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Beethoven, a Bass and a Bell

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 11:43am
The Music Scene
By
Fred Baumgarten
Violinist Joshua Bell

The granddaddy of grand summer music festivals in the Berkshires, Tanglewood, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. The summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was put on the map by Serge Koussevitzky and has been going strong ever since.

The season opens on Friday, July 6, with an all-Beethoven concert led by Christoph von Dohnanyi, himself a renowned conductor who spent 20 years as director of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.

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