Pop, rock, jazz at Tanglewood
June 2016 at Tanglewood
August & September 2016 at Tanglewood
July 1, 2016
10am Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC String Quartet Marathon
July 1, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration
Warren Haynes, Boston Pops
July 2, 2016
2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
TMC String Quartet Marathon
July 3, 2016
10am Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center: Chamber Music Brass, Winds, and Percussion Extravaganza
July 3, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
James Taylor with His All-Star Band
July 4, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
James Taylor with His All-Star Band
July 6, 2016
7pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Tanglewood Brass Spectacular!
Members of the Boston Pops Brass and Percussion Sections
Boston Crusaders
Phantom Regiment
Blue Coats
Cadets
Following the extraordinary success of their 2015 concert, members of the Boston Pops brass and percussion sections again join forces with several of America’s leading drum-and-bugle corps for another spectacular evening.
July 7, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall, director and viola da gamba
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo
Folias, Antiguas and Criollas: From the Ancient to the New World
July 8, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Opening Night
Jacques Lacombe conducts Ravel, Saint-Saëns and Prokofiev featuring Joshua Bell, violin
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
July 9, 2016
2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
The BSO’s Tanglewood Family Concert provides an engaging and educational concert experience especially for children ages 3-8 and their families. Pre-concert activities begin at 12:30pm. $12, free for kids under 18
July 9, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Nadine Sierra, soprano
Jean-Francis Monvoisin, tenor
Stephen Powell, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Children’s Chorus
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
RAVEL Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
ORFF Carmina burana
July 10, 2016
2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Seth MacFarlane, soloist
Seth MacFarlane joins Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops in a swingin’ symphonic serenade of classic songs from the ’40s and ’50s. His rich baritone voice is infectious, reflecting his love of the Great American Songbook.
July 10, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Conductor to be announced
TMC Conducting Fellows
July 12, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary Season of the Emerson String Quartet
HAYDN The Complete Op. 76 Quartets (Nos. 1-6)
July 13, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Emerson String Quartet
Renée Fleming, soprano
BRAHMS Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
WELLESZ Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Op. 52, for soprano and string quartet
BERG Lyric Suite, for soprano and string quartet
July 14, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
The Knights
Alexandra Sopp, flute
Christina Courtin, vocalist
The Times, They Are A-Changin’
GREENSTEIN Flute Concerto
HAYDN Symphony No. 64, Tempora mutantor (“Times Chang’d”)
KAHANE Crane Palimpsest
HAGGART/BAUDUC “The Big Noise from Winnetka”
Cat STEVENS/P.P. ARNOLD “The First Cut is the Deepest”
The TROGGS (arr. C. JACOBSEN) “Wild Thing”
Bob DYLAN (arr. The Knights) “The Times They Are A-Changin'”
July 15, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Symphony No. 25
Violin Concerto from Serenade in D, K.250, Haffner
Symphony No. 39
July 16, 2016
2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Young Artists Orchestra Lawrence Loh, conductor
WAGNER Overture to Die Meistersinger
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
July 16, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
STRAUSS Metamorphosen
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
July 17, 2016
2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
July 17, 2016
2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Young Artists Wind Ensemble
David J. Martins, conductor
Program to include works by COPLAND, DAHL, DUKAS, McTEE, NELSON, SALFELDER, and alumnus Jonathan NEWMAN
July 18, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
TMC Conducting Fellows
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Program to include
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica
July 20, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
François Leleux, oboe
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Lynn Harrell, cello
Emanuel Ax, piano
SAINT-SAËNS Oboe Sonata in D, Op. 166
MOZART Duets from The Magic Flute, for oboe and violin
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minor
BRITTEN Phantasy, Op. 2, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello
MOZART Oboe Quartet in F, K.370
July 21, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Festival of Contemporary Music, Steven Stucky, Festival Director
TMC Fellows
LUTOS?AWSKI Chain 1
SALONEN Five Images after Sappho for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
LINDBERG Marea
STUCKY Chamber Concerto (East Coast premiere)
July 22, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Festival of Contemporary Music, Steven Stucky, Festival Director
PHIBBS String Quartet No. 1 (US premiere)
ABRAHAMSEN Schneebilder for piano quartet
CURRIER Deep-Sky Objects for soprano, string quartet, piano, electronics, and video
DENNEHY One Hundred Goodbyes (Céad Slán) for string quartet and soundtrack
July 22, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
DVO?ÁK Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
July 23, 2016
2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Festival of Contemporary Music, Steven Stucky, Festival Director
The Fromm Concert
The Fromm Players
OGONEK Falling Up
WHITE Learning to See
JALBERT L’Oeil écoute
CROCKETT Whistling in the Dark
LEVERING Cloches II
GEE New work for voice, violin, viola, and double bass (world premiere, TMC commission)
July 23, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Raquel Lojendio, soprano
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
FALLA The Three-cornered Hat (complete)
July 23, 2016
10am Seiji Ozawa Hall
Festival of Contemporary Music, Steven Stucky, Festival Director
HILLBORG Brass Quintet
DEAN Sextet (Old King in Exile)
HARVEY Song Offerings
BOULEZ Dérive
DONATONI Arpège
MELTZER Variations on a Summer Day (world premiere)
July 24, 2016
2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Veronika Eberle, violin
GINASTERA Variaciones concertantes?
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
July 25, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra – program TBA
July 27, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Chanticleer
“Over the Moon” – The moon-the symbol in song, story, poetry, and legend of powerful and mysterious energy, which determines and regulates so much of life on our planet.
July 28, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Danish String Quartet
NØRGÅRD Quartet No. 1, Quartetto breve
MENDELSSOHN Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127
July 29, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595
MAHLER Symphony No. 9
July 30, 2016
2:30pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Young Artists Orchestra and Chorus
Paul Haas, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 6
July 30, 2016
8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
CORIGLIANO Fantasia on an Ostinato
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
July 31, 2016
2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 1
July 31, 2016
8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
Chick Corea Trio featuring Christian McBride and Brian Blade
July 2016 Tanglewood schedule exemplifies all that makes the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshires one of the world’s most popular and most impotant music venues. On the pop side of the ledger, local resident James Taylor returns with his All Star Band for another 4th of July concert 9and one the day before!), whereas the classical column lists appearances by such luminaries as Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming, Pinchas Zukerman, Emerson String Quartet, and BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons. Jazz fans welcome return engagements with Chick Corea and Christian McBride.
2016 Tanglewood tickets
Tickets for the 2016 Tanglewood season, $12-$124, go on sale January 24 starting at 10 a.m. through Tanglewood’s website, www.tanglewood.org, SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, and at the Symphony Hall Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA. Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org. 2016 Tanglewood schedule – PDF.
Tanglewood grounds map
Here is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.
How to get to the Berkshires
Follow this link for Berkshires travel information, including public transportation within Berkshire county and Amtrak and Peter Pan bus schedules.