Program details for week three at Tanglewood, July 18 – July 24, 2008.
- BerkshireMap.com: Tanglewood directions.
- Tanglewood.org: Ticket information.
Festival of Contemporary Music: July 20-24
Elliott Carter Centenary
Friday, July 18, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Prelude concert
Friday, July 18, 7 p.m., Shed
“This Week at Tanglewood” discussion series
with moderator Martin Bookspan
Friday, July 18, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
KATE LINDSEY, mezzo-soprano (Harbison)
Baritone to be announced (Harbison)
HARBISON Symphony No. 5
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Saturday, July 19, 10:30 a.m., Shed
Open Rehearsal
Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 19, 8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor
MIDORI, violin
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Variants of “Dives
and Lazarus”
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
COPLAND Symphony No. 3
Festival of Contemporary Music: July 20-24
Elliott Carter Centenary
Sunday, July 20, 10 a.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
OLIVER KNUSSEN, conductor
CHARLES ROSEN, piano
URSULA OPPENS, harpsichord
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Call, for two trumpets and horn
Asko Concerto, for ensemble
Luimen, for ensemble
Refléxions, for ensemble
Double Concerto for piano, harpsichord,
and large ensemble
Sunday, July 20, 2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SHI-YEON SUNG, conductor**
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
SCHUMANN Manfred Overture
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian
Sunday, July 20, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
NICHOLAS HODGES, piano
THOMAS MARTIN, clarinet
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Dialogues, for piano and orchestra
Clarinet Concerto
Sound Fields, for string orchestra (world premiere; commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center)
Variations for Orchestra
Monday, July 21, 4 p.m., Ozawa Hall
ELLIOTT CARTER
JAMES LEVINE
FRED SHERRY
ELLEN HIGHSTEIN, moderator
Panel discussion (FCM)
Monday, July 21, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall
JAMES LEVINE, CHARLES ROSEN,
and URSULA OPPENS, piano
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Matribute
Piano Sonata
Night Fantasies, for piano
Monday, July 21, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
STEFAN ASBURY, conductor
LUCY SHELTON, soprano
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Tempo e Tempi, for soprano and ensemble
Syringa, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and ensemble
Penthode, for ensemble
Triple Duo, for ensemble
Tuesday, July 22, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Enchanted Preludes, for flute and cello
Figment I, for solo cello
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux, for flute and clarinet
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux II, for flute, clarinet,
and marimba
Au Quai, for viola and bassoon
Figment II, for solo cello
Trilogy, for oboe and harp
Two Thoughts about the Piano: Caténaires
and Intermittances, for solo piano
Tuesday, July 22, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
JAMES LEVINE and JOHN OLIVER, conductors
JO ELLEN MILLER, soprano
ANN HOBSON PILOT, harp
FRED SHERRY, cello
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord
In the Distances of Sleep, for mezzo-soprano
and ensemble
Mosaic, for harp and ensemble (American premiere;
co-commissioned by the BSO
and Nash Ensemble)
Mad-Regales, for solo voices (world premiere; commissioned by
the Tanglewood Music Center)
A Mirror on Which to Dwell, for soprano and ensemble
Wednesday, July 23, 4 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
DOUGLAS FITCH, director and set designer
Film screening of Carter’s What Next?,
from the American stage premiere filmed
in performace at Tanglewood in 2006 (FCM)
Wednesday, July 23, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Quintet for Piano and Winds
String Quartet No. 2
Wednesday, July 23, 8 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA
OLIVER KNUSSEN, conductor
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
CONDUCTING FELLOW
FRED SHERRY, cello
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Holiday Overture
Cello Concerto
Three Occasions for Orchestra
Concerto for Orchestra
Thursday, July 24, 4 p.m., Ozawa Hall
Former Boston Globe Music Critic Richard Dyer interviews Elliott Carter. (FCM)
Thursday, July 24, 5 p.m., Ozawa Hall
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS
CHARLES ROSEN, piano
FRED SHERRY, cello
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Selected Pieces for Timpani
4 Lauds, for violin
Figment IV, for viola
Figment III, for double-bass
Steep Steps, for bass clarinet
Selected Pieces for Timpani
Elegy, for cello and piano
Thursday, July 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
JAMES SOMMERVILLE, horn
ALL-CARTER PROGRAM (FCM)
Boston Concerto, for orchestra
Three Illusions for Orchestra
Horn Concerto
Symphonia: Sum fluxae pretium spei
* denotes BSO debut; ** denotes Tanglewood debut
- BerkshireMap.com: Tanglewood directions.
- Tanglewood.org: Ticket information.
