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June

Friday, June 24, 7 p.m., Theatre
Saturday, June 25, 7 p.m., Theatre
BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 
Paul O"Dette and Stephen Stubbs, artistic co-directors
Lucy Graham, choreographer 
"Boris Goudenow (1710)" MATTHESON

Sunday, June 26, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Monday, June 27, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP 
Stefan Asbury, conductor
"Somebody's Coming to See Me Tonight" 
"Mosaic and United" FOSTER 
String Quartet No. 3, Mosaic COWELL
String Quartet No. 4, United (world premiere) COWELL 
La Création du monde, "Lucky Charms" MILHAUD 
Divertissement IBERT

Monday, June 27, 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. 
STRING QUARTET MARATHON 
Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center

July

Friday, July 1, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET 
HAYDN Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5
BARTOK Quartet No. 5
DVORAK Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, American 

Saturday, July 2, 5:45 p.m., Shed 
A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor 
Live broadcast 

Sunday, July 3, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA 
Kurt Masur, conductor 
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
DUTILLEUX The shadows of time
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

Monday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed 
Popular Artists Series 
JAMES TAYLOR 
Fireworks to follow the concert.

Tuesday, July 5, 7 p.m., Shed 
Popular Artists Series 
JAMES TAYLOR

Thursday, July 7, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
CHANTICLEER 
"Women, Saintly and Otherwise"
From moving tributes to the Virgin Mary to bawdy drinking songs, "Women, Saintly and Otherwise" explores the glories of the female muse, friend, lover, mother, artist, ruler, and temptress. Composers represented include JOSQUIN, MONTEVERDI, POULENC and AUGUSTA READ THOMAS.

Friday, July 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
Opening Night at Tanglewood 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus - John Oliver, conductor
The American Boychoir - Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, director
MAHLER Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand

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

Saturday, July 9, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Kurt Masur, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

Sunday, July 10, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Kurt Masur, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings

Sunday, July 10, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
CHAMBER MUSIC, VOCAL RECITAL 
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows

Tuesday, July 12, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Brian Zeger, piano
Program to include songs by SCHUBERT, STRAUSS, TCHAIKOVSKY, IVES and BOLCOM

Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA 
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows
A Sondheim Celebration
To celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 75th birthday, Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops and guest vocalists showcase the passion, wit, artistry and genius of one of the most significant composers of our time.

Thursday, July 14, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
BEAUX ARTS TRIO 
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Piano Trio No. 4 in D, Op. 70, No. 1, Ghost
Piano Trio No. 6 in B-flat, Op. 97, Archduke

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the first concert of the Beaux Arts Trio.

Friday, July 15, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
David Robertson, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
STRAVINSKY Concerto in E-flat, Dumbarton Oaks
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216
MOZART Rondo in C for violin and orchestra, K.373
HAYDN Symphony No. 88

Saturday, July 16, 10:30 a.m., Shed 
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m. 

Saturday, July 16, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA 
James Levine, conductor
Men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus - John Oliver, conductor
ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM
Die Walküre, Act 1
Götterdämmerung, Act 3

Sunday, July 17, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
James Levine, conductor
Peter Serkin, piano
HARBISON Darkbloom: Overture for an imagined opera
WUORINEN Piano Concerto No. 4
VARESE Amériques
GERSHWIN An American in Paris

Thursday, July 21, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
ALL-MENDELSSOHN PROGRAM
Quartet No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 12
Quartet No. 3 in D, Op. 44, No. 1
Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80

Friday, July 22, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
James Levine, conductor
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op.90
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op.73
 

Saturday, July 23, 10:30 a.m., Shed 
Open Rehearsal Saturday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m. 

Saturday, July 23, noon-4 p.m., Tanglewood Grounds 
TANGLEWOOD WINE AND FOOD CLASSIC 

Saturday, July 23, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
James Levine, conductor
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op.98
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op.68

Sunday, July 24, 10 a.m., Ozawa Hall 
CHAMBER MUSIC
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows 

Sunday, July 24, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Jens Georg Bachmann, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

Tuesday, July 26, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
VOCAL CHAMBER MUSIC
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows

Tuesday, July 26, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
Tanglewood on Parade 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA 
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA 
James Levine, Hans Graf and Bruce Hangen, conductors
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture, Op. 49

Fireworks to follow the concert.

Wednesday, July 27, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
ZUKERMAN CHAMBER PLAYERS 
BRIDGE Duo for two violas
MOZART String Quintet No. 1 in G minor, K.516
BRAHMS String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 111

Friday, July 29, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
WAGNER Overture to The Flying Dutchman
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

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

Saturday, July 30, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Hans Graf, conductor
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
RAVEL Shéhérazade
CANTELOUBE Selections from Songs of the Auvergne
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

Sunday, July 31, 10 a.m., Ozawa Hall 
CHAMBER MUSIC
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows 

Sunday, July 31, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
MOZART Symphony No. 29
RAVEL Piano Concerto in D, for the left hand
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

August

Tuesday, August 2, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Alexander Schmalcz, piano
Program to include songs by MAHLER, BERG and WAGNER

Wednesday, August 3, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 
Richard Tognetti, artistic director
Angela Hewitt, piano
VINE Smith's Alchemy
J.S. BACH Keyboard Concerto in D, BWV 1052
J.S. BACH Keyboard Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056
RAVEL (arr. TOGNETTI) Quartet in F

Thursday, August 4, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Festival of Contemporary Music 
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Ursula Oppens, piano
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Works by CARTER, DALLAPICCOLA, BOULEZ and BIRTWISTLE
This performance is part of the Festival of Contemporary Music--five days of new music performed by Tanglewood Music Center Fellows, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and guest artists.

Friday, August 5, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Festival of Contemporary Music 
NEW FROMM PLAYERS
Works by SKROWACZEWSKI, BENJAMIN, and HARBISON
This performance is part of the Festival of Contemporary Music--five days of new music performed by Tanglewood Music Center Fellows, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and guest artists.

Friday, August 5, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
CARTER Adagio tenebroso
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)

Saturday, August 6, 10:30 a.m., Shed 
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m. 

Saturday, August 6, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Festival of Contemporary Music 
Works by RAN, BROUWER, THOMAS, and BABBITT
This performance is part of the Festival of Contemporary Music--five days of new music performed by Tanglewood Music Center Fellows, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and guest artists.

Saturday, August 6, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Véronique Gens, soprano
Jonathan Biss, piano
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
"A questo seno...Or che il cielo," Concert aria, K.374
Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488
"Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene," Concert aria for soprano and orchestra with piano, K.505
Symphony No. 39

Sunday, August 7, 10 a.m., Ozawa Hall 
Festival of Contemporary Music 
William Sharp, baritone
Works by MAW, PERLE, WYNER, and MACKEY
This performance is part of the Festival of Contemporary Music--five days of new music performed by Tanglewood Music Center Fellows, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and guest artists.

Sunday, August 7, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus - John Oliver, conductor
BRAHMS
Nänie for chorus and orchestra, Op. 82
Gesang der Parzen for chorus and orchestra, Op. 89
Schicksalslied for chorus and orchestra, Op. 54
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Sunday, August 7, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
THE FROMM CONCERT AT TANGLEWOOD 
BERMEL Tied Shifts
RZEWSKI Les Moutons de Panurge
FITZELL violence
GORDON Dramamine

Monday, August 8, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Festival of Contemporary Music
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA 
Stefan Asbury, conductor
STUCKY Second Concerto for Orchestra
PHILIPS Out of Light
HYLA New Work (commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center)
This performance is part of the Festival of Contemporary Music--five days of new music performed by Tanglewood Music Center Fellows, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and guest artists.

Tuesday, August 9, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS 
Jonathan Biss, piano
David Wilson-Johnson, baritone
J.S. BACH (arr. MOZART) Preludes and Fugues for string trio, K. 404a
MOZART Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, K.452
J.S. BACH Cantata No. 82, Ich habe genug
BRAHMS Trio in E flat for horn, violin and piano, Op.40

Thursday, August 11, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
LEON FLEISHER 
J.S. BACH Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata No. 208 (arr. Petri)
KOSTON Messages I
PERLE Musical Offerings, for left hand alone
KIRCHNER Music for Left Hand
SESSIONS Four Pieces, From My Diary
J.S. BACH Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (arr. for left hand by Brahms)
SCHUBERT Sonata in B-flat, D.960

Friday, August 12, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Truls Mork, cello
Steven Ansell, viola
Awet Andemicael, soprano (The Boy)
Peter Bronder, tenor (Master Peter)
David Wilson-Johnson, baritone (Don Quixote)
Bob Brown Puppets
FALLA Master Peter's Puppet Show
STRAUSS Don Quixote, Op. 35

Saturday, August 13, 10:30 a.m., Shed 
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 13, 8:30 p.m., Shed  
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
James Conlon, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K.218
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 60, Leningrad

Sunday, August 14, 10 a.m., Ozawa Hall 
VOCAL CHAMBER MUSIC
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows

Sunday, August 14, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
James Conlon, conductor
Sir James Galway, flute
Ann Hobson Pilot, harp
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Overture to The Impresario
Concerto in C for flute, harp, and orchestra, K.299
Symphony No.38, Prague

Sunday, August 14, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS 
Keith Lockhart, conductor
New York Voices: Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan, Darmon Meader, Kim Nazarian
"All That Jazz"
The Boston Pops present an evening of the music that propelled jazz to the pinnacle of its popularity, including classic numbers by Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Benny Goodman. Award-winning vocal quartet, New York Voices, joins the orchestra for hip swing favorites.

Monday, August 15, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA 
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
STRAUSS Don Juan
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier 

Tuesday, August 16, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Emanuel Ax, piano
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Variations in F on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen"
from Mozart's The Magic Flute, Op. 66
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5, No. 1
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2
Variations in E-flat on "Bei Männern"
from Mozart's The Magic Flute, WoO 46
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69

Thursday, August 18, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall 
KALICHSTEIN-LAREDO-ROBINSON TRIO
MOZART Piano Trio in B-flat, K.502
TOWER For Daniel
BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87
 

Friday, August 19, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

Saturday, August 20, 10:30 a.m., Shed 
Open Rehearsal Saturday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m. 

Saturday, August 20, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Marin Alsop, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
ROUSE Rapture
BARBER Cello Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Sunday, August 21, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Peter Serkin, piano
ROSSINI Overture to be announced
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55, Eroica

Friday, August 26, 8:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Marek Janowski, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
MOZART Serenade No. 6 in D, K.239, Serenata notturna
HAYDN Cello Concerto in D
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2

Saturday, August 27, 10:30 a.m. 
Open Rehearsal Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m. 

Saturday, August 27, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Film Night at Tanglewood
BOSTON POPS 
John Williams, conductor
Josh Groban, vocalist
John Williams makes his only appearance of the 2005 season when he returns for the always-popular Film Night at Tanglewood. With the Boston Pops, he will recreate some of the great moments in Hollywood history. This year's concert features a special guest appearance by Josh Groban, the Grammy-nominated artist who has sold 13 million albums and recently completed a highly acclaimed U.S. tour.

Sunday, August 28, 2:30 p.m., Shed 
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
Marek Janowski, conductor
Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Kurt Streit, tenor
Alastair Miles, bass
Tanglewood Festival Chorus - John Oliver, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

September
 
Friday, September 2 - Sunday, September 4
Tanglewood Jazz Festival 
This season's Jazz Festival will take place the weekend of September 2 through 4, with evening and afternoon concerts. Details will be announced at a later date.


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