July 15 – 21, 2011 Tanglewood schedule Week 2

Dave Read

15 years ago

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

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