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2008 Tanglewood schedule, week six, Aug.8 – Aug.14, 2008

Program details for week six at Tanglewood, Aug.8 – Aug.14, 2008.

Highlights of week six of the 2008 Tanglewood season include performances by Leon Fleischer, Gil Shaham, Andre Previn, Fredrica von Stade, the Kronos String Quartet, and fully staged productions of Weill’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, sung in English.

Friday, August 8, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Prelude concert

Friday, August 8, 7 p.m., Shed
“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan

Friday, August 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SIR ANDREW DAVIS, conductor
LEON FLEISHER, piano
JAMES SOMMERVILLE, horn

ALL-MOZART PROGRAM

Horn Concerto No. 3

Piano concerto No. 12 in A, K.414

Masonic Funeral Music

Symphony No. 39

Saturday, August 9, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 9, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

HANS GRAF conductor

ANDREA ROST, soprano*

ANDRÉ PREVIN, piano

STEFAN JACKIW, violin

LAWRENCE POWER, viola*

ALL-MOZART PROGRAM

“Ch’io mi scordi di te…Non temer amato bene,”
concert aria for soprano and orchestra,
with piano, K.505

Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola

Symphony No. 33

Saturday, August 9, 2 p.m., Theatre

Sunday, August 10, 7:30 p.m., Theatre

Monday, August 11, 7:30 p.m., Theatre

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOW (August 11)

DOUGLAS FITCH, director and set designer

TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

WEILL The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Fully staged production, sung in English

Sunday, August 10, 2:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor

ELIZABETH ROWE, flute

GIL SHAHAM, violin

ANDREA ROST, soprano

ALL-MOZART PROGRAM

Flute Concerto No. 1

Violin Concerto No. 2

“Bella mia fiamma, addio,” Concert aria, K.528

“Non più. Tutto ascoltai…Non temer amato bene,” Scene and rondo for soprano and orchestra, with violin, K.490

Symphony No. 38, Prague

Wednesday, August 13, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

FREDERICA VON STADE, mezzo-soprano

MATHIEU DUFOUR, flute**

PETER GRUNBERG, piano**

“Roses, Flutes, and Paris” program including music
of Rorem, Fauré, Schubert, Heggie, Martin, Piaf, Taffanel, and Roussel.

Thursday, August 14, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

KRONOS STRING QUARTET

Unknown (trans. LJOVA; arr. KRONOS) Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me

Trad. (arr. GARCHIK) Lullaby

VREBALOV Pannonia Boundless

RÓS (arr. PRUTSMAN) Flugufrelsarinn
(The Fly Freer)

ZORN Selection from The Dead Man

PRUTSMAN Particle 423

GORDAN Potassium

RAM NARAYAN (trans. LJOVA; arr. KRONOS) Alap from Raga Mishra Bhairavi

WEBERN Six Bagatelles, Op. 9

REICH Triple Quartet

* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week five, Aug. 1 – Aug. 7, 2008

Program details for week five at Tanglewood, Aug. 1 – Aug. 7, 2008.

Friday, August 1, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall

MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Prelude concert

Friday, August 1, 7 p.m., Shed

“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan

Friday, August 1, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

PETER OUNDJIAN, conductor

JOSHUA BELL, violin

RAVEL Alborada del gracioso

CHAUSSON Poème, for violin and orchestra

SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, for violin and orchestra

MUSSORGSKY (orch. RAVEL) Pictures at
an Exhibition

Saturday, August 2, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 2, 8:30 p.m., Shed

The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

RENÉE FLEMING, soprano (Tatiana)

RAMÓN VARGAS, tenor (Lensky)**

PETER MATTEI, baritone (Onegin)**

VITALIJ KOWALJOW, bass (Prince Gremin)**

TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin

Sung in Russian with English supertitles

Sunday, August 3, 2:30 p.m., Shed

The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO, conductor*

YO-YO MA, cello

ALBÉNIZ (orch. ARBOS) Suite from Iberia

LALO Cello Concerto

RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

Tuesday, August 5, 8:30 p.m., Shed

Tanglewood on Parade

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, KEITH LOCKHART,
JOHN WILLIAMS, SIR ANDREW DAVIS, and ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductors

Program to include:

BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

Fireworks to follow the concert

Thursday, August 7, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TASHI:

PETER SERKIN, piano

IDA KAVAFIAN, violin

FRED SHERRY, cello

RICHARD STOLTZMAN, clarinet

JOSQUIN (recomp. WUORINEN) Ave Maria

MORLEY (recomp. WUORINEN) Christes Crosse

TAKEMITSU Quatrain II

MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of TASHI

* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week four, July 25 – July 31, 2008

Program details for week four, July 25 – July 31, 2008.

Friday, July 25, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall

MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Prelude concert

Friday, July 25, 7 p.m., Shed

“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan

Friday, July 25, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano

ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM

Symphony No. 3

Piano Concerto No. 1

Saturday, July 26, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Saturday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 26, 8:30 p.m., Shed

Film Night at Tanglewood

BOSTON POPS CONCERT

JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor

Program includes music of cinema’s great composers,
as well as Mr. Williams’ own score to his latest collaboration with Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Sunday, July 27, 2:30 p.m., Shed

ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S

ROBERTO ABBADO, conductor

SARAH CHANG, violin

TOWER In Memory

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Wednesday, July 30, 7 p.m., Ozawa Hall

FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

GOTTRIED VON DER GOLTZ, director

CHRISTIAN GERHAHER, baritone**

LORENZO COPPOLA, clarinet

TEUNIS VAN DER ZWART, horn

ALL-MOZART PROGRAM

Symphony No. 36, Linz

Arias from Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro,
and Don Giovanni

Clarinet Concerto

March in D, K.385a

Horn Concerto No. 1

Symphony No. 34

Thursday, July 31, 7 p.m., Ozawa Hall

SHANGHAI STRING QUARTET

Prelude Concert

arr. YI-WEN JIANG Selections from ChinaSong

RAVEL String Quartet

Thursday, July 31, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

CHANTICLEER

SHANGHAI STRING QUARTET

CHEN YI In the Path of Beauty, for male chorus and string quartet

SAMETZ I Have Had Singing

STUCKY Cradle Songs

LIGETI Pápainé, Igeden földön, and Magány

Selection of folk, jazz, and gospel songs

* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week three, July 18 – July 24, 2008

Program details for week three at Tanglewood, July 18 – July 24, 2008.

Festival of Contemporary Music: July 20-24

Elliott Carter Centenary

Friday, July 18, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall

MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Prelude concert

Friday, July 18, 7 p.m., Shed

“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan

Friday, July 18, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

KATE LINDSEY, mezzo-soprano (Harbison)

Baritone to be announced (Harbison)

HARBISON Symphony No. 5

MAHLER Symphony No. 1

Saturday, July 19, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 19, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor

MIDORI, violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Variants of “Dives
and Lazarus”

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto

COPLAND Symphony No. 3

Festival of Contemporary Music: July 20-24

Elliott Carter Centenary

Sunday, July 20, 10 a.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS

OLIVER KNUSSEN, conductor

CHARLES ROSEN, piano

URSULA OPPENS, harpsichord

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Call, for two trumpets and horn

Asko Concerto, for ensemble

Luimen, for ensemble

Refléxions, for ensemble

Double Concerto for piano, harpsichord,
and large ensemble

Sunday, July 20, 2:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

SHI-YEON SUNG, conductor**

GARRICK OHLSSON, piano

SCHUMANN Manfred Overture

SCHUMANN Piano Concerto

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian

Sunday, July 20, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

NICHOLAS HODGES, piano

THOMAS MARTIN, clarinet

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Dialogues, for piano and orchestra

Clarinet Concerto

Sound Fields, for string orchestra (world premiere; commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center)

Variations for Orchestra

Monday, July 21, 4 p.m., Ozawa Hall

ELLIOTT CARTER

JAMES LEVINE

FRED SHERRY

ELLEN HIGHSTEIN, moderator

Panel discussion (FCM)

Monday, July 21, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall

JAMES LEVINE, CHARLES ROSEN,
and URSULA OPPENS, piano

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Matribute

Piano Sonata

Night Fantasies, for piano

Monday, July 21, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS

STEFAN ASBURY, conductor

LUCY SHELTON, soprano

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Tempo e Tempi, for soprano and ensemble

Syringa, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and ensemble

Penthode, for ensemble

Triple Duo, for ensemble

Tuesday, July 22, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Enchanted Preludes, for flute and cello

Figment I, for solo cello

Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux, for flute and clarinet

Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux II, for flute, clarinet,
and marimba

Au Quai, for viola and bassoon

Figment II, for solo cello

Trilogy, for oboe and harp

Two Thoughts about the Piano: Caténaires
and Intermittances, for solo piano

Tuesday, July 22, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS

JAMES LEVINE and JOHN OLIVER, conductors

JO ELLEN MILLER, soprano

ANN HOBSON PILOT, harp

FRED SHERRY, cello

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord

In the Distances of Sleep, for mezzo-soprano
and ensemble

Mosaic, for harp and ensemble (American premiere;
co-commissioned by the BSO
and Nash Ensemble)

Mad-Regales, for solo voices (world premiere; commissioned by
the Tanglewood Music Center)

A Mirror on Which to Dwell, for soprano and ensemble

Wednesday, July 23, 4 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

DOUGLAS FITCH, director and set designer

Film screening of Carter’s What Next?,
from the American stage premiere filmed
in performace at Tanglewood in 2006 (FCM)

Wednesday, July 23, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Quintet for Piano and Winds

String Quartet No. 2

Wednesday, July 23, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA

OLIVER KNUSSEN, conductor

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOW

FRED SHERRY, cello

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Holiday Overture

Cello Concerto

Three Occasions for Orchestra

Concerto for Orchestra

Thursday, July 24, 4 p.m., Ozawa Hall

Former Boston Globe Music Critic Richard Dyer interviews Elliott Carter. (FCM)

Thursday, July 24, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS

CHARLES ROSEN, piano

FRED SHERRY, cello

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Selected Pieces for Timpani

4 Lauds, for violin

Figment IV, for viola

Figment III, for double-bass

Steep Steps, for bass clarinet

Selected Pieces for Timpani

Elegy, for cello and piano

Thursday, July 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

JAMES SOMMERVILLE, horn

ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)

Boston Concerto, for orchestra

Three Illusions for Orchestra

Horn Concerto

Symphonia: Sum fluxae pretium spei

* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week two, July 11 – July 17, 2008

Program details for week two at Tanglewood, July 11 – July 17, 2008.

Friday, July 11, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS

JOHN OLIVER, conductor

Prelude concert

Friday, July 11, 7 p.m., Shed

“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan

Friday, July 11, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BERNARD HAITINK, conductor

JONATHAN BISS, piano

JULIA FISCHER, violin

DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT, cello

ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM

Triple Concerto for piano, violin, and cello

Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Saturday, July 12, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 12, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BERNARD HAITINK, conductor

HEIDI GRANT MURPHY, soprano

CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN, mezzo-soprano**

TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 2, Resurrection

Sunday, July 13, 2:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

PETER SERKIN, piano

HAYDN Symphony No. 104, London

J.S. BACH Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor

MOZART Concert Rondo in D, K.382

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 4, Tragic

Sunday, July 13, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

BARBARA COOK

The legendary soprano and star of Broadway theaters will continue her 80th birthday celebration, following popular concerts in New York, London, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, July 16, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

JONATHAN BISS, piano

JULIA FISCHER, violin**

DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT, cello

HALVERSON Passacaglia on a Theme of Handel,
for violin and cello

RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 6 in B-flat, Op. 97, Archduke

Thursday, July 17, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

EMERSON STRING QUARTET

ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM

Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2

Quartet No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 67

Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1

* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week one, July 5 – July 10, 2008

Program details for week one at Tanglewood, July 5 – July 10, 2008.

Saturday, July 5, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Saturday and Sunday programs; pre-rehearsal talk
at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 5, 8:30 p.m.

Opening Night at Tanglewood

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor

MARCUS HADDOCK, tenor (Aeneas)

ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI, soprano (Cassandra)*

DWAYNE CROFT, baritone (Chorebus)**

CLAYTON BRAINERD, bass-baritone (Pantheus)**

KATE LINDSEY, mezzo-soprano (Ascanius)**

JANE BUNNELL, mezzo-soprano (Hecuba)

RONALD NALDI, tenor (Helenus)**

DAVID KRAVITZ, baritone (Trojan Soldier)**

GUSTAV ANDREASSEN, bass (Ghost of Hector)*

KIRK EICHELBERGER, bass (Greek Captain)**

TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

BERLIOZ The Trojans, Part 1 (The Capture of Troy)

Concert performance sung in French with English supertitles

Sunday, July 6, 2:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

MARCUS HADDOCK, tenor (Aeneas)

ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER, mezzo-soprano (Dido)

KRISTINN SIGMUNDSSON, bass (Narbal)*

KATE LINDSEY, mezzo-soprano (Ascanius)

CHRISTIN-MARIE HILL, mezzo-soprano (Anna)

PHILIPPE CASTAGNER, tenor (Hylas)**

CLAYTON BRAINERD, bass-baritone (Pantheus)

ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI, soprano
(Ghost of Cassandra)

DWAYNE CROFT, baritone (Ghost of Chorebus)

DAVID KRAVITZ, baritone (Trojan Sentry 1)

GUSTAV ANDREASSEN, bass (Ghost of Hector
and the God Mercury)

KIRK EICHELBERGER, bass (Trojan Sentry 2)

TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

BERLIOZ The Trojans, Part 2
(The Trojans at Carthage)

Concert performance sung in French
with English supertitles

Monday, July 7, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA

BERNARD HAITINK, conductor (Strauss)

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOWS

MOZART Symphony No. 25

DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun

STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

Tuesday, July 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA

KEITH LOCKHART

Guest Vocalists

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
VOCAL FELLOWS

SONDHEIM A Little Night Music

Concert performance

Thursday, July 10, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

IMOGEN COOPER, piano

ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM

Sonata in C, D.840, Reliquie

Four Impromptus, D.935

Sonata in A, D.959

* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut