Tanglewood schedule August 1-7, 2014
Article by Dave Read
Associate Conductor Marcelo Lehninger conducts the BSO and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in the Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert on Friday, August 1. Opening the program is Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings followed by Schumann’s Symphony No. 4. In between is Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Trumpet, with Mr. Thibaudet and BSO principal trumpet Thomas Rolfs. Maestro Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos returns to the podium on Sunday, August 3, for a BSO concert devoted entirely to the Classical period and the Austro-German tradition. Violinist Augustin Hadelich joins the orchestra for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K.218. Haydn’s Symphony No. 6, Le Matin, opens the program, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 closes it.
Tanglewood on Parade scheduled for August 5, 2014
Audience favorite Tanglewood on Parade, Tuesday, August 5, gives audiences a chance to hear BSO, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and the Boston Pops perform in a single concert, followed by fireworks over the Stockbridge Bowl. Leonard Slatkin and Stephane Deneve are joined by Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, and Laureate Conductor John Williams for a program that will include the traditional TOP finale, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.
On Wednesday, August 6, Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi and his Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen take the Ozawa Hall stage for an all-Brahms program that also features German pianist Lars Vogt. The concert opens with Academic Festival Overture, followed by Piano Concerto No. 1. Concluding the program is the Symphony No. 2. On Thursday, August 7, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Emanuel Ax team up for Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8, in the concert’s finale, and perform in duos for the Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78, and the Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99.
Friday, August 1, 8:30 p.m. Shed
- The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
- Thomas Rolfs, trumpet (Shostakovich)
- TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings
- SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1
- SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Saturday, August 2, 9:30 a.m. Shed.Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, August 2, 10:30 a.m. Shed, Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, August 2, 8:30 p.m. Shed
- John Williams’ Film Night
- Boston Pops Orchestra
- Special guests TBA
Sunday, August 3, 2:30 p.m. Shed
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor
- Augustin Hadelich, violin
- HAYDN Symphony No. 6, Le Matin
- MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K.218
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
Tuesday, August 5, 8:30 p.m. Shed
- Tanglewood on Parade
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Boston Pops Orchestra
- Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
- Stephane Deneve, Keith Lockhart, Leonard Slatkin, and John Williams, conductors
- Program to include TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Wednesday, August 6, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
- The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
- Paavo Järvi, conductor
- Lars Vogt, piano
- ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
- Academic Festival Overture
- Piano Concerto No. 1
- Symphony No. 2
Thursday, August 7, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
- Emanuel Ax, piano
- Leonidas Kavakos, violin
- Yo-Yo Ma, cello
- ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78
- Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99
- Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8
Program for Week 5 Tanglewood August 1 – 7, 2014
Jean-yves Thibaudet, Associate Conductor Marcelo Lehninger and BSO perform Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1, August 1; John Williams leads Tanglewood Film Night, August 2; Augustin Hadelich performs Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4, August 3; Tanglewood On Parade is Tuesday, August 5; Paavo Järvi And His Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Perform All-brahms Program, August 6; Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-yo Ma, and Emanuel Ax play a recital Of Brahms compositions, August 7.