Marlboro at 60 - a Look Back, with a Schedule of Touring Concerts 2010-11
So much is out of joint in the United States, that it is easy to fall into the direst of pessimistic attitudes. When I find myself sinking too deep into thoughts of decay and dissolution, the first thing to buoy up my spirits is the ubiquity of chamber music in this country. This is only an impression, but in no other place in the world does it seem so easy to find chamber music on any given weekend. I am writing from the Berkshires, of course, a small region with an extraordinary concentration of summer chamber music festivals. But even now in November, an hour's drive will almost invariably lead me to chamber music, which has become a fixture among regional arts centers, music programs, churches, museums, liberal arts colleges, and universities, and not only in the Northeast.
