Tanglewood 2023 Season Programs

NPR’s oddly informative news quiz program returns to Tanglewood! Now in its 25^th season, the Peabody Award-winning series offers a fast-paced, irreverent look at the week’s news, hosted by Peter Sagal along with Official Judge and Scorekeeper Bill Kurtis.

Emerson String Quartet
Emanuel Ax, piano

PURCELL Chaconne
Sarah Kirkland SNIDER Drink the Wild Ayre (BSO co-commission)
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat, Op. 133
Intermission
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81

The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Chris Thile, vocals

Chris THILE New Work for voice and orchestra
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
Intermission
Jessie MONTGOMERY Source Code, for strings
ENESCO Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Please note: there is a four-ticket limit per purchase for this event.

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68
James LEE III A Double Standard
DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat, Op. 105

James Taylor and his All-Star Band celebrate the start of the Tanglewood season with two intimate and memorable performances.

Proceeds from the July 4 concert will be donated by Kim and James Taylor to Tanglewood.

Fireworks to follow the July 4 concert.

Children age 2 and up require an Adult price ticket for both Shed and Lawn.

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

This performance is not part of the Open Workshops pass.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Program to include
THOMPSON Alleluia

Boston Conservatory theater professor and Emmy winner Angela M. Farr Schiller delves into the themes and social politics of the hit class-bridging musical Ragtime ahead of its July 8 Boston Pops performance.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano

Wynton 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

In our second Immersion focused on social themes of the musical Ragtime, tenor Nicholas Phan examines the myths and realities of the United States as “a nation of immigrants” through a performance of Nico Muhly’s song cycle Stranger. Composed for Phan, the cycle juxtaposes accounts of Ellis Island immigration with protests against Chinese Exclusion policies in the U.S.

Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Jason Danieley, Stage Director
Alton Fitzgerald White (Coalhouse Walker Jr.)
Elizabeth Stanley (Mother)
John Cariani (Tateh)
Nikki Renée Daniels (Sarah)
David Harris (Father)
A.J. Shively (Mother’s Younger Brother)
Klea Blackhurst (Emma Goldman)
Ragtime Ensemble

The Boston Pops performs Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert, prepared by the original creators Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty especially for the Pops. Based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime weaves together the stories of three intersecting groups in the U.S. in the early 20^th century: Eastern European immigrants, the African American community in Harlem, and an upper-class white family. Together, they confront history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair.

6pm, Ozawa Hall

Prelude Concert
Tanglewood Music Center
Chamber Music

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano
Hilary Hahn, violin

Iman HABIBI Zhiân (world premiere; BSO commission)
Jessie MONTGOMERY Freedom Songs (BSO co-commission)
Intermission
BRAHMS Violin Concerto

Vocal Music of BACH

Internationally prominent composer/performer and media artist Pamela Z combines elements of voice, live electronics, sampled sound, and video utilizing the unique features of Studio E.

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows

RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
STRAVINSKY Jeu de cartes
Intermission
RAVEL Mother Goose suite
DEBUSSY La Mer

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Michael Feinstein, vocalist and piano
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

ALL-GERSHWIN PROGRAM

Two of today’s most celebrated artists—Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein—join forces for the first time in Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?, an innovative program celebrating the music of George Gershwin and his world.

6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

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, conductor

MOZART 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

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor
Children’s choir

BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ORFF Carmina burana

Sung in Latin with English supertitles

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows

BACEWICZ Overture, for orchestra
KODÁLY Háry János Suite
Intermission
MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Philharmonia Baroque
Richard Egarr, conductor and harpsichord
Aria Umezawa, stage director
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor (Acis)
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano (Galatea)
Dashon Burton, bass (Polyphemus)
Isaiah Bell, tenor (Damon)

HANDEL Acis and Galatea (1718 version)

Sung in English

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
Nimbus Dance
Samuel Pott, artistic director and choreographer

COPLAND Appalachian Spring
Intermission
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World

6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor

Pulitzer Prize winner and National Humanities Medal recipient Isabel Wilkerson presents a talk on her New York Times bestseller and critically acclaimed book Caste.

Beyond race and class lies a powerful caste system influencing lives, behavior, and the nation’s fate. In a powerful talk, the award-winning author spotlights the insidious effects of caste across societies, before exploring how America can move away from its destructive power and toward hope in our common humanity.

A book signing will follow the presentation, with copies of Caste available for sale.

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

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

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows
STRAUSS Don Juan
Gabriela Lena FRANK La centinela y la paloma
Intermission
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Andreas Haefliger, piano
Randall Hodgkinson, piano

Yehudi 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

Reena Esmail, Gabriela Lena Frank, Tebogo Monnakgotla, and Anna Thorvaldsdottir, the Merwin Geffen, M.D. and Norman Solomon, M.D., Festival of Contemporary Music Co-curators

Michael Gandolfi, Head of Composition Program, Tanglewood Music Center

The Head of the Tanglewood Music Center's Composition Program Michael Gandolfi interviews the four Festival of Contemporary Music Co-curators about how they curated the festival, with each program representative of their sound worlds. Learn more about these leading and pathbreaking composers.

BARTÓK Contrasts
Gabriela Lena FRANK Milagros
Gabriela Lena FRANK Sonata Serrana No. 1
Gabriela Lena FRANK Las Sombras de los Apus

Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Spectra
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Reminiscence I, II
György KURTÁG 12 Microludes
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Reminiscence III
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Hrim
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Aequilibria
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Reminiscence IV, V
György KURTÁG Six Moments Musicaux
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Reminiscence VI, VII
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Ró

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

Saili Oak, Indian classical vocalist
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows

ALL-REENA ESMAIL PROGRAM

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano

MESSIAEN 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

Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA It is the Lark that Sings
Malin BÅNG Arching
Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA Five Pieces for String Trio
Andile KHUMALO Schaufe[r]nster II
Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA Le dormeur du val
Bent SØRENSEN The Lady of Shalott
Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA Toys (or The Wonderful World of Clara)
Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA Companion

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Eliza Bagg, Martha Cluver, and Sonja DuToit Tengblad, vocalists

Ellen REID When the World as You’ve Known It Doesn’t Exist
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1
Intermission
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Experience a silent film shown with a score composed by the Tanglewood Music Center's Composition Fellows and performed live by Tanglewood Music Center Fellows.

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Stefan Asbury, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows

Reena ESMAIL RE|Member
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR METACOSMOS
Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA Un Clin d’oeil
Intermission
Gabriela Lena FRANK Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Danish String Quartet

SCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde"
Intermission
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Rituals
SCHUBERT Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118 (arr. Danish String Quartet)

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

John ADAMS Shaker Loops
Intermission
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Astrid Schween, cello
Shai Wosner, piano

DEBUSSY Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
BRITTEN Sonata for Cello and Piano in C, Op. 65
BRAHMS Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

Award-winning scholar and Columbia University professor Saidiya Hartman discusses racial justice and equality, central topics from the newly expanded and revised 25th anniversary edition of her award-winning book Scenes of Subjection, described as a call for a reframing of US history that frames Black lives today.

Presented in collaboration with BRIDGE.

John Williams and David Newman, conductors
BU Tanglewood Institute Chorus

A cherished Tanglewood tradition, John Williams’ Film Night returns with the Boston Pops, along with Maestros Williams and Newman sharing the podium for a memorable program of film clips and music from the silver screen. It’s a special evening of movie magic that you won’t want to miss.

Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianos

MENDELSSOHN Concerto in E for two pianos and orchestra
Intermission
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

The Aaron Diehl Trio
Aaron Diehl, piano
Aaron Kimmel, drums
David Wong, bass

Pianist Aaron Diehl and colleagues present a jazz program that includes Sir Roland Hanna’s 24 Preludes.

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows

RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead
RAVEL Boléro
Intermission
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

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, Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, and John Williams, conductors

RAVEL 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 Overture

Fireworks to follow the concert

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Elkhanah Pulitzer, director
Seth Reiser, scenic and lighting designer
Carlos Soto, costume designer

FRAGMENTS 2

In Alisa Weilerstein’s groundbreaking, multi-year performance series FRAGMENTS, new music by compelling composers of our time meets the timeless beauty of Bach’s Six Solo Cello Suites in an immersive, multi-sensory experience. Within each FRAGMENT, movements from a single Bach suite are integrated with new commissions to make an original emotional arc. Enhanced by lighting and scenic architecture, the music is performed without pauses or printed program details, creating an atmosphere of enchantment, adventure, and discovery reimagining traditional classical concert conventions.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Terezín Music Foundation director Mark Ludwig explores the Nazi "cultural cleansing” policy targeting jazz, modernist, and non-Aryan—including all Jewish—composers before and during World War II.

Presented in Collaboration with the Terezín Music Foundation

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

John WILLIAMS Violin Concerto No. 2
Intermission
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
RAVEL La Valse

Terezín Music Foundation director and Fulbright scholar Mark Ludwig presents an artistic and musical journey into the astonishing cultural community of imprisoned musicians and artists in Terezín, a Nazi camp where 33,000 people died.

Presented in Collaboration with the Terezín Music Foundation

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271
Intermission
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Julia ADOLPHE Makeshift Castle
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1
Intermission
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 version)

Vocal Music of BACH

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Dame Jane Glover, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows

DVOŘÁK Wood Dove
BRITTEN Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
Intermission
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Bruce Liu, piano

RAMEAU Six Pieces
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, Waldstein
CHOPIN Trois Nouvelles Études, Op. Posth.
Intermission
CHOPIN Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
KAPUSTIN Variations, Op. 41

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

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

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Intermission
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Beethoven)
James Burton, conductor (Tippett)
Amanda Majeski, soprano
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Costello, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,James Burton, conductor

TIPPETT Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

Six-time GRAMMY-nominated pianist-composer and recent Blue Note Artist develops musical narratives that unfold as a result of both deliberate searching and chance uncovering.

Kelli O’Hara, vocalist
Dan Lipton, piano

Kelli O’Hara is one of the most gloriously gifted and versatile vocal and dramatic talents of any era, with a Tony award for her star turn in the New York revival of The King and I, as well as GRAMMY, Emmy, and Olivier nominations for her wide-ranging work.
Join Ms. O’Hara for a night of beloved Broadway classics and personal stories in the intimate setting of Ozawa Hall.

Since their formation in 1994, multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, diamond-selling band Train has had 14 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100, 12 albums on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and has sold more than 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide.

Emanuel Ax, piano
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Symphony No. 4 (trans. Shai Wosner)
Intermission
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat, Op. 97, Archduke

Kim Weild, director
Keith Hamilton Cobb, writer/performer
Josh Tyson, performer
Christian Frederickson, sound designer
Alan Edwards, lighting designer

Keith Hamilton's award-winning 2-person play American Moor explores the American Black Male experience via Shakespeare’s Othello. The artists who originated the off-Broadway production created this version specially for Tanglewood's Studio E.

Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor

Relive the film that started it all. Watch the wand choose the wizard, a troll run amok and magic mirrors in high-definition while the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra performs John Williams’ iconic score. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event as Harry, Ron, Hermione and all your favorite characters return to the screen and enchant the world all over again.

WIZARDING WORLD and all related trademarks, characters, names, and indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s23)

Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor

John WILLIAMS Star Wars: The Story in Music

Join Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops as they perform the most extraordinary music from all nine Star Wars movies - tracing the sprawling saga, gripping adventure, and unforgettable characters. This is a must for all Star Wars fans and film music aficionados.