Article updated March 25, 2019 by Dave Read Tanglewood’s schedule of rock, pop, and jazz concerts for the 2019 season reflects one notable variation from the usual: Tanglewood on Parade moves from its customary first Tuesday in August slot to July 23, perhaps to accommodate music director Andris Nelsons, who will be on campus in […]

Article updated April 25, 2019 by Dave Read More additions to the Popular Artists portion of the 2019 Tanglewood schedule: The Boston Pops, with James Burton of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Keith Lockhart’s role, will do a Queen tribute show with Freddie Mercury impersonator Marc Martel on Thursday, June 27 at 8 in the […]

Article updated Feb. 6, 2019 by Dave Read Tanglewood Learning Institute programs will explore the ways in which music illuminates the human experience by linking Tanglewood performances to relevant themes from the worlds of visual arts, film, history, philosophy, and current events, and offering experiences that dissolve the traditional barrier between performer and audience. TLI’s […]

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 […]

Article updated Dec. 14, 2018 by Dave Read Highlighting the BSO’s August 2019 Tanglewood schedule is Yo-Yo Ma’s Aug. 11 program, J.S. BACH Suites for unaccompanied cello, which is part of his two-year global initiative, “The Bach Project.” Yet to be announced is the accompanying “days of action,” wherein Ma seeks “to put culture in […]