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June

Thursday, June 29, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Program 1
Sonata No. 4 in E-flat, Op. 7
Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101
Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 2
Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata

Friday, June 30, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET
SCHUBERT Quartet in A minor, D.804, Rosamunde
VINAO Quartet No. 2, The Loss and the Silence
BRAHMS Quartet No. 3 in B-flat, Op.67

July

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

Sunday, July 2, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Program 2
Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, No. 1
Sonata No. 11 in B-flat, Op. 22
Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1
Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2,
Moonlight

Tuesday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed
Artist to be announced

Thursday, July 6, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Program 3
Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, Tempest
Sonata No. 12 in A-flat, Op. 26, Funeral March
Sonata No. 18 in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1

Friday, July 7, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

Friday, July 7, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
SONDRA RADVANOVSKY, soprano
WENDY WHITE, mezzo-soprano
CLIFTON FORBIS, tenor
JOHN RELYEA, bass-baritone
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

Saturday, July 8, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Sunday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BERNARD HAITINK, conductor
EMANUEL AX, piano
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482
DEBUSSY Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune
ROUSSEL Symphony No. 3

Sunday, July 9, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BERNARD HAITINK, conductor
JOSHUA BELL, violin
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 1

Sunday, July 9, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Program 4
Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3
Sonata No. 13 in E-flat, Op. 27, No. 1
Sonata No. 29 in B-flat, Op. 106, Hammerklavier

Tuesday, July 11, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano
GIL SHAHAM, violin
TRULS MORK, cello
ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat, D.898
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat, D.929

Wednesday, July 12, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
KEITH LOCKHART, conductor
Guest vocalists
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
VOCAL FELLOWS
Bernstein on Broadway
The Pops celebrates the work of one of Tanglewood's most beloved figures, Leonard Bernstein.

Thursday, July 13, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Program 5
Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2
Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79
Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2
Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, Les Adieux

Friday, July 14, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY

Friday, July 14, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
CHRISTINE BREWER, soprano (Tove)
WALTRAUD MEIER, mezzo-soprano
(Wood Dove)
JOHAN BOTHA, tenor (Waldemar)
MATTHEW POLENZANI, tenor (Klaus Narr)
EIKE WILM SCHULTE, baritone (Peasant)
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
SCHOENBERG Gurrelieder

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
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
LISA GASTEEN, soprano (Elektra)
CHRISTINE BREWER, soprano (Chrysothemis)
FELICITY PALMER, mezzo-soprano
(Klytemnestra)
ALAN HELD, bass-baritone (Orest)
SIEGFRIED JERUSALEM, tenor (Aegist)
CLAUDIA WAITE, soprano (Overseer)
JENNIFER CHECK, MARJORIE ELINOR DIX
and SANDRA LOPEZ, sopranos;
MARY PHILLIPS, mezzo-soprano;
ELLEN RABINER, alto (Maids)
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
VOCAL FELLOWS
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
STRAUSS Elektra
Concert performance with supertitles

Sunday, July 16, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SIR ANDREW DAVIS, conductor
JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
KODALY Dances of Galanta
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
DVORAK Symphony No. 6

Sunday, July 16, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Program 6
Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49, No. 1
Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3
Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp, Op. 78
Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, Waldstein

Tuesday, July 18, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Program 7
Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2
Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, Pastoral
Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54
Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathetique

Wednesday, July 19, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM
Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138
Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp, Op. 142
Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth

Thursday, July 20, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Program 8
Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109
Sonata No. 31 in A-flat, Op. 110
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Friday, July 21, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY

Friday, July 21, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor and piano (concert aria)
SUSAN GRAHAM, mezzo-soprano
RICHARD GOODE, piano (piano concerto)
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
"Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene,"
K.505, Concert aria with piano obbligato
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth

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 LEVINE, conductor
MARIUSZ KWIECIEN, baritone (Don Giovanni)
MICHELE PERTUSI, baritone (Leporello)
BARBARA FRITTOLI, soprano (Donna Anna)
SOILE ISOKOSKI, soprano (Donna Elvira)
HEIDI GRANT MURPHY, soprano (Zerlina)
MATTHEW POLENZANI, tenor (Don Ottavio)
PATRICK CARFIZZI, baritone (Masetto)
MORRIS ROBINSON, bass (Commendatore)
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
MOZART Don Giovanni
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth
Concert performance with supertitles

Sunday, July 23, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
HEI-KYUNG HONG, soprano
SUSAN GRAHAM, mezzo-soprano
KENNETH TARVER, tenor
JOHN RELYEA, bass-baritone
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Serenade No. 9 in D, K.320, Posthorn
Requiem
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth

Tuesday, July 25, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Tanglewood on Parade
Boston Symphony Orchestra
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, KEITH LOCKHART and JOHN WILLIAMS, conductors
Program to include: TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Fireworks to follow the concert

Thursday, July 27, 8:00 p.m., Theater
Friday, July 28, 2:30 p.m., Theater
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor (Carter)
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOWS
DOUG FITCH, director and designer
HINDEMITH Hin und zurlick
STRAVINSKY Mavra
CARTER What Next? (American stage premiere)
Fully-staged productions, sung in English

Friday, July 28, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY

Friday, July 28, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
LUDOVIC MORLOT, conductor
ANDRE WATTS, piano
BERLIOZ Le Corsaire Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
PERLE Transcendental Modulations
RAVEL La Valse

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
HANS GRAF, conductor
GIL SHAHAM, violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete)

Sunday, July 30, 2:30 p.m., Shed
The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KURT MASUR, conductor
MIDORI, violin
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

August

Wednesday, August 2, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
KREMERATA BALTICA
GIDON KREMER, artistic director and soloist
MOZART The Complete Violin Concertos, Program 1
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, K.211
Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, K.207
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216
Serenade No. 6 in D, K.239, Serenata notturna
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth

Thursday, August 3, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
KREMERATA BALTICA
GIDON KREMER, artistic director and soloist
MOZART The Complete Violin Concertos, Program 2
MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K.218
RASKATOV Five Minutes in the Life of WAM
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K.219
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth

Friday, August 4, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY

Friday, August 4, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DONALD RUNNICLES, conductor
YO-YO MA, cello
JANACEK Idyll, for strings
GOLIJOV Cello Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations

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 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, Resurrection

Sunday, August 6, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DONALD RUNNICLES, conductor
CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS, piano
MOZART Symphony No. 38, Prague
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor

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
HARRY BICKET, conductor
COREY CEROVSEK, violin
LORRAINE HUNT LIEBERSON, mezzo-soprano
J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D
J.S. BACH Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042
HANDEL Selected arias
HANDEL Royal Fireworks Music

Saturday, August 12, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Saturday program; Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 12, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Film Night at Tanglewood
BOSTON POPS ESPLANADE ORCHESTRA

Sunday, August 13, 2:30 p.m., Shed
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, conductor
BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures
of Prometheus
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Tuesday, August 15, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS
MOZART Serenade No. 12 in C minor for winds, K.388
GANDOLFI Plain Song, Fantastic Dances
SCHUBERT String Quintet in C, D.956

Thursday, August 17, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
THE TALLIS SCHOLARS
From Dresden to Innsbruck
Recognized as one of the world's leading Renaissance choirs, The Tallis Scholars will perform a program to include music by Isaac, Schutz and Hassler, plus the Miserere by Allegri.

Friday, August 18, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY

Friday, August 18, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
ANN HOBSON PILOT, harp
JOSEP COLOM, piano
TURINA (orch. Fruhbeck de Burgos) Theme
and Variations, for harp and strings
FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for piano
and orchestra
DEBUSSY La Mer
RAVEL Bolero

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
HERBERT BLOMSTEDT, conductor
HILARY HAHN, violin
DVORAK Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Sunday, August 20, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
PETER SERKIN, piano
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 2

Sunday, August 20, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS ESPLANADE ORCHESTRA
KEITH LOCKHART, conductor
ROCKAPELLA
Our '70s Show
Joined by America's leading a cappella vocal group, Rockapella, the Pops presents an evening of musical hits from the 1970s.

Wednesday, August 23, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
YO-YO MA, cello
EMANUEL AX, piano
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
To include:
Variations in G on "See the Conquering Hero Comes" from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2

Friday, August 25, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY

Friday, August 25, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, conductor
IMOGEN COOPER, piano
BERNSTEIN Shivaree
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
FALLA The Three-cornered Hat (complete)

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
HERBERT BLOMSTEDT, conductor
EMANUEL AX, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

Sunday, August 27, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 4
Symphony No. 7

September

Friday, September 1 - Sunday, September 3
Tanglewood Jazz Festival
This season's Jazz Festival will take place the weekend of September 1 through 3, with evening and afternoon concerts. Details will be announced at a later date.


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