? Certainly yes, but what about that little roadside stand off the Taconic Parkway where every fall, on my way to South Mountain Concerts in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, I have bought tomatoes?"</em><br /><br />Read all of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-finckel/july-2012-aspen-colorado-_b_2092899.html?utm_hp_ref=email_share" target="_blank">The Long Goodbye</a><br /><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-22037440835337688882012-10-26T06:13:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.542-07:00Pre & Reviews of Pacifica Quartet with Anthony McGill, clarinet<p>Previews:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2012/10/19/pacifica-string-quartet-perform-keeril-makan-new-return/LuPTnB4Sk1elaKHUqPs8gL/story.html" target="_blank">Boston Globe</a> (login req)</p><br /><p><br />Reviews:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2012/10/25/review-pacifica-quartet-makes-celebrity-series-debut/bUXIuMTVsepUuSndfFdsqN/story.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2012/10/25/review-pacifica-quartet-makes-celebrity-series-debut/bUXIuMTVsepUuSndfFdsqN/story.html" target="_blank">Boston Globe</a> (login req)</p><br /><p><a href="http://classical-scene.com/2012/10/25/mcgill-pacifica/" target="_blank">Boston Musical Intelligencer</a></p><br /><p> </p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147304474594380061.post-484086150618377232012-10-19T06:47:00.000-07:002013-10-02T08:27:55.529-07:00Clarinetist Anthony McGill demonstrates creating an embouchure & first note<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="276" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hciOOS2KUAM" width="490"></iframe><br /><br />Metropolitan Opera principal clarinetist Anthony McGill demonstrates creating an embouchure & first note. McGill performs a sold out <a href="http://www.celebrityseries.org" target="_blank">Celebrity Series</a> concert with the Pacifica Quartet at Pickman Hall at the Longy School of Music of Bard College on October 24. This video is part of series of shorts from <a href="http://musicinreach.com/" target="_blank">MusicInReach.com</a>.</p><br /><p> </p><br /><br/>AisleBeSeeingYouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935768798504894211noreply@blogger.com0