Summer Home for the Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2008 Tanglewood Season
James Levine Brings More Opera to the Berkshires
By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 30, 2007
Today, with few surprises in view of the considerable media debate last summer about extending the shoulder seasons and adding more accessible programming, the Boston Symphony Orchestra released its schedule of concerts for the 2008 season at Tanglewood. If you scroll down the full schedule is listed below or click on the link above and access the BSO website. The season opens with the Mark Morris Dance Group, as it did last year, on Thursday, June 26, in Ozawa Hall, and ends as it traditionally has, with a change last summer when it opened the Shed concerts, with the much anticipated annual performance of the massive Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on Sunday, August 24. While the BSO's James Levine conducted the work last year and Seiji Ozawa in 2006, this time, the baton will pass to Christoph von Dohnanyi.
There have been media reports, particularly in the Berkshire Eagle, of declining attendance and revenue as well as ill treatment of volunteers who were asked to make cash contributions to the BSO in order to qualify to donate their time and services. Some of these changes were attributed to a new and different management policy which is centered in Boston and seemingly insensitive to the longstanding Berkshire community and its fierce loyalty to the Tanglewood program. A favorable response to that criticism this season will be a special price for season lawn passes for Berkshire residents. It was rather odd to witness the deep passions inspired by the media debate about the need for the BSO to tweak its season and offer a broader range of programming in order to draw in the younger audience that it needs to sustain itself during the coming decades.
Last year, an experiment in rock 'n' roll featuring a revival tour of the New Cars was a dismal failure. Terrible weather didn't help. But without Ric Ocasek, who sat out the tour, and his deceased co-leader, Ben Orr, the New Cars ran out of gas. Following that flop, further discussion of introducing discreet elements of rock, jazz and blues into the mainstream season evoked accusations of vulgarizing Tanglewood. There were images of the pristine grounds being overrun by ersatz Woodstock rockers camping out and perhaps chopping down some of those mighty trees for firewood. Of course the shoulder season, however brief, includes the Tanglewood Jazz Festival which is now an established tradition. Last year, there was a terrific weekend of jazz organized by the widely respected entrepreneur Freddy Taylor. The Jazz Festival returns post season but no scheduling has been announced.
The stalwart BSO old guard need not be concerned as the upcoming Tanglewood season, under the able direction of James Levine, remains on track with its great traditions. The most notable difference appears to be a greater emphasis on Opera which is Levine's specialty. Rene Fleming will be featured in "Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky and Levine will also conduct a concert version of the rarely presented "Les Troyens" by Berlioz. Levine will also conduct a staged version of the Brecht-Weill opera "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany."
Levine is reported to be in "great shape." He took a spill on the stage of the BSO some time back that tore a rotator cuff and required surgery followed by rehab. There was some concern about his ability to sustain through a grueling season last year. But he appears to be back on top of his form and will be in residence for a full six and a half weeks. He has been involved in every detail of an Elliott Carter program, July 20 through 24, as a part of the annual new music festival. Part of the mandate of Levine for the BSO has been to introduce modern and contemporary music into the program. These efforts have not always been well attended at Tanglewood in a program that once again is heavy on Beethoven and Mozart with appearances by celebrity soloists like Yo Yo Ma, Peter Serkin, Pinchas Zukerman, and Emanuel Ax. As well as the array of world renowned guest conductors including Bernard Haitink, Leonard Slatkin, Peter Oundjian, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Andrew Davis, Hans Graf, Andre Previn, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos, and in her debut, BSO assistant conductor Shi-Yeon Sung.
Last summer there was a throng of people attending the Boston Pops and Keith Lockhart evening of a staged performance of the classic musical "Carousel." Surely there will be similar enthusiasm for an evening of Sondheim's "A Little Night Music." There will also be a popular tribute to the music of Leonard Bernstein on what would have been his 90th birthday.
While keepers of the flame insisting on the purity of the Tanglewood program's dedication to "serious" music need not fear, at least for now, the vulgarians will, more or less, get to chew on a couple of meaty bones. While not exactly "Mr. Rock and Roll" a Berkshire neighbor, James Taylor, be still dear heart, will appear in back to back evenings during the Fourth of July weekend. Tickets to the Taylor performances, sure to be a sellout, go on sale February 3. And tickets to the rest of the Tanglewood schedule are offered beginning February 17. Once again, as part of the "shoulder season," on June 28, Garrison Keilor will get things rolling in the Shed with a live performance of his radio show "A Prairie Home Companion." Another pop presentation will feature Broadway singer Barbara Cook making a Tanglewood debut at Ozawa Hall on July 13 during a tour that celebrates her 80th birthday. And John Williams returns with the annual film scores night conducting the Pops on July 26.
Of particular interest to Berkshire County resident is a new offer of a season's lawn pass for just $75. Last year the price for a single lawn ticket was $17 which is the same as the cost of attending one of the popular Saturday morning rehearsals with the opportunity to get rush seats in the Shed. It is always great fun on the lawn with family and friends hunkered down on blankets and folding chairs enjoying a dinner and music under the stars. Some patrons even prefer lawn seats and those large video projections over being seated at the back of the shed. So this new feature will surely boost attendance and make visitors more willing to sample the full range of offerings. That is surely one good move toward building future audiences. Thanks Tanglewood. We needed that.
2008 TANGLEWOOD LISTING
Thursday, June 26, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Friday, June 27, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA
MARK MORRIS, choreographer
SUSAN RUDDIE, costume designer
JAMES F. INGALLS and PHIL SANDSTROM, lighting designers
New work (world premiere)
BARBER Excursions, for piano
Bedtime
SCHUBERT Wiegenlied, Ständchen,
and Erlkönig
New Love Song Waltzes
BRAHMS Neue Liebesliederwalzer, Op. 65
Love Song Waltzes
BRAHMS Liebesliederwalzer, Op. 52
Saturday, June 28, 5:45 p.m., Shed
A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood
with Garrison Keillor
Live Broadcast
Sunday, June 29, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS
MENAHEM PRESSLER, piano
HARBISON Wind Quintet
MOZART Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, K.452
DVORÃK Quintet in A for piano and strings, Op. 81
Monday, June 30, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor (Dvorák)
STEFAN ASBURY, conductor
MESSIAEN Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
DVORÃK Symphony No. 8
Thursday, July 3, 7 p.m., Shed
Friday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed
JAMES TAYLOR
Gates open at 4 p.m. both days.
Saturday, July 5, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Saturday and Sunday programs; pre-rehearsal talk
at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 5, 8:30 p.m.
Opening Night at Tanglewood
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
MARCUS HADDOCK, tenor (Aeneas)
ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI, soprano (Cassandra)*
DWAYNE CROFT, baritone (Chorebus)**
CLAYTON BRAINERD, bass-baritone (Pantheus)**
KATE LINDSEY, mezzo-soprano (Ascanius)**
JANE BUNNELL, mezzo-soprano (Hecuba)
RONALD NALDI, tenor (Helenus)**
DAVID KRAVITZ, baritone (Trojan Soldier)**
GUSTAV ANDREASSEN, bass (Ghost of Hector)*
KIRK EICHELBERGER, bass (Greek Captain)**
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
BERLIOZ The Trojans, Part 1 (The Capture of Troy)
Concert performance sung in French with English supertitles.
Sunday, July 6, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
MARCUS HADDOCK, tenor (Aeneas)
ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER, mezzo-soprano (Dido)
KRISTINN SIGMUNDSSON, bass (Narbal)*
KATE LINDSEY, mezzo-soprano (Ascanius)
CHRISTIN-MARIE HILL, mezzo-soprano (Anna)
PHILIPPE CASTAGNER, tenor (Hylas)**
CLAYTON BRAINERD, bass-baritone (Pantheus)
ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI, soprano
(Ghost of Cassandra)
DWAYNE CROFT, baritone (Ghost of Chorebus)
DAVID KRAVITZ, baritone (Trojan Sentry 1)
GUSTAV ANDREASSEN, bass (Ghost of Hector
and the God Mercury)
KIRK EICHELBERGER, bass (Trojan Sentry 2)
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
BERLIOZ The Trojans, Part 2
(The Trojans at Carthage)
Concert performance sung in French
with English supertitles
Monday, July 7, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
BERNARD HAITINK, conductor (Strauss)
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOWS
MOZART Symphony No. 25
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony
Tuesday, July 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
KEITH LOCKHART
Guest Vocalists
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
VOCAL FELLOWS SONDHEIM A Little Night Music
Concert performance
Thursday, July 10, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
IMOGEN COOPER, piano
ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM
Sonata in C, D.840, Reliquie
Four Impromptus, D.935
Sonata in A, D.959
Friday, July 11, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
Prelude concert
Friday, July 11, 7 p.m., Shed
"This Week at Tanglewood" discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan
Friday, July 11, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BERNARD HAITINK, conductor
JONATHAN BISS, piano
JULIA FISCHER, violin
DANIEL MÃœLLER-SCHOTT, cello
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Triple Concerto for piano, violin, and cello
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Saturday, July 12, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 12, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BERNARD HAITINK, conductor
HEIDI GRANT MURPHY, soprano
CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN, mezzo-soprano**
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
Sunday, July 13, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
PETER SERKIN, piano
HAYDN Symphony No. 104, London
J.S. BACH Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
MOZART Concert Rondo in D, K.382
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 4, Tragic
Sunday, July 13, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BARBARA COOK
The legendary soprano and star of Broadway theaters will continue her 80th birthday celebration, following popular concerts in New York, London, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, July 16, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
JONATHAN BISS, piano
JULIA FISCHER, violin**
DANIEL MÃœLLER-SCHOTT, cello
HALVERSON Passacaglia on a Theme of Handel,
for violin and cello
RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 6 in B-flat, Op. 97, Archduke
Thursday, July 17, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Quartet No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 67
Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1
Friday, July 18, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Prelude concert
Friday, July 18, 7 p.m., Shed
"This Week at Tanglewood" discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan
Friday, July 18, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
KATE LINDSEY, mezzo-soprano (Harbison)
Baritone to be announced (Harbison)
HARBISON Symphony No. 5
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Saturday, July 19, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 19, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor
MIDORI, violin
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Variants of "Dives
and Lazarus"
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
COPLAND Symphony No. 3
Festival of Contemporary Music: July 20-24
Elliott Carter Centenary
Sunday, July 20, 10 a.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
OLIVER KNUSSEN, conductor
CHARLES ROSEN, piano
URSULA OPPENS, harpsichord
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Call, for two trumpets and horn
Asko Concerto, for ensemble
Luimen, for ensemble
Refléxions, for ensemble
Double Concerto for piano, harpsichord,
and large ensemble
Sunday, July 20, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SHI-YEON SUNG, conductor**
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
SCHUMANN Manfred Overture
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian
Sunday, July 20, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
NICHOLAS HODGES, piano
THOMAS MARTIN, clarinet
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Dialogues, for piano and orchestra
Clarinet Concerto
Sound Fields, for string orchestra (world premiere; commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center)
Variations for Orchestra
Monday, July 21, 4 p.m., Ozawa Hall
ELLIOTT CARTER
JAMES LEVINE
FRED SHERRY
ELLEN HIGHSTEIN, moderator
Panel discussion (FCM)
Monday, July 21, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall
JAMES LEVINE, CHARLES ROSEN,
and URSULA OPPENS, piano
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Matribute
Piano Sonata
Night Fantasies, for piano
Monday, July 21, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
STEFAN ASBURY, conductor
LUCY SHELTON, soprano
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Tempo e Tempi, for soprano and ensemble
Syringa, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and ensemble
Penthode, for ensemble
Triple Duo, for ensemble
Tuesday, July 22, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Enchanted Preludes, for flute and cello
Figment I, for solo cello
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux, for flute and clarinet
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux II, for flute, clarinet,
and marimba
Au Quai, for viola and bassoon
Figment II, for solo cello
Trilogy, for oboe and harp
Two Thoughts about the Piano: Caténaires
and Intermittances, for solo piano
Tuesday, July 22, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
JAMES LEVINE and JOHN OLIVER, conductors
JO ELLEN MILLER, soprano
ANN HOBSON PILOT, harp
FRED SHERRY, cello
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord
In the Distances of Sleep, for mezzo-soprano
and ensemble
Mosaic, for harp and ensemble (American premiere;
co-commissioned by the BSO
and Nash Ensemble)
Mad-Regales, for solo voices (world premiere; commissioned by
the Tanglewood Music Center)
A Mirror on Which to Dwell, for soprano and ensemble
Wednesday, July 23, 4 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
DOUGLAS FITCH, director and set designer
Film screening of Carter's What Next?,
from the American stage premiere filmed
in performace at Tanglewood in 2006 (FCM)
Wednesday, July 23, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Quintet for Piano and Winds
String Quartet No. 2
Wednesday, July 23, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
OLIVER KNUSSEN, conductor
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOW
FRED SHERRY, cello
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Holiday Overture
Cello Concerto
Three Occasions for Orchestra
Concerto for Orchestra
Thursday, July 24, 4 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Former Boston Globe Music Critic Richard Dyer interviews Elliott Carter. (FCM)
Thursday, July 24, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
CHARLES ROSEN, piano
FRED SHERRY, cello
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Selected Pieces for Timpani
4 Lauds, for violin
Figment IV, for viola
Figment III, for double-bass
Steep Steps, for bass clarinet
Selected Pieces for Timpani
Elegy, for cello and piano
Thursday, July 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
JAMES SOMMERVILLE, horn
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Boston Concerto, for orchestra
Three Illusions for Orchestra
Horn Concerto
Symphonia: Sum fluxae pretium spei
Friday, July 25, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Prelude concert
Friday, July 25, 7 p.m., Shed
"This Week at Tanglewood" discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan
Friday, July 25, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Symphony No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 1
Saturday, July 26, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Saturday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 26, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Film Night at Tanglewood
BOSTON POPS CONCERT
JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor
Program includes music of cinema's great composers, as well as Mr. Williams' own score to his latest collaboration with Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Sunday, July 27, 2:30 p.m., Shed
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S
ROBERTO ABBADO, conductor
SARAH CHANG, violin
TOWER In Memory
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Wednesday, July 30, 7 p.m., Ozawa Hall
FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
GOTTRIED VON DER GOLTZ, director
CHRISTIAN GERHAHER, baritone**
LORENZO COPPOLA, clarinet
TEUNIS VAN DER ZWART, horn
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Symphony No. 36, Linz
Arias from Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro,
and Don Giovanni
Clarinet Concerto
March in D, K.385a
Horn Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 34
Thursday, July 31, 7 p.m., Ozawa Hall
SHANGHAI STRING QUARTET
Prelude Concert
arr. YI-WEN JIANG Selections from ChinaSong
RAVEL String Quartet
Thursday, July 31, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
CHANTICLEER
SHANGHAI STRING QUARTET
CHEN YI In the Path of Beauty, for male chorus and string quartet
SAMETZ I Have Had Singing
STUCKY Cradle Songs
LIGETI Pápainé, Igeden földön, and Magány
Selection of folk, jazz, and gospel songs
Friday, August 1, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Prelude concert
Friday, August 1, 7 p.m., Shed
"This Week at Tanglewood" discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan
Friday, August 1, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PETER OUNDJIAN, conductor
JOSHUA BELL, violin
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
CHAUSSON Poème, for violin and orchestra
SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, for violin and orchestra
MUSSORGSKY (orch. RAVEL) Pictures at
an Exhibition
Saturday, August 2, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 2, 8:30 p.m., Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
RENÉE FLEMING, soprano (Tatiana)
RAMÓN VARGAS, tenor (Lensky)**
PETER MATTEI, baritone (Onegin)**
VITALIJ KOWALJOW, bass (Prince Gremin)**
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin
Sung in Russian with English supertitles
Sunday, August 3, 2:30 p.m., Shed The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO, conductor*
YO-YO MA, cello
ALBÉNIZ (orch. ARBOS) Suite from Iberia
LALO Cello Concerto
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
Tuesday, August 5, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Tanglewood on Parade
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, KEITH LOCKHART,
JOHN WILLIAMS, SIR ANDREW DAVIS, and ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductors
Program to include:
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Fireworks to follow the concert
Thursday, August 7, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TASHI:
PETER SERKIN, piano
IDA KAVAFIAN, violin
FRED SHERRY, cello
RICHARD STOLTZMAN, clarinet
JOSQUIN (recomp. WUORINEN) Ave Maria
MORLEY (recomp. WUORINEN) Christes Crosse
TAKEMITSU Quatrain II
MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of TASHI
Friday, August 8, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Prelude concert
Friday, August 8, 7 p.m., Shed
"This Week at Tanglewood" discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan
Friday, August 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SIR ANDREW DAVIS, conductor
LEON FLEISHER, piano
JAMES SOMMERVILLE, horn
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Horn Concerto No. 3
Piano concerto No. 12 in A, K.414
Masonic Funeral Music
Symphony No. 39
Saturday, August 9, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 9, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HANS GRAF conductor
ANDREA ROST, soprano*
ANDRÉ PREVIN, piano
STEFAN JACKIW, violin
LAWRENCE POWER, viola*
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
"Ch'io mi scordi di teÂ…Non temer amato bene,"
concert aria for soprano and orchestra,
with piano, K.505
Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola
Symphony No. 33
Saturday, August 9, 2 p.m., Theatre
Sunday, August 10, 7:30 p.m., Theatre
Monday, August 11, 7:30 p.m., Theatre
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOW (August 11)
DOUGLAS FITCH, director and set designer
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
WEILL The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Fully staged production, sung in English
Sunday, August 10, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor
ELIZABETH ROWE, flute
GIL SHAHAM, violin
ANDREA ROST, soprano
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Flute Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 2
"Bella mia fiamma, addio," Concert aria, K.528
"Non più. Tutto ascoltai…Non temer amato bene," Scene and rondo for soprano and orchestra, with violin, K.490
Symphony No. 38, Prague
Wednesday, August 13, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
FREDERICA VON STADE, mezzo-soprano
MATHIEU DUFOUR, flute**
PETER GRUNBERG, piano**
"Roses, Flutes, and Paris" program including music
of Rorem, Fauré, Schubert, Heggie, Martin, Piaf, Taffanel, and Roussel.
Thursday, August 14, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
KRONOS STRING QUARTET
Unknown (trans. LJOVA; arr. KRONOS) Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me
Trad. (arr. GARCHIK) Lullaby
VREBALOV Pannonia Boundless
RÓS (arr. PRUTSMAN) Flugufrelsarinn
(The Fly Freer)
ZORN Selection from The Dead Man
PRUTSMAN Particle 423
GORDAN Potassium
RAM NARAYAN (trans. LJOVA; arr. KRONOS) Alap from Raga Mishra Bhairavi
WEBERN Six Bagatelles, Op. 9
REICH Triple Quartet
Friday, August 15, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Prelude concert
Friday, August 15, 7 p.m., Shed
"This Week at Tanglewood" discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan
Friday, August 15, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRÃœHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
JANINE JANSEN, violin*
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
Saturday, August 16, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 16, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor
JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
Sunday, August 17, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA, conductor
PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Sunday, August 17, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS ESPLANADE ORCHESTRA
KEITH LOCKHART, conductor
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL, baritone
Concert includes selections celebrating the 90th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth
Monday, August 18, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRÃœHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOWS
EMANUEL AX, piano
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
STRAUSS Burleske, for piano and orchestra
ALBÉNIZ (orch. FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS)
Suite española
FALLA The Three-cornered Hat, suites nos. 1 and 2
Wednesday, August 20, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BEAUX ARTS TRIO
DVO?ÃK Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, Dumky
KURTÃG Piano Trio
RAVEL Piano Trio
Thursday, August 21, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BEAUX ARTS TRIO
ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat
Final performances by the Beaux Arts Trio
Friday, August 22, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Prelude concert
Friday, August 22, 7 p.m., Shed
"This Week at Tanglewood" discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan
Friday, August 22, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRÃœHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
HEI-KYUNG HONG, soprano
KRISTINE JEPSON, mezzo-soprano
RICHARD CROFT, tenor**
HANNO MÃœLLER-BRACHMANN, bass-baritone*
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Mass in C
Symphony No. 5
Saturday, August 23, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Saturday and Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk
at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 23, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÃNYI, conductor
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Sunday, August 24, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÃNYI, conductor
CHRISTIANE OELZE, soprano**
LILLI PAASIKIVI, mezzo-soprano*
JORMA SILVASTI, tenor*
HANNO MÃœLLER-BRACHMANN, bass-baritone
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9