Tanglewood broadcasts can be heard in July and August on Classical NEPM. Our Saturday broadcast starts at 1 p.m. and the live Sunday broadcast at 2:30 p.m. Listen on demand at CRB.
From September through June, Classical NEPM regularly broadcasts the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Sunday afternoons at 1 p.m.
Tentative 2026 Tanglewood broadcast schedule:
Sunday, July 12 at 2:30
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Eric Lu, piano
Sophia Jani, What do flowers do at night?
Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms, Symphony No. 2
Saturday, July 18 at 1
(recorded Saturday, July 11)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Erin Morley, soprano
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 25, K.503
Mahler, Symphony No. 4
Sunday, July 19 at 2:30
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet
Haydn, Symphony No. 22, The Philosopher
Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven, Symphony No. 2
Saturday, July 25 at 1
(recorded Saturday, July 18)
Joe Hisaishi, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Joe Hisaishi, Adagio for strings and harps
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
Joe Hisaishi, DA·MA·SHI·E
Joe Hisaishi, Symphonic Suite from Princess Mononoke
Sunday, July 26 at 2:30
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Himari, violin
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gambit
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5
Saturday, August 1 at 1
(recorded Saturday, July 25)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27, K.595
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4
Sunday, August 2 at 2:30
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Sarah Kirkland Snider, Marmoris
Bruch, Scottish Fantasy
Schumann, Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Saturday, August 8 at 1
(recorded Friday, July 31)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Wagner, Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde Sibelius, Symphony No. 7
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Sunday, August 9 at 2:30
Anna Handler and Samy Rachid, conductors
Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Tavener)
Karen Ouzounian, cello (Kalhor)
Christine Lee, cello (Golijov)
Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
Arooj Aftab, vocalist
Boston University Tanglewood Institute Chorus
Tavener, Mahámátar, for cello, voice, chorus, and orchestra
Kayhan Kalhor, Venus in the Mirror, for kamancheh, cello, and orchestra
Osvaldo Golijov, Azul, for cello and orchestra
Saturday, August 15 at 1
(recorded Saturday, August 8)
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Aoife O'Donovan and Jennifer Kreisberg, vocalists
In this special program, Yo-Yo Ma explores the many
voices of American music — how our musical
heritage reflects the triumphs, tragedies, and vitality
of our country.
Sunday, August 16 at 2:30
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
Anna Clyne, Masquerade
Bruch, Violin Concerto
Mahler, Symphony No. 5
Saturday, August 22 at 1
(recorded Friday, August 14)
Anna Handler, conductor
Martha Graham Dance Company
Janet Eilber, artistic director
Christopher Rountree, For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein)
Choreography commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Jacob's Pillow
Copland, Appalachian Spring
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
Sunday, August 23 at 2:30
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Mané Galoyan, soprano
Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano
Ben Bliss, tenor
Soloman Howard, bass
Work for unaccompanied chorus
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
Saturday, August 29 at 1
(recorded Saturday, August 22)
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin
Edward Njuguna, boy soprano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
Price, Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8