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Andris Nelsons conducts Saint-Saëns, Simon, and Gershwin featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Exterior of the Koussevitzky Music Shed with Tanglewood lawn

Tanglewood

Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances (BSO commission)
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian
Intermission
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F

Tonight’s concert is supported by Valerie Ann and Allen I. Hyman M.D.

Tonight’s performance by Jean-Yves Thibaudet is supported by Eitan and Malka Evan.

Gates open at 5:30pm

Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances
Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, through the generous support of the New Commissions Fund and New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Admission to tonight's 8pm performance includes exclusive access to the 6pm Prelude Concert

Jean-Yves Thibaudet standing in front of a piano, wearing all black
Andris Nelsons conducting in the Shed at Tanglewood

Performance Details

Aug 18, 2023, 8:00pm EDT

Featuring

Program Notes & Works

Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian

Camille Saint-Saëns

Saint-Saëns wrote the Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian, in just three weeks while in Cairo, Egypt (hence the nickname).

Four Black American Dances

Carlos Simon

Carlos Simon's BSO-commissioned Four Black American Dances celebrates the composer’s heritage and the presence of dance in Black culture as a medium for ritual, worship, celebration, and social connectivity.

Piano Concerto in F

George Gershwin

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