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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

Program to include:

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

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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