Tanglewood On Parade

The Best of Tanglewood On Parade – August 18, 2020

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...lewood On Parade concerts, including the traditional 1812 Overture. One of Tanglewood’s most beloved traditions, Tanglewood on Parade (TOP) dates back to 1940, when BSO Music Director Serge Koussevitzky organized an “Allied Relief Fund Benefit.” This day-long event included performances by students of the newly founded Berkshire Music Center (now Tanglewood Music Center) featuring chamber music, orchestral music, brass fanfares, opera scenes, and...
Tanglewood, Berskires

Tanglewood, Jacob’s Pillow highlight Berkshires’ summer performing arts line-up

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...eal Symphony Orchestra directors Zubin Mehta and Charles Dutoit. Picnic at Tanglewood Hilary Scott As part of the BSO’s Tanglewood performances, Dutoit will conduct the orchestra in early August with two soloists; Canadian violinist Joshua Bell (Aug. 9, matinee) and violinist Leonidas Kavakos (Aug. 7). The latter will team up with celebrated cellist Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax to perform Brahms’ piano trios (Aug. 6). Ma and Ax will combine for Beeth...
Tanglewood performance of Mahler Symphony No. 3

Tanglewood performance of Mahler Symphony No. 3 – August 9, 2020

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...Children’s Choir, James Burton, conductor Recorded August 24, 2018 Available August 9, 2020 at 2:30pm through August 16. www.bso.org/tanglewood BSO Encore Performances from Tanglewood Video streamed full-length concerts on Sunday afternoons of the BSO and Tanglewood Festival Chorus chosen from Tanglewood’s vast archive of recorded performances. Each will be introduced by a celebrity host and performance by Andris Nelsons, Seiji Ozawa, John Willia...
Norman Rockwell’s Stockbridge studio (interior)

The Berkshires – sights and sounds of summertime

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...g off to summer camp, the Boston Symphony Orchestra spends every summer at Tanglewood. This year their Tanglewood season begins on July 5th with an all Tchaikovsky program featuring violin virtuoso Joshua Bell. However, if Tchaikovsky isn’t your cup of tea (or shot glass of vodka) don’t worry, this summer you can enjoy the music of Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Verdi, Vivaldi, Wagner and the “Liszt” goes on. Continuing a Tanglewood tradition,...
John Williams conducts at Tanglewood Movie Night Photo: Hilary Scott

Culture abounds in the Berkshires

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...hours and 15 minutes to drive the 430km (about 270 miles) from Montreal to Tanglewood. For more information on all Tanglewood performances, including ticket prices, directions and dining, please visit www.bso.org For information on all other sites (including opening hours, ticket prices, directions, etc…) please visit: Berkshires: www.berkshires.org Shakespeare & Company: www.shakespeare.org Arrowhead: www.mobydick.org The Clark: www.clarkart.edu...

The Boston Pops – celebrating the joy of music

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...performance featuring country music’s Vince Gill, on July 7. On August 6, Tanglewood on Parade spotlights the Boston Pops, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with conducting honors shared by four renowned conductors: Stéphane Denève, Charles Dutoit (former artistic director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra), Keith Lockhart, and John Williams. The evening will end with Tchaikovsky’s ultra recognizable 1812...
BSO Musicians

BSO Musicians in Recital from Tanglewood – August 21, 2020

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BSO Musicians in Recital from Tanglewood Mozart, Roumain and Schubert Hosted by Lauren Ambrose BSO violinist Julianne Lee plays a short, energetic piece written by another violinist, Daniel Bernard Roumain, his Filter for solo violin. Lee performs with BSO violist Rebecca Gitter in Mozart’s Duo in G, one of two duos the composer wrote as a favor for his friend Michael Haydn—Joseph’s brother—who fell ill before fulfilling a commission. The G major...
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Tanglewood

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 – August 23, 2020

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.... 9 Hosted by Jamie Bernstein For decades, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood season has concluded with a joyous performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. This concert features the orchestra’s most recent performance of that iconic work, led by frequent BSO guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and featuring four outstanding American soloists along with, as always, our own Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Best known for its glorious theme-and-var...
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra – March 4, Maison Symphonique

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...No. 9. He made his Tanglewood debut in July 2012, leading both the BSO and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra as part of Tanglewood’s 75th Anniversary Gala. Mr. Nelsons is the subject of a 2013 DVD from Orfeo, a documentary film entitled “Andris Nelsons: Genius on Fire.” Emanuel Ax, piano Born in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada, with his family when he was a young boy. His studies at the Juilliard School were supported by the spo...
Claude Debussy: Forgotten Images

Claude Debussy: Forgotten Images – February 8, 2024

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...treault. His various projects have seen him perform at a number of events: Tanglewood on Parade, the Festival International du Domaine Forget, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series, Nice’s Nuits magiques as well as the Orford Music and Music and Beyond festivals, to name but a few. Major organizations such as Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Astral Artists and Bargemusic have selected his projects for tours in Canada and the United States....