Monday, July 13, 2009

Sunday views

Notes from the Berkshires, Day 43

Lenox Coffee, 7.03 a.m.

The top of Berry Mountain was lovely yesterday - I:



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Among all of the various activities I undertook on my day off, I decided to search for the gravesite of Serge Koussevitsky, founder of Tanglewood, conductor of the BSO, and bassist. He’s buried at a place called the Church on the Hill, near downtown Lenox. It took me a bit of wandering, but I located the spot where he rests with his 2nd and 3rd wives, Natalie and Olga - I:



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Today is a designated “day off” for the Fellows, which means it’s a work day for the piano technician team, when we have broad access to most of the instruments. My plan is to hit those in the busiest rehearsal spaces first, followed by as many of the others as I can reasonably fit in.

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