Tanglewood 2011 schedule at-a-glance

Highlights of the 2011 Tanglewood schedule include an all-Italian opening night concert with Maestro James Levine leading the BSO in music by Verdi, Rossini, and Respighi; four performances each by Yo Yo Ma and James Taylor; BSO performing Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess; A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood, with Garrison Keillor; Tanglewood debut of Train; and the annual Labor Day Tanglewood Jazz Festival.

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Preseason week -June 28 – July 7
Week 1 July 8-14
Week 2 July 15-21
Week 3 July 22 – 28
Week 4 July 29 – August 4
Week 5 August 5 – 11
Week 6 August 12 – 18
Week 7 August 19 – 25
Week 8 August 26 – 29
2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival – Sept. 2 – 4

Tanglewood Pre-season schedule June 28 – July 7

Tuesday and Wednesday, June 28 & 29, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Theatre

String Quartet Marathon
Two 2-hour concerts each day

Tuesday and Wednesday, June 28 & 29, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Mark Morris Dance Group
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows
Mark Morris, choreographer
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Isaac Mizrahi, costume designer
Phil Sandstrom and Michael Chybowski, lighting designers
Frisson
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments
New work (world premiere; BSO commission)
STRAVINSKY Renard
Falling Down Stairs
J.S. BACH Suite No. 3 in C for solo cello, BWV 1009

Thursday, June 30, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

James Taylor in Ozawa Hall
James Taylor and guests

In the more intimate setting of Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall, James Taylor offers the music that has made him one of the most beloved artists of our day.

Friday, July 1, 8:30 p.m. Shed

James Taylor and the Boston Pops
Boston Pops
James Taylor, soloist

Tanglewood’s favorite singer joins “America’s Orchestra,” the Boston Pops, for a remarkable collaboration.

Saturday, July 2, 5:45 p.m. Shed

A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood, with Garrison Keillor
Live broadcast

Sunday, July 3, 7 p.m. Shed

Monday, July 4, 7 p.m. Shed
The Essential James Taylor
Fireworks to follow the July 4 concert
Proceeds from the July 4 concert to benefit Tanglewood

James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his extraordinary band of musicians for two spectacular performances.

Tuesday, July 5, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
Program to be announced

Thursday, July 7, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Mark O’Connor String Quartet*

Composer and virtuoso violinist Mark O’Connor introduces and performs a fascinating evening of his own music. Drawing on sources as diverse as bluegrass, swing, and the great classical traditions, O’Connor has defined a new style of string playing in North America. The program will include solos, duets, quartets, and excerpts from the acclaimed Appalachia Waltz Trio.

Tanglewood Week 1 July 8-14 – Opening Night All Italian Program, Berlioz’s Requiem, Joshua Bell

Friday, July 8, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 8, 7:15 p.m. Shed

This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists

Friday, July 8, 8:30 p.m. Shed

Opening Night at Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Angela Meade, soprano**
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Calleja, tenor**
James Morris, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor
BELLINI Excerpts from Act 1 of Norma
VERDI Overture to La forza del destino
VERDI Trio from Act 3 of I lombardi
GABRIELI Canzonas for brass
ROSSINI Overture to La Cenerentola
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

Saturday, July 9

Saturday, July 9, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk

Saturday, July 9, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, July 9, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Joseph Calleja, tenor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor
BERLIOZ Requiem

Sunday, July 10

Sunday, July 10, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
HIGDON Loco
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy, for violin and orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

Sunday, July 10, 8 p.m. Theatre
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal and Instrumental Fellows
Mark Morris, director
An evening of short operas and art song

Monday, July 11

Monday, July 11, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Asbury, conductor
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
Program to be announced

Tuesday, July 12

Tuesday, July 12, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Emerson String Quartet
HAYDN Quartet No. 67 in F, Op. 77, No. 2
BARTÓK Quartet No. 6
SCHUBERT Quartet No. 15 in G, D.887

Thursday, July 14

Thursday, July 14, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Nikolaj Znaider, violin*
Saleem Abboud Ashkar, piano*
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 8 in G for violin and piano,Op. 30, No. 3
SCHUMANN Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violin and piano, Op. 121
FRANCK Sonata in A for violin and piano

Tanglewood Week 2 July 15-21 – Kurt Masur And Lynn Harrell, Levine’s Sibelius, Boston Pops, TMCO, And Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s Ravel

Friday, July 15

Friday, July 15, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 15, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists

Friday, July 15, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
DVORÁK Cello Concerto
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, Spring

Saturday, July 16

Saturday, July 16, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk

Saturday, July 16, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Saturday program

Saturday, July 16, 8:30 p.m. Shed
James Levine, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
ALL-SIBELIUS PROGRAM
Finlandia
Valse triste
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 5

Sunday, July 17

Sunday, July 17, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Kelli O’Hara, vocalist
Jason Danieley, vocalist

Two of Broadway’s most acclaimed stars join Keith Lockhart for a program of Pops orchestral favorites and a tribute to the great Cole Porter.

Sunday, July 17, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
KODÁLY Háry János Suite
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

Wednesday, July 20

Wednesday, July 20, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
RAVEL Complete Works for Piano, Program 1
- Serenade grotesque
- Menuet antique
- Miroirs
- Sonatine
- Gaspard de la nuit

Thursday, July 21, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Thursday, July 21, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
RAVEL Complete Works for Piano, Program 2
- Pavane pour une infante défunte
- Jeux d’eau
- Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
- Valses nobles et sentimentales
- Prélude
- A la manière de Borodine
- A la manière de Chabrier
- Le Tombeau de Couperin

Tanglewood Week 3 July 22 – 28 – Susan Graham, Jaap Van Zweden, And Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Friday, July 22, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Friday, July 22, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 22, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists

Friday, July 22, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor**
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

All-Baroque program to include arias by HANDEL and GLUCK, plus popular orchestral works by BACH and RAMEAU. This concert is performed without intermission.

Saturday, July 23

Saturday, July 23, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk

Saturday, July 23, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, July 23, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor**
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
STUCKY Rhapsodies
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Sunday, July 24

Sunday, July 24, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
ALL-RAVEL PROGRAM
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Piano Concerto in G
Piano Concerto in D for the left hand
Boléro

Monday, July 25

Monday, July 25, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
José van Dam, bass-baritone (Golaud)
Elliot Madore, baritone (Pelleas)
Evan Hughes, bass-baritone (Arkel)
Vocal Alumni of the TMC
DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande

Tanglewood Week 4 July 29 – August 4 – Levine’s Mozart And Mahler, Leon Fleisher, Christoph Eschenbach, Tanglewood On Parade, Festival Of Contemporary Music

Friday, July 29

Friday, July 29, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 29, 7:15 p. m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists

Friday, July 29, 8:30 p.m. Shed
The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Leon Fleisher, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K.414
MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Saturday, July 30

Saturday, July 30, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk

Saturday, July 30, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, July 30, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Peter Serkin, piano
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 4

Sunday, July 31

Sunday, July 31, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1 in C
MAHLER Symphony No. 1

Tuesday, August 2

Tuesday, August 2, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Tanglewood on Parade
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
James Levine, John Williams, and Christoph Eschenbach, conductors
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Fireworks to follow the concert

Wednesday, August 3

Wednesday, August 3 – Sunday, August 7
2011 Festival of Contemporary Music

Directed by Pulitzer prize-winning Charles Wuorinen, the six-program festival will feature two world premiere performances including Mr. Wuorinen’s It Happens Like This, a dramatic, semi-staged 35-minute cantata for four singers and 12 instrumentalists set to six selections from James Tate’s Return to the City of White Donkeys (2004), which will open the festival on August 3, and will be conducted by James Levine.

Tanglewood Week 5 August 5 – 11 – Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos, Sarah Chang, Emanuel Ax, Fcm Continues, Train, And Stephanie Blythe

Friday, August 5

Friday, August 5, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 5, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists

Friday, August 5, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano*
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Saturday, August 6

Saturday, August 6, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk

Saturday, August 6, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Open Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 6, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sean Newhouse, conductor**
Sarah Chang, violin
JALBERT Music of air and fire
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

Sunday, August 7

Sunday, August 7, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier, conductor**
Emanuel Ax, piano
SMETANA The Moldau
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Monday, August 8

Monday, August 8, 7 p.m. Shed
Train

Join this Grammy Award-winning band playing songs from their latest release, Save Me, San Francisco, and more.

Tuesday, August 9

Tuesday, August 9, 8:00 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
André Previn, piano
MARTIN Les Madrigaux, for winds
PREVIN Octet for Eleven, for winds, brass, and strings
MILHAUD La Cheminée du Roi René, suite for wind quintet, Op. 205
MOZART Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478

Wednesday, August 10

Wednesday, August 10, 8 p. m. Ozawa Hall
Stephanie Blythe and Friends
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Alan Smith, piano
Andrew Jennings, violin
Norman Fischer, cello
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor
SMITH Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman, for mezzo-soprano, violin, cello, and piano
SMITH An Unknown Sphere, for mezzo-soprano and chorus (world premiere; BSO commission)
plus early American popular songs and choruses

Tanglewood Week 6 August 12 – 18 Spanish Music, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Tmco’s Brahms, Handel’s Orlando

Friday, August 12

Friday, August 12, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 12, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists

Friday, August 12, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Pepe Romero, guitar*
BIZET Preludes from Carmen
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar and orchestra
BOCCHERINI/BERIO Ritirata notturna di Madrid
FALLA Interlude and First Dance from La vida breve
GRANADOS Intermezzo from Goyescas
GIMÉNEZ Intermezzo from La boda de Luís Alonso
This concert is performed without intermission.

Saturday, August 13

Saturday, August 13, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk

Saturday, August 13, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Saturday program

Saturday, August 13, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Sunday, August 14

Sunday, August 14, 2:30 p.m. Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Nänie, for chorus and orchestra
Schicksalslied, for chorus and orchestra
Alto Rhapsody¸ for mezzo-soprano, male chorus, and orchestra
Symphony No. 2

Sunday, August 14, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Emanuel Ax, piano
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Anthony McGill, clarinet*
BRAHMS Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 3 in A for cello and piano, Op. 69

Tuesday, August 16

Tuesday, August 16, 7:30 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra*
Nicholas McGegan, conductor*
Dominique Labelle, soprano (Angelica)
Susanne Rydén, soprano (Dorinda) *
Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano (Medoro) *
Clint van der Linde, countertenor (Orlando) *
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, baritone (Zoroastro) *
HANDEL Orlando

This is an extended concert with two intermissions. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Tanglewood Week 7 August 19 – 25 Dohnányi Returns, Film Night With John Williams, Mozart With Bernard Labadie, And Brad Mehldau

Friday, August 19

Friday, August 19, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 19, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists

Friday, August 19, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Martin Helmchen, piano**
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Saturday, August 20

Saturday, August 20, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk

Saturday, August 20, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 20, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Film Night at Tanglewood
Boston Pops
John Williams, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Guest narrator

One of the season’s most enduring and popular traditions, the annual Film Night concert celebrates the music of the movies. This summer, John Williams is joined by frequent collaborator Gil Shaham in a program featuring film music arranged for violin and orchestra. Also on the program will be Mr. Williams’ nostalgic evocation of early 20th-century America, The Reivers, with special guest narrator.

Sunday, August 21

Sunday, August 21, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor*
Benedetto Lupo, piano**
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Chaconne from Idomeneo
Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Sunday, August 21, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Radio Deluxe – with John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey

Thursday, August 25

Thursday, August 25, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Brad Mehldau, piano

One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path, which embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism, and pop allure. From critical acclaim as a bandleader to major international exposure in collaborations with Pat Metheny, Renée Fleming, and Joshua Redman, Mehldau continues to garner numerous awards and admiration from both jazz purists and music enthusiasts alike.

Tanglewood Week 8 August 26 – 29 Porgy And Bess, Itzhak Perlman, Lorin Maazel, Beethoven’s Ninth

Friday, August 26

Friday, August 26, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 26, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists

Friday, August 26, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey, conductor**
Alfred Walker, bass-baritone (Porgy)
Marquita Lister, soprano (Bess) **
Nicole Cabell, soprano (Clara)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess

Saturday, August 27, 8:30 p.m. Shed

Saturday, August 27, 9:30 a.m. Shed – Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, August 27, 10:30 a.m. Shed – Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 27, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violin
ALL-BEETHOVEN Program
Romances Nos. 1 and 2 for violin and orchestra
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 5

Sunday, August 28

Sunday, August 28, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Joyce El-Khoury, soprano**
Margaret Gawrysiak, mezzo-soprano**
Garrett Sorenson, tenor
Eric Owens, bass-baritone*
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

Tanglewood Jazz Festival – Labor Day weekend – Sept. 2-4

Friday, September 2

Friday, September 2, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Robin McKelle Quartet
Michael Kaeshammer Quintet

Saturday, September 3

Saturday, September 3, 2 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Live taping of the “Jazz Inspired” with host Judy Carmichael with special guest from the worlds of Jazz, Broadway, or Hollywood to be announced.

Saturday, September 3, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Federico Britos Sextet
John Santos Sextet

A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao with Federico Britos Sextet and John Santos Sextet as featured in the American Masters/PBS documentary Cachao: Uno Mas. Five-time Grammy-nominated percussionist John Santos, and Uruguayan violinist Federico Britos, a career symphony concertmaster as well as jazz musician.

Sunday, September 4

Sunday, September 4, 2 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Coast to Coast Sextet featuring NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb
Mingus Orchestra conducted by NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller

Schuller, a long-time Tanglewood presence, as well as a recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship, will conduct the Mingus Orchestra, one of several orchestras ordained to carry on the legacy of jazz great Charles Mingus. Drummer Jimmy Cobb, an elder statesman of the art, will perform with the Coast to Coast Sextet.

Sunday, September 4, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Sing the Truth: Celebrating the History of Women Vocalists at Tanglewood with Grammy award-winning Angelique Kidjo, of Benin, West Africa, four-time Grammy award-winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves and genre-defying gospel artist Lizz Wright, and more.

*connotes Tanglewood debut
**connotes Tanglewood and BSO debut

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