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