August 26 – 29, 2011 Tanglewood schedule Week 8

Dave Read

15 years ago

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

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