The Rogovoy Report: Berkshire & Hudson Valley Cultural Preview
Oct 10-16, 2023
With so much going on culturally speaking in our greater Berkshires/Hudson Valley region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising upcoming events …
STEVE HACKETT of GENESIS, ANDY SUMMERS of THE POLICE, JUSTIN HAYWARD of MOODY BLUES at THE EGG
Back-to-back concerts by Steve Hackett of Genesis and Andy Summers of the Police will take listeners back to two of the most influential and popular groups of the 1970s and 1980s at The Egg in Albany, N.Y., when Hackett performs the formative 1972 Genesis album Foxtrot in its entirety on Tuesday, October 10, at 7:30pm, and guitarist Andy Summersfollows on Wednesday, October 11, at 8pm. Vocalist and guitarist Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues makes it a nostalgia trifecta with a concert on Thursday, October 12, at 8pm. (Tue, Oct 10; Wed, Oct 11; Thu, Oct 12)
FRENCH TALE RESTAGED as DANCE-THEATER PIECE at PS21
Franco-Austrian artist, choreographer, and director Gisèle Vienne’s adaptation of Swiss author’s Robert Walser’s bitter family drama, L’etang (The Pond), with Pina Bausch dancer Julie Shanahan and César winner Adèle Haenel, who play all ten roles, and music by doom metal band Sunn O))) frontman Stephen O’Malley, will be staged at PS21 in Chatham, N.Y., on Friday-Saturday, October 13-14, at 7pm. The work utilizes contrasts of story and movement, an unsettling soundscape, and the incredible gifts of the two actors to create multiple levels of perception of reality and temporality, interiority and exteriority, and to magnify the family trauma central to Walser’s original piece. (Fri-Sat, Oct 13-14)
TRIBUTE to MODERN JAZZ PIONEER ART BLAKEY at THE CLARK
Several original members of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers will be on hand to pay tribute to their former bandleader, legendary drummer and one of the founding fathers of modern jazz, in A Tribute to Art Blakey, a concert featuring favorites from the Messengers’ repertoire, at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., on Saturday, October 14, at 7pm. Joining original Messengers George Cables, David Schnitter, and Steve Davis will be trumpeter Haneef Nelson, bassist Matt Dwonszyk, and drummer Ryan Sands. (Sat, Oct 14)
MODERN TAKE on HOMER’S ‘THE ODYSSEY’ at THE MAHAIWE
Writer/director Lisa Peterson’s new take on The Odyssey by Homer will be staged by The Acting Company at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., on Saturday, October 14, at 8pm, and Sunday, October 15, at 1pm. Based on a new translation by Emily Wilson, the Acting Company brings new life to this ancient epic. “Set in a present-day relocation center for refugees on the Isle of Lesbos, four young women fleeing conflict in Middle Eastern, North African and Eastern European countries await the next step of their quest for home and family.” (Sat-Sun, Oct 14-15)
BELCEA QUARTET PLAYS BARTÓK, BEETHOVEN and DEBUSSY at UNION COLLEGE
The Belcea Quartet will perform works by Bartók, Beethoven, and Debussy at Union College’s Memorial Chapel in Schenectady, N.Y., on Sunday, October 15, at 3pm, as part of the Capital Region Classical series. From 2017 to 2020, the quartet was ensemble-in-residence at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin. In addition, the Belcea Quartet has been part of a shared string quartet series at the Vienna Konzerthaus since 2010. (Sun, Oct 15)
EK DUO BRINGS AVANT-GARDE SOUNDS to TSL in HUDSON
EK Duo, the dynamic musical duo grounded in chamber music, improvisation, groove, and sound exploration, bring their haunting avant-chamber music with folkloric, minimalist, electronic, and noise elements to Time & Space Limited in Hudson, N.Y., on Monday, October 16, at 7pm. Longtime collaborators bassoonist Rachael Elliott and percussionist Thomas Kozumplikperform original works and their own arrangements of music by Philip Glass, Padma Newsome, and others. Together with Newsome and Grammy Awward-winner Bryce Dessner of the National, Elliott and Kozumplik form the oddly beautiful chamber music group, Clogs. (Mon, Oct 16)
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