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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

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