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July 15 – 21, 2011 Tanglewood schedule Week 2

Second week of the 2011 season Tanglewood schedule, July 15-21, features Kurt Masur conducting the BSO in a program of Dvorak and Schumann, John Storgaards leading an all-Sibelius program, a tribute to Cole Porter by the Boston Pops led by Keith Lockhart with Broadway stars Kelli O’Hara and Jason Danieley, plus pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performing Ravel’s music for solo piano in two Ozawa Hall concerts.

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

Eminent German conductor Kurt Masur, a frequent guest of the BSO and at Tanglewood, conducts Dvo?ák’s Cello Concerto, featuring soloist Lynn Harrell, and Schumann’s 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
  • John Storgaards, conductor
  • Nikolaj Znaider, violin
  • ALL-SIBELIUS PROGRAM
  • Finlandia
  • Valse triste
  • Violin Concerto
  • Symphony No. 5

Maestro John Storgaards leads the orchestra and is joined by Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider (making his Tanglewood debut) for an all-Sibelius program featuring the soaring Violin Concerto, the gripping Symphony No. 5, the beloved tone poem Finlandia, and Valse triste.

Sunday, July 17

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

Broadway stars Kelli O’Hara and Jason Danieley join conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra 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

Kurt Masur, along with TMC Conducting Fellows, will lead the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in a program including Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Kodály’s Háry János Suite, Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks, and Schumann’s rousing Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61.

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

Outstanding French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, one of the world’s foremost interpreters of Ravel, offers an incredibly rare opportunity to hear the composer’s complete music for solo piano between two Ozawa Hall concerts. Highlights include Miroirs, Gaspard de la nuit, Jeux d’eau, Valses nobles et sentimentales, and Le Tombeau de Couperin. Ravel’s piano music virtually defines the Impressionist period in which he composed, and is considered some of the finest keyboard writing of any era.

*connotes Tanglewood debut
**connotes Tanglewood and BSO debut

Tanglewood contact info.

  • 297 West Street (Rt. 183)
  • Lenox, MA 01240
  • Box Office: 617-266-1200; 888-266-1200
  • Website: tanglewood.org

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