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June
Friday, June 26,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Emerson String Quartet
Paul Neubauer, viola
IVES Quartet No. 1
DVORAK Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, The American
BARBER Adagio, from Quartet, Op. 11
DVORAK String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97, American
Saturday, June 27, 5:45 p.m., Shed
A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor
Live Broadcast
Sunday, June 28, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Juilliard String Quartet
ALL-HAYDN PROGRa.m.
Sun Quartets
Quartet No. 27 in D, Op. 20, No. 4
Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3
Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Quartet No. 25 in C, Op. 20, No. 2
Monday, June 29, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows
SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela
SIBELIUS Tapiola
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
July
Thursday, July 2,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
J.S. BACH Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828
SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15
BEETHOVEN Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120
Friday, July 3, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Opening Night at Tanglewood
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
Saturday, July 4,
7 p.m., Shed
Diana Krall, vocalist and pianist
Grounds open at 4 p.m. Fireworks to follow the concert.
Sunday, July 5, 2:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
Sunday, July 5,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Alexander Lonquich, piano
BEETHOVEN The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Program 1
Sonata No. 1 in D, Op. 12, No. 1
Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 12, No. 2
Sonata No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 12, No. 3
Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
Tuesday, July 7, Tuesday
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Alexander Lonquich, piano
BEETHOVEN The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Program 2
Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, Spring
Sonata No. 6 in A, Op. 30, No. 1
Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2
Thursday, July 9,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Alexander Lonquich, piano
BEETHOVEN The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Program 3
Sonata No. 8 in G, Op. 30, No. 3
Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, Kreutzer
Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96
Friday, July 10, Friday
8:30 p.m., Shed
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
NIELSEN Helios Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Saturday, July 11, 10:30
a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Sunday program
Saturday, July 11, 8:30 p.m., Shed
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
John Oliver, conductor
James Morris, bass-baritone (Hans Sachs)
Johan Botha, tenor (Walter von Stolzing)
Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano (Eva)
Maria Zifchak, mezzo-soprano (Magdalene)
Matthew Polenzani, tenor (David)
Hans-Joachim Ketelsen, baritone (Sixtus Beckmesser)
Julien Robbins, bass-baritone (Veit Pogner)
TMC Vocal Fellows (Mastersingers)
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act III
Sung in German with English supertitles
Sunday, July 12, 2:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
DVORAK Symphony No. 8
Tuesday, July 14,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, director
"Les Goûts Réunis"
LULLY Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
BIBER Battalia à 10
CORELLI Concerto IV in D
HANDEL Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6
SCARLATTI/AVISON Concerto IX in Seven Parts
BOCCHERINI La Musica notturna di Madrid
Wednesday, July 15,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, director
F. Murray Abraham, actor
"Stage Music in the Plays of William Shakespeare"
JOHNSON Jacobean Masque and Stage Music
LOCKE Music for The Tempest
PURCELL The Fairy Queen
Friday, July 17, 8:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
Leon Fleisher, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488
MAHLER Symphony No. 6
Saturday, July 18, 10:30
a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Sunday program
Saturday, July 18, 8:30
p.m., Shed
Film Night at Tanglewood
John Williams, conductor
John Williams returns to lead the Boston Pops and special guests in his annual celebration of music from the movies. This year's program is a tribute to the legacy of Warner Bros. Pictures and will include film and musical excerpts from some of the studio's legendary
movies including selections from Mr. Williams' own scores for Superman and
Harry Potter.
Sunday, July 19, 2:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
All-Mozart Program
MOZART Symphony No. 39
MOZART Symphony No. 40
MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Monday, July 20,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellow
Works for chamber orchestra
Wednesday, July 22, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
All-American Program
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Craig Rutenberg, piano
To include songs by IVES, GRIFFES, CARPENTER and BARBER
Friday, July 24, 8:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
Steven Ansell, viola
BERLIOZ Le Corsaire Overture
BERLIOZ Harold in Italy, for viola and orchestra
MUSSORGSKY Prelude to Khovanshchina
MUSSORGSKY (orch. RAVEL) Pictures at an Exhibition
Saturday, July 25, 10:30
a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Saturday program
Saturday, July 25, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
John Oliver, conductor
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone
BRAHMS A German Requiem
Sunday, July 26, 2:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
David Robertson, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Orli Shaham, piano
HARRIS Symphony No. 3
THOMSON Five Songs from William Blake
BARBER Songs with Orchestra
BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety
Sunday, July 26, 7:30
p.m., Theatre
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
Ira Siff, director
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
John Oliver, conductor
MOZART Don Giovanni
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Monday, July
27, 7:30 p.m., Theatre
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
Ira Siff, director
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
John Oliver, conductor
MOZART Don Giovanni
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Tuesday, July 28, 8:30
p.m., Shed
Tanglewood On Parade
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
Keith Lockhart, conductor
John Williams, conductor
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
ROSSINI Overture to William Tell
ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
WILLIAMS Tributes: For Seiji
COPLAND A Lincoln Portrait
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Grounds open at 2 p.m. with family activities and music throughout the afternoon.
Fireworks follow the concert.
Wednesday, July
29, 7:30 p.m., Theatre
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA
James Levine, conductor
Ira Siff, director
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
John Oliver, conductor
MOZART Don Giovanni
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Thursday, July 30,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Celebrating Sir James Galway's 70th Birthday
Sir James Galway, flute
Lady Jeanne Galway, flute
Phillip Moll, piano
Friday, July 31, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
DEBUSSY La Mer
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
August
Saturday, August
1, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Sunday program
Saturday, August 1, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Sir James Galway, flute
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
COPLAND Appalachian Spring (complete)
MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute
MOZART Flute Concerto No. 2
Plus musical surprises especially for the occasion
Sunday, August 2, 2:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Monday, August 3,
8 p.m., Shed
All-Stravinsky Program
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA AND VOCAL FELLOWS
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellow
Peter Serkin, piano
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete)
STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Winds
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
Wednesday, August 5
and Thursday, August 6, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Mark Morris Dance Group
Mark Morris, choreographer
Emanuel Ax, piano
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Martin Pakledinaz, costume designer
James F. Ingalls, lighting designer
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows
New work (world premiere)
IVES Trio for piano, violin, and cello
'A Lake'
HAYDN Horn Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 4 in C for cello and piano, Op. 102, No. 1
Friday, August 7
and Saturday, August 8, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Sunday, August 9, 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Monday, August 10 and Tuesday, August 11, 8 p.m., Ozawa
Hall
2009 Festival of Contemporary Music
Augusta Read Thomas, Festival Director
Five days of new music performed by TMC Fellows, the Boston Symphony
Orchestra and guest artists. The 2009 Festival will include a wide variety of styles and will also highlight the work of young, emerging composers, including three world premieres.
Tuesday's conclusion, the Fromm Concert at Tanglewood, features pianist
Nicolas Hodges.
Friday, August 7, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Chris Botti, trumpet
Saturday, August 8, 10:30 a.m.
Open Rehearsal Sunday program
Saturday, August 8,
noon, Tanglewood Grounds
7th Annual Tanglewood Wine and Food Classic
Festivities include a wine auction and dinner, winemaker reception and the Grand Tasting from
12 to 4 p.m.. Taste premium wines and feast on fabulous specialty foods. Meet renowned chefs from the Berkshires,
Boston and New York, as they demonstrate their skills and share kitchen secrets throughout the day. Last year, the event sold out, so purchase your tickets in advance to guarantee your place.
Saturday, August 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
John Oliver, conductor
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Markus Werba, baritone
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
ORFF Carmina burana
Sunday, August 9, 2:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Julian Kuerti, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
PERLE Sinfonietta No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1
FAURÉ Elégie, for cello and orchestra
BIZET Symphony in C
Wednesday, August 12, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Boston Symphony Chamber Players with André Previn
André Previn, piano
VILLA-LOBOS Quintette en forme de chôros, for wind quintet
PREVIN New work (2009)
BRAHMS Quintet in F minor for piano and strings, Op. 34
Friday, August 14, 8:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Saturday, August 15, 10:30
a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Sunday program
Saturday, August 15, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
André Previn, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
RAVEL La Valse
Sunday, August 16, 2:30
p.m., Shed
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
Kurt Masur, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Sunday, August 16,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
André Previn, piano
David Finck, bass
André Previn and frequent collaborator David Finck return to Ozawa Hall for an evening of jazz favorites.
Wednesday, August 19
and Thursday, August 20, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor and host
Pat Birch, director
Judy Blazer, performer
Neal Benari, performer
Ronit Widmann-Levy, performer
Eugene Brancoveanu, performer
THOMAS The
Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater
Friday, August 21, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Kurt Masur, conductor
David Fray, piano
HAYDN Symphony No. 88
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
Saturday, August 22, 10:30
a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal Sunday program
Saturday, August 22, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Family Concert
Program and artists to be announced
Saturday, August 22, 8:30
p.m., Shed
All-Mendelssohn Program
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Kurt Masur, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Overture
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian
Sunday, August 23, 2:30
p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS
John Oliver, conductor
Erin Wall, soprano
Kendall Gladen, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton, tenor
Raymond Aceto, bass
IVES Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day, for chorus and orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Thursday, August 27,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
James Taylor and Band: Conversations Among Friends
James Taylor presides over an informal and intimate evening of conversation and performance with members of his legendary band.
Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29, 7 p.m., Shed
James Taylor with Sheryl Crow and Yo-Yo Ma
James Taylor, singer/songwriter
Sheryl Crow, performer
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
James Taylor and his band return to the Shed stage and are joined by special guests in two unforgettable evenings.
Sunday, August 30, 2:30 p.m., Shed
James Taylor with John Williams and the Boston Pops
John Williams, conductor
James Taylor, singer/songwriter
Two Tanglewood favorites reunite in concert for the season finale.
September
September 4-6
Tanglewood Jazz Festival
The Tanglewood Jazz Festival is held Labor Day Weekend. All-day Jazz
Lawn Passes are available for Saturday, September 5 and Sunday,
September 6.
Friday, September 4,
8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
An evening with Paquito d'Rivera
Saturday, September 5, 2 p.m., Ozawa Hall
"Radio Deluxe" with John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molasky
Jessica Molasky, musician
John Pizzarelli, vocalist/guitarist
Saturday, September 5, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Regina Carter Quintet
Nnenna Freelon, vocalist
Harolyn Blackwell, musician
Regina Carter, musician
"Dreaming the Duke" with Nnenna Freelon and Harolyn Blackwell
Sunday, September 6, 2 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Kenny Barron, pianist
Mulgrew Miller, pianist
Piano Duet with Kenny Barron and Mulgrew Miller
Sunday, September 6, 8 p.m.,Tanglewood Grounds
A Celebration of the History of Jazz Trumpet
The Jon Faddis Quartet with Special Guest Trumpeters
A celebration of the history of jazz trumpet performing music from trumpet
pioneers Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.
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