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Symphonies No. 8 & 9 Ode to Joy | Beethoven & Romanticism

Jan 23 - Jan 25
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Tenor Pavel Černoch has had to withdraw from our upcoming performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony due to unforeseen personal circumstances; the tenor solo will be sung instead by David Butt Philip. Additionally, soprano Amanda Majeski has had to withdraw from our upcoming performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for health reasons; the soprano solo will be sung instead by Sara Jakubiak. 

Seating is limited, please call 888-266-1200 for ticket inquiries. 

Seating is limited, please call 888-266-1200 for ticket inquiries. 

Seating is limited, please call 888-266-1200 for ticket inquiries. 

Symphonies No. 8 & 9 Ode to Joy | Beethoven & Romanticism
Andris Nelsons, Conductor Sara Jakubiak, soprano Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano David Butt Philip, tenor Andrè Schuen, baritone Tanglewood Festival Chorus James Burton, BSO Choral Director and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Sara Jakubiak, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
David Butt Philip, tenor 
Andrè Schuen, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
 James Burton, conductor

ALL-BEETHOVEN program
Symphony No. 8
-Intermission-
Symphony No. 9

For all his reputation as a prickly artistic genius whose music crackles with heaven-storming power, Beethoven shared with his teacher Haydn a delightful musical wit, nowhere so clearly demonstrated as in his Eighth Symphony. The cycle concludes with his hugely ambitious and all-embracing Ninth, a revolution in and of itself; it was the first symphony to include chorus, transforming Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” into a hymn for humanity.

This week's performances by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus are supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.


Pre-concert Talk
The January 24 performance will include a pre-concert talk starting at 12:15pm with BSO Director of Program Publications Robert Kirzinger.

Andris Nelsons, Conductor Sara Jakubiak, soprano Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano David Butt Philip, tenor Andrè Schuen, baritone Tanglewood Festival Chorus James Burton, BSO Choral Director and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Sara Jakubiak, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
David Butt Philip, tenor 
Andrè Schuen, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
 James Burton, conductor

ALL-BEETHOVEN program
Symphony No. 8
-Intermission-
Symphony No. 9

For all his reputation as a prickly artistic genius whose music crackles with heaven-storming power, Beethoven shared with his teacher Haydn a delightful musical wit, nowhere so clearly demonstrated as in his Eighth Symphony. The cycle concludes with his hugely ambitious and all-embracing Ninth, a revolution in and of itself; it was the first symphony to include chorus, transforming Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” into a hymn for humanity.

This week's performances by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus are supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.


Pre-concert Talk
The January 24 performance will include a pre-concert talk starting at 12:15pm with BSO Director of Program Publications Robert Kirzinger.

Andris Nelsons, Conductor Sara Jakubiak, soprano Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano David Butt Philip, tenor Andrè Schuen, baritone Tanglewood Festival Chorus James Burton, BSO Choral Director and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Sara Jakubiak, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
David Butt Philip, tenor 
Andrè Schuen, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
 James Burton, conductor

ALL-BEETHOVEN program
Symphony No. 8
-Intermission-
Symphony No. 9

For all his reputation as a prickly artistic genius whose music crackles with heaven-storming power, Beethoven shared with his teacher Haydn a delightful musical wit, nowhere so clearly demonstrated as in his Eighth Symphony. The cycle concludes with his hugely ambitious and all-embracing Ninth, a revolution in and of itself; it was the first symphony to include chorus, transforming Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” into a hymn for humanity.

This week's performances by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus are supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.


Pre-concert Talk
The January 24 performance will include a pre-concert talk starting at 12:15pm with BSO Director of Program Publications Robert Kirzinger.

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