Final week of the 2011 Tanglewood season for the BSO begins with the Friday, August 26, performance of Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin, conducted by Englishman Bramwell Tovey in his BSO and Tanglewood debuts. also features the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and a cast to include soprano Marquita Lister (BSO and Tanglewood debut), soprano Nicole Cabell, and bass-baritone Alfred Walker.
The great Itzhak Perlman joins the orchestra Saturday, August 27 for an all-Beethoven program that demonstrates his talents as both violinist and conductor. Mr. Perlman will act as soloist and leader for the Romances Nos. 1 and 2 for violin and orchestra, then trade his fiddle for a baton and conduct the composer’s First and Fifth symphonies.
On Sunday, August 28, the Tanglewood season comes to a close with it’s traditional performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Eminent maestro Lorin Maazel presides over this year’s final evening and is joined by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and soloists to include soprano Joyce El-Khoury (BSO and Tanglewood debut), mezzo-soprano Margaret Gawrysiak (BSO and Tanglewood debut), tenor Garrett Sorenson, and bass-baritone Eric Owens (Tanglewood debut).
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 contact info.
- 297 West Street (Rt. 183)
- Lenox, MA 01240
- Box Office: 617-266-1200; 888-266-1200
- Website: tanglewood.org
How to get Tanglewood brochures
Tanglewood brochures are available by sending your request to CustomerService@bso.org.
Tanglewood driving directions
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