BSO Concerts

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano

Wynton MARSALIS Herald, Holler, and Hallelujah
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
Intermission
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

Tonight’s concert is supported by Jane B. and Robert J. Mayer, M.D.
Tonight’s performance by Daniil Trifonov is supported by Norma and Jerry Strassler.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Julia Bullock, classical singer
Hilary Hahn, violin

Iman HABIBI Zhiân (world premiere; BSO commission)
Jessie MONTGOMERY Freedom Songs (BSO co-commission)
Intermission
BRAHMS Violin Concerto

Iman HABIBI Zhiân
World Premiere; commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; through the generous support of the New Works Fund, established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Jessie MONTGOMERY Freedom Songs
Co-commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; through the generous support of the New Works Fund, established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
James Darrah, director
Nicole Cabell, soprano (Fiordiligi)
Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano (Dorabella)
Meigui Zhang, soprano (Despina)
Amitai Pati, tenor (Ferrando)
Elliot Madore, baritone (Guglielmo)
Patrick Carfizzi, bass-baritone (Don Alfonso)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor

MOZART Così fan tutte, opera in two acts

Sung in Italian with English supertitles

This evening’s performance by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus is supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
 James Burton, conductor
Boston Children’s Chorus
 Emily Howe, conductor
 Kenneth Griffith, music director

BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ORFF Carmina burana

Sung in Latin with English supertitles

This afternoon's concert is in memory of Stephen R. Weber, supported by Dr. Dorothy A. Weber.

This afternoon’s performance by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus is supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
Nimbus Dance
Samuel Pott, artistic director and choreographer

COPLAND Appalachian Spring
Intermission
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World

Gates open at 5:30pm

Boston Symphony Orchestra
David Afkham, conductor
Martin Helmchen, piano

WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503
Intermission
MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

This evening’s performance is sponsored by Penny and Claudio Pincus.

Gates open at 5:30pm

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Jeff Midkiff, mandolin
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A minor
Jeff MIDKIFF Mandolin Concerto, From the Blue Ridge
Intermission
ELLINGTON Suite from The River

Gates open at 12pm

Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Andreas Haefliger, piano (Schumann)
Randall Hodgkinson, piano (Gubaidulina)

Yehudi WYNER Into the evening air
Sofia GUBAIDULINA Sonata for double bass and piano
Shulamit RAN Lyre of Orpheus
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44

Gates open at 6:30pm

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Lorelei Ensemble
 Beth Willer, artistic director
Anne Kauffman, director
Jeff Sugg, scenic, lighting, and production designer
Andrew Cotton, sound designer
Márion Talán de la Rosa, costume designer
Asher Lloyd Ehrenberg, Associate/Restaging Director
Kenny Savelson, Project Manager, Bang on a Can

Julia WOLFE Her Story (BSO co-commission)

Her Story was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, the National Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony. The Boston Symphony Orchestra commission is through the generous support of the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and the Morton Margolis Fund.

Intermission
MAHLER Symphony No. 1

Tonight's performance is supported by Anonymous.

Gates open at 5:30pm

Gates open at 9am

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano

MESSIAEN Les Offrandes oublieés
BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été
Intermission
Agata ZUBEL In the Shade of an Unshed Tear
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Tonight’s concert is supported by Thomas M. Fynan and William F. Loutrel.

Gates open at 5:30pm

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Eliza Bagg, Martha Cluver, and Sonja DuToit Tengblad, vocalists

Ellen REID When the World as You’ve Known It Doesn’t Exist
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1
Intermission
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Gates open at 12pm

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

John ADAMS Shaker Loops
Intermission
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

Gates open at 5:30pm

Gates open at 9am

Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianos

MENDELSSOHN Concerto in E for two pianos and orchestra
Intermission
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Gates open at 12pm

This program is supported by the Dutch Culture USA program of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York and has received funding through a grant from the Netherland-America Foundation.

2:00pm GATES OPEN – BU Tanglewood Institute Fanfares at Main Gate TBC

2:00 PM – Face painting by Bria (Visitor Center Porch)

2:30pm – BU Tanglewood Institute Chamber Music (CMH) TBC

2:30pm – Circle Round performance (Seiji Ozawa Hall)

Rebecca Sheir, host
Eric Shimelonis, composer
Clint Foreman, flute
Suzanne Nelsen, bassoon
Catherine French, violin
Ben Levy, bass

3:15pm – The Strolling Magic of Bonaparte (Roaming the Lawn)

3:30pm – Steinway Spirio Player Piano Recital (Studio E & Linde Center Lawn)

4:00pm – The Magic of Bonaparte (Visitor Center Lawn)

4:00pm – BU Tanglewood Institute TOP Young Artists Orchestra and Chorus Concert (Koussevitzky Music Shed) TBC

5:00pm, Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center
Vocal Music

5:15pm – The Strolling Magic of Bonaparte (Roaming the Lawn)

5:30pm – Berkshire Hills Chorus (Tappan House Porch)

7:30pm, Shed

Tanglewood Music Center
Brass Fanfares

8pm, Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, John Williams, and TMC Fellow Armand Birk, conductors

RAVEL Boléro (Birk/TMCO)
Arturs MASKATS Tango (Nelsons/BSO)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scene and Gypsy Song and Fandango asturiano from Capriccio espagnol (Lockhart/Pops)
COREA (arr. Emilio SOLLA) Spain (Lockhart/Pops)
John WILLIAMS Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Williams/Pops)
John WILLIAMS Theme from Born on the Fourth of July (Williams/Pops)
John WILLIAMS Flight to Neverland, from Hook
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture (Nelsons/BSO/TMCO)

Fireworks to follow the concert

Tonight’s performance is supported by Gregory E. Bulger Foundation/Gregory Bulger and Richard Dix.

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

John WILLIAMS Violin Concerto No. 2
Intermission
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
RAVEL La Valse

Tonight’s concert is supported by Tom and Lisa Blumenthal.
Tonight’s performance by Anne-Sophie Mutter is supported by Nathan and Marilyn Hayward.

Gates open at 5:30pm

Gates open at 9am

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271
Intermission
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Gates open at 5:30pm

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

Julia ADOLPHE Makeshift Castle
STRAUSS Songs with orchestra
 Muttertändelei, Opus 43, No. 2
 Wiegenlied, Opus 41, No. 1
 Waldseligkeit, Opus 49. No. 1
 Ruhe, meine Seele, Opus 27, No. 1
 Zueignung, Opus 10, No. 1
 Morgen, Opus 27, No.
Intermission
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 version)

Gates open at 12pm

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances (BSO commission)
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian
Intermission
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F

Tonight’s concert is supported by Valerie Ann and Allen I. Hyman M.D.

Tonight’s performance by Jean-Yves Thibaudet is supported by Eitan and Malka Evan.

Gates open at 5:30pm

Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances
Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, through the generous support of the New Commissions Fund and New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Gates open at 9am

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Intermission
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Gates open at 5:30pm