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Andris Nelsons Conducts at Tanglewood
Tanglewood
July and August

Tanglewood broadcasts can be heard in July and August on Classical NEPM.

New this season, Classical NEPM will broadcast all three weekend Tanglewood concerts throughout the summer..
On Friday and Saturday evenings the live broadcast starts at 8 p.m. and on Sundays the concert can be heard at 7 p.m. You can also listen on demand at CRB, Classical Radio Boston.

From September through June, Classical NEPM regularly broadcasts the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Sunday afternoons at 1 p.m.

Tentative 2026 Tanglewood broadcast schedule:

Friday, July 10 at 8 
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano

All-Tchaikovsky program
Piano Concerto No. 1
Selections from Swan Lake

Saturday, July 11 at 8 
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Erin Morley, soprano

Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 25, K.503
Mahler, Symphony No. 4

Sunday, July 12 at 7 
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Eric Lu, piano

Sophia Jani, What do Flowers do at Night?
Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms, Symphony No. 2

Friday, July 17 at 8 
(Recorded on Aug. 8, 2025)
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin

Lalo, Symphonie espagnole
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9, From the New World

Saturday, July 18 at 8 
Joe Hisaishi, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Joe Hisaishi,I 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 19 at 7
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet

Haydn, Symphony No. 22, The Philosopher
Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven, Symphony No. 2

Friday, July 24 at 8 
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 3, Polish

Saturday, July 25 at 8 
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano

Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27, K.595
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4

Sunday, July 26 at 7 
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Himari, violin

Outi Tarkianen, Day Night Day
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5

Friday, July 31 at 8 
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

Saturday, August 1 at 8 
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano (Countess)
Ying Fang, soprano (Susanna)
Eden Bartholomew, soprano (Barbarina)
Emily D'Angelo, mezzo-soprano (Cherubino)
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano (Marcellina)
Joshua Sanders, tenor (Don Curzio)
Rodell Rosel, tenor (Don Basilio)
Joshua Hopkins, baritone (Count)
Michael Sumuel, baritone (Figaro)
Patrick Carfizzi, baritone (Doctor Bartolo)
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows

Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro

Sunday, August 2 at 7 
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin

Program to include:
Bruch, Scottish Fantasy
Schumann, Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Friday, August 7 at 8 
Curated by Yo-Yo Ma
Samy Rachid, conductor
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello and host
Berkshire Lyric
Jack Brown, conductor

Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine
Brahms, (arr. Atterberg) String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36
Brahms, Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra

Saturday, August 8 at 8 
Curated by Yo-Yo Ma
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Aoife O'Donovan and Jennifer Kreisberg, vocalists

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 9 at 7 
Curated by Yo-Yo Ma
Anna Handler and Samy Rachid, conductors
Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Tavener)
Karen Ouzounian, cello (Kalhor)
Christine Lee, cello (Golijov)
Kayhan Kalhor, kamanche
Arooj Aftab, vocalist
Boston University Tanglewood Institute Chorus

Tavener, Mahámátar, for cello, voice, chorus, and orchestra
Kayhan Kalhor, Venus in the Mirror, for kamanche, cello, and orchestra
Osvaldo Golijov, Azul, for cello and orchestra

Friday, August 14 at 8 
Anna Handler, conductor

Christopher Rountree, For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein)
Copland, Appalachian Spring
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

Saturday, August 15 at 8 
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor

John Williams Film Night
“Maestro of the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams"

Sunday, August 16 at 7
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Ray Chen, violin

Bruch, Violin Concerto
Mahler, Symphony No. 5

Friday, August 21 at 8 
(Recorded on July 17, 2026)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Keila Wakao, violin
Renée Fleming, soprano
Thomas Hampson, baritone

Carlos Simon, Meditations on Grace
Barber, Violin Concerto
John Adams, Excerpts from Nixon in China

Saturday, August 22 at 8 
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin
Edward Njuguna, boy soprano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
Price, Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvořák, Symphony No. 8

Sunday, August 23 at 7 
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Mané Galoyan, soprano
Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano
Soloman Howard, bass

Work for unaccompanied chorus
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9