The Classical Beat: Visit Tanglewood, Sevenars For Great Music

By Stephen DanknerGuest Column
08:00AM / Wednesday, July 12, 2023Print Story | Email Story

Ron Gorevic will perform Bach at Sevenars Music Festival Sunday, 4 PM

Tanglewood enters its second week of both pops and classical programming with thrilling concerts in the Shed, Ozawa Hall and at the Tanglewood-Linde Center, a constituent part of the new and innovative Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI). As always, diversity in programming combined with outstanding performances is assured.

Sevenars Concerts in South Worthington, Mass., founded in 1968, offers a wonderfully intimate and musically enthralling series of seven concerts. This summer, Sevenars is celebrating its 55th anniversary season. Read below for a description of this week's uniquely exceptional recital.

Why go? Simply stated, what you'll see and hear this week in these two venues is a sampling of the very best performances within the richness and diversity of classical music programming in our region.

Tanglewood: Boston Symphony and the Pops in the Shed

• Friday, July 14, 8:00 p.m.: The Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart present "Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?" - a program celebrating George Gershwin and his world, with vocalist/pianist Michael Feinstein and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

• Saturday, July 15, 8:00 p.m.: Maestro Andris Nelsons leads a BSO concert performance of Mozart's opera "Così fan tutte," directed by James Darrah in his BSO debut, and featuring soprano Nicole Cabell, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey, tenor Amitai Pati, and baritone Elliot Madore as the capricious couples, soprano Meigui Zhang, in her Tanglewood debut, and bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi, plus the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor.

• Sunday, July 16, 2:30 p.m.: Maestro Nelsons and the BSO open the program with Beethoven's "Leonore" Overture No. 3, followed without intermission by Orff's vibrant secular cantata "Carmina burana," with soprano Erin Morley, countertenor Reginald Mobley, in his Tanglewood debut, and baritone Will Liverman, as well as the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and the Boston Children's Chorus (sung in Latin with English supertitles).

• Monday, July 17, 8:00 p.m.: Andris Nelsons and Conducting Fellows Agata Zajac and Armand Singh Birk share the podium, leading the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in music of Bacewicz, Kodály, and Mahler.

SPECIAL EVENT: FREE TICKETS TO BERKSHIRE RESIDENTS

Berkshire Day tickets will be available at the Main Gate Box office on Monday, July 17 at 12:00 pm.

Free Shed tickets for the BSO concert on Sunday, July 23, at 2:30 p.m. will be offered in pairs to residents and property owners of Berkshire County. If Shed seats sell out, then lawn tickets will be offered. Please bring identification to establish Berkshire County residency or property ownership (a driver's license, rental lease, utility bill, or tax bill). Other special ticket opportunities include free lawn tickets for visitors under 18, $25 "under 40" tickets, lawn passes for Berkshire residents, and discounts for students, military personnel, and members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association.

Tanglewood: Ozawa Hall concerts

• Thursday, July 13, 8:00 p.m.: Classical singer Julia Bullock, who made her Tanglewood debut with the BSO on July 9, is joined by pianist John Arida, in his Tanglewood debut, performing songs by Schubert, Wolf, Weill, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone.

• Friday, July 14, 6:00 p.m.: Prelude Concert featuring music by Schumann and Mozart performed by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

• Tanglewood: TMC and TLI Linde Center/Studio E events

• Wednesday, July 12, 1:30 p.m.: TLI Open Vocal Workshop with soprano Erin Morley, who is also a soloist in "Carmina burana" (7/16), and TMC Fellows (joint presentation of TLI and TMC).

• Thursday, July 13, 1:00 p.m.: A TLI In Conversation with Will Liverman, baritone soloist in "Carmina burana" (7/16).

• Saturday, July 15, 6:00 p.m.: Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Music, Prelude Concert, featuring music of Respighi, Michelle Ross, and G. Williams.

• Sunday, July 16, 8:00 p.m.: Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Music, featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Durey, Butterworth, and Guy Ropartz.

For tickets for all Tanglewood/BSO concerts (lawn and Shed seating) and for special events call (617) 266-1200. TDD/TTY: (617) 638-9289. Online: tanglewood.org.

Sevenars Concerts

• Sunday, July 16, 4:00 p.m.: Sevenars Concerts will present the outstanding violist Ronald Gorevic in a performance of the Bach Cello Suites I-IV played on the viola. Mr. Gorevic has recently recorded all six of the Bach Suites for Centaur Records, and this is an exceptional opportunity to experience these profound masterpieces live in a hall that has been likened acoustically to the inside of a Stradivarius stringed instrument.

Mr. Gorevic has been called "a musician first and foremost" by N. Y. Times critic Allen Hughes, and his performance of these Bach masterpieces promises to be a uniquely memorable musical event.

The Sevenars Academy is located at 15 Ireland Street, just off Rt. 112 in South Worthington, Ma. Admission is by donation (suggested $20) and is held at the Academy in the historic village of South Worthington, MA, located at 15 Ireland Street, just off MA Route 112. Phone: (413) 238-5854 (Leave return call phone number). Web: www.sevenars.com. Admission by donation (suggested $20.) Free refreshments will be available.

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A Boutique Hotel is Bringing Guests a Luxury Stay in Lenox

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
04:19AM / Tuesday, June 02, 2026

LENOX, Mass. — A new Inn is bringing a boutique-style stay for visitors and locals to enjoy.

Owners, Sullivan Capital LLC, purchased the property, located on 135 Main Street, in 2024. After a year or renovations, Garden Gables Inn is open for business.

"Garden Gables started off as one of the many Berkshire cottages, 1790 was the date on that, and it's always operated as an inn," said Hospitality Manager Yvonne Walton. "It's just a great gathering place and relaxation spot for people to come and get the feel of Lenox, and just slow down and enjoy the nature and the surrounding area...get culture and art and see some great concerts. I think it'll be a wonderful place, definitely does more of the upper-scale hospitality."

Owners Niko Giallouis and Eric Sullivan bought the property from the former owner. Sullivan had his eye on Lenox since attending a wedding almost 10 years ago.

"I came to a wedding in Lenox, probably six or seven years ago. Personally, just kind of fell in love with the area, and I guess that's kind of how it got on my radar. So you know from that perspective, as we got into the hotel business out towards an area, it was a place I was kind of monitoring and waiting for the right property to show up."

After purchasing the two underwent a full renovation, a project that cost around $1.5 million. The building, first built in 1780, required some TLC. Sullivan's wife, Jessica, who owns Jessica Sullivan Design, designed the inn.

Sullivan said they installed a new roof, repainted everything, renovated the bathrooms, installed new floors, a new HVAC system, and new plumbing.

"We really touched everything from the outside...I mean, all the aesthetics and layouts changed a bit," he said. "As I said, put about a million and a half into it. All new furniture, fixtures, everything. The design's completely different. It wasn't a full gut, but it was a heavy, heavy renovation."

The two like to collaborate with local businesses, and they make a point to direct visitors to local restaurants, businesses, and attractions.

"If guests are asking for recommendations, our customer service team, our guest services team, will relay that kind of information. Even if we can call and make a reservation for somebody, happy to do it," he said. "We aren't doing breakfast, but what we do is we have partnerships with a lot of the breakfast places downtown. We actually purchase a gift certificates for each person each day, so that they can use that to go downtown."

Sullivan hopes that guests don't see their inn as just a place to sleep and dump their bags, but make it an experience for anyone who stays.

"We really focus on kind of the experience side of things, so again, we want to give you the best experience you can have here...and we want that not just to be the place you put your bag and go do things. It's important to think of everything," he said.

Sullivan said partnerships are important to their business and are a way to connect with locals.

"The local partnerships, I can't stress that enough, because no matter how much and how great the room is, people are still going to want to go do other things," he said. "So, I think it just benefits everybody if we're all working together and so forth, and supporting the community, being neighborly too, because we are surrounded by residential homes...But we really try to put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, a lot of love into the building, all the details, really care about the senses," Sullivan said.

The Inn's check-in and reservations are completely online. When guests arrive, all they have to do is check in online and receive their code that they will use to enter their room. Sullivan hopes this helps create less stress for guests and gets them to their room as fast as possible, especially after a long trip.

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