This just in from the BSO:
TANGLEWOOD OPENS 2007 SEASON
WITH PERFORMANCES BY THE MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP,
JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET, EMERSON STRING QUARTET,
AND THE NEW CARS,
JUNE 28-JULY 5
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
PERFORM SEASON’S FIRST CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS
“A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION” WITH GARRISON KEILLOR
BROADCASTS LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD ON JUNE 30
The 2007 Tanglewood season opens June 28-July 5 in Lenox,
Mass., with performances by the Mark Morris Dance Group, the Juilliard
String Quartet, and The New Cars, as well as a live broadcast of
Minnesota Public Radio’s A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison
Keillor. BSO Music Director James Levine leads Opening Night at
Tanglewood and launches the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood
season on Friday, July 6.
The Mark Morris Dance Group performs Purcell’s Dido and
Aeneas with Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra on June
28 and 29 in Ozawa Hall. These 8:30 p.m. performances, conducted by
Stefan Asbury and choreographed by Mark Morris, mark the renowned dance
company’s first Tanglewood appearance since June 2003. This
collaborative, interdisciplinary production also features the costume
designs of Christine van Loon, the scenic designs of Robert Bordo, and
the lighting designs of James F. Ingalls.
Garrison Keillor will host a live broadcast of Minnesota Public
Radio’s A Prairie Home Companion from the Koussevitzky Music Shed on
Saturday, June 30, at 5:45 p.m. The now-annual event has become the
popular radio program’s season finale and a Tanglewood tradition since
A Prairie Home Companion’s first live broadcast here in 1998.
The Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer,
violins; Lawrence Dutton, viola; and David Finckel, cello) perform an
all-Beethoven program at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 1, in Ozawa Hall.
The ensemble performs two of Beethoven’s late quartets: No. 15 in A
minor, Op. 132, and No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130, the latter with its
original finale, the Grosse Fuge.
The New Cars - comprising original members of the successful
and influential new-wave band The Cars as well as legendary glam-rocker
Todd Rundgren - will perform at 7 p.m. on July 4 in the Koussevitzky
Music Shed. The Tanglewood grounds open at 4 p.m., and the concert is
followed by fireworks over the Stockbridge Bowl.
The Juilliard String Quartet (Joel Smirnoff and Ronald Copes,
violins; Samuel Rhodes, viola; and Joel Krosnick, cello) will perform at
8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 5, in Ozawa Hall. The ensemble’s
all-Bartók program, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Juilliard
String Quartet, includes Quartets nos. 2, 4, and 6. The Juilliard
Quartet made history at Tanglewood on July 10 and 17, 1948, when they
became the first ensemble ever to perform the complete cycle of all six
Bartók string quartets, which they divided between two concerts given in
Tanglewood’s old Theatre-Concert Hall.
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER CONCERTS
The Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s
advanced music academy for young performers and composers, holds its
2007 Opening Exercises at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, July 9, in Ozawa Hall.
Maestro Levine will perform William 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.
In addition to the TMC’s work with the Mark Morris Dance
Group, Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center will present the TMC’s
annual String Quartet Marathon 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Monday, July 2, in
Ozawa Hall. TMC Fellows also will perform chamber music concerts at 10
a.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 1, in Ozawa Hall.
TANGLEWOOD TICKET INFORMATION
Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
is located in Lenox, Massachusetts. The 2007 season begins June 28 and
continues through Labor Day weekend, concluding with the annual Jazz
Festival. Tickets are currently on sale through Tanglewood’s website,
www.tanglewood.org, and through SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200. Tickets
for Opening Night at Tanglewood are priced at $2,500, $1,000, $500, $59,
$40, $28, and $19. Tickets for July 4 are priced at $21, $43, and $66.
Prices for the remainder of the Tanglewood season are $9-$99. All
ticket prices include a $1 Tanglewood grounds-maintenance fee.
Tickets are also available for purchase in person at the
Tanglewood Box Office at Tanglewood’s Main Gate on West Street in
Lenox, Massachusetts, beginning at 10 a.m. on June 15. American
Express, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Discover, personal checks, and
cash are all accepted at the Tanglewood Box Office. From June 15 to
June 25, the box office is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. Beginning June 26, the Tanglewood box
office is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m.
through intermission, and Sundays 10 a.m. through intermission. The
Tanglewood Box Office only sells tickets for performances at Tanglewood.
For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at
617-266-1492.
Tanglewood continues its Children’s Lawn Ticket Program,
which offers free lawn seating to children age 12 and under. Up to four
free children’s tickets are available per parent or legal guardian per
concert at the Tanglewood Box Office on the day of the concert.
Children admitted without charge must sit with their parent or legal
guardian on the lawn, and those under 5 years old must sit on the rear
half of the lawn. Children under 5 years are not permitted in the
Koussevitzky Music Shed or Seiji Ozawa Hall during concerts. All
patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. The free lawn-ticket
policy does not apply to organized groups of children.
From your reading pleasure, I've got a long feature in Globe North today about the Surfland shop on Plum Island. But it's better in print so you can see the pix.
This just in from the Boston Pops:
