Tanglewood | Boston Symphony Orchestra: Highlight Programs, August 4 – 18th

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2022 TANGLEWOOD SEASON PRESENTS

PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS JUNE 18 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 5

One of the World’s Premier Summer Music Festivals and the Famed Summer Home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937, Tanglewood Presents the First Full Season of Concerts and Events since 2019

HIGHLIGHTS OF TANGLEWOOD PROGRAMS TAKING PLACE AUGUST 4–18

KOUSSEVITZKY MUSIC SHED
Exciting Tanglewood debuts by BSO Assistant Conductor Earl Lee (Aug. 5), piano duo Christina and Michelle Naughton (Aug. 5), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director JoAnn Falletta(Aug. 6), violist Antoine Tamestit (Aug. 7), and Romanian conductor Cristian Măcelaru (Aug. 14); the returns of composer-conductor Thomas Adès (Aug. 7) and conductor Dima Slobodeniuk (Aug. 13); the third “Pathways from Prague” chamber music program, curated by pianist Emanuel Ax(Aug. 12); and performances by Tanglewood favorites Joshua Bell (Aug. 6), Leonidas Kavakos (Aug. 7 & 12) and Yo-Yo Ma (Aug. 12 & 14)

2022 FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Under the direction of Ellen Highstein, and featuring Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center, this year’s festival presents the American premiere of George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence, conducted by the composer (Aug. 8)

Festival includes the world premieres of short works by Michael Gandolfi and Augusta Read Thomas, as well as music by Thomas Adès, Eleanor Alberga, John Cage, Unsuk Chin, Mario Davidovsky, Julius Eastman, Erin Graham, John Harbison, Lee Hyla, Jesse Jones, Andile Khumalo, Oliver Knussen, George Lewis, Allison Loggins-Hull, Carlos Simon, Alvin Singleton, Christopher Trapani, Charles Wuorinen, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon

The popular Silent Film Program (Aug. 7) returns with original music by TMC Composition Fellows set to Charlie Chaplin’s classic 1921 film The Kid

OZAWA HALL
Garrick Ohlsson begins his four-concert survey of the complete piano works by Johannes Brahms (Aug. 16 & 18)

TANGLEWOOD LEARNING INSTITUTE (TLI)
Events in Linde Center for Music and Learning and Ozawa Hall
TLI presents several special events including a TLI Open Cello Workshop with Yo-Yo Ma (Aug. 11), TLI In Conversation with Ellen Highstein and guests (Aug. 4), pianist Emanuel Ax (Aug. 11), and conductor Dima Slobodeniouk (Aug. 18); and in conjunction with the Festival of Contemporary Music, Coffee with Composers (Aug. 5, 6 & 7)

Further details about these programs appear below.

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CONCERT DETAILS, AUGUST 4–18

The 2022 Tanglewood season brings audiences a wide spectrum of programs and works by living composers, alongside a diverse lineup of performers offering their extraordinary artistry to an expansive summer season

The Shed: Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Music Performances

• Friday, August 5, 8 p.m.: Earl Lee makes his BSO assistant conductor debut in a program featuring Christina and Michelle Naughton in Poulenc’s Concerto in D minor for two pianos and orchestra; the program begins with Brian Raphael Nabors’ Pulse and concludes with Mendelssohn’s ScottishSymphony

• Saturday, August 6, 8 p.m.: Conductor JoAnn Falletta makes her long awaited BSO/Tanglewood debut with Roberto Sierra‘s Fandangos, Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, featuring superstar violinist Joshua Bell
 
• Sunday, August 7, 2:30 p.m.: Composer-conductor Thomas Adès leads the BSO in his composition Shanty—Over the Sea, Holst’s The Planets (featuring the Lorelei Ensemble), and Mozart’s Sinfonia concertate, K.364 with violinist Leonidas Kavakos and violist Antoine Tamestit (a BSO debut) as soloists

• Friday, August 12, 8 p.m.: The third “Pathways from Prague” chamber music program, curated by pianist Emanuel Ax, features Mr. Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, violist Antoine Tamestit, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma in music by Janáček, Dvořák (including the Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat), and Kaprálová

(Please note that violinist Pamela Frank who was originally scheduled to perform was forced to withdraw from this concert because of the continuing long-term effects of COVID-19. The updated program has been adjusted to accommodate the slightly smaller ensemble of players.)

• Saturday, August 13, 8 p.m.: Leonidas Kavakos headlines with Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, on a program with Dutilleux’s Métaboles, Debussy’s Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun, and Ravel’s Mother Goose (complete), led by Dima Slobodeniouk

• Sunday, August 14, 2:30 p.m.: Perennial Tanglewood favorite Yo-Yo Ma plays the Elgar Cello Concerto on a program with Anna Clyne‘s Masquerade, Debussy’s La Mer, and Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, led by BSO-debuting conductor Cristian Măcelaru

2022 Festival of Contemporary Music (FCM), August 4–8
This year’s festival is under the stewardship of TMC Director (retired) Ellen Highstein, with assistance from co-curators and TMC faculty members soprano Tony Arnold, pianist Steve Drury, composer George Lewis, and cellist Astrid Schween

• Thursday, August 4, at 8 p.m.: Conductors Stefan Asbury and Stephen Drury, pianist Thomas Adès, and soprano Tony Arnold join Tanglewood Music Center Fellows for an eclectic and free program of works by Knussen, Alvin Singleton, Adès (the Mazurkas, Op. 27), Hyla, and Christopher Trapani at Ozawa Hall
• Friday, August 5, 2:30 p.m.: TMC Fellows present the world premiere of a new work by Michael Gandolfi (Fanfare for Ellen), alongside chamber and choral works by Allison Loggins-Hull, Wuorinen, Erin Graham, Cage, and Eastman in this free concert at Ozawa Hall
• Saturday, August 6, 6 p.m.: For this Saturday evening prelude concert at the Linde Center’s Studio E, TMC Fellows perform the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas‘ Bebop Riddle II, as well as chamber works by Davidovsky, Unsuk Chin, and Eleanor Alberga
• Sunday, August 7, 10 a.m.: Recent or new works by Carlos Simon, Andreia Pinto-Correia, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, John Harbison, Andile Khumalo, Jesse Jones, and George Lewis receive performances by TMC Fellows in this free concert at Ozawa Hall
• Sunday, August 7, 8 p.m.: The popular Silent Film Music program returns with original music by TMC Composition Fellows set to Charlie Chaplin’s classic 1921 film The Kid at the Linde Center’s Studio E
• Monday, August 8, 8 p.m.: Composer George Benjamin conducts the U.S. premiere of his opera Lessons in Love and Violence, performed in a concert version by the TMC Vocal Fellows and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra at Ozawa Hall

Ozawa Hall
• Thursday, August 11, 2-3:30 p.m.: TLI Open Cello Workshop with Yo-Yo Ma
• Tuesday, August 16, 8 p.m.: Garrick Ohlsson surveys Brahms’ complete piano works with four recitals; the first program includes mostly piano variations, including the virtuosic Paganini Variations, Op. 35
• Thursday, August 18, 8 p.m.: Garrick Ohlsson continues his Brahms survey with Brahms’ Second Piano Sonata; Piano Pieces, Op. 118; Three Intermezzi, Op. 117; and Handel Variations, Op. 24

Linde Center
• Thursday, August 4, 1-2 p.m.: TLI In Conversation with TMC Director (retired) Ellen Highstein; Festival of Contemporary Music Concert co-curators Tony Arnold, Steven Drury, George Lewis, and Astrid Schween; and host Asadour Santourian at Studio E
• Friday, August 5, 1-2:15 p.m.: Coffee with Composers at the Gordon Studio
• Saturday, August 6, 1-2:15 p.m.: Coffee with Composers at the Gordon Studio
• Sunday, August 7, 1-2:15 p.m.: Coffee with Composers at the Gordon Studio
• Thursday, August 11, 1-2 p.m.: TLI In Conversation with pianist Emanuel Ax and host Asadour Santourian at Studio E
• Thursday, August 18, 1-2 p.m.: TLI In Conversation with conductor Dima Slobodeniouk and host Asadour Santourian at Studio E

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE 2022 TANGLEWOOD SEASON

The 2022 Tanglewood season, June 18–September 5, presents a wide range of programs that spotlight favorite returning artists and repertoire, while also introducing dynamic new artists and eclectic programming, with eight world and American premieres and 28 works by living composers, as well as 21 artists in their Tanglewood or BSO debuts.

Click here for a narrative overview of program highlights, August 4–18.

Tanglewood returns to its full season schedule this summer, presenting eight weekends of Boston Symphony Orchestra programs, alongside Boston Pops concerts, a robust Popular Artist series, and performances by the Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center, the orchestra’s summer music academy and a destination for many of the most talented young musicians of our time. A highlight of the summer is the reopening of Ozawa Hall and the Linde Center for Music and Learning (both closed in summer 2020 and 2021), where smaller audiences take in recitals, chamber music, and guest ensemble performances, as well as the special events of the Tanglewood Learning Institute, focused on innovative programs and audience participation. The Linde Center, the festival’s newest performance facility, opened to popular and critical acclaim in 2019. Click here for further information about Tanglewood.

Sponsorship

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Links to season calendar listings, narrative overview of season,

and ticket purchasing details

• Quotes from BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons and BSO President and CEO Gail Samuel
• 2022 Tanglewood Season Narrative Overview (BSO, Pops, Popular Artists, Tanglewood Music Center, Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood Learning Institute, BSO NOW Streaming Platform)
• 2022 Tanglewood Ticket and Access Information

• 2022 Tanglewood Full Performance Schedule
• 2022 Tanglewood Concerts with BSO and Andris Nelsons
• 2022 Tanglewood Popular Artist, Boston Pops, and Special Events Schedule

• 2022 Tanglewood Ozawa Hall Performances
• 2022 Tanglewood Music Center Concert and Festival of Contemporary Music Calendar
• 2022 Tanglewood Learning Institute Schedule

(Includes complete performance details about all Shed, Ozawa Hall, and Linde Center programs, as well as details of the Tanglewood Music Center’s weekly orchestra, chamber music, and recital programs and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s orchestra, wind ensemble, and choral offerings.)