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Aston Magna Music Festival celebrates 40 years

By David Weininger

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  June 08, 2012

This summer Aston Magna celebrates its 40th anniversary, kicking off its season with a gala concert at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall on Saturday. After intermittent visits to the festival over the years, Daniel Stepner became its artistic director in 1990. Of course, the artistic ecosphere has changed during those four decades, and a summer early-music festival is no longer a rarity. “Things have changed,” said Stepner. “It’s become a little bit mainstream.”

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