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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA   ANDRIS NELSONS MUSIC DIRECTOR
BERNSTEIN CENTENNIAL SUMMER - summer 2018 - Brook Farm Inn
“That place [Tanglewood] is very dear to my heart, that is where
                                                                                  I grew up and learned so much...in 1940 when I first played and
                                                                                  studied there.” —Leonard Bernstein (November 1989)

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
 Throughout the summer of 2018, Tanglewood celebrates the centennial of          Also leading BSO concerts will be BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès (7/22),
 Lawrence-born, Boston-bred conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein’s birth.        BSO Assistant Conductor Moritz Gnann (7/13), and guest conductors Herbert
 Bernstein’s close relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra spanned       Blomstedt (7/20 & 21), Charles Dutoit (8/3 & 8/5), Christoph Eschenbach
 a half-century, from the time he became a protégé of legendary BSO              (8/26), Juanjo Mena (7/27 & 29), David Newman (7/28), Michael Tilson
 conductor Serge Koussevitzky as a member of the first Tanglewood Music          Thomas (8/12), and Bramwell Tovey (8/4). Soloists with the BSO also include
 Center class in 1940 until the final concerts he ever conducted, with the BSO   pianists Emanuel Ax (7/20), 2018 Koussevitzky Artist Kirill Gerstein (8/3), Igor
 and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra at Tanglewood in 1990. Besides            Levit (8/12), Paul Lewis (7/13), and Garrick Ohlsson (7/27); BSO principal flute
 concert works including his Chichester Psalms (7/15), alil for flute and        Elizabeth Rowe (7/21); and violinists Joshua Bell (8/5), Gil Shaham (7/29), and
 orchestra (7/21), Songfest (8/4), the Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”)      Christian Tetzlaff (7/22).
 (8/18), and the BSO-commissioned Divertimento for Orchestra (also 8/18),        Thomas Adès will also direct Tanglewood’s 2018 Festival of Contemporary
 performances also include the operas Trouble in Tahiti (7/12) and A Quiet       Music and perform an evening of two-piano music in Ozawa Hall (8/1) with
 Place (8/9); the Broadway hit On the Town (7/7); the ballet score Facsimile     Kirill Gerstein—who is also soloist in this year’s gala Tanglewood on Parade
 (7/23); the ever-popular Candide (8/22 & 23); the ballet Fancy Free in          concert (8/7). Paul Lewis’ Ozawa Hall recital (8/2) launches a multi-year
 collaboration with Boston Ballet (8/18), and the Oscar-winning film version     survey at Tanglewood featuring him in piano works by Haydn, Beethoven,
 of West Side Story with the BSO playing the score live as the movie is shown    and Brahms. The 2018 Ozawa Hall line-up also includes the Boston Symphony
 on large screens in high definition with the original vocals and dialogue
                                                                                 Chamber Players with Rudolf Buchbinder (7/5); a duo appearance by Pamela
 intact (7/28). On August 25, Bernstein’s birth-date, The Bernstein Centennial
                                                                                 Frank and Emanuel Ax (7/18); Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobsen Fleisher
 Celebration at Tanglewood, to be conducted by BSO Music Director Andris         in a piano recital marking Mr. Fleisher’s 90th birthday (7/19); the Emerson
 Nelsons, Christoph Eschenbach, Keith Lockhart, Michael Tilson Thomas,           String Quartet performing Beethoven’s late string quartets (7/24 & 25); Igor
 and John Williams, will feature an astonishing array of guest artists,          Levit with the JACK Quartet (8/15), and the Skride Quartet (8/16).
 among them Audra McDonald, Midori, Yo-Yo Ma, Susan Graham, and
 Thomas Hampson. In addition, the BSO will be joined for this very special       For the first of four Boston Pops events this summer, star vocalist Audra
 occasion by members of numerous other orchestras with which Bernstein           McDonald is soloist with musical director Andy Einhorn (6/24). Boston Pops
 maintained close associations.                                                  Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops Orchestra in On the Town
                                                                                 (7/7) and as part of Tanglewood on Parade (8/7). On hand for Tanglewood on
 Besides his participation in The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at
                                                                                 Parade and John Williams’ Film Night (8/11) is Boston Pops Conductor Laureate
 Tanglewood and performances with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra          John Williams, who shares the Film Night podium with Andris Nelsons. Other
 (TMCO), Andris Nelsons conducts the BSO in concerts featuring pianists Lang     surefire crowd-pleasers include the returns to Tanglewood of Wait Wait…Don’t
 Lang (Opening Night, 7/6), Rudolf Buchbinder (7/8), Yuja Wang (7/15), and       Tell Me! (6/21) and A Prairie Home Companion, now with new host Chris Thile
 Yefim Bronfman (8/17); a complete, semi-staged performance of Puccini’s         (6/30), as well as James Taylor for two shows with his all-star band (7/3 & 4).
 La bohème with soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Piotr Beczała (7/14);
 a special Young People’s Concert evoking those led by Bernstein himself,         As usual, the summer also offers a full schedule of concerts spotlighting
 with Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein, as host (8/10); an all-Bernstein     the accomplished young musicians of the Tanglewood Music Center; the
 program featuring violinist Baiba Skride in the Serenade (after Plato’s          weekly Friday-evening and Saturday-evening Prelude Concerts in Ozawa Hall
“Symposium”) (8/18), and Mahler’s Third Symphony with soloist Susan Graham        featuring BSO members on Fridays and TMC Fellows on Saturdays; Saturday-
 (8/24). Maestro Nelsons also leads the TMCO’s annual Leonard Bernstein           morning rehearsals; the acclaimed lifelong learning series One Day University
 Memorial Concert, this year with Yo-Yo Ma as soloist (8/19), and joins John      (8/26), and “Summer Sundays,” offering pre-concert events for all ages each
 Williams on the podium for John Williams’ Film Night (8/11).                     Sunday starting at noon, prior to the afternoon’s 2:30pm BSO concert.

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Yoga on the Lawn
AMENITIES &                                                               Once again this summer, in collaboration with the Kripalu Center for
                                                                           Yoga & Health, Tanglewood is pleased to offer hour-long yoga classes
SPECIAL OFFERINGS                                                          taught by fully accredited Kripalu teachers from 10:15–11:15am on
                                                                           Saturday mornings (weather permitting). Located on the lawn near
SUMMER SUNDAYS, noon–2pm                                                   the Tanglewood Visitor Center, these weekly classes are available at no
On Sunday afternoons, July 8 through August 26, when the gates             additional charge to Saturday-morning BSO Rehearsal ticket holders
open at noon, enjoy new and exciting events for all ages to enhance        on July 14, 21, and 28, and August 4, 11, 18, and 25.
your Tanglewood experience. Activities that take place at various
locations throughout the grounds include local food tastings and           Tours of Tanglewood
other specialties of the region, face painting, yoga and Qigong, games     The Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers offers free walking
for families, and more! From 12:30-1:30pm, additional offerings            tours of the Tanglewood campus. The tours last approximately one
including lectures, performances, and musical demonstrations take          hour and include visits to the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Ozawa Hall,
place in the Theatre.                                                      other music facilities, the Visitor Center history rooms, and more.
                                                                           Experienced volunteer guides discuss the historical background of
July 8: Bernstein on Broadway, with Keith Lockhart and guests
                                                                           Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Tanglewood
July 15: Special performance by children’s chorus
                                                                           Music Center. Reservations are not required. Tours begin at the Visitor
July 22: The Tanglewood Landscape–Past, Present, and Future, with
                                                                           Center at the Tanglewood Manor House. Beginning July 7, free public
 Tanglewood Grounds Supervisor Bruce Peeples and Landscape
                                                                           walk-up tours take place when the grounds are open each Tuesday at
 Architect Adrian Nial
                                                                           1:30pm, Wednesday at 10:30am, Saturday at 1:30pm, and Sunday at
July 29: The Art of Film Scoring, with David Newman
                                                                           12:30pm (Sunday tours open to ticket-holders only). Subject to change.
August 5: Piano master class with Kirill Gerstein
                                                                           Additional tours will be held before Popular Artist concerts. In the
August 12: Harp demonstration with Tanglewood Music Center Fellows
                                                                           event of inclement weather, tours will meet informally under cover.
August 19: Performance by Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Ensemble
                                                                           Private group tours for a minimum of 25 people may be arranged (at
August 26: Bernstein and Tanglewood–From the BSO Archives, with BSO
                                                                           least two weeks in advance) for a fee. For more information, call the
 Archivist Bridget Carr
                                                                           Office of Volunteer Services at 413-637-5393 or email bsav@bso.org.

                                                                           Tanglewood for Kids
                                                                           Free lawn tickets for children and young people up to 17! Tanglewood
                                                                           is pleased to offer free lawn tickets for children and young people
                                                                           age 17 and younger. Up to four free children’s tickets are available
                                                                           per parent/legal guardian per concert at the Tanglewood Box Office
                                                                           on the day of the concert. Children under five are not permitted in
                                                                           the Koussevitzky Music Shed or Seiji Ozawa Hall during concerts. All
                                                                           patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. This free lawn ticket
                                                                           policy does not apply to organized groups of children. For Popular Artist
                                                                           concerts, free lawn tickets are only available for children under 2.
                                                                           As part of Summer Sundays, each week will feature a fun, interactive
                                                                           musical presentation for audiences of all ages. “What’s That Sound?”
                                                                           introduces various instruments of the orchestra with a demonstration
                                                                           and Q&A, and Watch and Play, sponsored by the Boston Symphony
                                                                           Association of Volunteers, offers a musical performance specifically
UnderScore Fridays at Tanglewood                                           designed to engage children ages 3–10. The program will be offered
Three Friday-evening Shed performances will be part of the popular         at 1pm each Sunday from July 8th to July 26th. Tickets to the Sunday-
UnderScore Friday series this season. At these performances, patrons       afternoon concert performance are required.
will hear comments about the program directly from an onstage BSO
musician. UnderScore Fridays take place on July 20, August 3, and          Kids’ Corner is offered at 9:30am on Saturdays and noon on Sundays.
August 17.                                                                 However, on days of Watch and Play, Kids’ Corner will begin at 2pm.
                                                                           Children accompanied by adults may take part in musical and crafts
Under 40? Tickets $20!                                                     activities supervised by BSO staff. Please stop by the Tanglewood
$20 tickets for attendees under age 40 will be available during the        Visitor Center for more information. Tickets to the Sunday
2018 Tanglewood season for BSO and Boston Pops performances in             concert or Saturday-morning rehearsal are required.
the Shed. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Choose as many dates as you like, with a limit of one pair of tickets
per concert. This program does not apply to organized groups. Some
blackout dates apply. Visit tanglewood.org for more information. $20
Under 40 tickets will be available for sale in May 2018.

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SUNDAY, JULY 8
                                                                            10am, Ozawa Hall
                                                                            TMC Chamber Music

                                                                            MONDAY, JULY 9
                                                                            8pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                            Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
The Tanglewood Music Center (TMC) is the Boston Symphony                    Andris Nelsons, conductor
Orchestra’s summer academy for advanced musical study. Young                TMC Conducting Fellows
professional-level musicians of exceptional ability, while on full          BERNSTEIN Opening Prayer (Benediction)
fellowships that cover the costs of room, board, and tuition, work          SMETANA Vyšehrad
closely with members of the BSO and renowned guest artists,                 DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
performing some 40 concerts each season.                                    STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
Saturdays, July 7–August 18, 6pm in Seiji Ozawa Hall
One-hour performances of chamber music with TMC Fellows and                 SATURDAY, JULY 14
guests, a prelude to the evening BSO concerts. Admission is free, but       6pm, Ozawa Hall
restricted to 8pm Shed concert ticket-holders.                              Prelude Concert
                                                                            Tanglewood Music Center Fellows
Sundays, July 1–August 19, 10am in Seiji Ozawa Hall
Full-length chamber music concerts of both standard repertoire and          SUNDAY, JULY 15
contemporary works, performed by TMC Fellows.
                                                                            10am, Ozawa Hall
Additional chamber and vocal concerts are scheduled throughout the          TMC Chamber Music
season. Dates and times will be announced at a later date.
TMC Orchestra concerts in the Shed are priced at Shed Special prices.       MONDAY, JULY 16
Prices for TMC Orchestra concerts in Ozawa Hall are listed in a separate    8pm, Ozawa Hall
price grid. All other TMC performances in Ozawa Hall are priced at $13      Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
per ticket, general admission. See page 29 for complete price information   Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
and information regarding Friends of Tanglewood ticket policies.            TMC Conducting Fellows
                                                                            MOZART Symphony No. 35, Haffner
 SATURDAY, JUNE 30                                                          BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
10 am & 2:30pm, Ozawa Hall                                                  BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
String Quartet Marathon
                                                                            TUESDAY, JULY 17
 SUNDAY, JULY 1                                                             8pm, Ozawa Hall
10am, Ozawa Hall*                                                           TMC Vocal Recital
Brass, Winds, and Percussion Extravaganza
To include                                                                  SATURDAY, JULY 21
Ninfea CRUTTWELL-READE New work (world premiere;                            6pm, Ozawa Hall
 TMC commission)                                                            TMC Vocal Prelude Concert
2:30pm, Ozawa Hall*                                                         SUNDAY, JULY 22
String Quartet Marathon
                                                                            10am, Ozawa Hall
The New Fromm Players
                                                                            TMC Chamber Music
To include
Julian ANDERSON String Quartet No. 3 (American premiere;                    8pm, Ozawa Hall
 TMC co-commission)                                                         TMC Vocal Recital
*Grounds close between the 10am and 2:30pm concerts.
                                                                            MONDAY, JULY 23
 MONDAY, JULY 2                                                             8pm, Ozawa Hall
8pm, Ozawa Hall                                                             Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
TMC Vocal and Instrumental Fellows                                          Stefan Asbury, conductor
John Harbison, conductor                                                    TMC Conducting Fellows
An Evening of Bach Cantatas                                                 TMC Vocal Fellows
                                                                            BERNSTEIN Facsimile, Choreographic Essay for Orchestra
 SATURDAY, JULY 7                                                           Michael GANDOLFI New work for six voices and orchestra
6pm, Ozawa Hall                                                              (world premiere; TMC commission)
Prelude Concert                                                             COPLAND Symphony No. 3
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows

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                                                                                           Tanglewood on Parade
                                                                                           Chamber music and other activities throughout the afternoon
JULY 26–30 OZAWA HALL
                                                                                           8pm, Shed
Festival Of Contempory Music                                                               Boston Symphony Orchestra
BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès, Director                                                 Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood’s 2018 Festival of Contemporary Music—the first of two                          Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
with BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès as Festival Director—will                            Charles Dutoit, Bramwell Tovey, Keith Lockhart, and John Williams,
feature chamber music programs for large and small ensembles,                               conductors
encompassing works by Gerald Barry, Harrison Birtwistle, Francisco                         Kirill Gerstein, piano*
                                                                                           Program to include
Coll, Veronika Krausas, György Kurtág, Andrew Norman, Sean
                                                                                           RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Shepherd, Conlon Nancarrow, and Per Nørgård, among other                                   GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
composers to be announced. The Festival will also include the world                        TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
premiere of a newly commissioned work by English composer Oliver
                                                                                           *2018 Koussevitzky Artist
Christophe Leith for two voices and large chamber ensemble.
                                                                                           Fireworks to follow the concert
THURSDAY, JULY 26
8pm, Ozawa Hall
FCM Chamber Music

FRIDAY, JULY 27
2:30pm, Ozawa Hall
FCM Chamber Music

SATURDAY, JULY 28
6pm, Ozawa Hall
FCM Prelude Concert

SUNDAY, JULY 29
10am, Ozawa Hall
FCM Chamber Music

MONDAY, JULY 30
8pm, Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Thomas Adès, conductor
                                                                                           THURSDAY, AUGUST 9
                                                                                           8pm, Ozawa Hall
TMC Conducting Fellows
                                                                                           Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Kirill Gerstein, piano
                                                                                           Stefan Asbury, conductor
Poul RUDERS Thus Saw Saint John
                                                                                           Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows
Thomas ADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra
                                                                                           Daniel Fish, director
Gerald BARRY Of Queens’ Gardens
                                                                                           Terese Wadden, constume designer
LUTOSŁAWSKI Symphony No. 3
                                                                                           Barbara Samuels, lighting designer
The 2018 Festival of Contemporary Music has been endowed in perpetuity by the generosity   BERNSTEIN A Quiet Place
of Dr. Raymond H. and Mrs. Hannah H. Schneider, with additional support from the           (chamber ensemble version by Garth Edwin Sunderland)
National Endowment for the Arts, and the Helen F. Whitaker Fund.
                                                                                           Fully staged performance; sung in English with supertitles

                                                                                           SATURDAY, AUGUST 11
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4                                                                         6pm, Ozawa Hall
6pm, Ozawa Hall                                                                            TMC Prelude Concert
TMC Prelude Concert
                                                                                           SUNDAY, AUGUST 12
SUNDAY, AUGUST 5                                                                           10am, Ozawa Hall
10am, Ozawa Hall                                                                           TMC Chamber Music
TMC Chamber Music

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MONDAY, AUGUST 13
8pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                        TANGLEWOOD INSTITUTE
TMC Chamber Orchestra                                                   Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)
Andris Nelsons, conductor                                               Summer 2018 Ozawa Hall Series
TMC Conducting Fellows                                                  Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) is a program of
Program to include                                                      Boston University College of Fine Arts. Drawing more than 400
SCHREKER Chamber Symphony for twenty-three instruments (1916)           instrumentalists, singers, and composers from across the country
HAYDN Symphony No. 97                                                   and around the world, it is recognized as a premier summer training
                                                                        program for aspiring young musicians, ages 10 to 20. Each season, BUTI
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14                                                      presents more than 100 free concerts and community performances
8pm, Ozawa Hall                                                         in Lenox, including six performances in Tanglewood’s Seiji Ozawa
TMC Vocal Recital                                                       Hall (patrons should park near Ozawa Hall from Hawthorne Street).
                                                                        Orchestra concerts are $13 per ticket, general admission. Wind
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18                                                     Ensemble and Chorus concerts are free. More information and a full
6pm, Ozawa Hall                                                         performance calendar are available at bu.edu/tanglewood.
TMC Prelude Concert
                                                                        SATURDAY, JULY 14
                                                                        2:30pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                        Boston University Tanglewood Institute
                                                                        Young Artists Orchestra

                                                                        SUNDAY, JULY 15
                                                                        2:30pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                        Boston University Tanglewood Institute
                                                                        Young Artists Wind Ensemble
                                                                        David J. Martins, conductor

                                                                        SATURDAY, JULY 28
                                                                        2:30pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                        Boston University Tanglewood Institute
                                                                        Young Artists Orchestra

                                                                        SUNDAY, JULY 29
                                                                        2:30pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                        Boston University Tanglewood Institute
                                                                        Young Artists Wind Ensemble
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19                                                       H. Robert Reynolds, conductor
10am, Ozawa Hall
TMC Chamber Music                                                       SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
                                                                        2:30pm, Ozawa Hall
2:30pm, Shed                                 See Shed Special prices
                                                                        Boston University Tanglewood Institute
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
                                                                        Young Artists Chorus
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
                                                                        Katie Woolf, conductor
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
COPLAND An Outdoor Overture
                                                                        TUESDAY, AUGUST 7
                                                                        4pm, Shed
BERNSTEIN Three Meditations from Mass, for cello and orchestra
John WILLIAMS New work for cello and orchestra                          Tanglewood On Parade
 (world premiere)                                                       Boston University Tanglewood Institute
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra                                           Young Artists Programs

                                                                        SATURDAY, AUGUST 11
                                                                        2:30pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                        Boston University Tanglewood Institute
                                                                        Young Artists Orchestra

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     SEASON     SEASON                                               All programs and artists subject to change.   JUNE 21–JULY 5
                                                                     JUNE 30 SATURDAY
                                                                     5:45pm, Shed
                                                                     Popular Artist Series
                                                                     A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood
                                                                     with Chris Thile
                                                                     Live broadcast
                                                                     American Public Media’s popular A Prairie Home
                                                                     Companion returns to Tanglewood, with its
                                                                     new host Chris Thile. He will be joined by an
                                                                     incredible array of special musical guests—some known to all, and
                                                                     some who soon will be!—for a unique blend of comedy and spoken
                                                                     word. A vocalist and mandolin virtuoso, Chris will perform his Song of
                                                                     the Week, written specially by Thile for the evening’s program.

B   This symbol denotes concerts with works by Leonard Bernstein
being performed in honor of his centennial celebration.

JUNE 21 THURSDAY
8pm, Shed
Popular Artist Series                                                JULY 3 TUESDAY & JULY 4 WEDNESDAY
Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!                                           8pm, Shed
NPR’s oddly informative news quiz                                    Popular Artist Series
program is again live at Tanglewood.                                 James Taylor at Tanglewood
The Peabody Award-winning series                                     James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his
offers a fast-paced, irreverent look at                              all-star band for two nights!
the week’s news, hosted by Peter Sagal along with judge and score-   Only New England Performance this summer
keeper Bill Kurtis.
                                                                     Fireworks to follow the July 4 concert
                                                                     Proceeds from the July 4 concert will be donated
JUNE 24 SUNDAY                                                       by Kim and James Taylor to Tanglewood.
2:30pm, Shed
Boston Pops
Audra McDonald, soloist                                                    JULY 5 THURSDAY
Andy Einhorn, musical director                                       8pm, Ozawa Hall
One of today’s most celebrated singers, stage                        Boston Symphony Chamber Players
actors, and television stars, Audra McDonald is                      Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of                       MOZART Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, K.452
her artistry. The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards, two   WEINBERG Sonata for solo double bass, Op. 108
Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award, she was named one of Time          BERNSTEIN Variations on an Octatonic Scale, for flute and cello
magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2015 and received a 2015   SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44
National Medal of Arts—America’s highest honor for achievement
in the arts. With the Boston Pops, she presents a program of songs
ranging from standards by Sondheim, Rodgers, and Gershwin to the
sounds of today’s leading music theater composers.

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2018 SEASON                                                              All programs and artists subject to change.     JULY 6–13
JULY 6 FRIDAY
6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

8pm, Shed                 See Shed Special prices
Opening Night at Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
ALL-TCHAIKOVSKY PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 5

   JULY 7 SATURDAY
8pm, Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Singers
Kathleen Marshall, director
David Chase, musical director                                                  JULY 12 THURSDAY
BERNSTEIN On the Town                                                    8pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                         Instrumental Ensemble
A collaboration with choreographer Jerome Robbins and the writing        Charles Prince, conductor
team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein’s On            Alexandra Silber, soprano
the Town—the story of three sailors on shore leave in New York City—     Shuler Hensley, baritone
arrived on Broadway in December 1944, when he was just twenty-six.       Vocal Ensemble
Based on his popular ballet collaboration with Robbins, Fancy Free       Jamie Bernstein, director
(being performed August 18), it was not only his first musical, it was   Selection from the Bernstein Songbook
a first for Comden and Green, who would become Broadway and              BERNSTEIN Trouble in Tahiti
Hollywood legends in their own right. Hit songs include “New York,
                                                                         The lyrical, jazzy style of Leonard Bernstein’s 1952 one-act opera
New York” and “Some Other Time.”                                         Trouble in Tahiti has much in common with On the Town (being
Fully staged performance                                                 performed July 7) and West Side Story (July 28). Bernstein himself
                                                                         wrote the libretto; the scenario revolves around Dinah and her
                                                                         husband Sam’s disaffection with their rat-race, suburban life. The plot
JULY 8 SUNDAY                                                            has nothing to do with Tahiti; the title comes from a romantic movie
2:30pm, Shed                                                             Dinah contrasts with her workaday, unromantic existence. Trouble
Boston Symphony Orchestra                                                in Tahiti was premiered in June 1952 at Brandeis University, where
                                                                         Bernstein was on the faculty, and was presented by NBC on television
Andris Nelsons, conductor
                                                                         the following November.
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1                                              Semi-staged performance
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

                                                                         JULY 13 FRIDAY
                                                                         6pm, Ozawa Hall
JULY 11 WEDNESDAY                                                        Prelude Concert
8pm, Ozawa Hall                                                          Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jeremy Denk, piano
PROKOFIEV Visions fugitives                                              8pm, Shed
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109                                    Boston Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN (arr. LISZT) An die ferne Geliebte                             Moritz Gnann, conductor
                                                                         Paul Lewis, piano
SCHUMANN Fantasy in C, Op. 17
                                                                         WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
                                                                         MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595
                                                                         SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

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                                                     JULY 18 WEDNESDAY
                                                     8pm, Ozawa Hall See Ozawa Hall Special prices
                                                     Pamela Frank, violin
                                                     Emanuel Ax, piano
                                                     ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
                                                     Violin Sonata No. 10 in B-flat, K.378
                                                     Violin Sonata No. 9 in F, K.377
                                                     Piano Sonata No. 15 in F, K.533
                                                     Violin Sonata No. 13 in B-flat, K.454

                                                     JULY 19 THURSDAY
                                                     8pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                     The Fleisher-Jacobsen Piano Duo
                                                       Leon Fleisher, piano, and
                                                       Katherine Jacobsen, piano
                                                     J.S. BACH Capriccio in B-flat, BWV 992 (“On the
                                                       departure of a beloved brother”)
                                                     J.S. BACH Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D
                                                       minor, BWV 903
                                                     J.S. BACH (arr. BRAHMS) Chaconne in D minor for the left hand
                                                     KIRCHNER L.H.
                                                     BRAHMS Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39, for piano four-hands
JULY 14 SATURDAY                                     RAVEL La Valse, for piano four-hands
10:30 am Rehearsal, Sunday program
                                                     Celebrating Leon Fleisher’s 90th birthday
8pm, Shed                 See Shed Special prices
Boston Symphony Orchestra                            JULY 20 FRIDAY
Andris Nelsons, conductor                            6pm, Ozawa Hall
Kristine Opolais, soprano (Mimì)                     Prelude Concert
Piotr Beczała, tenor (Rodolfo)                       Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Susanna Phillips, soprano (Musetta)                  James Burton, conductor
Franco Vassallo, baritone (Marcello)
Davide Luciano, baritone (Schaunard)                 8pm, Shed UnderScore Friday Concert
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone (Colline)               Boston Symphony Orchestra
Paul Plishka, bass (Benoît/Alcindoro)                Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Neal Ferreira, tenor (Parpignol)                     Emanuel Ax, piano
David Cushing, bass (Customs Sergeant)               ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,                          Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K.453
 James Burton, conductor                             Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Children’s Choir
PUCCINI La bohème
Semi-staged performance; sung in Italian
with English supertitles                             JULY 21 SATURDAY
                                                     10:30 am Rehearsal, Sunday program

   JULY 15 SUNDAY                                        8pm, Shed
                                                     Boston Symphony Orchestra
2:30pm, Shed
                                                     Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra
                                                     Elizabeth Rowe, flute
Andris Nelsons, conductor
                                                     Hannah Morrison, soprano
Yuja Wang, piano
                                                     Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo-soprano
Boy soprano
                                                     Nicholas Phan, tenor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
                                                     Michael Nagy, baritone
 James Burton, conductor
                                                     Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian
                                                      James Burton, conductor
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
                                                     MOZART Symphony No. 34
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
                                                     BERNSTEIN alil, Nocturne for flute and orchestra
                                                     HAYDN Missa in angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass)

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BERNSTEIN CENTENNIAL SUMMER - summer 2018 - Brook Farm Inn
2018 SEASON                                                                   All programs and artists subject to change.   JULY 22–AUG 2
                                                                             JULY 28 SATURDAY
                                                                             10:30am Rehearsal, Sunday program

                                                                               8:30pm, Shed
                                                                             Boston Symphony Orchestra
                                                                             David Newman, conductor
                                                                             BERNSTEIN West Side Story
                                                                             Experience a thrilling presentation of this iconic
                                                                             film and winner of ten Academy Awards, including
                                                                             Best Picture. The Boston Symphony plays Leonard
                                                                             Bernstein’s electrifying score live, while the newly
                                                                             remastered film is shown on large screens in high
                                                                             definition with the original vocals and dialogue
                                                                             intact. This classic romantic tragedy, directed by
                                                                             Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and with lyrics
                                                                             by Stephen Sondheim, is one of the greatest
                                                                                                                                      West Side Story © 1961
                                                                             achievements in the history of movie musicals. It
JULY 22 SUNDAY                                                               features Robbins’ breathtaking choreography and a
                                                                                                                                      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
                                                                                                                                      Studios Inc. All rights
2:30pm, Shed                                                                 screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the masterful       reserved. © A.M.P.A.S.
Boston Symphony Orchestra                                                    book by Arthur Laurents.
Thomas Adès, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Thomas ADÈS Suite from Powder Her Face                                       JULY 29 SUNDAY
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto                                                     2:30pm, Shed
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5                                                      Boston Symphony Orchestra
                                                                             Juanjo Mena, conductor
                                                                             Gil Shaham, violin
JULY 24 TUESDAY See Ozawa Hall                                              HAYDN Symphony No. 88
8pm, Ozawa Hall             Special prices                                   PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
Emerson String Quartet                                                       MOZART Symphony No. 40
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127                                     AUGUST 1 WEDNESDAY
String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135                                          8pm, Ozawa Hall
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor,                                      Thomas Adès, piano
 Op. 131                                                                     Kirill Gerstein, piano*
                                                                             DEBUSSY En blanc et noir, for two pianos
                                                                             STRAVINSKY (arr. SHOSTAKOVICH)
JULY 25 WEDNESDAY                           See Ozawa Hall Special prices    Symphony of Psalms, for two pianos
8pm, Ozawa Hall                                                              LUTOSŁAWSKI Variations on a Theme by
Emerson String Quartet                                                        Paganini, for two pianos
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM                                                        DEBUSSY Lindaraja, for two pianos
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132                                    Thomas ADÈS Concert paraphrase on Powder Her Face, for two pianos
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130                                     RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole, for two pianos
Grosse Fuge in B-flat, Op. 133                                               *2018 Koussevitzky Artist

JULY 27 FRIDAY                                                               AUGUST 2 THURSDAY
6pm, Ozawa Hall                                                              8pm, Ozawa Hall See Ozawa Hall Special prices
Prelude Concert                                                              Paul Lewis, piano
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra                                     HAYDN Sonata No. 49 in E-flat
                                                                             BEETHOVEN Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119
8pm, Shed                                                                    BRAHMS Four Pieces, Op. 119
Boston Symphony Orchestra                                                    HAYDN Sonata No. 32 in B minor
Juanjo Mena, conductor                                                       BEETHOVEN Six Bagatelles, Op. 126
Garrick Ohlsson, piano                                                       HAYDN Sonata No. 40 in G
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes                                This program launches a multi-year survey at Tanglewood featuring
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K.271                                 Paul Lewis in piano works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Brahms.
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3

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2018 SEASON                                 All programs and artists subject to change.        AUG 3–9
                                           AUGUST 5 SUNDAY See Shed Special prices
                                           2:30pm, Shed
                                           Boston Symphony Orchestra
                                           Charles Dutoit, conductor
                                           Joshua Bell, violin
                                           BORODIN Polovtsian Dances
                                           WIENIAWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
                                           PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

                                           AUGUST 7 TUESDAY
                                           8pm, Shed
                                           Tanglewood on Parade
                                           Boston Symphony Orchestra
                                           Boston Pops Orchestra
                                           Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
                                           Charles Dutoit, Bramwell Tovey, Keith Lockhart,
                                            and John Williams, conductors
                                           Kirill Gerstein, piano*
                                           Program to include
                                           RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
                                           GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
                                           TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
                                           *2018 Koussevitzky Artist
AUGUST 3 FRIDAY                            Fireworks to follow the concert
6pm, Ozawa Hall
Prelude Concert
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra          AUGUST 9 THURSDAY
                                           8pm, Ozawa Hall
8pm, Shed UnderScore Friday Concert        Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky            Stefan Asbury, conductor
 Memorial Concert                          Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows
Boston Symphony Orchestra                  Daniel Fish, director
Charles Dutoit, conductor                  Terese Wadden, costume designer
Kirill Gerstein, piano*                    Barbara Samuels, lighting designer
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
                                           BERNSTEIN A Quiet Place
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
                                           (chamber ensemble version by Garth Edwin Sunderland)
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete)
*2018 Koussevitzky Artist                  Conceived as a sequel to his 1952 one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti
                                           (being performed July 12), and to be heard here in a recent new
                                           version for chamber ensemble, A Quiet Place—Bernstein’s final work
AUGUST 4 SATURDAY                          for the stage—was originally premiered in 1983 on a double bill with
10:30am Rehearsal, Sunday program          Trouble in Tahiti. Providing an intimate picture of family relationships,
                                           the story rejoins Sam from Trouble in Tahiti years later, following
    8pm, Shed                              Dinah’s unexpected death. Entering the picture are their son Junior,
Boston Symphony Orchestra                  daughter Dede, and her husband (and Junior’s former boyfriend)
Bramwell Tovey, conductor                  François. The final, closing scene for Sam and the three young people
Nadine Sierra, soprano                     brings closure and hope to their lives.
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano             Fully staged performance; sung in English with supertitles
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Elliot Madore, baritone
Eric Owens, bass
BERNSTEIN Songfest
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

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2018 SEASON                                                            All programs and artists subject to change.   AUG 10–17
   AUGUST 10 FRIDAY
7pm, Shed See Young People’s Concert Shed prices
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jamie Bernstein, host
Young People’s Concert
From 1958 until 1972, Leonard Bernstein
and the New York Philharmonic presented
a landmark series of televised Young People’s Concerts™ which
introduced classical music to millions of listeners. Inspired by
Bernstein’s pioneering work as an educator, the BSO and Andris
Nelsons offer a one-time-only hour-long program designed
especially for young audiences and their families. Following in the
great tradition of her father, Jamie Bernstein will be the evening’s
host and presenter.
Concert duration is approximately 60 minutes without intermission.

AUGUST 11 SATURDAY
10:30am Rehearsal, Sunday program

8pm, Shed
John Williams’ Film Night
Boston Pops
John Williams and Andris Nelsons, conductors
John Williams’ Film Night has long been
established as one of the Tanglewood calendar’s
most consistently captivating evenings. Join Mr.
Williams as he presents this year’s celebration
of the music of Hollywood and beyond featuring
the Boston Pops and BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons.
                                                                       AUGUST 16 THURSDAY
                                                                       8pm, Ozawa Hall
AUGUST 12 SUNDAY See Shed Special prices                              Skride Quartet
2:30pm, Shed                                                           MAHLER Piano Quartet in A minor
Boston Symphony Orchestra                                              MOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K.478
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor                                       BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Igor Levit, piano
Michael TILSON THOMAS Agnegram
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme
 of Paganini                                                           AUGUST 17 FRIDAY
MAHLER Symphony No. 1                                                  6pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                       Prelude Concert
                                                                       Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
AUGUST 15 WEDNESDAY
8pm, Ozawa Hall                                                        8pm, Shed UnderScore Friday Concert
Igor Levit, piano                                                      Boston Symphony Orchestra
JACK Quartet                                                           Andris Nelsons, conductor
BEETHOVEN Variations and Fugue in E-flat,                              Yefim Bronfman, piano
 Op. 35, Eroica                                                        BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
SCHOENBERG Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41                                     SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4
Frederic RZEWSKI The People United Will
 Never Be Defeated!

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2018 SEASON                                                                  All programs and artists subject to change.   AUG 18–24
                                                                                AUGUST 22 WEDNESDAY & 
                                                                               AUGUST 23 THURSDAY
                                                                            8pm, Ozawa Hall
                                                                            The Knights
                                                                            Eric Jacobsen, conductor
                                                                            Miles Mykkanen, tenor (Candide)
                                                                            Sharleen Joynt, soprano (Cunegonde)
                                                                            Alex Mansoori, tenor (Baron/Governor/
                                                                             Vanderdendur/Ragotski)
                                                                            Gabriel Preisser, baritone (Maximilian/Grand Inquisitor)
                                                                            Courtney Lopes and John Eirich, dancers
                                                                            Alison Moritz, stage director
                                                                            John Heginbotham, choreographer
                                                                            Aaron Copp, lighting designer
                                                                            Amanda Seymour, costume designer
                                                                            BERNSTEIN Candide
                                                                             Leonard Bernstein’s delightful 1956 comic operetta Candide is
                                                                             based on the 18th-century philosopher Voltaire’s satirical novel,
                                                                             which follows the title character’s traumatic adventures in imperial
AUGUST 18 SATURDAY                                                           Europe and semi-civilized South America. All the while, his teacher’s
10:30am Rehearsal, Sunday program
                                                                             philosophy of “All’s for the best in this best of all possible worlds” is
                                                                             put to the test. Candide’s vain sweetheart Cunegonde undergoes even
   8pm, Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra                                                    worse trials as they’re separated and reunited. Lillian Hellman wrote
Andris Nelsons, conductor                                                    the original play; the song lyrics were mostly by poet Richard Wilbur.
Boston Ballet,                                                               The score includes such familiar numbers as “Glitter and Be Gay” and
 Mikko Nissinen, artistic director                                          “Make Our Garden Grow.”
Baiba Skride, violin                                                         Fully staged performances
ALL-BERNSTEIN PROGRAM
Fancy Free*
Divertimento for Orchestra                                                   AUGUST 24 FRIDAY
Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”), for violin and orchestra
                                                                             6pm, Ozawa Hall
When Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins created the hit ballet             Prelude Concert
Fancy Free in 1944, each was just twenty-five years old. Bernstein’s         Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
first ballet score and Robbins’ first full-scale choreographic effort, it
catapulted both men to stardom. In what would become his signature          8pm, Shed
style, Robbins combined classical choreography with jazz and popular        Boston Symphony Orchestra
dance moves. Just months after Fancy Free was premiered at the old          Andris Nelsons, conductor
Metropolitan Opera House, its scenario had become the basis for             Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Bernstein and Robbins’ hit Broadway musical On the Town (being
                                                                            Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
performed July 7). Fancy Free will be presented here in collaboration
                                                                             James Burton, conductor
with Boston Ballet, using Robbins’ original choreography.
                                                                            Children’s Choir
*Fully staged production                                                    MAHLER Symphony No. 3

    AUGUST 19 SUNDAY
2:30pm, Shed             See Shed Special prices
The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
COPLAND An Outdoor Overture
BERNSTEIN Three Meditations from Mass,
 for cello and orchestra
John WILLIAMS New work for cello and orchestra (world premiere)
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

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THE BERNSTEIN CENTENNIAL                                                    All programs and artists subject to change.    AUG 25–26
 CELEBRATION AT TANGLEWOOD
                                                                             AUGUST 26 SUNDAY
                                                                             2:30pm, Shed             See Shed Special prices
                                                                             Boston Symphony Orchestra
                                                                             Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
                                                                             Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
                                                                             Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
                                                                             Joseph Kaiser, tenor
                                                                             Thomas Hampson, baritone
                                                                             Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
                                                                              James Burton, conductor
                                                                             BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

 AUGUST 25 SATURDAY
10:30am, Rehearsal Sunday program

    8pm, Shed            See Bernstein Centennial Celebration Shed prices
The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
 Boston Symphony Orchestra*
 Andris Nelsons, Christoph Eschenbach, Keith Lockhart,
   Michael Tilson Thomas, and John Williams, conductors
 Audra McDonald, host and vocalist
 Midori, violin
 Yo-Yo Ma, cello
 Kian Soltani, cello
 Nadine Sierra, soprano                                                      One Day University at Tanglewood
 Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
 Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano                                               AUGUST 26 SUNDAY, OZAWA HALL
 Thomas Hampson, baritone                                                    9:30am–1:15pm
 Jessica Vosk and Tony Yazbeck, vocalists                                    Foreign Policy, Sleep, and
 James Darrah, director
 Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
                                                                             Climate Change
                                                                             One Day University, the acclaimed lifelong learning
   James Burton, conductor
                                                                             series, returns to Tanglewood for the eighth year!
Reflecting the season-long theme, The Bernstein Centennial                   Join these award-winning professors from three renowned schools,
Celebration at Tanglewood spotlights Bernstein’s wide-ranging talents        each presenting their best lecture in Ozawa Hall. Then join Ray and
as a composer, his many gifts as a great interpreter and champion            Maria Stata Music Director Andris Nelsons and the BSO for the 2018
of other composers, and his role as an inspirer of a new generation          season finale performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
of musicians and music lovers across the country and around the
                                                                             American Foreign Policy: Where Are We Headed?
globe. The gala concert will feature a kaleidoscopic array of artists
                                                                             Stephen Kotkin, Professor of History and International Affairs,
and ensembles from the worlds of classical music, film, and Broadway.
                                                                              Princeton University
The entire first half of the program is dedicated to selections from
such brilliant Bernstein works as Candide, West Side Story, Mass, and        The Science of Sleep: How it Affects Creativity, Focus and Memory
Serenade. Music from the classical canon very dear to Bernstein’s            Jessica Payne, Professor of Psychology, University of Notre Dame
heart—selections from Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn and
                                                                             Climate Change: What We Know and What We Don’t Know
music by Copland—plus a new work by John Williams, makes up a
                                                                             David Helfand, Professor of Astronomy, Columbia University
good portion of the program’s second half; the finale of Mahler’s
Resurrection Symphony brings the concert to a dramatic close.                General Registration: $159
                                                                             Each registration includes all three lectures, VIP parking, plus one
*Joined by members of the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic         complimentary lawn admission or a 10% discount on a Shed ticket
 Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center           for the August 26 Shed concert at 2:30pm.
 Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival, and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.

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                                                                        $104          $87             $62        $43    $31     $21

TICKET PRICES &                              on Parade (8/7)

                                             75th Gala (7/14)
                                                                        $2,500*
                                                                        $1,000* $250                  $160       $100   $75     $30

SEATING INFORMATION                          Opening Night
                                             (7/6)
                                                                        $500*

                                                                        $104*         $87             $62        $43    $31     $20

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                                                                                            Chris Botti (8/5)                         $99         $79         $65       $21
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                                                                                            Jazz                                      $63         $53         $42       $20
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                                                                                            Family Concert (8/25)                     $10, free for kids under 18
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                                                                                            Purchase a pass to the 2012 Festival of Contemporary Music,orchestra
                                                                                                                                                       valid for all six
                                                   stage                                    Tanglewood Music Center performances on August 9, 10, 11, 12 (10am & 8pm),
                                                                                            and 13.                                                                                                  first balcony
                                                                                                                                                                                                    second balcony

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Parade (8/7)     Regular Concert                                      $53           $43            $34         $18                      7/23, 7/30, 8/9, 8/13)
Young People’s Concert
                 Special Concert$45                                   $63           $53            $42         $19$12                    One Day University (8/26) $159 general admission
                                        N/A                         N/A            $25              N/A
(8/10)
                 TMC Orchestra                                         $53            $43          $34         $11
Bernstein Centennial         $2500/ $750/
                 Silk Road Ensemble                                 $95
                                                                      $99          $65
                                                                                    $79             $44
                                                                                                   $65         $20$25
Celebration (8/25)*           $1500(6/22$125
                                         & 24)                                                                                           Festival of Contemporary Music Pass $40
                     Anne-Sophie Mutter (7/12)             $99     $79      $65     $20                                                  Purchase a pass to the 2018 Festival of Contemporary Music, valid for general
                                 *Tickets at $750 and up include Centennial Celebration
                                                                                                                                         admission to five performances (includes lawn ticket only for July 30 concert at
                     Chris Botti (8/5)                     $99Kathleen
                                   dinner and concert. Contact     $79 Pendleton
                                                                            $65 at$21
                                   617-638-9391 for more information.                                                                    8pm). Donors of $100 and above should note benefits regarding complimentary
                     Jazz                                  $63     $53      $42     $20
                                                                                                                                         tickets to FCM concerts.
                     Family Concert (8/25)                             $10, free for kids under 18
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Wait Wait...Don’t Tanglewood
                  Tell Me! Music Center performances on August 9, 10, 11, 12 (10am & 8pm),
                                $125        $76          $60      $45         N/A           $24
(6/21)            and 13.                                                                                                               Please note: Balcony levels of Ozawa Hall are not currently accessible
                                                                                                                                                  first balcony
A Prairie Home
Companion (6/30)                       $80           $60           $45            N/A              N/A           $21                    by elevator. Patrons
                                                                                                                                                 second      who have difficulty climbing stairs will be seated
                                                                                                                                                         balcony
                                                                                                                                        on the orchestra level of the hall. If you require orchestra-level seating,
James Taylor (7/3 & 7/4)             $115            $83           N/A            N/A              N/A           $28
                                                                                                                                        please inform the Box Office when purchasing tickets so that you will
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PURCHASING TICKETS
Friends of Tanglewood may order advance tickets. Please follow                 Prelude Tickets                                              TMC Tickets
instructions on the enclosed letter. Tickets to all Tanglewood events go       Your ticket to the Friday-evening                            TMC Orchestra concerts
on sale Sunday, January 28, 2018, to the general public.                       BSO concert also admits you to                               Friends of Tanglewood may
                                                                               the BSO Prelude Concert at 6pm                               order tickets for TMC Orchestra
                                                                               in Ozawa Hall. Your ticket for                               concerts online. Tickets will be
Online                                   Saturday-morning                      Saturday evening also admits                                 sold to the public beginning
Beginning January 28, 2018,              Rehearsals                            you to the 6pm (Saturday) TMC                                January 28.
at 10am, the general public              Please note: Rehearsals may           Prelude Concert. Seating for
may order tickets online at                                                                                                                 Ozawa Hall seats: $57, $47, $37
                                         focus on a particular passage or      Prelude Concerts is available on
tanglewood.org. Orders are                                                                                                                  Lawn: $13
                                         occasionally repeat a passage,        a first-come, first-served basis.
subject to a $6.50 per ticket            and may also omit movements           BSO Prelude Concerts feature                                 TMC recitals, chamber music,
handling fee. This fee is waived         or entire pieces. Shed seats are      smaller-scale works performed                                String Quartet Marathon, and
on advance orders before                 reserved/ticketed seating only, not   by members of the Boston                                     Festival of Contemporary Music
January 24, 2018. Friends of             general admission.                    Symphony Orchestra, often                                    performances
Tanglewood can purchase online                                                 joined by distinguished guests.                              Friends of Tanglewood at the
in advance of this date.                 Tickets are:                                                                                       $100 level receive one free
                                         $34 (Front and Boxes)                                                                              admission, and Friends at the
                                         $24 (Rear)                            Parking
By Telephone                                                                   Free parking is available. Preferred                         $200 level or higher receive
                                         $14 (Lawn)                                                                                         two free admissions, to all TMC
Friends of Tanglewood may call                                                 parking is offered to Friends of
SymphonyCharge during your               Rehearsal subscriptions are also      Tanglewood at the $750 level or                              Fellow recital, chamber, and
membership level’s advance               available. Choose a minimum           higher. Please call the Friends                              Festival of Contemporary Music
ticketing period at 617-266-             of four Rehearsals and receive a      Office at 617-638-9267 for details.                          performances (excluding TMC
1200 or 888-266-1200 to charge           discount of 15% off the regular                                                                    Orchestra concerts, which
tickets using a major credit             ticket price. The Saturday-morning                                                                 Friends may order online).
                                                                               Lawn Pass Books                                              Friends should present their
card. See instructions on the            Rehearsals begin at 10:30am, with     Purchasing a Lawn Pass Book
enclosed letter. Telephone orders        a Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30am                                                                     membership cards at the gate
                                                                               provides flexibility and savings.
are subject to a $6.50 per ticket        free to Rehearsal ticket holders.                                                                  one hour before concert time.
                                                                               No further ticketing is necessary.
handling fee. This fee is waived                                               The books of 11 tickets are valid                            Additional and non-member
on advance orders placed before          Accessible Seating                    for all regular and specially                                tickets can be purchased in
January 24, 2018.                        Accessible seats are available.       priced BSO concerts and Pops                                 advance to each recital, chamber
                                         Please contact our Access             concerts in the Koussevitzky                                 music, String Quartet Marathon,
Special Group Discounts                  Services Administrator at             Music Shed and Ozawa Hall.                                   or Festival of Contemporary
For complete information on              617-638-9431.                         Tickets are not valid for Popular                            Music concert for $13 (excluding
group benefits, including ticket                                               Artists. Lawn Pass Books are                                 TMC Orchestra concerts).
discounts, advance ticket sales,         Student Discount                      available at the special price
and exclusive use of our private                                                                                                            BUTI concerts: $13.
                                        A 50% discount on Friday-              of $180 through June 24. After
tents, please call the Group                                                                                                                BUTI Wind Ensemble and Chorus
                                        evening lawn tickets is available      June 24, Lawn Pass Books may be
Sales Office at 617-638-9345 or                                                                                                             Concerts: Free.
                                        to college and graduate students       purchased for $190.
800-933-4255.                           18 and over with a student                                                                          For information about becoming
                                        ID. Tickets must be purchased          Upgrade for Lawn Tickets                                     a Friend of Tanglewood, please
                                        in person at the Main Box              Lawn tickets may be upgraded                                 call 617-638-9267.
                                        Office, only on the night of the       for tickets inside the Shed for the
                                        performance.                           cost of the difference between
                                                                               the lawn ticket price and the                                For Berkshire tourist information,
                                                                               price of the seat in the Shed.                               please call the Berkshire Visitors
                                                                               Subject to availability. Not valid                           Bureau at 413-743-4500 or visit
Andris Nelsons, Ray and Maria Stata Music Director
                                                                               for lawn tickets that have no                                berkshires.org.
Thomas Adès, Deborah and Philip Edmundson Artistic Partner
James Burton, Alan and Suzanne Dworsky BSO Choral Director and Conductor       dollar value (e.g., complimentary                            Photography: Marco Borggreve,
  of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus                                            tickets, passes, etc.).                                       Hilary Scott, Lisa Whitman
Keith Lockhart, Julian and Eunice Cohen Boston Pops Conductor
John Williams, George and Roberta Berry Boston Pops Conductor Laureate

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