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June
Saturday, June 25, 7 p.m. (gates open 4 p.m.), Shed
Earth Wind & Fire 40th Anniversary World Tour
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and six-time Grammy winners Earth, Wind, & Fire bring their 40th anniversary concert tour to Tanglewood.
Tuesday, June 28, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., Theater
String Quartet Marathon
Tanglewood Music Center Instrumental Fellows perform two two-hour concerts.
Tuesday, June 28, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Mark Morris Dance Group
Mark Morris, choreographer
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Isaac Mizrahi and Katherine M. Patterson, costume designers
Mark Morris Dance Group
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows
Program to include Renard (world premiere; BSO commission) with music by Stravinsky and Falling Down Stairs set to J.S. Bach Suite No. 3 in C for solo cello.
Wednesday, June 29, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., Theatre
String Quartet Marathon
Tanglewood Music Center Instrumental Fellows perform two two-hour concerts.
Wednesday, June 29, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Mark Morris Dance Group
Mark Morris, choreographer
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Isaac Mizrahi and Katherine M. Patterson, costume designers
Mark Morris Dance Group
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows
Program to include Renard (world premiere; BSO commission) with music by Stravinsky and Falling Down Stairs set to J.S. Bach Suite No. 3 in C for solo cello.
Thursday, June 30, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
James Taylor and guests
Singer/song writer James Taylor performs beloved songs in an intimate setting.
July
Friday, July 1, 8:30 p.m., Shed
James Taylor and the Boston Pops
John Williams, conductor
James Taylor, singer/songwriter
Boston Pops
Tanglewood's favorite singer joins "America's Orchestra," the Boston Pops, for a remarkable collaboration.
Saturday, July 2, 5:45 p.m., Shed
A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor
Live broadcast.
Sunday, July 3, 10 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC: Chamber Music Concert
Full-length chamber music concerts of both standard repertoire and contemporary works, performed by TMC Fellows.
Sunday, July 3, 7 p.m., Shed
Monday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed
The Essential James Taylor
James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his band of musicians for two performances.
Fireworks to follow the July 4 concert. Proceeds from the July 4 concert to benefit Tanglewood.
Tuesday, July 5, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
BARBER Second Essay for Orchestra
COPLAND Billy the Kid
BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety
Thursday, July 7, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Mark O'Connor String Quartet
Composer and virtuoso violinist Mark O'Connor introduces and performs a fascinating evening of his own music.
Friday, July 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Opening Night at Tanglewood
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Angela Meade, soprano
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
James Morris, bass
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
BELLINI Excerpts from Act 1 of Norma
VERDI Overture to La forza del destino
VERDI Trio from Act 3 of I lombardi
GABRIELI Canzonas for brass
ROSSINI Overture to La Cenerentola
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome, Symphonic Poem
Saturday, July 9, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday Program
Saturday, July 9, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Russell Thomas, tenor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
BERLIOZ Requiem
Sunday, July 10, 10 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC: Chamber Music Concert
Full-length chamber music concerts of both standard repertoire and contemporary works, performed by TMC Fellows.
Sunday, July 10, 2:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
HIGDON Loco
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy, for violin and orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Sunday, July 10, 8 p.m., Theatre
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal and Instrumental Fellows
Mark Morris, choreographer
Program to include MILHAUD 3 Operas-minutes
Monday, July 11, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Asbury, conductor
Program to be announced.
Tuesday, July 12, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Emerson String Quartet
HAYDN Andante and Menuet, Op. 103.
BARTÓK Quartet No. 6
SCHUBERT Quartet No. 15 in G, D.887
Thursday, July 14, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Saleem Abboud Ashkar, piano
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 8 in G for violin and piano, Op. 30
SCHUMANN Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violin and piano, Op. 121
FRANCK Sonata in A for violin and piano
Friday, July 15, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, Spring
Saturday, July 16, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal, Saturday Program
Saturday, July 16, 8:30 p.m., Shed
All-Sibelius Program
Boston Symphony Orchestra
John Storgaards, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
SIBELIUS Finlandia
SIBELIUS Valse triste
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
Sunday, July 17, 10 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC: Chamber Music Concert
Full-length chamber music concerts of both standard repertoire and contemporary works, performed by TMC Fellows.
Sunday, July 17, 2:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Kelli O'Hara, actress/vocalist
Jason Danieley, actor/vocalist
Two of Broadway's most acclaimed stars join Keith Lockhart for a program of Pops orchestral favorites and a tribute to Cole Porter.
Sunday, July 17, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
DUKAS L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
KODÁLY Háry János Suite
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
Wednesday, July 20, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
RAVEL Complete Works for Piano, Program 1
Serenade grotesque
Menuet antique
Miroirs
Sonatine
Gaspard de la nuit
Thursday, July 21, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
RAVEL Complete Works for Piano, Program 2
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jeux d'eau
Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Prélude
A la manière de Borodine
A la manière de Chabrier
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Friday, July 22, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
All-Baroque Program
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
All-Baroque program to include arias by HANDEL and GLUCK, plus popular orchestral works by BACH and RAMEAU.
Saturday, July 23, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday Program
Saturday, July 23, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
STUCKY Rhapsodies
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Sunday, July 24, 10 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC: Chamber Music Concert
Full-length chamber music concerts of both standard repertoire and contemporary works, performed by TMC Fellows.
Sunday, July 24, 2:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
All-Ravel Program
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
RAVEL Piano Concerto in D for the left hand
RAVEL Boléro
Monday, July 25, 7:30 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
DEBUSSY "Nuages" and "Fêtes" from Nocturnes
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Tuesday, July 26, 7 p.m. (gates open 4 p.m.), Shed
Steely Dan Shuffle Diplomacy Twenty Eleven
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and four-time Grammy winners Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, better known as the band Steely Dan, bring their unique sound and repertoire of hits to Tanglewood.
Friday, July 29, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf, conductor
Leon Fleisher, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K.414
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Saturday, July 30, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday Program
Saturday, July 30, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
All-Brahms Program
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Peter Serkin, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Sunday, July 31, 10:00 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC: Chamber Music Concert
Full-length chamber music concerts of both standard repertoire and contemporary works, performed by TMC Fellows.
Sunday, July 31, 2:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1 in C
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
August
Tuesday, August 2, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Tanglewood On Parade
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Stefan Asbury, conductor
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
John Williams, conductor
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music
WILLIAMS Suite from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Fireworks to follow the concert.
Wednesday, August 3, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Festival of Contemporary Music
Charles Wuorinen, conductor
WUORINEN It Happens Like This (world premiere)
Thursday, August 4, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Festival of Contemporary Music
Charles Wuorinen, conductor
Signal, guest ensemble; Brad Lubman, conductor
Works by PICKER, ECKARDT, FERNEYHOUGH and ZORN (world premiere, TMC commission)
Friday, August 5, 2:30 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Festival of Contemporary Music
Works by BEGLARIAN, HYLA, FESTINGER, WALLEN and PETERSON
Friday, August 5, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Saturday, August 6, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday Program
Saturday, August 6, 2:30 p.m., Theatre
Festival of Contemporary Music
Works by FLYNN, KONDO and KEREN
Saturday, August 6, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sean Newhouse, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
JALBERT Music of air and fire
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Sunday, August 7, 10 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Festival of Contemporary Music
Works by BABBITT, FULMER, DAWE and KARCHIN
Sunday, August 7, 2:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
SMETANA The Moldau
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Sunday, August 7, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Festival of Contemporary Music
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Works by LARA, KONDO, NORMAN and FELDER
Monday, August 8, 7 p.m., Shed
Train
Top-selling and Grammy Award-winning band Train plays songs from their latest release, Save Me, San Francisco, and more.
Tuesday, August 9, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
André Previn, piano
MARTINŮ Les Madrigaux, for winds
PREVIN Octet for Eleven, winds, brass, and strings
MILHAUD La Cheminée du Roi René, suite for wind quintet, Op. 205
MOZART Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478
Wednesday, August 10, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Stephanie Blythe and Friends
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Alan Smith , piano
Andrew Jennings, violin
Norman Fischer, cello
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
SMITH Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman, for mezzo-soprano, violin, cello, and piano
SMITH An Unknown Sphere, for mezzo-soprano and chorus (world premiere; BSO commission)
plus early American popular songs and choruses
Friday, August 12, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Pepe Romero, guitar
BIZET Preludes from Carmen
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar and orchestra
BOCCHERINI/BERIO Ritirata notturna di Madrid
FALLA Interlude and First Dance from La vida breve
GRANADOS Intermezzo from Goyescas
GIMÉNEZ Intermezzo from La boda de Luís Alonso
Saturday, August 13, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal, Saturday Program
Saturday, August 13, 8:30 p.m.
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Sunday, August 14, 10 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC: Chamber Music Concert
Full-length chamber music concerts of both standard repertoire and contemporary works, performed by TMC Fellows.
Sunday, August 14, 2:30 p.m., Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
BRAHMS Nänie
BRAHMS Schicksalslied, for chorus and orchestra
BRAHMS Alto Rhapsody, for mezzo-soprano, male chorus, and orchestra
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Sunday, August 14, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Emanuel Ax, piano
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Anthony McGill, clarinet
BRAHMS Trio in A minor for clarinet
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 3 in A for cello and piano, Op. 69
Tuesday, August 16, 7:30 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Dominique Labelle, (Angelica)
Susanne Rydén, (Dorinda)
Diana Moore, (Medoro)
Clint van der Linde, (Orlando)
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, (Zoroastro)
HANDEL Orlando
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Friday, August 19, 8:30 p.m.
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Martin Helmchen, piano
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Saturday, August 20, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday Program
Saturday, August 20, 2:30 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Family Concert
The Family Concert is designed to engage and inspire children through music and programs for young audiences. This year's concert features returning artists Classical Tangent. There will be pre-concert activities in the Ozawa Tent. Tickets are $10, and children 17 and younger are free.
Saturday, August 20, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Film Night at Tanglewood
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Morgan Freeman, narrator
Film Night celebrates the music of the movies. John Williams is joined by frequent collaborator Gil Shaham in a program featuring film music arranged for violin and orchestra. Also on the program will be Mr. Williams' nostalgic evocation of early 20th-century America, The Reivers, with special guest narrator, Morgan Freeman.
Sunday, August 21, 2:30 p.m., Shed
All-Mozart Program
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Benedetto Lupo, piano
MOZART Chaconne from Idomeneo
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456
MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Sunday, August 21, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey
John Pizzarelli, guitar and vocals
Jessica Molaskey, vocals
Thursday, August 25, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Brad Mehldau, piano
An evening with jazz pianist Brad Mehldau.
Friday, August 26, 8:30 p.m., Shed
Porgy and Bess
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Alfred Walker, (Porgy)
Laquita Mitchell, soprano (Bess)
Nicole Cabell, (Clara)
Marquita Lister, soprano (Serena)
Gwendolyn Brown, contralto (Maria)
Calvin Lee, tenor (Mingo, Nelson, Crab Man)
Jermaine Smith, tenor (Sportin' Life)
Gregg Baker, baritone (Crown)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess
Saturday, August 27, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday Program
Saturday, August 27, 8:30 p.m., Shed
All-Beethoven Program
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violin
BEETHOVEN Romances Nos. 1 and 2 for violin and orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Sunday, August 28, 2:30 p.m.
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Joyce El-Khoury, soprano
Margaret Gawrysiak, mezzo-soprano
Garrett Sorenson, tenor
Eric Owens, bass
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
September
September 2, 3 and 4, noon
Tanglewood Wine and Food Classic
September 2-4
Tanglewood Jazz Festival
The Tanglewood Jazz Festival is held Labor Day Weekend.
Friday, September 2, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Robin McKelle Quartet
Michael Kaeshammer Quintet
Saturday, September 3, 2 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
"Jazz Inspired"
Live taping of Judy Carmichael's "Jazz Inspired" with host Judy Carmichael and special guests from the world of jazz, Broadway and Hollywood to be announced.
Saturday, September 3, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Latin Jazz Tribute
A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao with Federico Britos Sextet and John Santos Sextet as featured in the "American Masters"/PBS documentary "Cachao: Uno Mas."
Sunday, September 4, 2 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
Coast to Coast Sextet
Coast to Coast Sextet featuring NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb Mingus Orchestra conducted by NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller.
Sunday, September 4, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall
"Sing The Truth"
Sing the Truth: Celebrating the History of Women Vocalists at Tanglewood with Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright.
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