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Article updated March 25, 2019 by Dave Read

BREAKING NEWS – NOT FAKE – Brian Wilson’s gig is off – not gonna happen!!!

Tanglewood’s schedule of rock, pop, and jazz concerts for the 2019 season reflects one notable variation from the usual: Tanglewood on Parade moves from its customary first Tuesday in August slot to July 23, perhaps to accommodate music director Andris Nelsons, who will be on campus in July, but not August.

Live From Here with Chris Thile at Tanglewood

• June 15, 2019 @ 5:45 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds – CANCELED

• June 16, 2019 @ 2:30 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

See review of the 2016 concert: Brian Wilson plays Pet Sounds at Tanglewood

Richard Thompson (Solo Acoustic)

• Friday, June 21 at 8
• Seiji Ozawa Hall

Postmodern Jukebox

• Saturday, June 22 at 8
• Seiji Ozawa Hall

Boston Pops with James Burton, Marc Martel’s Queen tribute

• June 27, 2019 @ 8
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Earth, Wind & Fire

• June 28, 2019 @ 7 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Josh Groban at Tanglewood

• July 2, 2019 @ 7 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

James Taylor

• July 3, 2019 @ 8 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

James Taylor

• July 4, 2019 @ 8 PM – Fireworks after the show
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

See review of the 2018 concert: James Taylor at Tanglewood July 4, 2018

Boston Pops, Across the Stars: Music of John Williams

• July7, 2019 @ 2:30 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Join the Boston Pops for the first of three programs this summer, celebrating the art of John Williams. Drawing from her recent recording “Across the Stars,” Anne-Sophie Mutter performs selections from Mr. Williams’ scores. The program includes music from Star Wars and Memoirs of a Geisha, and Schindler’s List.

Tanglewood on Parade

• July 23, 2019 @ 8 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Boston Symphony Children’s Choir
Andris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Thomas Wilkins, and James Burton, conductors
Program to include:
WAGNER “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walku?re
James BURTON Lost Words, for children’s choir and orchestra (world premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Fireworks to follow the concert

Train and Goo Goo Dolls

• August 5, 2019 @ 7 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Boston Pops Orchestra

• August 16, 2019 @ 8 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Star Wars: A New Hope

Screening of the film with live orchestral accompaniment of the John Williams score.

Boston Pops John Williams’ Film Night

• August 24, 2019 @ 8 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Boston Pops
David Newman, conductor
John Williams, host

Gladys Knight, with The Spinners

• August 28, 2019 @ 7 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Squeeze at Tanglewood

• August 20, 2019 @ 7 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

• August 31, 2019 @ 7 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

Reba McEntire at Tanglewood

• September 1, 2019 @ 3:30 PM
• Koussevitzky Music Shed

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2019 Tanglewood schedule

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has released the schedule for the 2019 season at Tanglewood, which will be remembered for the opening of the Tanglewood Learning Institute, the four buildings overlooking Seiji Ozawa Hall on the Leonard Bernstein camopus.

Music director Andris Nelsons will be present for the month of July, conducting 13 programs, including the world premiere of a new work by Kevin Puts, The Brightness of Light, based on letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz on July 20, and a concert performance of Wagner’s complete Die Walküre on july 27 and 28. Details of programs in the Tanglewood Learning Institute will be announced on Feb. 7, 2019.

Article updated April 25, 2019 by Dave Read

More additions to the Popular Artists portion of the 2019 Tanglewood schedule:

The Boston Pops, with James Burton of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Keith Lockhart’s role, will do a Queen tribute show with Freddie Mercury impersonator Marc Martel on Thursday, June 27 at 8 in the Shed.

The Youtube sensation Postmodern Jukebox, a “rotating musical collective,” will perform Saturday, June 22 at 8 in Ozawa Hall.

Josh Groban, Gladys Night, and Reba McEntire added to Tanglewood schedule

Josh Groban will return to Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed on Tuesday, July 2, at 7. On Wednesday, August 28, at 7, Gladys Knight will make her Tanglewood debut; Reba McEntire will close out the 2019 Tanglewood season on Sunday, September 1, at 2 in the Shed.

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2019 Tanglewood schedule

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has released the schedule for the 2019 season at Tanglewood, which will be remembered for the opening of the Tanglewood Learning Institute, the four buildings overlooking Seiji Ozawa Hall on the Leonard Bernstein camopus.

Music director Andris Nelsons will be present for the month of July, conducting 13 programs, including the world premiere of a new work by Kevin Puts, The Brightness of Light, based on letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz on July 20, and a concert performance of Wagner’s complete Die Walküre on july 27 and 28. Details of programs in the Tanglewood Learning Institute will be announced on Feb. 7, 2019.

Article updated Feb. 6, 2019 by Dave Read

Tanglewood Learning Institute programs will explore the ways in which music illuminates the human experience by linking Tanglewood performances to relevant themes from the worlds of visual arts, film, history, philosophy, and current events, and offering experiences that dissolve the traditional barrier between performer and audience. TLI’s immersion weekends, interactive talks, films, open rehearsals, master classes, unconventional performances, and visual arts programs will use music as a point of departure and a gateway leading to spirited dialogue, designed for all who aspire to expand their horizons and connect with other curious knowledge-seekers.

THE BIG IDEA: Some of the World’s Great Thinkers Help Illuminate the Enduring Vitality of Music

The Big Idea features dynamic thinkers and luminaries in compelling presentations on a diverse array of subjects and perspectives, contextualizing themes of Tanglewood’s concert repertoire. Presenters in 2019 will include Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State (1997–2001) and one of the most celebrated diplomats of our era; Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian; and Daniel L. Shapiro, world-renowned expert on negotiation and conflict resolution, founding director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program, and best-selling author of Negotiating the Nonnegotiable. For Ms. Albright’s appearance, TLI invites participants to explore the idea of nation-building in the 21st century, inspired by Giuseppe Verdi’s contributions to the political unification of Italy in the mid-19th century and tied to the BSO’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem on July 13, led by Music Director Andris Nelsons. July 27 and 28’s concert performances of Wagner’s Die Walküre, with its multigenerational saga of power and love, serves as an intriguing backdrop for Goodwin’s discussion of leadership in America. Daniel Shapiro’s talk, which examines the complexities of freedom, peace, and shared humanity in the 21st century, coincides with August 24’s BSO performances of Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth) and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (“Ode to Joy”).

• Madeleine K. Albright – July 6, 5pm, Ozawa Hall – in re: July 13, Verdi’s Requiem
• Doris Kearns Goodwin – July 27, 5pm, Ozawa Hall – in re: July 27 & 28, Wagner’s Die Walküre
• Daniel Shapiro – August 24, 5pm, Ozawa Hall; in re: August 25, Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden and Beethoven’s Ninth.

TLI OPENSTUDIO: Open Master Classes with Andris Nelsons, Renée Fleming, Leonidas Kavakos, Stefan Asbury and Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Gautier Capuçon, and Yo-Yo Ma

Led by world-renowned musicians, TLI OpenStudio master classes provide the rare opportunity to witness up close the Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center—all emerging artists of the highest caliber—fine-tune their interpretive skills and explore nuances of the classical repertoire. TLI participants will have front-row seats to master classes with Andris Nelsons, Renée Fleming, Leonidas Kavakos, Stefan Asbury and Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Gautier Capuçon, and Yo-Yo Ma and experience the unique dynamic between teacher and student and the myriad ways in which they challenge, influence, and inspire each other. Most of the TLI OpenStudio presentations will take place in Ozawa Hall, except for the one led by Maestro Nelsons, which will occur in Studio E of the Linde Center for Music and Learning.

• Conducting Class – ANDRIS NELSONS – July 16, 10am, Linde Center Studio E
• Sonata Class – JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, GAUTIER CAPUÇON – July 18, 1:30pm, Ozawa Hall
• Vocal Class – RENÉE FLEMING – July 22, 8pm, Ozawa Hall
• Concerto Conducting Class – STEFAN ASBURY, EMANUEL AX, July 30, 10am, Ozawa Hall
• Bach Cello Suites Class – YO-YO MA, July 31, 1:30pm, Ozawa Hall
• Violin Class – LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, August 12, 2pm, Ozawa Hall

FULL TILT: Experimental Interactive Programming by Leading Cutting-Edge Artists

Full Tilt invites participants to indulge their curiosities and experience unconventional, subversive performances that are exhilarating, hypnotizing, and deeply human. Participants will explore a wide array of topics through bold, theatrical productions that include The Black Mozart with Bill Barclay and Concert Theatre Works, a survey of the life and music of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799), and performance artist Meow Meow’s masterful deconstruction of a traditional cabaret, entitled Pandemonium. The Australian postmodern diva brings her unique brand of “musical mayhem” to Tanglewood in the first of a three-year collaboration with TLI. In addition, on August 4, participants can immerse themselves in a multisensory presentation of musical selections from the John Cage Song Books and film associated with Mr. Cage; the event is curated by soprano Tony Arnold and pianist Stephen Drury and is presented with the Cinematics series.

• Pandemonium – MEOW MEOW, July 9, 8pm, Ozawa Hall
• John Cage Song Books and Film Selections – TMC FELLOWS, August 4, 7pm, Linde Center
• The Black Mozart, Concert Theatre Works – BILL BARCLAY, August 19, 8pm, Linde Center

MEET THE MAKERS: Renowned Creators Discuss Inspiration and Craft in Public Conversations

Meet the Makers features public conversations with some of the world’s most celebrated artists—from composers and playwrights to instrument makers—about the creative process and the inspiration behind their original manuscripts, compositions, and craftsmanship. In 2019, Meet the Makers will feature an array of artists and artisans, including playwright Tom Stoppard, composers André Previn and Joan Tower, Meow Meow, master bow maker Benoît Rolland, piano technician Steve Carver and the Steinway Spirio digital piano-player, and Alan Weiss and Aiven O’Leary from the William S. Haynes Flute Company. The Meet the Makers presentations will take place in Studio E of the Linde Center for Music and Learning.

• Benoît Rolland, bow maker – July 5, 4pm
• Meow Meow, postmodern diva – July 9, 1:30pm
• Joan Tower, composer – July 10, 4:30pm
• André Previn, composer and Tom Stoppard, playwright – July 24, 10am
• Stephen H. Carver, piano technician and Steinway Spirio -July 29, 1:30pm
• Aiven O’Leary, flute maker and Alan Weiss, flutist – August 21, 3pm

CINEMATICS: Sunday-Evening Film Showings that Complement Tanglewood’s Concert Programming

In collaboration with the Berkshire International Film Festival, Cinematics encourages participants to explore and celebrate the relationship between music, cinema, and the human spirit with curated films inspired by Tanglewood’s concert programming. For example, a performance of Bach cantatas at Ozawa Hall will be paired with a screening of Tous les Matins du Monde, which explores the life of Bach’s contemporary, the composer Marin Marais. Similarly, a performance of Verdi’s Requiem takes on deeper meaning when followed by Defiant Requiem, an acclaimed documentary about the performance of the piece by Jewish prisoners at Theresienstadt, the Nazi concentration camp. The presentation of the film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with a score by André Previn is being presented as part of Tanglewood’s celebration of Mr. Previn’s 90th birthday year, along with a BSO performance of his Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie, with dedicatee Anne-Sophie Mutter as soloist on July 6, and the world premiere of Mr. Previn and Tom Stoppard’s Penelope, featuring soprano Renée Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet, on July 24.

The Cinematics film series will take place on Sundays at 7 p.m. in Studio E of the Linde Center for Music and Learning.

• JUNE 30 – Tous les matins du monde
• JULY 7 – The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
• JULY 14 – Defiant Requiem
• JULY 21 – Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
• JULY 28 – A Tale of Tanglewood: Peter Grimes Reborn
• AUGUST 4 – Cinematics/Full Tilt Special Event: John Cage Film & Song Books Selections
• AUGUST 11 – Babette’s Feast
• AUGUST 18 – Impromptu
• AUGUST 25 – Score: A Film Music Documentary

SHOPTALKS: Major Artists of the Season in Conversation about their Lives in the Arts

ShopTalks are weekly Thursday dialogues where Tanglewood artists “talk shop” about life in the arts, share passions and inspirations, and discuss their visions for the future of the art form with creative colleagues. Through authentic, engaging conversations between artists from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds, one can experience candid insights that contextualize and deepen one’s appreciation of classical music. The series begins with a conversation with bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green, whose journey to the stage is memorialized in Daniel Bergner’s Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family. Later pairings include BSO clarinetist Thomas Martin with Margo Garrett, a former race car driver who is now a renowned vocal coach and collaborative pianist, and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero with bass Morris Robinson.

ShopTalks take place on Thursdays at 1 p.m. in Studio E of the Linde Center for Music and Learning.

FOCAL POINT: Receive Mentorship, Enjoy the Tanglewood Scenery, and Connect with other Amateur Artists

From its vibrantly green lawns and maze-like gardens to its breathtaking views of the Berkshire Hills, the Tanglewood campus has provided visitors with a sumptuous feast for the ears—and the eyes—for nearly a century. Through a collaboration with IS183 Art School of the Berkshires, Focal Point gives amateur artists added opportunities to hone their skills in photography, painting, and drawing using the immense natural beauty of the Tanglewood campus as a backdrop. Starting this Tanglewood season, participants can receive one-on-one mentorship from IS183 Faculty Artists—local professional photographers, painters, and illustrators. Focal Point activities take place on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m.; participants will meet at the Martignetti Lobby of the Linde Center of Music and Learning. Further program details for Focal Point are available at www.tli.org.

STRING QUARTET MASTERPASS: A Musical Journey with the Juilliard String Quartet and Tanglewood Music Center String Fellows

The String Quartet MasterPass will take TLI participants on an immersive, highly interactive, eight-day adventure, June 22-30, with the Juilliard String Quartet and Tanglewood Music Center faculty and Fellows that focuses on the beauty, complexity, and collaborative spirit of this extraordinary genre. The String Quartet MasterPass includes full-length chamber music performances, with beloved works from the canon alongside exciting contemporary pieces. Participants will have front-row seats as talented Tanglewood Music Center Fellows prepare, refine, and perform great works from the string quartet repertoire. In addition to attending string quartet rehearsals and performances, TLI participants will enjoy a table talk dinner with fellow string quartet enthusiasts and members of the Juilliard String Quartet, Tanglewood Music Center faculty, and TMC Fellows. The String Quartet MasterPass activities will take place in Ozawa Hall and the Linde Center for Music and Learning’s Studio E and Cindy’s Café. Visit www.tli.org for further program details and specific dates and times for all the String Quartet MasterPass activities.

TLI MASTERPASS: A Monthly Pass Offering a Wide Spectrum of up to 40 Different Activities

TLI MasterPass provides participants with a multi-spectrum insider’s view of the artistic process, allowing them to choose some or all of 40 different behind-the-scenes musical experiences during the summer. Activities include rehearsals with the BSO, TMCO, and The Knights with violinist Gil Shaham; open master classes that range from mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe leading a class on American Popular Music to pianist Paul Lewis teaching a class on Haydn; and thought-provoking music appreciation talks, such as Avner Dorman discussing his new double concerto for violin and cello, insights about the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra’s fusion of traditional and contemporary music, and a pre-concert introduction to Penelope, a new work for soprano, string quartet, and piano by André Previn and Tom Stoppard, written especially for Renée Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet. Most of the TLI MasterPass activities will take place in the Shed and Studio E of the Linde Center for Music and Learning.

2019 Tanglewood schedule

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has released the schedule for the 2019 season at Tanglewood, which will be remembered for the opening of the Tanglewood Learning Institute, the four buildings overlooking Seiji Ozawa Hall on the Leonard Bernstein camopus.

Music director Andris Nelsons will be present for the month of July, conducting 13 programs, including the world premiere of a new work by Kevin Puts, The Brightness of Light, based on letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz on July 20, and a concert performance of Wagner’s complete Die Walküre on july 27 and 28. Details of programs in the Tanglewood Learning Institute will be announced on Feb. 7, 2019.

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Article updated Feb. 6, 2019 by Dave Read

The 2019 Tanglewood season will be highlighted by the opening of the Tanglewood Learning Institute, housed in the Linde Center for Music and Learning, four new buildings on the rise above Seiji Ozawa Hall. Besides supporting the Tanglewood Music Center, the educational component of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summertime activities in the Berkshires, these additions to the Bernstein campus will be the locale of a broad array of programming and will transform Tanglewood into an all-season facility, available for event rental. Tanglewood Learning Institute will also offer programs in Boston beginning in fall 2019, as well as a series of online learning programs to be announced next year.

Fourth Tanglewood milestone since 1937

This opening represents the fourth major milestone in the festival’s history, building upon Serge Koussevitzky’s founding of both Tanglewood, as the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in 1937, and of the Tanglewood Music Center, the BSO’s acclaimed summer music academy, in 1940, and the opening of Ozawa Hall in 1994.

2019 Tanglewood schedule

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has released the schedule for the 2019 season at Tanglewood, which will be remembered for the opening of the Tanglewood Learning Institute, the four buildings overlooking Seiji Ozawa Hall on the Leonard Bernstein camopus.

Music director Andris Nelsons will be present for the month of July, conducting 13 programs, including the world premiere of a new work by Kevin Puts, The Brightness of Light, based on letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz on July 20, and a concert performance of Wagner’s complete Die Walküre on july 27 and 28. Details of programs in the Tanglewood Learning Institute will be announced on Feb. 7, 2019.

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Article posted Dec. 13, 2018 by Dave Read

The Boston Symphony’s July 2019 schedule includes the July 20 world premier of The Brightness of Light, a BSO co-commission composed by Kevin Puts, based on the letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. Written especially for Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry, and accompanied by projections by Wendall Harrington, The Brightness of Light is the story of a great artist who ultimately turns from a painful marriage to embrace her work and the desert landscape she loves.

The July 7 program, Across the Stars: Music of John Williams, with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is the first of three this season celebrating the art of John Williams.

Beatles fans, especially, will delight in the Tuesday, July 16, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall program because it includes Blackbird, Yesterday, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps, along with works by J. S. Bach, Villa-Lobos and others played on classical guitar.

Tanglewood on Parade has been moved from its usual first Tuesday in August slot to Tuesday, July 23 when Tanglewood Festival Chorus director James Burton’s The Lost Words will be premiered.

On Jukly 27 &28, Maestro Nelsons wraps up a full month at Tanglewood by leading the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in WAGNER Die Walküre, Acts I, II and III – concert performances sung in German with English supertitles.

Wednesday, July 3, 8 p.m. Shed
James Taylor & band
Thursday, July 4, 8 p.m. Shed
James Taylor & band, post-show fireworks.

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

Friday, July 5, 8 p.m. Shed

Opening Night at Tanglewood

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482
MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Saturday, July 6, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Saturday program

Saturday, July 6, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Joan TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1
André PREVIN Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie*
DVO?ÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World

*Celebrating André Previn’s 90th birthday

Sunday, July 7, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
David Newman, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Across the Stars: Music of John Williams
Join the Boston Pops for the first of three programs this summer, celebrating the art of John Williams. Drawing from her recent recording “Across the Stars,” the great violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs selections from Mr. Williams’ iconic scores, in brilliant new arrangements created especially for her. The program includes music from Star Wars and Memoirs of a Geisha, as well as the haunting melodies of Schindler’s List.

Monday, July 8, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet
TMC Conducting Fellows
Program to include
TCHAIKOVSKY Hamlet, Overture-fantasy
Detlev GLANERT Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
(world premiere, TMC commission)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

Wednesday, July 10, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Hilary Hahn, violin
ALL-J.S. BACH PROGRAM
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin, BWV 1003
Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin, BWV 1006
Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin, BWV 1005

^ Tanglewood debut
^^ Boston Symphony Orchestra debut
+ Tanglewood and Boston Symphony Orchestra debuts
** 2019 Koussevitzky Artist

Thursday, July 11, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Venice Baroque Orchestra^
Andrea Marcon, conductor and harpsichord^
Avi Avital, mandolin
VIVALDI Sinfonia in C for strings and continuo,
from L’Olimpiade, RV 725
VIVALDI Concerto in D for lute, strings,
and continuo, RV 93
ALBINONI Concerto in G for strings and
continuo, Op. 7, No. 4
VIVALDI Concerto in G for mandolin, recorder, strings,
and continuo, RV 532
CORELLI Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 4
BARBELLA Concerto in D for mandolin, strings,
and continuo
VIVALDI Sinfonia in C for strings
and basso continuo, RV 114
VIVALDI Concerto in G minor, Op. 8, No. 2, Summer

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

Friday, July 12, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano^
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet
Robert Sheena, English horn
COPLAND Quiet City
GRIEG Piano Concerto
COPLAND Symphony No. 3

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

Saturday, July 13, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Kristine Opolais, soprano
Oksana Volkova, mezzo-soprano+
Jonathan Tetelman, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor
VERDI Requiem

Sunday, July 14, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
HK GRUBER Aerial, Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
STRAUSS “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome

Monday, July 15, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Stefan Asbury, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows
Program to include
Helen GRIME New work (world premiere; TMC commission)
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

Tuesday, July 16, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
MILOŠ, classical guitar^
J.S. BACH Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 997
GRANADOS from 12 Spanish Dances:
No. 5, Andaluza
No. 2, Oriental
ALBÉNIZ Asturias
VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes
LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) Blackbird
LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) Yesterday
HARRISON/LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) While my guitar gently weeps
Mathias DUPLESSY Cavalcade

Wednesday, July 17, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
SIBELIUS Malinconia, Op. 20
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 19, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Betsy JOLAS A Little Summer Suite
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
DEBUSSY La Mer
RAVEL La Valse

UnderScore Friday Concert

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

Saturday, July 20, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano**
Rod Gilfry, baritone+
Wendall Harrington, video artist
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Kevin PUTS The Brightness of Light (world premiere; BSO co-commission)

Sunday, July 21 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
GERSHWIN Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” for piano and orchestra
STRAVINSKY Petrushka

Tuesday, July 23, 8 p.m. Shed
Tanglewood on Parade
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Boston Symphony Children’s Choir
Andris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Thomas Wilkins, and James Burton, conductors
Program to include
WAGNER “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
James BURTON The Lost Words, for children’s choir and orchestra (world premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

Fireworks to follow the concert

Wednesday, July 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Renée Fleming, soprano**
Emerson String Quartet
WALKER Lyric for Strings
Richard WERNICK String Quartet No. 10
BARBER String Quartet, Op. 11
André PREVIN and Tom STOPPARD Penelope, for soprano, string quartet, and piano (world premiere; BSO co-commission)*

*Celebrating Sir André Previn’s 90th birthday

Thursday, July 25, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Stefan Jackiw, violin^
Jeremy Denk, piano
Hudson Shad, vocal quartet^
ALL-IVES PROGRAM
Violin Sonata No. 4, Children’s Day
Violin Sonata No. 3
Violin Sonata No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 1
Plus hymns, patriotic songs, and marches that inspired these sonatas

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

Friday, July 26, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 2
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K.414
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

Saturday, July 27, 10 a.m. Ozawa Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
BSO Family Concert

Saturday, July 27, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, July 27, 8 p.m. Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Amber Wagner, soprano (Sieglinde)
Simon O’Neill, tenor (Siegmund)^
Ain Anger, bass (Hunding)
WAGNER Die Walküre, Act I

Concert performance sung in German with English supertitles

Sunday, July 28, 2:30 p.m. (Act II) Shed
Sunday, July 28, 6:30 p.m. (Act III) Shed
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Amber Wagner, soprano (Sieglinde)
Christine Goerke, soprano (Brünnhilde)
Mezzo-soprano to be announced (Fricka)
Simon O’Neill, tenor (Siegmund)
James Rutherford, bass-baritone (Wotan)^
Ain Anger, bass (Hunding)
Eve Gigliotti^, Wendy Bryn Harmer^, Kelly Cae Hogan^, Ronnita Miller^, Mary Phillips, and Renée Tatum (Valkyries)
WAGNER Die Walküre, Acts II and III

Concert performance sung in German with English supertitles

Tuesday, July 30, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Paul Lewis, piano
HAYDN Sonata No. 34 in E minor
BRAHMS Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
BEETHOVEN Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33
HAYDN Sonata No. 52 in E-flat

Wednesday, July 31, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Lara Downes, piano^
The Beyond Liberty Players^
Song of America: Beyond Liberty
Beloved American baritone Thomas Hampson opens the American Songbook to explore the influential people and monumental events that helped create and define “the land of the free.” Guiding the audience through centuries of stories, Mr. Hampson will share personal anecdotes and readings, offering a rich context within which to celebrate America’s history of song.

Article updated Dec. 14, 2018 by Dave Read

Highlighting the BSO’s August 2019 Tanglewood schedule is Yo-Yo Ma’s Aug. 11 program, J.S. BACH Suites for unaccompanied cello, which is part of his two-year global initiative, “The Bach Project.” Yet to be announced is the accompanying “days of action,” wherein Ma seeks “to put culture in action by bringing people and organizations together to address pressing social issues” and “invite all of us to think differently about the role of culture in society.”

Guest conductors performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and other ensembles at Tanglewood during August 2019 include: Antonio Pappano, Ken-David Masur, Asher Fisch, Dima Slobodeniouk, Leonidas Kavakos, Rafael Payare, Thomas Adès, François-Xavier Roth, Giancarlo Guerrero, Huichang Yan, Yu-An Chang; guest soloists include Joshua Bell, Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Nikolai Lugansky, Inon Barnatan, Kirill Gerstein, Ingrid Fliter.

The 2019 Festival of Contemporary Music runs August 8-12; The Knights perform Thursday, August 15, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall in a program conducted by Eric Jacobsen, with violinist Gil Shaham.

Thursday, August 1, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
Sir Antonio Pappano, conductor^
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano^
BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été
STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

Friday, August 2, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 2, 8 p.m. Shed
The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
MARTIN? Memorial to Lidice
DVO?ÁK Violin Concerto
DVO?ÁK Symphony No. 8

UnderScore Friday Concert

Saturday, August 3, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 3, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Asher Fisch, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Amanda Forsyth, cello
SCHUMANN Overture to Genoveva
Avner DORMAN Double Concerto for violin, cello,
and orchestra (American premiere; BSO co-commission)
BEETHOVEN Romance No. 1 in G for violin and orchestra
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish

Sunday, August 4, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1

Tuesday, August 6, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Emanuel Ax, piano
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Selected trios for piano, violin, and cello

Wednesday, August 7, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Yefim Bronfman, piano
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2
Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3
Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata

Friday, August 9, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 9, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor and violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
DVO?ÁK Symphony No. 7

UnderScore Friday Concert

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

Saturday, August 10, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Payare, conductor+
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
CARREÑO Margaritena
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Sunday, August 11, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano+
IVES Three Places in New England
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Sunday, August 11, 7:30 p.m. Shed
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
J.S. BACH Suites for unaccompanied cello
In this special Sunday-evening Shed concert, Yo-Yo Ma plays all six of J.S. Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello, music that has given him, in his own words, “sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss.”

2019 Festival of Contemporary Music, August 8-12

BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès, Director

Thursday, August 8, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Opera
TMC Vocal Fellows
Richard AYRES The Cricket Recovers (American Premiere)

Friday, August 9, 2:30 p.m. Center for Music and Learning
Chamber Music
Erika FOX Hungarian Rhapsody (American premiere)
Andrew HAMILTON New work
(world premiere; TMC commission)
Hilda PAREDES Altazor (American premiere)

Saturday, August 10, 6:15 p.m. Center for Music and Learning
Prelude Concert
Poul RUDERS String Quartet No. 3 (American premiere)
SEEGER String Quartet
Chaya CZERNOWIN Anea Crystal

Sunday, August 11, 10 a.m. Ozawa Hall
Chamber Music
Andrew HAMILTON music for people who like art (American premiere)
Nathan SHIELDS New work (American premiere; TMC commission)
Steve REICH Radio Rewrite
Thea MUSGRAVE Space Play

Monday, August 12, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Piano works of Oliver Knussen

Monday, August 12, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Thomas Ades, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows
TMC Vocal Fellows
Gerald BARRY Canada (American premiere)
Poul RUDERS Symphony No. 5 (American premiere)
KNUSSEN Whitman Settings
György KURTÁG …concertante…, Op. 42 (American premiere)

Tuesday, August 13, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
Violin Sonata No. 6 in A, Op. 30, No. 1
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96

Thursday, August 15, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
LIGETI Concert Românesc
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
György KURTÁG Signs, Games, and Messages
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta
BRAHMS (arr. Paul Brantley) Four Hungarian Dances

Friday, August 16, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 16, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Star Wars: A New Hope (film with live orchestra)
Join Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops as they present this classic film with live orchestral accompaniment. Set 30 years after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: A New Hope, the fourth episode of the saga, returns to the desert planet of Tatooine. A young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) begins to discover his destiny when, searching for a lost droid, he is saved by reclusive Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness). A civil war rages in the galaxy, and Rebel forces struggle against the evil Galactic Empire, Luke and Obi- Wan enlist the aid of hotshot pilot, Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Joined by the quirky droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO, the unlikely team sets out to rescue Rebel leader Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and make use of the stolen plans to destroy the Empire’s ultimate weapon. In a legendary confrontation, the rogue group mounts an attack against the Death Star for a climactic battle with the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.

Saturday, August 17, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 17, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth, conductor^
Kirill Gerstein, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

Sunday, August 18, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Members of the BSO horn section
SCHUMANN Concert Piece for four horns and orchestra
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
BRAHMS Serenade No. 1

Sunday, August 18, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows
Program to include
MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Wednesday, August 21, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra^
Huichang Yan, conductor^
With its roots in the musical heritage of its homeland, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is a cultural phenomenon: an ensemble of more than 80 players, performing on traditional Chinese instruments placed in a Western orchestral configuration. The orchestra has built a repertoire that includes not only time-honored Chinese music but also contemporary works, many composed especially for the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra by some of the leading composers of our time. This is one of only two U.S. engagements on the ensemble’s 2019 international tour.

Friday, August 23, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor

Friday, August 23, 8 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Yu-An Chang, conductor^^
Ingrid Fliter, piano
MENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2

Saturday, August 24, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 24, 8 p.m. Shed
John Williams’ Film Night
Boston Pops
David Newman, conductor
John Williams, host
John Williams’ Film Night has long been established as one of the Tanglewood calendar’s most anticipated and beloved evenings. Join Mr. Williams as he introduces this year’s celebration of the music of Hollywood and beyond, featuring the Boston Pops and conductor David Newman.

Sunday, August 25, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nicole Cabell, soprano
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano+
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Morris Robinson, bass
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor
SCHOENBERG Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth), for unaccompanied chorus
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9