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Clark Art exhibition – Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Consuming Passion: Fragonard’s Allegories of Love

  • Clark Art Institute
  • 225 South St.
  • Williamstown, MA 01267
  • 413-458-3200
  • clarkart.edu
  • Berkshires museums

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, best known as a painter of playful genre subjects, garden landscapes, and fantasy portraits, later turned to the subject of romantic love. Consuming Passion: Fragonard’s Allegories of Love focuses on Fragonard’s work during the 1780s and 1790s when he created a series of dramatic reflections on the subject of romantic allegories. This exhibition explores these mysteries and evocative works in a variety of themes: oil painting, drawings, prints, and illustrated books.

Through January 21: Closed Mondays (September through June) Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week eight, Aug.22 – Aug.24, 2008

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Program details for week eight at Tanglewood, Aug.22 – Aug.24, 2008.

The final week of Tanglewood’s 2008 schedule will be all-Beethoven, including Beethoven’s Mass in C, Beethoven Symphony No. 2, Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Eroica, Beethoven Symphony No. 5, and the usual season finale, Beethoven Symphony No. 9.

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

MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Prelude concert

Friday, August 22, 7 p.m., Shed

“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan

Friday, August 22, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor

HEI-KYUNG HONG, soprano

KRISTINE JEPSON, mezzo-soprano

RICHARD CROFT, tenor**

HANNO MÜLLER-BRACHMANN, bass-baritone*

TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM

Mass in C

Symphony No. 5

Saturday, August 23, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Saturday and Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk
at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 23, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI, conductor

ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM

Symphony No. 2

Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Sunday, August 24, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI, conductor

CHRISTIANE OELZE, soprano**

LILLI PAASIKIVI, mezzo-soprano*

JORMA SILVASTI, tenor*

HANNO MÜLLER-BRACHMANN, bass-baritone

TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

* denotes BSO debut

** denotes Tanglewood debut

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week seven, Aug.15 – Aug.21, 2008

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Program details for week seven at Tanglewood, Aug.15 – Aug.21, 2008.

Highlights of week seven of the 2008 season at Tanglewood include the final two farewell performances of the Beaux Arts Trio, a musical tribute to mark the 90th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, and performances by Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Emmanuel Ax, and Pinchas Zukerman.

Friday, August 15, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall

MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Prelude concert

Friday, August 15, 7 p.m., Shed

“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan

Friday, August 15, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor

JANINE JANSEN, violin*

SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Saturday, August 16, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 16, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor

JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano

GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Sunday, August 17, 2:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA, conductor

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin

RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole

BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

Sunday, August 17, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON POPS ESPLANADE ORCHESTRA

KEITH LOCKHART, conductor

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL, baritone

Concert includes selections celebrating the 90th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth

Monday, August 18, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA

RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOWS

EMANUEL AX, piano

STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

STRAUSS Burleske, for piano and orchestra

ALBÉNIZ (orch. FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS)
Suite española

FALLA The Three-cornered Hat, suites nos. 1 and 2

Wednesday, August 20, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

BEAUX ARTS TRIO

DVO?ÁK Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, Dumky

KURTÁG Piano Trio

RAVEL Piano Trio

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

BEAUX ARTS TRIO

ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM

Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat

Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat

Final performances by the Beaux Arts Trio

* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week six, Aug.8 – Aug.14, 2008

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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

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week five, Aug. 1 – Aug. 7, 2008

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Program details for week five at Tanglewood, Aug. 1 – Aug. 7, 2008.

Friday, August 1, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall

MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Prelude concert

Friday, August 1, 7 p.m., Shed

“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan

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

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

PETER OUNDJIAN, conductor

JOSHUA BELL, violin

RAVEL Alborada del gracioso

CHAUSSON Poème, for violin and orchestra

SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, for violin and orchestra

MUSSORGSKY (orch. RAVEL) Pictures at
an Exhibition

Saturday, August 2, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 2, 8:30 p.m., Shed

The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

RENÉE FLEMING, soprano (Tatiana)

RAMÓN VARGAS, tenor (Lensky)**

PETER MATTEI, baritone (Onegin)**

VITALIJ KOWALJOW, bass (Prince Gremin)**

TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin

Sung in Russian with English supertitles

Sunday, August 3, 2:30 p.m., Shed

The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO, conductor*

YO-YO MA, cello

ALBÉNIZ (orch. ARBOS) Suite from Iberia

LALO Cello Concerto

RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

Tuesday, August 5, 8:30 p.m., Shed

Tanglewood on Parade

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, KEITH LOCKHART,
JOHN WILLIAMS, SIR ANDREW DAVIS, and ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductors

Program to include:

BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

Fireworks to follow the concert

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

TASHI:

PETER SERKIN, piano

IDA KAVAFIAN, violin

FRED SHERRY, cello

RICHARD STOLTZMAN, clarinet

JOSQUIN (recomp. WUORINEN) Ave Maria

MORLEY (recomp. WUORINEN) Christes Crosse

TAKEMITSU Quatrain II

MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of TASHI

* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut

2008 Tanglewood schedule, week four, July 25 – July 31, 2008

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Program details for week four, July 25 – July 31, 2008.

Friday, July 25, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall

MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Prelude concert

Friday, July 25, 7 p.m., Shed

“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan

Friday, July 25, 8:30 p.m., Shed

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JAMES LEVINE, conductor

YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano

ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM

Symphony No. 3

Piano Concerto No. 1

Saturday, July 26, 10:30 a.m., Shed

Open Rehearsal

Saturday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 26, 8:30 p.m., Shed

Film Night at Tanglewood

BOSTON POPS CONCERT

JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor

Program includes music of cinema’s great composers,
as well as Mr. Williams’ own score to his latest collaboration with Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Sunday, July 27, 2:30 p.m., Shed

ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S

ROBERTO ABBADO, conductor

SARAH CHANG, violin

TOWER In Memory

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Wednesday, July 30, 7 p.m., Ozawa Hall

FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

GOTTRIED VON DER GOLTZ, director

CHRISTIAN GERHAHER, baritone**

LORENZO COPPOLA, clarinet

TEUNIS VAN DER ZWART, horn

ALL-MOZART PROGRAM

Symphony No. 36, Linz

Arias from Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro,
and Don Giovanni

Clarinet Concerto

March in D, K.385a

Horn Concerto No. 1

Symphony No. 34

Thursday, July 31, 7 p.m., Ozawa Hall

SHANGHAI STRING QUARTET

Prelude Concert

arr. YI-WEN JIANG Selections from ChinaSong

RAVEL String Quartet

Thursday, July 31, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall

CHANTICLEER

SHANGHAI STRING QUARTET

CHEN YI In the Path of Beauty, for male chorus and string quartet

SAMETZ I Have Had Singing

STUCKY Cradle Songs

LIGETI Pápainé, Igeden földön, and Magány

Selection of folk, jazz, and gospel songs

* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut