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Tanglewood 2000 Season Schedule

All Programs and Artists Subject to Change. For further information, call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 
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June
CHAMBER MUSIC WEEKEND
Friday, June 30, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS
MOZART Flute Quartet in D, K.285
JANÁÿEK Mládi (Youth), for wind sextet
BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 (chamber version)

July
Saturday, July 1, 5:45 p.m., Shed
‘A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood’ with Garrison Keillor

Sunday, July 2, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS
BRITTEN Sinfonietta, Op. 1
COPLAND Sextet 
MOZART String Quintet in G minor, K.516


Sunday, July 2, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
The Phyllis and Lee Coffey Memorial Fund Concert
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, ANDRÉ PREVIN, and ROBERT SPANO, conductors
Program to include COPLAND Grohg and ELGAR Enigma Variations

WEEK 1
Monday, July 3, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
Program to include BACH Magnificat

Tuesday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed
Independence Day Festivities
PETER, PAUL & MARY
Family entertainment throughout the day (grounds open at 
2 p.m.); fireworks to follow the concert.


Wednesday, July 5, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
GIL SHAHAM, violin, JIAN WANG, cello, PAUL MEYER, clarinet
FAURÉ Violin Sonata in A COPLAND Sonata for violin and piano
MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time


Friday, July 7, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall/PRELUDE CONCERT
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Friday, July 7, 8:30 p.m., Shed Opening Night at Tanglewood
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
YO-YO MA, cello
COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
COPLAND Quiet City
HAYDN Cello Concerto in C
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)


Saturday, July 8, 10:30 a.m., Shed/OPEN REHEARSAL
(Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.)

Saturday, July 8, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
Family Concert

Saturday, July 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor
GIL SHAHAM, violin
WILLIAMS Essay for strings
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
WILLIAMS TreeSong, for violin and orchestra (world premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini


Sunday, July 9, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ROBERTO ABBADO, conductor
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
DEBUSSY Printemps
RESPIGHI Roman Festivals

WEEK 2
Monday, July 10, 5 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Tuesday, July 11, 5 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
STRING QUARTET MARATHON

Wednesday, July 12, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS CONCERT
KEITH LOCKHART, conductor

Thursday, July 13, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
DUBRAVKA TOMSIC, piano
J.S.BACH trans. BUSONI Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532
LISZT Sonata in B minor
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29
LISZT St. Francis of Assisi: Sermon to the Birds; Mephisto Waltz No.1


Friday, July 14, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall/PRELUDE CONCERT
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Friday, July 14, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES DEPREIST, conductor
HORACIO GUTIÉRREZ, piano
FAURÉ Suite from Pelleas et Melisande
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7


Saturday, July 15, 10:30 a.m., Shed/OPEN REHEARSAL
(Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.)

Saturday, July 15, 8:30 p.m., Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor (Elgar)
JOHN DEL CARLO, bass-baritone (Falstaff)
CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Alice Ford)
RUTH ANN SWENSON, soprano (Nannetta)
BERNADETTE MANCA DI NISSA, mezzo-soprano
(Mistress Quickly)
RAMON VARGÁS, tenor (Fenton)
MICHEL SÉNÉCHAL, tenor (Dr. Caius)
RICHARD CLEMENT, tenor (Bardolfo)
MARIO LUPERI, bass (Pistola)
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
BERNSTEIN Opening Prayer
ELGAR Enigma Variations
VERDI Falstaff, Act 3


Sunday, July 16, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
ITZHAK PERLMAN, violin
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
LUTOSÿAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
 

WEEK 3
Tuesday, July 18, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BARBARA BONNEY, soprano
MARGO GARRETT, piano
FENWICK SMITH, flute
WILLIAM HUDGINS, clarinet
COPLAND Early songs; As It Fell Upon a Day; Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson

Wednesday, July 19, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Daniel and Shirlee Freed Endowed Concert
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
JAMES CONLON, conductor
Program to include MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Friday, July 21, 6 p.m., Shed/PRELUDE CONCERT
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Friday, July 21, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JEFFREY TATE, conductor
HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
HAYDN Symphony No. 99


Saturday, July 22, 10:30 a.m., Shed/OPEN REHEARSAL
(Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.)

Saturday, July 22, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES CONLON, conductor
BARBARA BONNEY, soprano
WAGNER Overture to The Flying Dutchman
STRAUSS Songs with orchestra
MAHLER Symphony No. 4


Sunday, July 23, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
PETER SERKIN, piano
LIEBERSON Red Garuda for piano and orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5


Sunday, July 23, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
Family Concert

WEEK 4
Thursday, July 27, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
IDA HAENDEL, violin
ITAMAR GOLAN, piano
BEETHOVEN Sonata No.7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
BACH Chaconne from Partita No. 2
CHAUSSON Poème
SZYMANOWSKI La Fontaine d’Arethuse
WIENIASWSKI Polonaise in D


Friday, July 28, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall/PRELUDE CONCERT
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Friday, July 28, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES CONLON, conductor
EMANUEL AX, piano
All-MOZART program
Symphony No. 25
Piano Concerto in E-flat, K.482
Symphony No. 40


Saturday, July 29, 10:30 a.m., Shed/OPEN REHEARSAL
(Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.)

Saturday, July 29, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
EMMANUEL VILLAUME, conductor
JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
BERLIOZ Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
FRANCK Symphony in D minor


Sunday, July 30, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ILAN VOLKOV, conductor
DANIEL BARENBOIM, piano
ANDERSON The Stations of the Sun
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusine
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1


Sunday, July 30, 8 p.m., Theatre
Monday, July 31, 8 p.m., Theatre
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
DAVID KNEUSS, director
JOHN MICHAEL DEEGAN and SARAH G. CONLY, design
VERDI Falstaff
Fully staged opera

August
WEEK 5
Tuesday, August 1, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Tanglewood on Parade
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, KEITH LOCKHART, and JOHN WILLIAMS, conductors
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
The Unfinished Journey, a film by STEVEN SPIELBERG
with music by JOHN WILLIAMS 
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture


Wednesday, August 2, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
BOYCE Symphony No. 8 
PURCELL Suite from The Virtuous Wife 
J.S.BACH Concerto for oboe, violin, strings and continuo
J.S.BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
PURCELL Pavane and Chaconne
HANDEL Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 8


Thursday, August 3, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
DANIEL BARENBOIM, piano
Music of BEETHOVEN and LISZT
ALBENIZ Iberia, Books 1 and 2


Friday, August 4, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall/PRELUDE CONCERT
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Friday, August 4, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
VAN CLIBURN, piano
All-TCHAIKOVSKY Program
Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Piano Concerto No. 1


Saturday, August 5, 10:30 a.m., Shed/OPEN REHEARSAL
(Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.)

Saturday, August 5, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS CONCERT
JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor
Film Night at Tanglewood 
Music by JOHN WILLIAMS
Louis Milestone’s The Red Pony, with score by Aaron Copland, and a tribute to Stanley Donen


Sunday, August 6, 2:30 p.m., Shed
The Koussevitzky Memorial Concert
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano
ANTHONY DEAN GRIFFEY, tenor
THOMAS QUASTHOFF, bass-baritone
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
PALS (Performing Artists at Lincoln School)
JOHANNA HILL SIMPSON, artistic director
BRITTEN War Requiem

Sunday, August 6, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
ANDRÉ PREVIN, piano
DAVID FINCK, double bass
MICKEY ROKER, drums
A Jazz Evening with André Previn and Friends

WEEK 6
Tuesday, August 8, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
THOMAS QUASTHOFF, bass-baritone
JUSTUS ZEYEN, piano
SCHUMANN Dichterliebe
Songs by MOZART and MAHLER
 

Thursday, August 10, 7 p.m., Ozawa Hall
The Fromm Concert at Tanglewood
BERIO Sequenzas (complete)
In celebration of Luciano Berio’s 75th birthday. Please note that this is an extended concert. There will be two intermissions of 20 minutes duration.

Friday, August 11, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall/PRELUDE CONCERT
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Friday, August 11, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HANS GRAF, conductor
ANDRÉ WATTS, piano
MENNIN Moby Dick, concertato for orchestra
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish


Saturday, August 12, 10:30 a.m., Shed/OPEN REHEARSAL
(Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.)

Saturday, August 12, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor and piano
JACQUES ZOON, flute
All-MOZART program
Symphony No. 36, Linz
Flute Concerto in G
Piano Concerto in C minor, K.491


Sunday, August 13, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ROBERT SPANO, conductor
VADIM REPIN, violin
MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni
CARTER Variations for Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
MOZART Symphony No. 38, Prague


WEEK 7
Monday, August 14, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
Festival of Contemporary Music
Endowed concert made possible by the generosity of an anonymous donor. The Festival of Contemporary Music is funded in parts by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music.

Wednesday, August 16, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
NELSON FREIRE, piano
MOZART Sonata No. 12 in F, K.332
SCHUMANN Fantasy in C, Op. 17
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 4 
STRAUSS/GODOWSKY Paraphrase on themes from Die Fledermaus

Thursday, August 17, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET
HAYDN Quartet in B-flat, Op. 64 No. 3
BARTÓK Quartet No. 3
MENDELSSOHN Quartet in D, Op. 44 No. 3


Friday, August 18, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall/PRELUDE CONCERT
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Friday, August 18, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BERNARD HAITINK, conductor
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
POULENC Stabat Mater
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4


Saturday, August 19, 10:30 a.m., Shed/OPEN REHEARSAL
(Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.)

Saturday, August 19, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ITZHAK PERLMAN, conductor and violin
BEETHOVEN Romances for violin and orchestra
MOZART Symphony No. 29 
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4


Sunday, August 20, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
FEDERICO CORTESE, conductor
NELSON FREIRE, piano
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
VERDI Overture to I vespri siciliani
VERDI Stabat Mater and Te Deum
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2


Sunday, August 20, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
The Dr. Raymond and Hannah H. Schneider Concert, 
Endowed in Perpetuity
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
BERNARD HAITINK and ROBERT SPANO, conductors
Program to include COPLAND Symphony No. 3

WEEK 8
Tuesday, August 22, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT
PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE, artistic director and conductor
DEBORAH YORK, soprano
WERNER GÜRA, tenor
DAVID WILSON JOHNSON, bass-baritone
All-BACH program
Cantata No. 11, Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen 
(Ascension Oratorio)
Magnificat in D, BWV 243


Friday, August 25, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall/PRELUDE CONCERT
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

Friday, August 25, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
JOSHUA BELL, violin
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 1


Saturday, August 26, 10:30 a.m., Shed/OPEN REHEARSAL
(Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.)

Saturday, August 26, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor
All-STRAUSS Program
Sextet, Moonlight music, and Closing Scene from Capriccio
Four Last Songs
Suite from Der Rosenkavalier


Sunday, August 27, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BERNARD HAITINK, conductor
CHRISTINE BREWER, soprano
NANCY MAULTSBY, mezzo-soprano
RICHARD LEECH, tenor
REINHARD HAGEN, bass
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9


Monday, August 28, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS CONCERT
JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor

September
JAZZ WEEKEND
Friday, September 1, 7:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
To be announced.

Saturday, September 2, 7:30 p.m.
To be announced.

Sunday, September 3, 1:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
To be announced.

Sunday, September 3, 7:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
80th birthday Celebration


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