Tanglewood Music Center's 2007 season announced

...and here's the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DATE: April 19, 2007 

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER’S 2007 SEASON 

TMC FELLOWS TO PARTICPATE IN PERFORMANCES OF VERDI’S “DON CARLO,” MOZART’S “COSÍ FAN TUTTE,” BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY, ROGERS AND HAMERSTEIN’S “CAROUSEL,” AND MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP PERFORMANCES OF PURCELL’S “DIDO AND AENEAS” 

     The Tanglewood Music Center - the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s
renowned summer music academy - opens its 2007 summer session on June 28
and 29 collaborating with the Mark Morris Dance Group in performances of
Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, and closes the session on August 19 with a
performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under the direction of
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. 

     Highlights of the Tanglewood Music Center’s 67th season include
BSO Music Director James Levine leading the TMC Orchestra (TMCO) and
Vocal Fellows and a cast of internationally renowned singers in a
concert performance of Verdi’s opera Don Carlo (July 28), Maestro
Levine conducting TMC vocalists and instrumentalists in staged
performances of Mozart’s Così fan tutte (August 11-14), and TMC Vocal
Fellows performing in a concert performance of Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s Carousel (July 10) with Keith Lockhart and the Boston
Pops.  Other highlights include a discussion of theater and popular
music of 1930s with composers John Williams and Milton Babbitt.

     TMC fellows will also be featured in Tanglewood on Parade, an
all-day musical celebration culminating in an evening concert featuring
the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Tanglewood
Music Center Orchestra, under the direction of James Levine, John
Williams, Keith Lockhart, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. 

     Opening Exercises for this summer’s TMC season will be at 2:30
p.m. on Monday, July 9, in Ozawa Hall.  Maestro Levine will perform
Bolcom’s brief Graceful Ghost (Rag) for solo piano during Opening
Exercises, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra will perform music
of Holst, Ravel, and Bartók at an 8:30 p.m. concert that day.

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