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Sunday, February 26
(recorded February 18, 2023)
Lahav Shani, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
Sunday, March 5
(recorded October 16, 2021)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
STILL Threnody in Memory of Jan Sibelius
STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
Sunday, March 12
(recorded March 4, 2023)
André Raphel, conductor
Uri Caine Trio
Uri Caine, piano
Mike Boone, bass
Clarence Penn, drums
Barbara Walker, vocalist
Catto Chorus
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Petite Suite de Concert
William Grant STILL Symphony No. 1, Afro-American
Uri CAINE The Passion of Octavius Catto
Sunday, March 19
(recorded March 11, 2023)
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Margaret BONDS Selection from Montgomery Variations Anthony
Anthony DAVIS You Have the Right to Remain Silent, for clarinet and orchestra
William DAWSON Negro Folk Symphony
Sunday, March 26
(recorded March 18, 2023)
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano
Lorelei Ensemble
Beth Willer, conductor
GÓRECKI Symphony No. 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Julia WOLFE Her Story, for vocal ensemble and orchestra (BSO co-commission)
Sunday, April 2
(recorded March 25, 2023)
Thomas Adès, conductor
Edgaras Montvidas, tenor
Danielle de Niese, narrator
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
STRAVINSKY Perséphone
Thomas ADÈS Inferno Suite
Thomas ADÈS Paradiso
Sunday, April 9
(recorded February 12, 2022)
Philippe Jordan, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
BORODIN Overture to Prince Igor
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
Sunday, April 16
(recorded April 8, 2023)
Earl Lee, conductor
Eric Lu, piano
Unsuk CHIN subito con forza
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
Sunday, April 23
(recorded April 15, 2023)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Gautier Capuçon, cello
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
Thierry ESCAICH Cello Concerto (American premiere; BSO co-commission)
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Sunday, April 30
(recorded April 22, 2023)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Golda Schultz, soprano
SIBELIUS Luonnotar
Thomas ADÈS Air, for violin and orchestra (American premiere; BSO co-commission) SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
Sunday, May 7
(recorded April 29, 2023)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Caroline SHAW Punctum
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
Sunday, May 14
(recorded May 6, 2023)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Ildar Abdrazakov, bass
Men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
BRITTEN Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar
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