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Sunday, January 15
(recorded January 7, 2023)
Omer Meir Wellber, conductor
Midori, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Ella MILCH-SHERIFF The Eternal Stranger, for narrator and orchestra (American premiere)
BEETHOVEN Marcia funebre from Symphony No. 3, Eroica
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
Sunday, January 22
(recorded January 14, 2023)
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Lili BOULANGER D’un Matin de printemps
STENHAMMAR Serenade
Justin DELLO JOIO Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Oceans Apart (world premiere; BSO commission)
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
Sunday, January 29
(recorded January 21, 2023)
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Nicola Benedetti, violin
DVOŘÁK Wood Dove
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
Sunday, February 5
(recorded January 28, 2023)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin
Steven MACKEY Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere; BSO co-commission)
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Sunday, February 12
(recorded February 4, 2023)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Amber Wagner, soprano (Elisabeth)
Marina Prudenskaya, mezzo-soprano (Venus)
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor (Tannhäuser)
Christian Gerhaher, baritone (Wolfram)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
ALL-WAGNER program
Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser
Tannhäuser, Act III
Sunday, February 19
(recorded February 11, 2023)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances (world premiere; BSO commission)
BLOCH Schelomo: Rhapsody Hébraïque, for cello and orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Sunday, February 26
(recorded February 18, 2023)
Lahav Shani, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto
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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The composer of Breaking the Waves speaks candidly about equity in her field, the importance of role models and the unglamorous side of writing music every day. -
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175 members of Springfield's SciTech Band will perform in Boston Thursday at the gubernatorial celebration for Massachusetts newly sworn in governor - Maura Healey.
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The velvet-voiced soprano with a career on the rise chooses her projects, and the music on her debut solo album, with consummate intention.
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After the pandemic disrupted the live music industry, the nonprofit model will allow the western Massachusetts venue to bring in new revenue.
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Failure was not an option when Léon arrived in New York, a determined 24-year-old pianist from Cuba. At nearly 80, she says some things haven't changed.
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Tania Miller leads the Springfield Symphony Orchestra on November 5 in a program featuring Mozart’s Symphony No. 36, Brahms Symphony No. 3 and "The Messenger" by contemporary Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov.
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As the new concert season gets underway, composers and orchestra administrators say they are feeling a shift in whose music gets heard.
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Tianhui Ng is director of orchestral studies at Mt. Holyoke College, and he is the music director of the Victory Players, the Pioneer Valley Symphony, the Boston Opera Collaborative and White Snake Projects.
