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. This week’s special guest is actress Karen Allen.

Emerson String Quartet
Emanuel Ax, piano

PURCELL Chacony in G minor
Sarah Kirkland SNIDER Drink the Wild Ayre (Co-commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; through the generous support of Music Accord, a consortium of nine presenters nationwide - www.musicaccord.org)
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, mandolin and vocals

Chris THILE ATTENTION! A narrative song cycle for extroverted mandolinist and orchestra (World Premiere, co-commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; Virginia Arts Festival/Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, The Knights, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Boston Symphony Orchestra commission is through the generous support of the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.)
BARTÓK, Arr. Alex FORTES Romanian Folk Dances
 Michael P. Atkinson, conductor
Intermission
Jessie MONTGOMERY Source Code, for strings
ENESCO Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

CHESNOKOV Salvation is Created
Joan TOWER Copperwave
Kevin McKEE Semper Gratus
David SAMPSON Morning Music
David EVANS Affirmation (world premiere, commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center through the generous support of the Merwin Geffen, M.D. and Norman Solomon, M.D. New Commissions Fund)
TAKEMITSU Day Signal
GABRIELI Canzon in Double Echo
TAKEMITSU Night Signal
Per NØRGÅRD Square and Round
Richard STRAUSS Festmusik der Stadt Wien

The 2023 String Quartet Seminar features works by HAYDN, BACEWICZ, BARTÓK, BOYLE, BRITTEN, MACONCHY, and SZYMANOWSKI.

Please note: purchasing one ticket provides admission to all three performances.

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.

In Conversation, programs are supported by Rabbi Rex Perlmeter and Rabbi Rachel Hertzman.

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.

Immersion: Themes from Ragtime is supported by Donald Usher and William E. Briggs.

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

Tonight’s concert is supported by Jane B. and Robert J. Mayer, M.D.
Tonight’s performance by Daniil Trifonov is supported by Norma and Jerry Strassler.

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.

Immersion: Themes from Ragtime is supported by Donald Usher and William E. Briggs.

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.

GRIEG Lyric Suite
LIGETI Six Bagatelles
Osvaldo GOLIJOV Um Dia Bom
Peter SHIN Breathing Chords (world premiere, commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center through the generous support of the Merwin Geffen, M.D. and Norman Solomon, M.D. New Commissions Fund)
MOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat, K.37

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

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

Iman HABIBI Zhiân
World Premiere; commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; through the generous support of the New Works Fund, established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Jessie MONTGOMERY Freedom Songs
Co-commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; through the generous support of the New Works Fund, established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

BOULANGER Selected songs
Osvaldo GOLIJOV Lua Descolorida
CRAWFORD-SEEGER White Moon
DUTILLEUX San Francisco Night
KNUSSEN Voice of the Rain
IVES Selected songs
Charles FUSSELL Being Music

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.

In Conversation, programs are supported by Rabbi Rex Perlmeter and Rabbi Rachel Hertzman.

Julia Bullock, classical singer
John Arida, piano

Program to include songs by SCHUBERT, WOLF, WEILL, Billie HOLIDAY, and Nina SIMONE

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

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.

Tonight’s concert is supported by Bonnie and Terry Burman.

Tonight’s performance by Michael Feinstein is supported by Joseph and Paula McNay, The New England Foundation.

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

This evening’s performance by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus is supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.

LOEFFLER String Quintet
George LEWIS String Quartet 1.5, “Experiments in Living”
Sofia GUBAIDULINA Quasi hoquetus
Alma MAHLER Vier Lieder
BRAHMS Sextet for strings No. 2 in G, Op. 36

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
 James Burton, conductor
Boston Children’s Chorus
 Emily Howe, conductor
 Kenneth Griffith, music director

BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ORFF Carmina burana

Sung in Latin with English supertitles

This afternoon's concert is in memory of Stephen R. Weber, supported by Dr. Dorothy A. Weber.

This afternoon’s performance by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus is supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.

RACHMANINOFF Six Romances, Op. 38
DUREY Selected songs
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad
ROPARTZ Quatre Poèmes d'après l'Intermezzo d'Heinrich Heine

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellow Armand Birk, conductor (Kodály)
TMC Conducting Fellow Agata Zając, conductor (Bacewicz)
TMC Fellow Eva Rae Martinez, soprano (Mahler)

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.

In Conversation, programs are supported by Rabbi Rex Perlmeter and Rabbi Rachel Hertzman.

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)
Daniel Moody, countertenor (ensemble)

HANDEL Acis and Galatea (1718 version)

Sung in English

Gates open at 6:30pm

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

Gates open at 5:30pm

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV “Flight of the Bumblebee” from The Tale of Tsar Sultan

ROSSINI Overture from La Scala di Seta

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1, fourth movement

HAYDN Symphony No. 94, second movement

Jessie MONTGOMERY Starburst

BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian, fourth movement

Gates open at 9am

Support for Youth and Family Concerts is provided by Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation, Brookline Youth Concerts Fund, Cambridge Community Foundation, Ellen Abbott Gilman Trust, M.S. and G.S. Morton Foundation, Patricia P. Lawrence, and Stevens Foundation.

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.

The Spotlight Series is supported by Marillyn Tufte Zacharis

Gates open at 4pm

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

This evening’s performance is sponsored by Penny and Claudio Pincus.

Gates open at 5:30pm

ROUSSEL Sérénade, Op. 30
Gala FLAGELLO Breathing Light
LOEFFLER Quatre Poèmes, Op. 5
Georg Friedrich HAAS tria ex uno
Eduard FRANCK String Sextet No. 2 in D, Op. 50

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

Gates open at 12pm

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

Gates open at 6:30pm

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 (Schumann)
Randall Hodgkinson, piano (Gubaidulina)

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

Gates open at 6:30pm

Reena Esmail and Tebogo Monnakgotla, 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

Michael Gandolfi interviews the 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.

The Festival of Contemporary Music has been endowed in perpetuity by the generosity of Dr. Raymond H. and Mrs. Hannah H. Schneider, with additional support from the Fromm Music Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, American Scandinavian Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.

In Conversation, programs are supported by Rabbi Rex Perlmeter and Rabbi Rachel Hertzman.

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

Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Reminiscence
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Spectra
György KURTÁG 12 Microludes
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Hrim
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Aequilibria
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Ró

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Lorelei Ensemble
 Beth Willer, artistic director
Anne Kauffman, director
Jeff Sugg, scenic, lighting, and production designer
Andrew Cotton, sound designer
Márion Talán de la Rosa, costume designer
Asher Lloyd Ehrenberg, Associate/Restaging Director
Kenny Savelson, Project Manager, Bang on a Can

Julia WOLFE Her Story (BSO co-commission)

Her Story was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, the National Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony. The Boston Symphony Orchestra commission is through the generous support of the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and the Morton Margolis Fund.

Intermission
MAHLER Symphony No. 1

Tonight's performance is supported by Anonymous.

Gates open at 5:30pm

Gates open at 9am

Saili Oak, Indian classical vocalist
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows

ALL-REENA ESMAIL PROGRAM
Darshan
Piano Trio: movement III
Who Makes a Clearing
Ragamala
Pranayam
Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Avery Amereau, 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

Tonight’s concert is supported by Thomas M. Fynan and William F. Loutrel.

Gates open at 5:30pm

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

Gates open at 12pm

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

Gates open at 6:30pm

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)

Gates open at 6:30pm

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

In Conversation, programs are supported by Rabbi Rex Perlmeter and Rabbi Rachel Hertzman.

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

John ADAMS Shaker Loops
Intermission
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

Gates open at 5:30pm

Gates open at 9am

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.

The Spotlight Series is supported by Marillyn Tufte Zacharis

Gates open at 4pm

John Williams and David Newman, conductors
BU Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Vocal Program
 Penelope Bitzas, director
 Katie Woolf, conductor

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.

WHITING, Arr. John WILLIAMS Hooray for Hollywood!
WILLIAMS The Cowboys
HERRMANN Scène d’amour from Vertigo
WILLIAMS Suite from Far and Away
WILLIAMS Theme from Jurassic Park
WILLIAMS Love Theme and March from Superman
WILLIAMS Selections from Star Wars:
 The Asteroid Field
 Anakin’s Theme
 Throne Room & Finale

Gates open at 5:30pm

Imogen HOLST String Quintet
BEETHOVEN String Quintet in C, Op. 29
BACEWICZ Wind Quintet
Annie NIKUNEN all mass is interaction (world premiere)
MENDELSSOHN Sextet in D, Op. 110

Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianos

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

Gates open at 12pm

This program is supported by the Dutch Culture USA program of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York and has received funding through a grant from the Netherland-America Foundation.

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.

Gates open at 6:30pm

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows

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

Gates open at 6:30pm

2:00pm GATES OPEN – BU Tanglewood Institute Fanfares at Main Gate TBC

2:00 PM – Face painting by Bria (Visitor Center Porch)

2:30pm – BU Tanglewood Institute Chamber Music (CMH) TBC

2:30pm – Circle Round performance (Seiji Ozawa Hall)

Rebecca Sheir, host
Eric Shimelonis, composer
Clint Foreman, flute
Suzanne Nelsen, bassoon
Catherine French, violin
Ben Levy, bass

3:15pm – The Strolling Magic of Bonaparte (Roaming the Lawn)

3:30pm – Steinway Spirio Player Piano Recital (Studio E & Linde Center Lawn)

4:00pm – The Magic of Bonaparte (Visitor Center Lawn)

4:00pm – BU Tanglewood Institute TOP Young Artists Orchestra and Chorus Concert (Koussevitzky Music Shed) TBC

5:00pm, Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center
Vocal Music

5:15pm – The Strolling Magic of Bonaparte (Roaming the Lawn)

5:30pm – Berkshire Hills Chorus (Tappan House Porch)

7:30pm, Shed

Tanglewood Music Center
Brass Fanfares

8pm, Shed

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

RAVEL Boléro (Birk/TMCO)
Arturs MASKATS Tango (Nelsons/BSO)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scene and Gypsy Song and Fandango asturiano from Capriccio espagnol (Lockhart/Pops)
COREA (arr. Emilio SOLLA) Spain (Lockhart/Pops)
John WILLIAMS Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Williams/Pops)
John WILLIAMS Theme from Born on the Fourth of July (Williams/Pops)
John WILLIAMS Flight to Neverland, from Hook
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture (Nelsons/BSO/TMCO)

Fireworks to follow the concert

Tonight’s performance is supported by Gregory E. Bulger Foundation/Gregory Bulger and Richard Dix.

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, project creator, performer
Elkhanah Pulitzer, director
Seth Reiser, scenic and lighting designer
Carlos Soto, costume designer
Hanako Yamaguchi, artistic producer/advisor

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.

Gates open at 6:30pm

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

In Conversation, programs are supported by Rabbi Rex Perlmeter and Rabbi Rachel Hertzman.

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. This will include a sampling of art, historical photos, and performance videos.

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

Tonight’s concert is supported by Tom and Lisa Blumenthal.
Tonight’s performance by Anne-Sophie Mutter is supported by Nathan and Marilyn Hayward.

Gates open at 5:30pm

Gates open at 9am

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. This program will include art and historical photos with live performances by BSO members.

Presented in Collaboration with the Terezín Music Foundation

Gates open at 2:30pm

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

Gates open at 5:30pm

GRISEY Tempus ex machina
Jesse JENNINGS Reservoir (world premiere)
BRAHMS Horn Trio in E-flat, Op. 40
Daniel ZLATKIN Requiem
WILLIAMS Sextet for Oboe, Trumpet, and Piano Quartet

Be a part of Circle Round history as we record three never-before-heard episodes! Inside Tanglewood’s Linde Center for Music and Learning, Rebecca Sheir and composer Eric Shimelonis will be joined by a quartet of Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians plus an all-star cast of actors.

Rebecca Sheir, host
Eric Shimelonis, composer

Actors
Lauren Ambrose (Servant, Six Feet Under)
Josh Gondelman (Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, People Pleaser)
Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Queen’s Gambit)
Peter Riegert (The Mask, Animal House)
Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island, MacGruber)

BSO Musicians
Clint Foreman, flute
Suzanne Nelsen, bassoon
Rachel Childers, horn
Ben Levy, bass

Tickets to this exciting live recording are free but limited.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

Julia ADOLPHE Makeshift Castle
STRAUSS Songs with orchestra
 Muttertändelei, Opus 43, No. 2
 Wiegenlied, Opus 41, No. 1
 Waldseligkeit, Opus 49. No. 1
 Ruhe, meine Seele, Opus 27, No. 1
 Zueignung, Opus 10, No. 1
 Morgen, Opus 27, No.
Intermission
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 version)

Gates open at 12pm

Vocal Music of BACH
Cantata No. 133, "Ich freue mich in dir"
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Cantata No. 20, "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort

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

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

Gates open at 6:30pm

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

Gates open at 6:30pm

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

In Conversation, programs are supported by Rabbi Rex Perlmeter and Rabbi Rachel Hertzman.

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.

Gates open at 9am

Over more than thirty years, Carrie Mae Weems has developed a complex body of art employing photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation, and video.

Drawing from their careers and experiences as artists and social advocates, Weems and beloved cellist Yo-Yo Ma will share their perspectives on the role of artists and their civic duties.

The Spotlight Series is supported by Marillyn Tufte Zacharis

Gates open at 4pm

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Intermission
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Gates open at 5:30pm

BEETHOVEN Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
Olli MUSTONEN Nonetto II
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

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

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

The 2023 Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert is supported by generous endowments established in perpetuity by Dr. Raymond and Hannah H. Schneider, and Diane H. Lupean.

This afternoon's performance by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus is supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.

Gates open at 12pm

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.

Gates open at 6:30pm

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.

Tonight’s performance by Kelli O’Hara is supported by Nancy and Jay Nichols.

Gates open at 6:30pm

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.

Gates open at 4pm

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

Tonight’s performance is supported by Jerry Nelson and also by Ed Wacks, in memory of Linda Wacks.

Gates open at 5:30pm

Gates open at 9am

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

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.

Gates open at 5:30pm

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
Jeremiah Kissel, narrator

John WILLIAMS Star Wars: The Story in Music

Take an intergalactic, musical journey with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops at Tanglewood. It might take you 30 hours to watch all of Star Wars, but you can re-live the saga in just two hours as a live narrator and America’s Orchestra bring this epic story and iconic music to life. This immersive concert experience will awaken the Force within you and transport you to a galaxy far, far away.

Gates open at 12pm

This concert is supported by the Brinberg Family in memory of Judy Brinberg.

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.

Gates open at 4pm

Gates open at 4pm

This special solo performance will feature songs and stories with 12-time GRAMMY winner John Legend. Experience intimate reimaginings of his greatest hits (“All of Me,” “Ordinary People,” "Tonight"), unexpected stories from Legend's life and career, and selections from his most recent release LEGEND ("Nervous," "Wonder Woman").

Gates open at 4pm