Tickets for the 2010 Tanglewood season, including performances by James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, June 26-September 5, go on sale this Sunday, Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, online at tanglewood.org or by phone through SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, as well as at the Symphony Hall box office. Hint for the fanatical: Online sales begin at 8 a.m., SymphonyCharge and box office sales at 10 a.m. Regular season ticket prices range from $9-$115. Tickets for open rehearsals are $17. In-person sales at the box office at Tanglewood begin June 18.
The BSO's Tanglewood season opens on July 9 with Music Director Levine leading the orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, featuring soprano Layla Claire and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, along with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Other highlights include former BSO music director Seiji Ozawa leading an all-Brahms program July 24. (And by the way, the Tanglewood site has sold out of tickets for all three James taylor-Carole King concerts in July, though the performers' web sites may have more.) A complete schedule is after the jump.
(Pic: Christian Tetzlaff performs with James Levine. By Hilary Scott.)
2010 Tanglewood Season Listing
All programs and artists are subject to change.
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Indicates Former TMC Fellow, at Tanglewood to celebrate the 70th
anniversary
of the Tanglewood Music Center.
Saturday, June 26, 5:45 p.m. Shed
A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood
with Garrison Keillor
Live broadcast
Sunday June 27, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., Theatre
Monday June 28 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., Theatre
Tanglewood Music Center Instrumental Fellows
String Quartet Marathon
Fourteen string quartets
performing
music by HAYDN, SCHUMANN, and others
Sunday, June 27, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Monday, June 28, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Mark Morris Dance Group
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows
Mark Morris, choreographer
Sang-Froid
CHOPIN Selected solo piano works
Grand Duo
HARRISON Grand Duo for Violin and Piano
Mosaic and United
COWELL String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4
New Work
BEETHOVEN Folk song arrangements
Friday, July 2, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Pops Concert
Keith Lockhart, conductor
A tribute to the legacies of
Arthur Fiedler, John Williams, and Keith Lockhart, in celebration of
the 125th Anniversary of the Boston Pops
Saturday, July 3, 7 p.m. Shed
Sunday, July 4, 7 p.m. Shed
Monday, July 5, 7 p.m. Shed
James Taylor and Carole King
James Taylor and Carole King
return to Tanglewood for three spectacular evenings as part of their
2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour, featuring a band of legendary musicians
Fireworks to follow the July 4 concert
Proceeds from the July 4
concert to benefit Tanglewood
Monday, July 5, 8p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
FALLA Suite from El amor brujo
ALBÉNIZ (orch. FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS)
Selections from Suite española, Iberia
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol
DEBUSSY La Mer
Tuesday, July 6, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Emerson String Quartet
David Shifrin, clarinet
J.S. BACH (arr. MOZART) Fugues from
The Well-Tempered Clavier, K.405
MOZART Quartet No. 19 in C, K.465, Dissonance
MOZART Clarinet Quintet in
A, K.581
Friday, July 9, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
Friday, July 9, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists
Friday, July 9, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Opening Night at Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Layla Claire, soprano˚
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano˚
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
Fireworks to follow the
concert
Saturday, July 10, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, July 10, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, July 10, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Gerhard Oppitz, piano
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
King Stephen Overture
Piano Concerto No. 3
Symphony No. 5
Sunday, July 11, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
MOZART Serenade No. 6 in D, Serenata notturna
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
Monday, July 12 8p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
J.S. BACH (arr. WEBERN) Ricercare from The
Musical Offering
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5
CARTER What are Years (American Premiere)
STRAUSS Suite from Le
Bourgeois
Gentilhomme
Wednesday, July 14, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
MOZART Oboe Quartet in F, K.370
VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas brasileiras No. 6,
for flute and bassoon
GANDOLFI˚ Plain Song, Fantastic Dances
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in
B minor, Op. 115
Thursday, July 15, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
HAYDN Piano Trio No. 44 in E, Hob. XV:28
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No. 2 in
E minor, Op. 67
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2 in
C minor, Op. 66
Friday, July 16, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 16, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator
Martin Bookspan and guest artists
Friday, July 16, 8:30 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
Russell Thomas, tenor
Jordan Bisch, bass
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms
MOZART Requiem
Saturday, July 17, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, July 17, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Open Rehearsal, Saturday program
Saturday, July 17, 8:30 p.m. Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
American Boychoir,
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, music director
MAHLER Symphony No. 3
Sunday, July 18, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
with special guest Arlo Guthrie
Sunday, July 18, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Audra McDonald
A New American Songbook
Singer/actress Audra McDonald blends classical training with an extraordinary dramatic sensibility,
appearing with equal acclaim as opera singer, television actress, recording artist, and Broadway
superstar. Her first Ozawa Hall concert offers an eclectic mix of standard favorites and songs written
expressly for her by today's
finest music theater composers.
Wednesday, July 21, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Benjamin Bagby, voice and harp
Beowulf: The Epic in Performance
Through song and speech, and accompanying himself on a six-stringed harp, medievalist Benjamin Bagby vividly recreates his version of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf - the oldest extant complete poem in English, a narrative that tells the story of the chieftain Beowulf who defeats the monster Grendel in battle. Sung in old English as it may have been heard 1000 years ago, Beowulf draws us back into the world of tribal society and Nordic legend.
Performed in old English
with modern English supertitles
Thursday, July 22, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
J.S. BACH Complete Suites for solo cello
This is an extended concert
with two intermissions.
Friday, July 23 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 23 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists
Friday, July 23 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Lisette Oropesa, soprano (Konstanze)
Ashley Emerson, soprano (Blonde)
Eric Cutler, tenor (Belmonte)
Anthony Stevenson, tenor (Pedrillo)
Morris Robinson, bass (Osmin)
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows
MOZART The Abduction from the Seraglio
Sung in
German with English supertitles
Saturday, July 24, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, July 24, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, July 24, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor˚
Peter Serkin, piano
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Sunday, July 25, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
Steven Ansell, viola
R. STRAUSS Don Quixote
Joh. STRAUSS II Overture to Die Fledermaus
Joh. STRAUSS II Amid Thunder and Lightning
Joh. STRAUSS II Roses from the South
Joh. STRAUSS II Free-shooter
Jos. STRAUSS Free from Cares!
Jos. STRAUSS Delirium
Joh. STRAUSS I Radetzky
March
Sunday, July 25 8p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor˚
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
MENDELSSOHN Fingal’s Cave Overture
MENDELSSOHN Excerpts from A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet
RAVEL Daphnis
et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Thursday, July 29, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Andreas Haefliger, piano
Songs by BRAHMS and SCHUMANN
Friday, July 30, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 30, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists
Friday, July 30, 8:30 p.m. Shed
The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor˚
Kirill Gerstein, piano
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo
and Juliet
Saturday, July 31, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, July 31, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Open Rehearsal, Saturday program
Saturday, July 31, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Soprano to be announced
BERG Three Pieces for Orchestra
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
Sunday, August 1, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor˚
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
SIBELIUS Karelia Suite
ELGAR Cello Concerto
MUSSORGSKY (orch. RAVEL) Pictures at an
Exhibition
Sunday, August 1, 7:30 p.m. Theatre
Monday, August 2, 7:30 p.m. Theatre
Wednesday, August 4, 7:30 p.m. Theatre
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and
Orchestra
James Levine, conductor (August 1 and 4)
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellow
(August 2)
Ira Siff, director
Eduardo Sicango, set and costume designer
STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos
Sung in German with English
supertitles
Tuesday, August 3, 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
Always a
highlight
of the season, Tanglewood on Parade this year salutes John
Williams
on the occasion of his 30th Tanglewood summer. The program will include
some of Mr. Williams’ most popular concert and film scores, as well
as the traditional TOP finale, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
Fireworks to follow the
concert
Thursday, August 5, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Spiri, piano
Program to include songs by SCHUMANN,
GRANADOS, and RODRIGO
Friday, August 6, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, August 6, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists
Friday, August 6, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor˚
Richard Goode, piano
MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat, K.449
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6,
Pathétique
Saturday, August 7, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, August 7, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, August 7, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shi-Yeon Sung, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
WAGNER Prelude to Lohengrin, Act III
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
COPLAND Quiet City
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird
(1919 version)
Sunday, August 8, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor˚
Arbella Steinbacher, violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
Sunday, August 8, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
The celebrated
Silk Road Ensemble and the incomparable Yo-Yo Ma return to Tanglewood
in an extraordinary presentation marking their 10th anniversary.
Featuring
virtuoso musicians from around the globe, the Ensemble will perform a special program
that reflects the diversity of its membership, combining styles and
genres (Persian, Asian, Azerbaijani, and more) with Western and
non-Western
instruments to create a musical experience that defies classification
and transcends cultural boundaries.
Tuesday, August 10, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Program to include works by
J.S. BACH and CARTER
Friday, August 13, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, August 13, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator
Martin Bookspan and guest artists
Friday, August 13, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor˚
Elizabeth Rowe, flute˚
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Caminos del Inka: A Musical Journey
Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads a musical journey through the ancient Inca empire with specially created videography by the renowned Peruvian photographer Gabriela Fit. The breathtaking images of Machu Picchu, floating island villages, and the expanses of the Peruvian plains are matched to stirring and evocative music, from the time of the Conquistadores to the sounds of the first new classical voices of 21st-century Latin America.
Program to include
ROBLES El cóndor pasa
FRANK Illapa, for flute and orchestra
GOLIJOV˚ Mariel, for cello and orchestra
Saturday, August 14, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, August 14, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, August 14, 8:30 P.m. Shed
Film Night at Tanglewood
Boston Pops Concert
John Williams, conductor
Robert Osborne, host
One of the season's most popular traditions, the annual Film Night concert is a celebration of music from the movies. In his 30th summer at Tanglewood, John Williams presents a memorable evening that recreates
some of the
great musical moments in Hollywood history.
Sunday, August 15, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Thomas Martin, clarinet˚
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
SCHULLER Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
BERNSTEIN˚ Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, for clarinet
and jazz ensemble
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto
Sunday, August 15, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
The Fromm Concert at Tanglewood
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra
Stefan Asbury, conductor˚
HARBISON˚ Full Moon in March
KNUSSEN˚ Where the Wild Things Are
Concert performances,
presented
as part of the 2010 Festival of Contemporary Music
Monday, August 16 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
DRUCKMAN˚ Aureole
MATTHEWS Turning Point
COPLAND Symphony No. 3
Wednesday, August 18, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, violin and leader
Steven Isserlis, cello
ELGAR Introduction and Allegro for strings
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
VASKS Vox amoris, for violin and strings
MOZART Symphony No. 41,
Jupiter
Thursday, August 19, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Ébène String Quartet
MOZART Divertimento in D, K.136
BARTÓK Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 7
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor,
Op. 131
Friday, August 20, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, August 20, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists
Friday, August 20, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor˚
Dawn Upshaw, soprano˚
MOZART Symphony No. 31, Paris
CANTELOUBE Selection from Songs of the
Auvergne
GOLIJOV˚ Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra
RAVEL Mother Goose
(complete)
Saturday, August 21, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, August 21, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, August 21, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Jeremy Denk, piano
MENDELSSOHN Overture to
A Midsummer
Night’s
Dream
MENDELSSOHN Double Concerto in D minor for
violin, piano, and strings
BEETHOVEN Romance No. 2 in
F, for violin
and orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
Sunday, August 22, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Adele Anthony, violin (Bach, Navarra)
HIGDON blue cathedral
J.S. BACH Concerto in D minor for two violins
and strings
SUPPÉ Poet and Peasant Overture
SARASATE Navarra, for two violins and orchestra
SARASATE Zigeunerweisen, for violin and orchestra
BIZET Suite from Carmen
Tuesday, August 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
ALL-CHOPIN PROGRAM
Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp, Op. 36
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat, Op. 47
Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
Two Nocturnes, Op. 27
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28
Thursday, August 26, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
ALL-CHOPIN PROGRAM
Three Nocturnes, Op. 9
Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Variations brillantes in B-flat, Op. 12, on a rondo
from Halévy's Ludovic
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op.
58
Friday, August 27, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, August 27, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists
Friday, August 27, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor˚
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
POULENC Gloria
HOLST The Planets
Saturday, August 28, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, August 28, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, August 28, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor˚
Emanuel Ax, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9,
From the New World
Sunday, August 29, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
John Oliver, conductor (Bach)
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Marcus Haddock, tenor˚
John Relyea, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
J.S. BACH Jesu meine Freude, for chorus
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
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