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Tanglewood 2001 Season Schedule

All Programs and Artists Subject to Change. For further information, call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 
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June

Friday, June 22, Saturday, June 23, 7 p.m., Theatre
Boston Early Music Festival Production
LULLY Thésée (fully-staged production, in the Baroque style)

Sunday, June 24, 2:30pm, Ozawa Hall
BEMF/Lully Opera Orchestra
RAMEAU La Guirlande, ou Les Fleurs enchantées (ballet)
CLÉRAMBAULT La Muse de l'opéra 

Friday, June 29, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Juilliard String Quartet
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 6 in B-flat, Op. 18, No. 6
BARTÓK Quartet No. 6
MENDELSSOHN Quartet No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 44, No. 3

Saturday, June 30, 5:45 p.m., Shed
A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor
Live broadcast

July

Sunday, July 1, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Juilliard String Quartet 
MOZART Quartet No. 22 in B-flat, K.589
SCHOENBERG String Trio, Op. 45
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127


Monday, July 2, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Peter Serkin, piano 
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
David Shifrin, clarinet
Pamela Frank and Ida Kavafian, violins
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Fred Sherry, cello
SCHOENBERG Ode to Napoleon
HAYDN Piano Trio in E-flat, Hob. XV:29
SCHOENBERG Phantasy for violin and piano, Op. 47
HAYDN Piano Trio in E, Hob. XV:28
SCHOENBERG (arr. WEBERN) Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9

Tuesday, July 3, 7 p.m., Shed
James Taylor

Wednesday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed
Independence Day Festivities
James Taylor

Family entertainment throughout the day (grounds open at 3 p.m.); fireworks to follow the concert.

Thursday, July 5, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Peter Serkin, piano
Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano
Tara Helen O'Conner, flute
Marianne Gythfeldt, Mike Lowenstern, and David Shifrin, clarinets
Ida Kavafian, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Fred Sherry, cello
SCHOENBERG Pierrot Lunaire
SCHOENBERG Suite for winds, strings, and piano, Op. 29 

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


8:30 p.m., Shed
Opening Night Performance
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Steven Ansell, viola 
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
STRAUSS Don Quixote
 

Saturday, July 7, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
MOZART Serenade No. 6 in D, K.239, Serenata notturna
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben 

Sunday, July 8, 2:30 p.m., Shed
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
MOZART Symphony No. 35, Haffner
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 


Sunday, July 8, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Peter Serkin, piano
SCHOENBERG Piano Pieces, Opp. 11, 19, and 23
SCHOENBERG Suite, Op.25
HAYDN Andante and Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6
SCHOENBERG Two Piano Pieces, Op. 33
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81, Les Adieux

Wednesday, July 11, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Eric Schneider, piano
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin 

Thursday, July 12, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Chanticleer
The popular vocal ensemble will perform music venerating the Virgin Mary, including Gregorian chant and works by MONTEVERDI and VICTORIA. The program will also feature BRENT MICHAEL DAVID's Night Chant, and Music from Cuba.

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


8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Gwendolyn Bradley, soprano
Gordon Gietz, tenor
Thomas Mohr, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
PALS Children's Chorus
Johanna Hill Simpson, artistic director
MENDELSSOHN Incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream
ORFF Carmina Burana
 

Saturday, July 14, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CORIGLIANO Symphony No.2
DVORÁK Cello Concerto

Sunday, July 15, 2:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Han-Na Chang, cello
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
MAHLER Rückert-Lieder
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole

Tuesday, July 17, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Pops Concert
John Williams, conductor
Program to include music of John Williams and a tribute to Harry Warren, composer of the music for Busby Berkely's films.

Wednesday , July 18, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM
Sonata in E-flat, D.568
Sonata in A, D.664
Moments musicaux, D.780


Thursday, July 19, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Emanuel Ax, piano
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
Pamela Frank, violin
William Hudgins, clarinet
DANIELPOUR Portraits, for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (world premiere)
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

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


8:30 p.m., Shed 
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements

Saturday, July 21, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Peter Serkin, piano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus - John Oliver, conductor
VERDI Four Sacred Pieces
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
 

Sunday, July 22, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
WAGNER Overture to Rienzi; Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser; Preludes to Acts I and III of Lohengrin 


Monday, July 23, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Yefim Bronfman, piano
BERG Sonata, Op. 1
SALONEN Dichotomie
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 7
BRAHMS Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5

Tuesday, July 24, Wednesday, July 25, 8 p.m., Theatre 
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor (L'Heure espagnole)
Robert Spano, conductor (L'Enfant)
David Kneuss, director (L'Heure espagnole)
John Michael Deegan and Sarah G. Conly, design
RAVEL L'Enfant et les sortilèges (concert performance)
RAVEL L'Heure espagnole (fully-staged production) 


Thursday, July 26, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Emerson String Quartet
Yefim Bronfman, piano
HAYDN Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No. 12 in D flat, Op. 133
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44 

Friday, July 27, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert 
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
 

8:30 p.m., Shed 
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
SHENG "From and Mountain" and "From the Savage Land" from Postcards
BERNSTEIN Serenade for violin, strings, harp, and percussion, after Plato's Symposium
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Saturday, July 28, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Katarina Karnéus, mezzo-soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
David Pittsinger, bass-baritone
HARBISON The Most Often Used Chords
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete ballet score)

Sunday, July 29, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

Tuesday, July 31, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
Tanglewood on Parade 
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

Seiji Ozawa, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, and André Previn, conductors
VERDI Overture to La forza del destino
BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem
BRUBECK Concerto for Pops Orchestra
WILLIAMS Music from Harry Potter
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

August

Wednesday, August 1, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Lydian String Quartet
Edwin Barker, double bass
Peggy Pearson, oboe
Arthur Haas, organ
Staging of Bach Cantata by Peter Sellars
Costumes by Dunya Ramicova
MESSIAEN Songs with piano
BACH Cantata No. 199, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut

Friday, August 3, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra


8:30 p.m., Shed 
Boston Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
BRITTEN Les Illuminations, for soprano and strings
MAHLER (arr. BRITTEN) "What the Wild Flowers Tell Me" (Minuet from Symphony No. 3)
MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Saturday, August 4, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
The George W. and Florence N. Adams Concert
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Deborah Voigt, soprano (Salome) 
Jane Henschel, mezzo-soprano (Herodias)
Katarina Karnéus, mezzo-soprano (Page)
Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor (Herod)
Christopher Ventris, tenor (Narraboth)
Falk Struckmann, baritone (Jochanaan)
David Cangelosi, Richard Clement, Mark
Schowalter, and Steven Goldstein, tenors (Jews)
Alfred Walker, bass-baritone (Soldier)
Michael Devlin, bass-baritone (Cappadocian)
Reinhard Hagen, bass (1st Nazarene)
Mark Risinger, bass (Jew)
Raymond Aceto, bass (Soldier)
STRAUSS Salome (concert performance with supertitles)

Sunday, August 5, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shed André Previn, conductor
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
PREVIN Diversions
MOZART Concert Aria, K.582, "Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia"
MOZART Concert Aria, K.583, "Vado, ma dove?"
STRAUSS Songs with orchestra
HAYDN Symphony No. 88

Wednesday, August 8, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Dawn Upshaw and Friends
Folk Songs - Songs of heart and home written and arranged by BARTOK, BERIO, STEPHEN FOSTER, IVES, and
others. 

Thursday, August 9, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
The Fromm Concert at Tanglewood
2001 Festival of Contemporary Music
Collage New Music

David Hoose, conductor
Janice Felty and Margaret Lattimore, mezzo-sopranos
HARBISON Motteti di Montale (complete) 

Friday, August 10, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra


8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
André Previn, conductor
Van Cliburn, piano
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
GRIEG Piano Concerto
DVORÁK Symphony No. 7

Saturday, August 11, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra 
Roberto Abbado, conductor
WUORINEN Machaut Mon Chou 
BRICH Voilin Concerto No. 1
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 

Sunday, August 12, 2:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
SMETANA "From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests" from Má Vlast
MARTINU Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No. 6)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2


Wednesday, August 15, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
HAYDN Divertimento in E-flat for horn, violin and cello, Hob. IV:5
BEETHOVEN String Trio in G, Op. 9, No.1
KIRCHNER Music for Twelve
STRAVINSKY Suite from L'Histoire du soldat

Friday, August 17, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Prelude Concert - Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor

8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Richard Goode, piano
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503
DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 

Saturday, August 18, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

Sunday, August 19, 2:30 p.m., Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert 
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

Roberto Abbado, conductor
Gianluca Cascioli, piano
BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique


Sunday, August 19, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
André Previn, piano
David Finck, double bass
A jazz evening with André Previn and David Finck

Monday, August 20, 8:30 p.m.. Shed
Boston Pops
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Program to include selections from the Pops’ Latin repertoire featuring a special appearance by the Mexican folk group Mariachi Cobre. 

Friday, August 24, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Tanglewood Music Center Faculty

8:30 p.m., Shed 
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Peter Serkin, piano
All-MOZART PROGRAM
Symphony No. 25
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, K.459
Symphony No. 39

Saturday, August 25, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 5


Sunday, August 26, 2:30 p.m., Shed
Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Carol Vaness, soprano
Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano
Robert Gambill, tenor
John Relyea, bass 
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 

Friday, August 3
Tanglewood Jazz Festival

September

Saturday, September 1, Sunday, September 2
Tanglewood Jazz Festival


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