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Tanglewood 2020 season in the Berkshires

Boston Symphony cancels Asia trip due to China virus.
(Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Boston. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Andris Nelsons, conductor Olivier Latry, organ John Ferrillo, oboe Richard Svoboda, bassoon Frank-Michael Erben, violin Christian Giger, cello. Photo by Winslow Townson)

For their 2020 season in the Berkshires, Tanglewood has front-loaded their summer schedule with seven dates on a lineup of bands and musicians who have enjoyed long and popular careers outside the bounds of classical music. James Taylor conducts his Fourth of July celebration on the day after the Opening Night for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Brandi Carlile (6/26), The Mavericks and Los Lobos (6/28) have been added to the Tanglewood 2020 Popular Artists schedule.

  • BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons leads 12 programs, including Act lll of Wagner’s Tannhäuser (7/11) and threeprograms that showcase Paul Lewis in all five Beethoven Piano Concertos (7/17-19);
  • A weekend celebration of Isaac Stern’s Centenary, with performances by violinists Augustin Hadelich, Midori, Pamela Frank, And Joshua Bell (7/24-26);
  • Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (8/21)
  • John Williams’ Film Night, hosted by Mr. Williams (8/15);
  • Thomas Adès Directing The 2020 Festival Of Contemporary Music (8/6-10);

Besides the usual musical brilliance all summer long in the Koussevitsky Music Shed and Ozawa Hall, the 2020 Tanglewood season will be the second to include a series of performances and activities under the aegis of the Tanglewood Learning Institute.

BSO Opening Night July 3, 2020 with Ken-David Masur – James Taylor 4th of July

  • Ken-david Masur Opens The Bso’s Season On July 3 With An All-american Program Of Schuman’s New England Triptych, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Featuring Soprano Angel Blue, Roberto Sierra’s Concerto For Saxophones And Orchestra With Soloist James Carter, And Gershwin’s An American In Paris;
  • Conducting Legend Christoph Von Dohnányi Closes The Orchestra’s Season On August 23 With The Traditional Season-ending Performance Of Beethoven’s Ninth
  • Favorite Tanglewood Artists Emanuel Ax, Susan Graham, Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-yo Ma, Garrick Ohlsson, And Gil Shaham Join 22 Artists In Their Tanglewood Debuts
  • Ringo Starr Opens The Tanglewood Season – June 19 @ 7
  • Trey Anastasio – June 20 @ 7:30,
  • Judy Collins And Arlo Guthrie – June 21 @ 2:30;
  • Brandi Carlile – June 26 @ 7;
  • The Mavericks and Los Lobos – June 28 @ 2:30;
  • James Taylor – July 4 @ 8;
  • Wait Wait…don’t Tell Me! – August 27;
  • Additional Popular Artists Be Announced Later
  • Favorite Tanglewood Artists Emanuel Ax, Susan Graham, Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-yo Ma, Garrick Ohlsson, And Gil Shaham Join 22 Artists In Their Tanglewood Debuts

2020 Tanglewood tickets

Tickets For The 2020 Tanglewood Season, June 19—august 30, Go On Sale To The Public On February 9 At www.tanglewood.org And 888-266-1200.

Tanglewood 2019 season concert reviews

  • Trombone Shorty, Ben Harpur double bill stuns Tanglewood throng Article updated September 6, 2019 by Dave Read Bob Dylan’s song from the Basement Tapes, Too Much of Nothing, comes to mind while reflecting on my last visit to the Koussevitsky Music Shed at Tanglewood during the 2019 season, ironically, because both headliners that day delivered an evening’s worth of entertainment, and I could’ve gone home ...
  • Mavericks thrill scant Tanglewood audience Article updated September 4, 2019 by Dave Read Now this was more like it – an unannounced young hard-working musician added to the bill for a concert by a band called Squeeze in the Koussevitsky Music Shed at Tanglewood, a bill that already boasted the Mavericks, with chastened former maverick Raul Malo included in tonight’s nonet ...
  • Giancarlo Guerrero conducts climactic Beethoven’s Ninth at Tanglewood Article updated August 27, 2019 by Dave Read To close the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 season at Tanglewood in the Berkshires, guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero conducted the annual climactic Beethoven’s Ninth. The program opened with Arnold Schoenberg’s brief choral work Friede auf Erden, which translates to “Peace on Earth.” It has roots as a Swiss Yuletide ...

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