2014 Tanglewood Season Listing

All programs and artists are subject to change.

Saturday, June 28, 5:45 p.m. Shed
A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood
with Garrison Keillor
Live broadcast
Tuesday, July 1, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
DEBUSSY Sonata for flute, viola, and harp
New work, celebrating the 50th Anniversary Season of the
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
SCHUBERT Octet in F, D.803, for winds and strings
Thursday, July 3, 8 p.m. Shed
Friday, July 4, 8 p.m. Shed
James Taylor at Tanglewood
James Taylor returns to his beloved Tanglewood with his
extraordinary band for two spectacular performances.
Fireworks to follow the July 4 concert
All proceeds from the July 4 concert to benefit Tanglewood
Saturday, July 5, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-rehearsal Talk
Saturday, July 5, 10:30 a.m.
Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, July 5, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Opening Night at Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conductor to be announced
Rene Fleming, soprano
Celebrated soprano Rene Fleming opens the 2014 BSO
season at Tanglewood in an all-American program. With the
Boston Symphony, she will present great works of the
American concert hall and opera stage, plus favorites from
musical theatre and popular genres.
Sunday, July 6, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Asher Fisch, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
LISZT Les Prludes
WAGNER Excerpts from Die Meistersinger
Wednesday, July 9, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Chanticleer
She Said/He Said
The complex and emotionally charged dialogue between the
sexes is aneternal theme for composers, fromthe bawdiestof
Renaissance madrigals through standards by Cole Porter. In
another vein, godliness bestowed upon women is extolled in
works by Andrea Gabrieli and Eric Whitacre. She Said/He
Said will feature female voices as diverse as Hildegard von
Bingen and Stacy Garrop, GermanRomanticismfromBrahms
andFanny Mendelssohn, andsongwriting by Joni Mitchell. The
program will conclude with newly created arrangements
contributing fresh material to Chanticleers popular and jazz
repertoire.
Thursday, July 10, 7:30 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Emerson String Quartet
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartets Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15
This is an extended concert with two intermissions.
Friday, July 11, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 11, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and
guest artists
Friday, July 11, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
ALL-DVOK PROGRAM
The Noonday Witch
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 8
Saturday, July 12, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, July 12, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Saturday program
*connotes Tanglewood debut
**connotes Tanglewood and BSO debut
^ connotes BSO debut
Saturday, July 12, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra (Strauss)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Sophie Bevan, soprano (Sophie)*
Angela Denoke, soprano (Marschallin)*
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano (Octavian)
STRAUSS Excerpts from Der Rosenkavalier
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
RAVEL Bolero
Sunday, July 13, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Jason Alexander, vocalist*
Singer, dancer, andmaster of comedic timing, JasonAlexander
is best-known for his appearances on television (as George
Costanza in Seinfeld) and in film. A Broadway veteran and
Tony Award-winner, with the Boston Pops he will perform
selections from The Music Man, Pippin, and Merrily We Roll
Along, plus a few surprises.
Tuesday, July 15, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music
Benjamin Bagby, director
The Lost Songs Project: Music from the Court of
Charlemagne
Charlemagne, the Frankishking who was crownedEmperor in
Rome in 800 and died in 814, ruled over a vast territory
including most of what is today Western Europe. As he
restlessly moved around his realms before establishing a
permanent palace in Aachen, Charlemagne surrounded
himself with some of the most brilliant minds of his time, and
his court was renowned for its focus on learning and poetry,
the making of liturgical books, and the study of ancient texts.
This program explores the musical worldof Charlemagne and
his circle, through political and religious songs, laments,
storytelling and even epic. All of these appear today in
shadowy and fragmentary forms, like phantoms from 1200
years ago, requiring deep study, reconstruction, and
imagination. Through Benjamin Bagbys scholarly work and
dramatic presentation, these Lost Songs sing again as they
once sang for Charlemagne and his court.
Wednesday, July 16, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Wolfram Rieger, piano
Strauss and his World
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard
Strauss, baritone Thomas Hampson explores the worldof the
composer, andhis influences as a song writer at the endof the
19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. In addition to songs
by Strauss himself, this concert will include music by Berg,
Korngold, and Zemlinsky.
Friday, July 18, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 18, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and
guest artists
Friday, July 18, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnnyi, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks
COPLAND Selection of Old American Songs
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Saturday, July 19, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saurday, July 19, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, July 19, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Hkan Hardenberger, trumpet*
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
MARTINSSON Bridge, Trumpet Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio italien
Sunday, July 20, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
ROUSE Rapture
LALO Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Wednesday, July 23, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
The Knights
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Hkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Frank Kimbrough, piano
Scott Robinson, clarinets
Jay Anderson, double bass
SCHNEIDER Winter Morning Walks, for soprano, jazz
musicians, and strings
Transcriptions for trumpet and ensemble of songs by Joni
MITCHELL, WEILL, LEGRAND, and PIAZZOLLA
Thursday, July 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America*
David Robertson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Samuel ADAMS New work
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
BRITTEN Violin Concerto
MUSSORGSKY (orch. RAVEL) Pictures at an Exhibition
Friday, July 25, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 25, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and
guest artists
Friday, July 25, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnnyi, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K.414
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian
Saturday, July 26, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, July 26, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, July 26, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnnyi, conductor
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
Sunday, July 27, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frhbeck de Burgos, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano^
Vocal soloists
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
VERDI Overture to Nabucco
VERDI Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
from Nabucco
VERDI Finale of Aida, Act II
Thursday, July 31, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Chamber Ensemble from the Boston Lyric Opera
Orchestra*
David Angus, conductor*
Heather Johnson, mezzo-soprano (Lizzie Borden)*
Chelsea Basler, soprano (Margret Borden)*
Caroline Worra, soprano (Abigail Borden)*
Omar Najmi, tenor (Reverend Harrington)*
David McFerrin, baritone (Captain Jason McFarlane)*
Daniel Mobbs, baritone (Andrew Borden)*
BEESON Lizzie Borden
A chamber version in seven scenes without intermission
Music by Jack Beeson; libretto by Kenward Elmslie
Based on a scenario by Richard Plant
Realized by Todd Bashore (orchestration) and John Conklin
(dramaturgy)
Sung in English with supertitles
Friday, August 1, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, August 1, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and
guest artists
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
John Williams' FilmNight has become one of the mosteagerly-
anticipated evenings of the Tanglewood season. Join Mr.
Williams, the BostonPops, andspecial guests for a celebration
of the music of the silver screen.
Sunday, August 3, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frhbeck 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
Stphane Denve, Keith Lockhart, Leonard Slatkin, and
John Williams, conductors
Program to include
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Fireworks to follow the concert
Wednesday, August 6, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Jrvi, 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
Friday, August 8, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, August 8, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and
guest artists
Friday, August 8, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
BOLCOM Circus Overture (world premiere; BSO
commission)
BARBER Violin Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Celebrating Leonard Slatkins 70th birthday
Saturday, August 9, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, August 9, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, August 9, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Stphane Denve, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Sunday, August 10, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
ALL-TCHAIKOVSKY PROGRAM
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Andante cantabile, for cello and strings
Variations on a Rococo Theme, for cello and orchestra
Symphony No. 6, Pathtique
Wednesday, August 13, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Jeremy Denk, piano
IVES Sonata No. 2, Concord
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations
Thursday, August 14, 7:30 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Amanda Forsythe, soprano (Teseo)
Amy Freston, soprano (Agilea)*
Dominique Labelle, soprano (Medea)
Cline Ricci, soprano (Clizia)*
Robin Blaze, countertenor (Arcane)*
Drew Minter, countertenor (Egeo)
Jeffrey Fields, baritone (Priest of Minerva)*
HANDEL Teseo
Extended concert; sung in Italian with English supertitles
Friday, August 15, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Friday, August 15, 7:15 p.m. Shed
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and
guest artists
Friday, August 15, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Stphane Denve, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Elena Manistina, mezzo-soprano**
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
PROKOFIEV Alexander Nevsky
Saturday, August 16, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, August 16, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Saturday program
Saturday, August 16, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Nicholas Phan, tenor (Candide)**
Anna Christy, soprano (Cunegonde)**
Kathryn Leemhuis, mezzo-soprano (Paquette)**
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano (Old Lady)
Beau Gibson, tenor (Governor, Vanderdendur,
Ragotski)**
Paul LaRosa, baritone (Maximilian, Captain)^
Richard Suart, baritone (Voltaire, Pangloss, Martin,
Cacambo)**
TMC vocal soloists
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
BERNSTEIN Candide
Concert performance sung in English
Sunday, August 17, 2:30 p.m. Shed
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Nikolai Lugansky, piano*
STRAVINSKY Scherzo fantastique
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete)
Sunday, August 17, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
The Last Southern Gentlemen
with Ellis Marsalis and Delfeayo Marsalis
The Last Southern Gentlemen is a landmark recording for
Delfeayo Marsalis for the first time, a pairing of father Ellis
Marsalis, Jr. with Delfeayo on a collaborative album. This
concert will feature songs from the album including both
standards and original compositions. Built on the intimacy of
American ballads and the trombones expressive mimicry of
the human voice, The Last Southern Gentlemen is a firm
acknowledgement of the existence and importance of these
sweet, gentle sounds.
Friday, August 22, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
Friday, August 22, 7:15 p.m. Shed
This Week at Tanglewood
Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and
guest artists
Friday, August 22, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Oz with Orchestra
The Wizard of Oz was a technical marvel for the MGMstudio
in the late 1930s. MGM has stunningly re-mastered this
timeless classic, and in this version, produced by John
Goberman, the brilliantly restoredimages areaccompaniedby
a full symphony orchestra playing entirely newtranscriptions
of Harold Arlens brilliant lost scores. Hearing Judy Garlands
original 1939 vocals, backed by lush, live orchestration, will
transport children and adults alike. With this presentation of
The Wizard of Oz onthe big screen, moviegoers will betreated
to the Oscar-winning film as it has never been seen before.
Saturday, August 23, 9:30 a.m. Shed
Pre-Rehearsal Talk
Saturday, August 23, 10:30 a.m. Shed
Rehearsal, Sunday program
Saturday, August 23, 2:30 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Family Concert
Saturday, August 23, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RESPIGHI Roman Festivals; Fountains of Rome;
Pines of Rome
Sunday, August 24, 2:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Nicole Cabell and Meredith Hansen*, sopranos
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Noah Stewart** and Alex Richardson, tenors
John Relyea, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Sunday, August 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Thursday, August 28, 8 p.m. Shed
Wait WaitDont Tell Me!
NPRs oddly informative weekly hour-long news quiz program
is againlive at Tanglewood. The Peabody Award-winningseries
offers a fast-paced, irreverent look at the weeks news, hosted
by Peter Sagal along with judge andscore-keeper Carl Kassell.
Saturday, August 30, 7 p.m. Shed
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Josh Groban, vocalist
Members of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver,
conductor
One of today's popular music superstars, Josh Groban has
become a Tanglewood favorite. He partners with the Pops,
KeithLockhart, andchorus, for a spectacular close to the2014
summer season.