The 2011 schedule of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s season at Tanglewood begins with the Gala Opening Night, an all-Italian program with opera excerpts by Bellini, Verdi, and Rossini, as well as Respighi’s Pines of Rome and Canzonas for brass by Gabrieli; then Levine and BSO perform Berlioz’s Requiem along with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor, and two Ozawa Hall concerts, one by the Emerson String Quartet and then a recital of Beethoven, Schumann, and Franck sonatas.
Friday, July 8, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
- Prelude Concert
- Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 8, 7:15 p.m. Shed
- This Week at Tanglewood
- Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists
Friday, July 8, 8:30 p.m. Shed
- Opening Night at Tanglewood
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Charles Dutoit, conductor
- Angela Meade, soprano**
- Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
- Joseph Calleja, tenor**
- James Morris, bass-baritone
- Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor
- BELLINI Excerpts from Act 1 of Norma
- VERDI Overture to La forza del destino
- VERDI Trio from Act 3 of I lombardi
- GABRIELI Canzonas for brass
- ROSSINI Overture to La Cenerentola
- RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Maestro Charles Dutoit and the Boston Symphony Orchestra are joined by soprano Angela Meade, mezzo-soprano Kristine Jepson, tenor Joseph Calleja to open the Tanglewood season with a gala concert featuring opera excerpts by Bellini, Verdi, and Rossini, as well as Respighi’s resplendent Pines of Rome and Canzonas for brass by Gabrieli.
Saturday, July 9
- Saturday, July 9, 9:30 a.m. Shed
- Pre-Rehearsal Talk
- Saturday, July 9, 10:30 a.m. Shed
- Rehearsal, Sunday program
- Saturday, July 9, 8:30 p.m. Shed
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Charles Dutoit, conductor
- Joseph Calleja, tenor
- Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor
- BERLIOZ Requiem
Maestro Charles Dutoit conducts the orchestra, tenor Joseph Calleja, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor, in Berlioz’s monumental Requiem.
Sunday, July 10
- Sunday, July 10, 2:30 p.m. Shed
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
- Joshua Bell, violin
- HIGDON Loco
- BRUCH Scottish Fantasy, for violin and orchestra
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Joshua Bell and Peruvian guest conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya join the orchestra for a program to include Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy,for violin and orchestra.
- Sunday, July 10, 8 p.m. Theatre
- Tanglewood Music Center Vocal and Instrumental Fellows
- Mark Morris, director
- An evening of short operas and art song
Tanglewood Music Center vocalists will participate in an evening of three short operas by the 20-century French neoclassical composer Darius Milhaud, under the stage direction of Mark Morris, on July 10.
Monday, July 11
- Monday, July 11, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
- Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Orchestra
- Stefan Asbury, conductor
- Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
- Program to be announced
Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Orchestra will perform a program led by conductor Stefan Asbury and Conducting Fellows of the TMC.
Tuesday, July 12
- Tuesday, July 12, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
- Emerson String Quartet
- HAYDN Quartet No. 67 in F, Op. 77, No. 2
- BARTÓK Quartet No. 6
- SCHUBERT Quartet No. 15 in G, D.887
Emerson String Quartet presents a traditional program of music by composers with whom they are known for excellence: Haydn (Quartet No. 67 in F, Op. 77, No. 2), Bartók (Quartet No. 6), and Schubert (Quartet No. 15 in G, D. 887).
Thursday, July 14
- Thursday, July 14, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
- Nikolaj Znaider, violin*
- Saleem Abboud Ashkar, piano*
- BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 8 in G for violin and piano,Op. 30, No. 3
- SCHUMANN Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violin and piano, Op. 121
- FRANCK Sonata in A for violin and piano
Acclaimed virtuoso violinist Nikolaj Znaider and pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar perform a recital of Beethoven, Schumann, and Franck sonatas.
*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
How to get Tanglewood brochures
Tanglewood brochures are available by sending your request to CustomerService@bso.org.
Tanglewood driving directions
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