Conductor James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra will kick off the 2008 Tanglewood season with a concert performance of Berlioz' massive opera "Les Troyens (The Trojans)," which will be offered in two parts on July 5 and 6.
The Tanglewood season runs through Aug. 24 and includes guests such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianists Yefim Bronfman and Emanuel Ax, and conductors Leonard Slatkin, Bernard Haitink and Miguel Harth Bedoya. Artists appearing in Ozawa Hall will include the Kronos Quartet, the vocal ensemble Chanticleer, and Broadway legend Barbara Cook.
In the pop realm, the Koussevitzky Music Shed will once again host a live broadcast of "A Prairie Home Companion" and two concerts by Berkshires resident James Taylor. Also, John Williams' popular "Film Night" will feature selections from the next summer's adventure "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
This year's Festival of Contemporary Music runs July 20-24 and features 10 concerts, all dedicated to the music of American composer Elliott Carter, who turns 100 next year.
Tickets will be available starting Feb. 17. To request a brochure, call (888) 266-1492. Please note that we are not able to obtain tickets for Tanglewood events. You will be able to book rooms immediately, however.
Unless otherwise noted, all Friday and Saturday performances in the Koussevitzky Music Shed are at 8:30 p.m. New this 2008 year is an 8 p.m. start time for events in Ozawa Hall. Sunday performances begin at 2:30 p.m.
Here's the schedule:
Thursday and Friday, June 26-27, Ozawa: Mark Morris Dance Group performs to music of Barber, Schubert and Brahms, performed by the Tanglewood Music Center fellows.
Saturday, June 28, 5:45 p.m., Shed: "A Prairie Home Companion."
Sunday, June 29, Ozawa: BSO Chamber Players with Manahem Pressler, piano. Music of Harbison, Mozart, Dvorak.
Monday, June 30, Ozawa: TMC Orchestra, Levine and Asbury, conductors. Music of Messiaen and Dvorak.
Thursday, July 3, 7 p.m. Shed: James Taylor in concert.
Friday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed: James Taylor in concert.
Saturday, July 5, 8:30 p.m.: "Opening Night at Tanglewood": BSO and the Festival Chorus, Levine, conductor, with Marcus Haddock, tenor, Anna Caterine Antonacci, soprano, Dwayne Croft, baritone, and others. Berlioz: "The Trojans," Part 1: "The Capture of Troy."
Sunday, July 6, Shed: BSO and Festival Chorus, Levine, conductor, with Anne Sofie Von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Kristinn Sigmundsson, bass. Berlioz: "The Trojans," Part 2: "The Trojans at Carthage."
Monday, July 7, Ozawa: TMC Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor. Music of Mozart, Debussy and Strauss.
Tuesday, July 8, 8:30 p.m., Shed: Boston Pops Orchestra, Lockhart, conductor. Sondheim: "A Little Night Music."
Thursday, July 10, Ozawa: Imogen Cooper, piano. All Schubert.
Friday, July 11, Shed: BSO, Haitink, conductor, with Jonathan Biss, piano, Julia Fischer, violin, Daniel Muller-Schott, cello. Beethoven: Triple Concerto and Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral."
Saturday, July 12, Shed: BSO, Haitink, conductor, with Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano, Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano, Festival Chorus. Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection."
Sunday, July 13, Shed: BSO, Levine, conductor, Peter Serkin, piano. Music of Haydn, Bach, Mozart and Schubert.
Sunday, July 13, Ozawa: Soprano Barbara Cook in concert.
Wednesday, July 16, Ozawa: Jonathan Biss, piano, Julia Fischer, violin, Daniel Muller-Schott, cello. Music of Halverson, Ravel and Beethoven.
Tuesday, July 22, 5 p.m., Ozawa: TMC Fellows. All-Carter program.
Tuesday, July 22, Ozawa: TMC Fellows, Levine and John Oliver, conductors, Jo Ellen Miller, soprano, Ann Hobson Pilot, harp and Fred Sherry, cello. All-Carter.
Wednesday, July 23, 5 p.m., Ozawa: TMC Fellows. All-Carter program.
Wednesday, July 23, Ozawa: TMC Orchestra, Knussen, conductor, with Fred Sherry, cello. All-Carter program.
Thursday, July 24, 5 p.m., Ozawa: TMC Fellows, with Rosen, piano, Sherry, cello. All-Carter program.
Thursday, July 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa: BSO, Levine, conductor, with James Sommerville, horn. All-Carter program.
Friday, July 25, Shed: BSO, Levine, conductor, with Yefim Bronfman, piano. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 3.
Saturday, July 26, Shed: "Film Night" with the Boston Pops, John Williams, conductor.
Sunday, July 27, Shed: Orchestra of St. Luke's, Roberto Abbado, conductor, with Sarah Chang, violin. Tower, Mendelssohn and Beethoven.
Wednesday, July 30, 7 p.m., Ozawa: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. All-Mozart.
Thursday, July 31, Ozawa: Chanticleer with Shanghai String Quartet. Music of Chen Yi, Sametz, Stucky, Ligeti.
Friday, Aug. 1, Shed: BSO, Peter Oundjian, conductor, Joshua Bell, violin. Ravel, Chausson, Saint-Saens, Mussorgsky.
Saturday, Aug. 2, Shed: The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert TMC Orchestra, Levine, conductor, with Ramon Vargas, tenor, Peter Mattei, baritone, Renee Fleming, soprano, and Festival Chorus. Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin"
Sunday, Aug. 3, Shed: The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert BSO, Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor, with Yo-Yo Ma, cello. Albeniz, Lalo, Rachmaninoff.
Tuesday, Aug. 5, 8:30 p.m., Shed: "Tanglewood on Parade," BSO, Boston Pops Orchestra, TMC Orchestra, Levine, Lockhart, William, Andrew Davis and Andre Previn, conductors. Includes Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and fireworks.
Thursday, Aug. 7, Ozawa: Tashi Ensemble. Music of Josquin, Morley, Takemitsu, Messiaen.
Friday, Aug. 8, Shed: BSO, Davis, conductor, with Leon Fleisher, piano and James Sommerville, horn. All-Mozart.
Saturday, Aug. 9, Shed: BSO, Hans Graf, conductor, with Andrea Rost, soprano, Andre Previn, piano. All-Mozart.
Saturday, Aug. 9, 2 p.m., Sunday and Monday, Aug. 10-11, 7:30 p.m., Theatre: TMC Orchestra and vocal fellows, Levine, conductor. Weill: "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" (fully staged).
Sunday, Aug. 10, Shed: BSO, Previn, conductor, with Elizabeth Rowe, flute, Gil Shaham, violin, Andrea Rost, soprano. All-Mozart.
Wednesday, Aug. 13, Ozawa: Frederica Von Stade, mezzo-soprano. Rorem, Faure, Schubert, Heggie and others.
Thursday, Aug. 14, Ozawa: Kronos Quartet: Music of Zorn, Prutsman, Gordon, Webern, Reich and others.
Friday, Aug. 15, Shed: BSO, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor, with Janine Jansen, violin. Music of Saint-Saens and Berlioz.
Saturday, Aug. 16, Shed: BSO, Previn, conductor, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Glinka, Khachaturian and Prokofiev.
Sunday, Aug. 17, Shed: BSO, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor with Pinchas Zukerman, violin. Music of Ravel, Bruch and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Sunday, Aug. 17, Shed: Boston Pops, Lockhart, conductor with Brian Stokes Mitchell, baritone. With selections celebrating the 90th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth.
Monday, Aug. 18, Ozawa: TMC Orchestra, de Burgos, conductor. Emanuel Ax, piano. Strauss, Albeniz and Falla.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, Ozawa: Beaux Arts Trio. Dvorak, Kurtag and Ravel.
Thursday, Aug. 21, Ozawa: Beaux Arts Trio's final concert. All-Schubert.
Friday, Aug. 22, Shed: BSO, De Burgos, conductor. Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano, Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano, Richard Croft, tenor, Hanno Muller-Brachmann, bass-baritone, Festival Chorus. Beethoven: Mass in C, Symphony No. 5.
Saturday, Aug. 23, Shed: BSO, Von Dohnanyi, conductor. Beethoven: Symphonies No. 2 and No. 3 "Eroica"
Sunday, Aug. 24, Shed: BSO, Von Dohnanyi, conductor, with Christiane Oelze, soprano, Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano, Jorma Silvasti, tenor, and Hanno Muller-Brachmann, bass-baritone, and Festival Chorus. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
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