Article posted Dec. 13, 2018 by Dave Read
The Boston Symphony’s July 2019 schedule includes the July 20 world premier of The Brightness of Light, a BSO co-commission composed by Kevin Puts, based on the letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. Written especially for Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry, and accompanied by projections by Wendall Harrington, The Brightness of Light is the story of a great artist who ultimately turns from a painful marriage to embrace her work and the desert landscape she loves.
The July 7 program, Across the Stars: Music of John Williams, with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is the first of three this season celebrating the art of John Williams.
Beatles fans, especially, will delight in the Tuesday, July 16, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall program because it includes Blackbird, Yesterday, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps, along with works by J. S. Bach, Villa-Lobos and others played on classical guitar.
Tanglewood on Parade has been moved from its usual first Tuesday in August slot to Tuesday, July 23 when Tanglewood Festival Chorus director James Burton’s The Lost Words will be premiered.
On Jukly 27 &28, Maestro Nelsons wraps up a full month at Tanglewood by leading the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in WAGNER Die Walküre, Acts I, II and III – concert performances sung in German with English supertitles.
Wednesday, July 3, 8 p.m. Shed
James Taylor & band
Thursday, July 4, 8 p.m. Shed
James Taylor & band, post-show fireworks.
Friday, July 5, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 5, 8 p.m. Shed
Opening Night at Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Saturday, July 6, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Saturday program
Saturday, July 6, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Joan TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1
André PREVIN Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie*
DVO?ÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World
*Celebrating André Previn’s 90th birthday
Sunday, July 7, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
David Newman, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Across the Stars: Music of John Williams
Join the Boston Pops for the first of three programs this summer, celebrating the art of John Williams. Drawing from her recent recording “Across the Stars,” the great violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs selections from Mr. Williams’ iconic scores, in brilliant new arrangements created especially for her. The program includes music from Star Wars and Memoirs of a Geisha, as well as the haunting melodies of Schindler’s List.
Monday, July 8, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet
TMC Conducting Fellows
Program to include
TCHAIKOVSKY Hamlet, Overture-fantasy
Detlev GLANERT Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
(world premiere, TMC commission)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
Wednesday, July 10, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Hilary Hahn, violin
ALL-J.S. BACH PROGRAM
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin, BWV 1003
Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin, BWV 1006
Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin, BWV 1005
^ Tanglewood debut
^^ Boston Symphony Orchestra debut
+ Tanglewood and Boston Symphony Orchestra debuts
** 2019 Koussevitzky Artist
Thursday, July 11, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Venice Baroque Orchestra^
Andrea Marcon, conductor and harpsichord^
Avi Avital, mandolin
VIVALDI Sinfonia in C for strings and continuo,
from L’Olimpiade, RV 725
VIVALDI Concerto in D for lute, strings,
and continuo, RV 93
ALBINONI Concerto in G for strings and
continuo, Op. 7, No. 4
VIVALDI Concerto in G for mandolin, recorder, strings,
and continuo, RV 532
CORELLI Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 4
BARBELLA Concerto in D for mandolin, strings,
and continuo
VIVALDI Sinfonia in C for strings
and basso continuo, RV 114
VIVALDI Concerto in G minor, Op. 8, No. 2, Summer
Friday, July 12, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 12, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano^
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet
Robert Sheena, English horn
COPLAND Quiet City
GRIEG Piano Concerto
COPLAND Symphony No. 3
Saturday, July 13, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, July 13, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Kristine Opolais, soprano
Oksana Volkova, mezzo-soprano+
Jonathan Tetelman, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor
VERDI Requiem
Sunday, July 14, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
HK GRUBER Aerial, Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
STRAUSS “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome
Monday, July 15, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Stefan Asbury, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows
Program to include
Helen GRIME New work (world premiere; TMC commission)
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Tuesday, July 16, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
MILOŠ, classical guitar^
J.S. BACH Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 997
GRANADOS from 12 Spanish Dances:
No. 5, Andaluza
No. 2, Oriental
ALBÉNIZ Asturias
VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes
LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) Blackbird
LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) Yesterday
HARRISON/LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) While my guitar gently weeps
Mathias DUPLESSY Cavalcade
Wednesday, July 17, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
SIBELIUS Malinconia, Op. 20
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 19, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Betsy JOLAS A Little Summer Suite
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
DEBUSSY La Mer
RAVEL La Valse
UnderScore Friday Concert
Saturday, July 20, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, July 20, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano**
Rod Gilfry, baritone+
Wendall Harrington, video artist
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Kevin PUTS The Brightness of Light (world premiere; BSO co-commission)
Sunday, July 21 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
GERSHWIN Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” for piano and orchestra
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
Tuesday, July 23, 8 p.m. Shed
Tanglewood on Parade
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Boston Symphony Children’s Choir
Andris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Thomas Wilkins, and James Burton, conductors
Program to include
WAGNER “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
James BURTON The Lost Words, for children’s choir and orchestra (world premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Fireworks to follow the concert
Wednesday, July 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Renée Fleming, soprano**
Emerson String Quartet
WALKER Lyric for Strings
Richard WERNICK String Quartet No. 10
BARBER String Quartet, Op. 11
André PREVIN and Tom STOPPARD Penelope, for soprano, string quartet, and piano (world premiere; BSO co-commission)*
*Celebrating Sir André Previn’s 90th birthday
Thursday, July 25, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Stefan Jackiw, violin^
Jeremy Denk, piano
Hudson Shad, vocal quartet^
ALL-IVES PROGRAM
Violin Sonata No. 4, Children’s Day
Violin Sonata No. 3
Violin Sonata No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 1
Plus hymns, patriotic songs, and marches that inspired these sonatas
Friday, July 26, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 26, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 2
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K.414
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete)
Saturday, July 27, 10 a.m. Ozawa Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
BSO Family Concert
Saturday, July 27, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, July 27, 8 p.m. Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Amber Wagner, soprano (Sieglinde)
Simon O’Neill, tenor (Siegmund)^
Ain Anger, bass (Hunding)
WAGNER Die Walküre, Act I
Concert performance sung in German with English supertitles
Sunday, July 28, 2:30 p.m. (Act II) Shed
Sunday, July 28, 6:30 p.m. (Act III) Shed
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Amber Wagner, soprano (Sieglinde)
Christine Goerke, soprano (Brünnhilde)
Mezzo-soprano to be announced (Fricka)
Simon O’Neill, tenor (Siegmund)
James Rutherford, bass-baritone (Wotan)^
Ain Anger, bass (Hunding)
Eve Gigliotti^, Wendy Bryn Harmer^, Kelly Cae Hogan^, Ronnita Miller^, Mary Phillips, and Renée Tatum (Valkyries)
WAGNER Die Walküre, Acts II and III
Concert performance sung in German with English supertitles
Tuesday, July 30, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Paul Lewis, piano
HAYDN Sonata No. 34 in E minor
BRAHMS Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
BEETHOVEN Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33
HAYDN Sonata No. 52 in E-flat
Wednesday, July 31, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Lara Downes, piano^
The Beyond Liberty Players^
Song of America: Beyond Liberty
Beloved American baritone Thomas Hampson opens the American Songbook to explore the influential people and monumental events that helped create and define “the land of the free.” Guiding the audience through centuries of stories, Mr. Hampson will share personal anecdotes and readings, offering a rich context within which to celebrate America’s history of song.
