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Tanglewood 2004 Season Schedule

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July

Thursday, July 1, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Friday, July 2, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA
CRAIG SMITH, conductor
MARK MORRIS, choreographer
"Marble Halls" J.S. BACH Concerto No.1 in C minor for oboe, violin and strings, BWV 1060
"All Fours" BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4
"Beautiful Day" attrib. J.S. BACH Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, BWV 53
"Gloria" VIVALDI Gloria in D, RV 589

Saturday, July 3, 5:45 p.m., Shed
A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor
Live broadcast

Sunday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed
Popular Artists Series
DIANA KRALL
Fireworks to follow the concert.

Monday, July 5, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
INGO METZMACHER, conductor
DALLAPICCOLA Variations for Orchestra
SCHOENBERG Five Pieces for Orchestra
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Tuesday, July 6, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BOSTON BAROQUE
MARTIN PEARLMAN, music director
SHARON BAKER AND KRISTEN WATSON, sopranos
MARK TUCKER, LYNTON ATKINSON and FRANK KELLEY, tenors
NICHOLAS ISHERWOOD and MARK ANDREW CLEVELAND, baritones
MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610

Thursday, July 8, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET
HAYDN Quartet in F minor, Op. 55, No. 2
BARTÓK Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

Friday, July 9, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert - Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 9, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Opening Night at Tanglewood
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KURT MASUR, conductor
LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA with WYNTON MARSALIS
LAQUITA MITCHELL, soprano
CYNTHIA HARDY, mezzo-soprano
BRIAN ROBINSON, tenor
ROBERT HONEYSUCKER, bass
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
MARSALIS All Rise

Saturday, July 10, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 10, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
LEON FLEISHER, piano
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
ALL-RAVEL PROGRAM
Piano Concerto in D, for the left hand Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

Sunday, July 11, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
INGO METZMACHER, conductor
EMANUEL AX, piano
MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

Monday, July 12, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
KURT MASUR, conductor
ANNALENA PERSSON, soprano
TMC CONDUCTING FELLOWS
MENDELSSOHN Ruy Blas Overture
KODÁLY Háry János Suite
WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish

Tuesday, July 13, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BRYN TERFEL, baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano
Songs by SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, TOSTI, BRITTEN, and COPLAND

Wednesday, July 14, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
MARVIN HAMLISCH, conductor

Thursday, July 15, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, piano
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, Tempest
CARTER Night Fantasies
IVES Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840-1890

Friday, July 16, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert - Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 16, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KURT MASUR, conductor
MIDORI, violin
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World

Saturday, July 17, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Saturday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 17, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
BRYN TERFEL, baritone
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
WAGNER Excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Sunday, July 18, 2:30 p.m., Shed
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
DONALD RUNNICLES, conductor
JOSHUA BELL, violin
ROSSINI Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Monday, July 19, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
HAYDN Symphony No. 1
HAYDN Symphony No. 6, Le Matin
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

Wednesday, July 21, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
BRITTEN Quartet No. 2 in C, Op. 36
TOWER Incandescent
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 117

Friday, July 23, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert - Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 23, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HANS GRAF, conductor
CLAUDIO BOHÓRQUEZ, cello
ALL-DVORÁK PROGRAM
Othello Overture
Cello Concerto
Symphony No. 7

Saturday, July 24, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 24, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PATRICK SUMMERS, conductor
RENÉE FLEMING, soprano
An evening of popular arias and songs, including music from MOZART’s Cosi fan tutte, MASSENET’s Manon, PUCCINI’s Gianni Schicchi, and CATALANI’s La Wally, plus classics of musical theatre, including Stephen SONDHEIM’s Passion and Richard RODGERS’ Carousel.

Sunday, July 25, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MARK ELDER, conductor
PETER SERKIN, piano
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Winds
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune
ELGAR Enigma Variations

Tuesday, July 27, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
RICHARD GOODE, piano

Wednesday, July 28, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE
MICHELLE MAKARSKI, violin
JAVIER DIAZ AND LYNN VARTAN, percussion
DONALD CROCKETT, conductor
STEPHEN HARTKE Tituli
Plus unaccompanied Renaissance choral works

Thursday, July 29, 8:30 p.m., Theatre
Saturday, July 31, 2:30 p.m., Theatre
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA
STEFAN ASBURY, conductor
DAVID KNEUSS, director
BRITTEN A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Friday, July 30, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert - Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 30, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
EDO DE WAART, conductor
RICHARD GOODE, piano
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
HAYDN Te Deum
MOZART Ave Verum Corpus
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
HAYDN Symphony No. 92, Oxford

Saturday, July 31, 10:30 a.m.
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 31, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI, conductor
RENAUD CAPUÇON, violin
SCHNITTKE (K)ein Sommernachtstraum
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

August

Sunday, August 1, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor
DAWN UPSHAW, soprano
JAMES SOMMERVILLE, horn
COPLAND Suite from The Tender Land
COPLAND Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
WILLIAMS Horn Concerto
WILLIAMS Soundings

Sunday, August 1, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Ozawa Hall 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor
STEPHANIE BLYTHE, mezzo-soprano
YUNDI LI, piano
MAYUMI MIYATA, sho
BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
BERNSTEIN Benediction
TAKEMITSU Ceremonial, An Autumn Ode for sho and orchestra
COPLAND In the Beginning
LISZT Tarantella
CHOPIN Impromptu No. 4, Op. 66, Fantasie-impromptu
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll

Tuesday, August 3, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Tanglewood on Parade
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPH VON DOHNANYI, KEITH LOCKHART and JOHN WILLIAMS, conductors
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT Four Portraits
WILLIAMS Immigration, Civil Rights and Flight from American Journey
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
arr. WILLIAMS The Star-Spangled Banner

Fireworks to follow the concert.

Wednesday, August 4, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
TELEMANN Concerto in B-flat for three oboes, three violins, and orchestra
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046

Thursday, August 5, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
J.S. BACH Sinfonia to Cantata No. 174, Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemûte
BENDA Concerto in E minor for flute and orchestra
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, BWV 1051
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049
HEINICHEN Sonata for two horns and strings
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047

Friday, August 6, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert - Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 6, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI, conductor
YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

Saturday, August 7, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 7, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
TAN DUN, conductor
YO-YO MA, cello
SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
TAN DUN The Map, Concerto for Cello, Video and Orchestra Plus ensemble works inspired by the rich musical traditions of the Silk Road

Sunday, August 8, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOF PERICK, conductor
CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS, piano
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Serenade No. 12 in C minor for winds, K.388
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Sunday, August 8, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Monday, August 9, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
JOHN WILLIAMS, musical direction
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL, baritone
ENSEMBLE
LERNER and LOEWE My Fair Lady (arranged for singers and jazz orchestra) arr. WILLIAMS Plus Jazz favorites

Wednesday, August 11, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Twelve Preludes, Book 2
LISZT Les Jeux d’eau a la Villa d’Este from Annés de pelerinage, Book 2, Italy
LISZT Ballade No.2 WAGNER (arr. LISZT) “O du mein holder Abendstern” from Tannhäuser
WAGNER (arr. LISZT) Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
VERDI (arr. LISZT) Rigoletto Paraphrase

Thursday, August 12, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
The 2004 Fromm Concert at Tanglewood
THE MERIDIAN ARTS ENSEMBLE
HELEN BUGALLO, piano
DAVID SANFORD Corpus Stephen
BARBER Semahane Elliott
CARTER Brass Quintet
ELLIOTT SHARP Beyond the Curve
FRANK ZAPPA Selected works

Friday, August 13, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert - Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 13, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GIANANDREA NOSEDA, conductor
DEBORAH VOIGT, soprano
WAGNER Prelude to Lohengrin, Act 1
WAGNER Wesendonck Songs
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Saturday, August 14, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 14, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Film Night at Tanglewood
BOSTON POPS CONCERT
JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor
John Williams and the Pops pay tribute to two great composers of music for film, Bernard HERMANN and Henry MANCINI, with film and musical excerpts from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and North by Northwest, plus Mancini’s scores to Peter Gunn and The Pink Panther.

Sunday, August 15, 2:30 p.m., Shed
The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ROBERT SPANO, conductor
ANDRÉ WATTS, piano
RANDS “…body and shadow…”
MacDOWELL Piano Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II

Wednesday, August 18, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS
DAWN UPSHAW, soprano
ROSSINI Quartet No. 1 in F for flute, clarinet, horn, and bassoon
GOLIJOV Work for soprano and ensemble
DVORÁK String Quintet in G, Op. 77

Thursday, August 19, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, violin
LARS VOGT, piano
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 108
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Friday, August 20, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert - Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 20, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
EMMANUEL KRIVINE, conductor
LARS VOGT, piano
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusine Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4

Saturday, August 21, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Saturday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 21, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
EMMANUEL KRIVINE, conductor
CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, violin
TRULS MORK, cello
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Tragic Overture Double Concerto
Symphony No. 2

Sunday, August 22, 2:30 p.m., Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
JAMES DEPREIST, conductor
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
MAHLER Symphony No. 1

Monday, August 23, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS CONCERT
KEITH LOCKHART, conductor
KRISTIN CHENOWETH, vocalist

Wednesday, August 25, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MARTHA ARGERICH and ALEXANDER GURNING, pianos
PROKOFIEV Suite from Cinderella

Friday, August 27, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert - Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Friday, August 27, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHARLES DUTOIT, conductor
MARTHA ARGERICH, piano
ALEXANDER GURNING, piano (Poulenc)
MOZART Symphony No. 35, Haffner
POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

Saturday, August 28, 10:30 a.m.
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 28, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHARLES DUTOIT, conductor
ITZHAK PERLMAN, violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 version)
RAVEL La Valse

Sunday, August 29, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor to be announced
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

September

Friday, September 3 - Sunday, September 5
Tanglewood Jazz Festival
This season's Jazz Festival will take place the weekend of September 3 through 5, with evening and afternoon concerts. Details will be announced at a later date.


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