BSO Concerts
Delight in the beauty of music and nature through a BSO concert at Tanglewood, featuring special guest artists throughout the summer.
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Opening Night at Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianoWynton MARSALIS Herald, Holler, and Hallelujah
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
Intermission
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra -
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Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms, Habibi and Montgomery featuring Julia Bullock, soprano and Hilary Hahn, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano
Hilary Hahn, violinIman HABIBI Zhiân (world premiere; BSO commission)
Jessie MONTGOMERY Freedom Songs (BSO co-commission)
Intermission
BRAHMS Violin Concerto -
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Andris Nelsons conducts Mozart's Così fan tutte
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
James Darrah, director
Nicole Cabell, soprano (Fiordiligi)
Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano (Dorabella)
Meigui Zhang, soprano (Despina)
Amitai Pati, tenor (Ferrando)
Elliot Madore, baritone (Guglielmo)
Patrick Carfizzi, bass-baritone (Don Alfonso)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductorMOZART Così fan tutte, opera in two acts
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
6pm, Linde Center Studio E
Prelude Concert
Tanglewood Music Center
Chamber Music -
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Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven and Orff's Carmina burana
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor
Children’s choirBEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ORFF Carmina buranaSung in Latin with English supertitles
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Xian Zhang conducts Copland and Dvořák featuring Nimbus Dance
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
Nimbus Dance
Samuel Pott, artistic director and choreographerCOPLAND Appalachian Spring
Intermission
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World
6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra -
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David Afkham conducts Mozart and Wagner featuring Martin Helmchen, piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
David Afkham, conductor
Martin Helmchen, piano
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503
Intermission
MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
6pm, Linde Center Studio E
Prelude Concert
Tanglewood Music Center
Chamber Music -
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Thomas Wilkins conducts Coleridge-Taylor, Ellington, and Midkiff, featuring Jeff Midkiff, mandolin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Jeff Midkiff, mandolin
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A minor
Jeff MIDKIFF Mandolin Concerto, From the Blue Ridge
Intermission
ELLINGTON Suite from The River -
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Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Andreas Haefliger, piano
Randall Hodgkinson, pianoYehudi WYNER Into the Evening Air
Sofia GUBAIDULINA Sonata for double bass and piano
Shulamit RAN Lyre of Orpheus
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44 -
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Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Mahler and Wolfe featuring the Lorelei Ensemble
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Lorelei Ensemble, Beth Willer, artistic director
Anne Kauffman, stage director
Jeff Sugg, scenic, lighting, and production designer
Andrew Cotton, sound designer
Márion Talán, costume designer
Julia WOLFE Her Story (BSO co-commission)
Intermission
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra -
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Dima Slobodeniouk conducts Messiaen, Ravel and Zubel
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-sopranoMESSIAEN Les Offrandes oublieés
BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été
Intermission
Agata ZUBEL In the Shade of an Unshed Tear
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Tanglewood Music Center -
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Anna Rakitina conducts Paganini, Reid, and Prokofiev featuring Joshua Bell, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Eliza Bagg, Martha Cluver, and Sonja DuToit Tengblad, vocalistsEllen REID When the World as You’ve Known It Doesn’t Exist
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1
Intermission
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet -
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Dima Slobodeniouk conducts Adams and Brahms featuring Emanuel Ax, piano
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Emanuel Ax, pianoJohn ADAMS Shaker Loops
Intermission
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra -
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Kazuki Yamada conducts Mendelssohn and Berlioz featuring Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianos
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianosMENDELSSOHN Concerto in E for two pianos and orchestra
Intermission
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique -
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Tanglewood On Parade
2:30pm, Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center
Chamber Music
5:00pm, Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center
Vocal Music
7:30pm, Shed
Tanglewood Music Center
Brass Fanfares
8pm, ShedBoston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, and John Williams, conductorsRAVEL Boléro
Arturs MASKATS Tango
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnole
John WILLIAMS Selections from Far and Away, Born on the Fourth of July, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 OvertureFireworks to follow the concert
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Andris Nelsons conducts Williams, Strauss, and Ravel featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinJohn WILLIAMS Violin Concerto No. 2
Intermission
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
RAVEL La Valse -
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Susanna Mälkki conducts Mozart and Bartok featuring Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, pianoMOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271
Intermission
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra -
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Andris Nelsons conducts Adolphe, Shostakovich, and Stravinsky featuring Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, celloJulia ADOLPHE Makeshift Castle
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1
Intermission
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 version) -
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Andris Nelsons conducts Saint-Saëns, Simon, and Gershwin featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoProgram to include:
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian
Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances (BSO commission)
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F -
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Andris Nelsons conducts Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev featuring Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violinTCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Intermission
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
