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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANDRIS NELSONS MUSIC DIRECTOR

TWD18_ATOF.indd 1 10/30/17 2:31 PM SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Throughout the summer of 2018, Tanglewood celebrates the centennial Also leading BSO concerts will be BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès (7/22), of Lawrence-born, -bred conductor-composer ’s BSO Assistant Conductor Moritz Gnann (7/13), and guest conductors Herbert birth. Bernstein’s close relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Blomstedt (7/20 & 21), Charles Dutoit (8/3 & 8/5), Christoph Eschenbach spanned 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 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), orchestra (7/21), Songfest (8/4), the Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”) and and Christian Tetzlaff (7/22). BSO-commissioned Divertimento for Orchestra (8/18), and Symphony No. 1, Thomas Adès will also direct Tanglewood’s 2018 Festival of Contemporary Jeremiah (8/26), performances also include the operas Trouble in Tahiti (7/12) Music and perform an evening of two-piano music in Ozawa Hall (8/1) with and A Quiet Place (8/9); the Broadway hit (7/7); the ever-popular Kirill Gerstein—who is also soloist in this year’s gala Tanglewood on Parade (8/22 & 23); the ballet Fancy Free in collaboration with Boston concert (8/7). Paul Lewis’ Ozawa Hall recital (8/2) launches a multi-year Ballet (8/18), and the Oscar-winning film version of with the survey at Tanglewood featuring him in piano works by Haydn, Beethoven, BSO playing the score live as the movie is shown on large screens in high and Brahms. The 2018 Ozawa Hall line-up also includes the Boston Symphony definition with the original vocals and dialogue intact (7/28). On August 25, Chamber Players with Rudolf Buchbinder (7/5); a duo appearance by Pamela Bernstein’s birth-date, The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood, Frank and Emanuel Ax (7/18); Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobsen Fleisher to be conducted by BSO Music Director , , Andris Nelsons Christoph Eschenbach in a piano recital marking Mr. Fleisher’s 90th birthday (7/19); the Emerson , Michael Tilson Thomas, and , will feature an String Quartet performing Beethoven’s late string quartets (7/24 & 25); Igor astonishing array of guest artists, among them , , Audra McDonald Midori Levit with the JACK Quartet (8/15), and the Skride Quartet (8/16). Yo-Yo Ma, Susan Graham, and Thomas Hampson. In addition, the BSO will be joined for this very special occasion by members of numerous other For the first of four Boston Pops events this summer, star vocalist Audra orchestras with which Bernstein maintained close associations. McDonald is soloist with conductor XXX (6/24). Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops Orchestra in On the Town (7/7) and as part of Besides his participation in The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood on Parade (8/7). On hand for Tanglewood on Parade and John and performances with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Tanglewood Williams’ Film Night is Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams, who (TMCO), Andris Nelsons conducts the BSO in concerts featuring pianists Lang shares the Film Night podium with Andris Nelsons. Other surefire crowd- (Opening Night, 7/6), (7/8), (7/15), and Lang Rudolf Buchbinder Yuja Wang pleasers include the returns to Tanglewood of Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! (8/17); a complete, semi-staged performance of Puccini’s Yefim Bronfman (6/21) and A Prairie Home Companion, now with new host Chris Thile (6/30), La bohème with soprano and tenor (7/14); Kristine Opolais Piotr Beczala as well as for two shows with his all-star band (7/3 & 4). a special Young People’s Concert evoking those led by Bernstein himself, with Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein, as host (8/10); an all-Bernstein As usual, the summer also offers a full schedule of concerts spotlighting program featuring violinist Baiba Skride in the Serenade (after Plato’s the accomplished young musicians of the Tanglewood Music Center; the “Symposium”) (8/18), and Mahler’s Third Symphony with soloist Susan Graham weekly Friday-evening and Saturday-evening Prelude Concerts in Ozawa Hall (8/24). Maestro Nelsons also leads the TMCO’s annual Leonard Bernstein featuring BSO members on Fridays and TMC Fellows on Saturdays; Saturday- Memorial Concert, this year with Yo-Yo Ma as soloist (8/19), and joins John morning rehearsals; the acclaimed lifelong learning series One Day University Williams on the podium for John Williams’ Film Night (8/11). (8/26), and “Summer Sundays,” offering pre-concert events for all ages each Sunday starting at noon, prior to the afternoon’s 2:30pm BSO concert.

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 2-3 10/30/17 2:31 PM AMENITIES & SPECIAL OFFERINGS SUMMER SUNDAYS, noon–2pm On Sunday afternoons, July 8 through August 26, when the gates Tours of Tanglewood open at noon, enjoy new and exciting events for all ages to enhance The Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers offers free walking your Tanglewood experience. Activities that take place at various tours of the Tanglewood campus. The tours last approximately one locations throughout the grounds include local food tastings and hour and include visits to the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Ozawa Hall, other specialties of the region, face painting, yoga and Qigong, games other music facilities, the Visitor Center history rooms, and more. for families, and more! From 12:30-1:30pm, additional offerings Experienced volunteer guides discuss the historical background of including lectures, performances, and musical demonstrations take Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Tanglewood place in the Theatre. Specific events will be announced closer to the Music Center. Reservations are not required. Tours begin at the Visitor opening of the season. Visit tanglewood.org for more details. Center at the Tanglewood Manor House. Beginning July 4??? until August 26, free public walk-up tours take place when the grounds are open each Tuesday at 1:30pm, Wednesday at 10:30am, Saturday at New this Summer—LED Lawn Screens Added! 1:30pm, and Sunday at 12:30pm (Sunday tours open to ticket-holders Two new 16̕x 9̕ LED screens will be added to the back of the Shed to only). Subject to change. Additional tours will be held before Popular enhance the concert experience for those seated on the lawn. These Artist concerts. In the event of inclement weather, tours will meet screens will be in use during all Tanglewood events, including Sunday- informally under cover. Private group tours for a minimum of 25 afternoon concerts. people may be arranged (at least two weeks in advance) for a fee. For more information, call the Office of Volunteer Services at 413-637- UnderScore Fridays at Tanglewood 5393 or email [email protected]. Three Friday-evening Shed performances will be part of the popular UnderScore Friday series this season. At these performances, patrons Tanglewood for Kids will hear comments about the program directly from an onstage BSO Free lawn tickets for children and young people up to 17! musician. UnderScore Fridays take place on July 20, August 3, and Tanglewood is pleased to offer free lawn tickets for children and August 17. young people age 17 and younger. Up to four free children’s tickets are available per parent/legal guardian per concert at the Tanglewood Under 40? Tickets $20! Box Office on the day of the concert. Children under five are not $20 tickets for attendees under age 40 will be available during the permitted in the Koussevitzky Music Shed or Hall during 2018 Tanglewood season for BSO and Boston Pops performances in concerts. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. This free the Shed. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. lawn ticket policy does not apply to organized groups of children. Choose as many dates as you like, with a limit of one pair of tickets For Popular Artist concerts, free lawn tickets are only available for per concert. This program does not apply to organized groups. Some children under 2. blackout dates apply. Visit tanglewood.org for more information. $20 The 2018 Tanglewood Free Lawn Tickets for Children and Young People Under 40 tickets will be available for sale in May 2018. Program is supported by a generous gift from the Pumpkin Foundation/ The 2018 Tanglewood $20 Under 40 ticket program is supported by a Joe and Carol Reich. generous gift from the Pumpkin Foundation/Joe and Carol Reich. Watch and Play, sponsored by the Boston Symphony Association Talks and Walks of Volunteers, is an interactive musical performance designed to engage children ages 3–10 in the Tanglewood musical experience. Talks and Walks is a series of informal conversations presented by The program will be offered at 1pm on Sundays July 8 and 22, and the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers, featuring guest August 5 and 22 ???, in the Chamber Music Hall. Tickets to the artists and members of the BSO family. Bring along a picnic lunch Sunday-afternoon concert performance are required. For more and join us in the Tent Club on Thursday afternoons, July 6 through information, call 413-637-5393 or email [email protected]. ??? dates need August 24, for lively and informative discussions. Tent Club opens at confirmation noon. Talks begin at 1pm. Tickets are $134 for the full series. Friends of Tanglewood and Business Partners receive a discount ($112 Kids’ Corner is offered at 9:30am on Saturdays and noon on Sundays. for the full series) and advance ordering privileges. For additional However, on days of Watch and Play, Kids’ Corner will begin at 2pm. information, call 413-637-5393 or email [email protected]. Children accompanied by adults may take part in musical and crafts The Talks and Walks Series is supported by a gift from the Perles Law activities supervised by BSO staff. Please stop by the Tanglewood Firm in honor of the victims of the Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing and Visitor Center for more information. Tickets to the Sunday their Families. concert or Saturday-morning rehearsal are required.

Yoga on the Lawn Once again this summer, in collaboration with the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Tanglewood is pleased to offer hour-long yoga classes taught by fully accredited Kripalu teachers from 10:15–11:15am on Saturday mornings (weather permitting). Located on the lawn near the Tanglewood Visitor Center, these weekly classes are available at no additional charge to Saturday-morning BSO Rehearsal ticketholders on July 14, 21, and 28, and August 4, 11, 18, and 25.

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 4-5 10/30/17 2:31 PM 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 SATURDAY, JULY 14 One-hour performances of chamber music with TMC Fellows and 6pm, Ozawa Hall guests, a prelude to the evening BSO concerts. Admission is free, but Prelude Concert restricted to 8pm Shed concert ticket-holders. 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 TMC Chamber Music Additional chamber and vocal concerts are scheduled throughout the season. Dates and times will be announced at a later date. MONDAY, JULY 16 TMC Orchestra concerts in the Shed are priced at regular Shed prices. 8pm, Ozawa Hall Prices for TMC Orchestra concerts in Ozawa Hall are listed in a separate Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra price grid. All other TMC performances in Ozawa Hall are priced at $12 Herbert Blomstedt, conductor per ticket, general admission. See page 31 for complete price information TMC Conducting Fellows and information regarding Friends of Tanglewood ticket policies. MOZART Symphony No. 35, Haffner BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3 SATURDAY, JUNE 30 BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 10 am & 2:30pm, Ozawa Hall TUESDAY, JULY 17 String Quartet Marathon 8pm, Ozawa Hall SUNDAY, JULY 1 TMC Vocal Recital 10am, Ozawa Hall SATURDAY, JULY 21 Brass, Winds, and Percussion Extravaganza 6pm, Ozawa Hall To include TMC Vocal Prelude Concert Ninfea CRUTWELL-READE New work (world premiere; TMC commission) 2:30pm, Ozawa Hall SUNDAY, JULY 22 String Quartet Marathon 10am, Ozawa Hall The New Fromm Players TMC Chamber Music To include 8pm, Ozawa Hall Julian ANDERSON String Quartet No. 3 (American premiere; TMC Vocal Recital TMC co-commission) 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 Vocal Fellows An Evening of Bach Cantatas BERNSTEIN Facsimile, Choreographic Essay for Orchestra Michael GANDOLFI New work for six voices and orchestra SATURDAY, JULY 7 (world premiere; TMC commission) 6pm, Ozawa Hall COPLAND Symphony No. 3 Prelude Concert Tanglewood Music Center Fellows

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 6-7 10/30/17 2:31 PM TMC SEASON, CONTINUED JULY 26–30 OZAWA HALL TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 Festival Of Contempory Music Tanglewood on Parade BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès, Director Chamber music and other activities throughout the afternoon Tanglewood’s 2018 Festival of Contemporary Music—the first of two with BSO Artistic 8pm, Shed Partner Thomas Adès as Festival Director—will feature chamber music programs for Boston Symphony Orchestra large and small ensembles, encompassing works by Gerald Barry, Harrison Birtwistle, Boston Pops Orchestra Francisco Coll, Veronika Krausas, György Kurtág, Andrew Norman, Sean Shepherd, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Conlon Nancarrow, and Per Nørgård, among other composers to be announced. The Charles Dutoit, Bramwell Tovey, Keith Lockhart, and John Williams, Festival will also include the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by English conductors composer Oliver Christophe Leith for two voices and large chamber ensemble. Kirill Gerstein, piano* Program to include THURSDAY, JULY 26 RAVEL Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2 8pm, Ozawa Hall GERSHWIN TCHAIKOVSKY FCM Chamber Music *2018 Koussevitzky Artist FRIDAY, JULY 27 Fireworks to follow the concert 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 TMC Conducting Fellows THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 Kirill Gerstein, piano 8pm, Ozawa Hall Poul RUDERS Thus Saw Saint Joan Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Thomas ADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra Stefan Asbury, conductor Gerald BARRY Of Queens’ Gardens Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows LUTOSŁAWSKI Symphony No. 3 Daniel Fish, director The 2018 Festival of Contemporary Music has been endowed in perpetuity by the generosity Terese Wadden, constume designer of Dr. Raymond H. and Mrs. Hannah H. Schneider, with additional support from the Barbara Samuels, lighting designer National Endowment for the Arts, and the Helen F. Whitaker Fund. BERNSTEIN A Quiet Place Fully staged performance; sung in English with supertitles (chamber ensemble version by Garth Edwin Sunderland) SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 6pm, Ozawa Hall FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 TMC Prelude Concert 8:30pm & 10pm, Tanglewood Tent Tanglewood Music Center Fellows SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 Actors 10am, Ozawa Hall Bill Barclay, director TMC Chamber Music STRAVINSKY The Soldier’s Tale SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 6pm, Ozawa Hall TMC Prelude Concert

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 8-9 10/30/17 2:31 PM TMC SEASON, CONTINUED BOSTON UNIVERSITY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 TANGLEWOOD INSTITUTE 10am, Ozawa Hall TMC Chamber Music Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) Summer 2018 Ozawa Hall Series MONDAY, AUGUST 13 Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) is a program of 8pm, Ozawa Hall Boston University College of Fine Arts. Drawing more than 400 TMC Chamber Orchestra instrumentalists, singers, and composers from across the country Andris Nelsons, conductor and around the world, it is recognized as a premier summer training TMC Conducting Fellows program for aspiring young musicians, ages 10 to 20. Each season, BUTI Program to include presents more than 100 free concerts and community performances SCHREKER Chamber Symphony for twenty-three instruments (1916) in Lenox, including six performances in Tanglewood’s Seiji Ozawa HAYDN Symphony No. ? Hall. Orchestra concerts are $12 per ticket, general admission. Wind Ensemble and Chorus concerts are free. More information and a full TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 performance calendar are available at bu.edu/tanglewood. 8pm, Ozawa Hall TMC Vocal Recital 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 H. Robert Reynolds, conductor SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 6pm, Ozawa Hall TUESDAY, JULY 31 TMC Prelude Concert 4pm, Shed Tanglewood On Parade SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 Boston University Tanglewood Institute 10am, Ozawa Hall Young Artists Programs TMC Chamber Music 2:30pm, Shed SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert 2:30pm, Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Boston University Tanglewood Institute Andris Nelsons, conductor Young Artists Chorus Yo-Yo Ma, cello Katie Woolf, conductor COPLAND An Outdoor Overture BERNSTEIN Three Meditations from Mass, for cello and orchestra SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 John WILLIAMS New work for cello and orchestra 2:30pm, Ozawa Hall (world premiere) Boston University Tanglewood Institute BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Young Artists Orchestra

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 10-11 10/30/17 2:31 PM 2018 TANGLEWOODSEASON SEASON All programs and artists subject to change. JUNE 15–JULY 5 JUNE 23 SATURDAY 7pm, Shed Popular Artist Series TBD

JUNE 24 SUNDAY 2:30pm, Shed Boston Pops xxx, conductor Audra McDonald, soloist One of today’s most celebrated singers, stage actors, and television stars, Audra McDonald is unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry. The winner of a record-breaking six , two Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award, she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2015 and received a 2015 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.

This symbol xxxxxxx JUNE 30 SATURDAY 5:45pm, Shed JUNE 15 FRIDAY Popular Artist Series 7pm, Shed A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood Popular Artist Series TBD with Chris Thile Live broadcast American Public Media’s popular A Prairie Home JUNE 16 SATURDAY Companion returns to Tanglewood, with its 7pm, Shed new host Chris Thile. He will be joined by an incredible array of special musical guests—some known to all, and Popular Artist Series TBD 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 JUNE 17 SUNDAY the Week, written especially by Thile for the evening’s program. 7pm, Shed Popular Artist Series or Pops @ TWD TBD JULY 3 TUESDAY & JULY 4 WEDNESDAY 8pm, Shed Popular Artist Series JUNE 21 THURSDAY James Taylor at Tanglewood 8pm, Shed James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his Popular Artist Series all-star band for two nights! Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me! NPR’s oddly informative news quiz Fireworks to follow the July 4 concert program is again live at Tanglewood. Proceeds from the July 4 concert will be donated The Peabody Award-winning series by Kim and James Taylor to Tanglewood. offers a fast-paced, irreverent look at the week’s news, hosted by Peter Sagal along with judge and score- keeper Bill Kurtis. JULY 5 THURSDAY 8pm, Ozawa Hall Boston Symphony Chamber Players JUNE 22 FRIDAY Rudolf Buchbinder, piano 7pm, Shed MOZART Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, K.452 Popular Artist Series TBD WEINBERG Sonata for solo double bass, Op. 108 BERNSTEIN Variations on an Octatonic Scale, for flute and cello SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 12-13 10/30/17 2:31 PM 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 BERNSTEIN On the Town JULY 12 THURSDAY 8pm, Ozawa Hall A collaboration with choreographer Jerome Robbins and the writing Instrumental Ensemble team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein’s On the Charles Prince, conductor Town—the story of three sailors on shore leave in New York City— Alexandra Silber, soprano arrived on Broadway in December 1944, when he was just twenty-six. Shuler Hensley, baritone Based on his popular ballet collaboration with Robbins, Fancy Free Vocal Ensemble (being performed August 18), it was not only his first musical, it was Jamie Bernstein, director a first for Comden and Green, who would become Broadway and Selection from the Bernstein Songbook Hollywood legends in their own right. Hit songs include “New York, BERNSTEIN Trouble in Tahiti New York” and “Some Other Time.” The lyrical, jazzy style of Leonard Bernstein’s 1952 one-act opera Fully-staged performance Trouble in Tahiti has much in common with On the Town (being performed July 7) and West Side Story (July 28). Bernstein himself wrote the libretto; the scenario revolves around Dinah and her JULY 8 SUNDAY husband Sam’s disaffection with their rat-race, suburban life. The plot 2:30pm, Shed has nothing to do with Tahiti; the title comes from a romantic movie Boston Symphony Orchestra Dinah contrasts with her workaday, unromantic existence. Trouble Andris Nelsons, conductor in Tahiti was premiered in June 1952 at Brandeis University, where Rudolf Buchbinder, piano Bernstein was on the faculty, and was presented by NBC on television BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 the following November. SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 Semi-staged performance

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

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 14-15 10/30/17 2:31 PM 2018 SEASON All programs and artists subject to change. JULY 14–21 JULY 18 WEDNESDAY 8pm, Ozawa Hall See Ozawa Hall Special prices Pamela Frank, violin Emanuel Ax, piano xx xx xx

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 Beczala, tenor (Rodolfo) Tanglewood Festival Chorus Susanna Phillips, soprano (Musetta) , 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 ?, director PUCCINI La bohème Semi-staged performance sung in Italian JULY 21 SATURDAY 10:30 am Rehearsal, Sunday program with English supertitles 8pm, Shed JULY 15 SUNDAY Boston Symphony Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt, conductor 2:30pm, Shed Elizabeth Rowe, flute Boston Symphony Orchestra Hannah Morrison, soprano Andris Nelsons, conductor Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo-soprano Yuja Wang, piano Nicholas Phan, tenor Boy soprano ?Michael Nagy, baritone Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor James Burton, conductor MENDELSSOHN Ruy Blas Overture MOZART Symphony No. 34 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian BERNSTEIN alil, Nocturne for flute and orchestra BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 HAYDN Missa in angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass) BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 16-17 10/30/17 2:31 PM 2018 SEASON All programs and artists subject to change. JULY 22–AUG 2 JULY 28 SATURDAY 10:30am Rehearsal, Sunday program

8pm, Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra David Newman, conductor BERNSTEIN West Side Story Experience a thrilling presentation of this iconic film and winner of ten , 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 achievements in the history of movie musicals. It features JULY 22 SUNDAY Robbins’ breathtaking choreography and a screenplay by Ernest 2:30pm, Shed Lehman based on the masterful book by Arthur Laurents. Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas Adès, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin JULY 29 SUNDAY Thomas ADÈS Suite from Powder Her Face 2:30pm, Shed SIBELIUS Violin Concerto Boston Symphony Orchestra SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 Juanjo Mena, conductor Gil Shaham, violin HAYDN Symphony No. 88 JULY 24 TUESDAY See Ozawa Hall PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 8pm, Ozawa Hall Special prices MOZART Symphony No. 40 Emerson String Quartet ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM AUGUST 1 WEDNESDAY String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127 8pm, Ozawa Hall String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 Thomas Adès, piano String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Kirill Gerstein, piano* Op. 131 DEBUSSY En blanc et noir, for two pianos STRAVINSKY (arr. SHOSTAKOVICH) Symphony of Psalms, for two pianos JULY 25 WEDNESDAY See Ozawa Hall Special prices LUTOSŁAWSKI Variations on a Theme by 8pm, Ozawa Hall Paganini, for two pianos Emerson String Quartet DEBUSSY Lindaraja, for two pianos ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Thomas ADÈS Concert paraphrase on Powder Her Face, for two pianos String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole, for two pianos String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130 *2018 Koussevitzky Artist Grosse Fuge in B-flat, Op. 133 AUGUST 2 THURSDAY JULY 27 FRIDAY 8pm, Ozawa Hall See Ozawa Hall Special prices 6pm, Ozawa Hall Paul Lewis, piano Prelude Concert HAYDN Sonata No. 49 in E-flat Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra BEETHOVEN Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119 BRAHMS Four Pieces, Op. 119 8pm, Shed HAYDN Sonata No. 32 in B minor Boston Symphony Orchestra BEETHOVEN Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 Juanjo Mena, conductor HAYDN Sonata No. 40 in G Garrick Ohlsson, piano This program launches a multi-year survey at Tanglewood featuring BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Paul Lewis in piano works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Brahms. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K.271 BRAHMS Symphony No. 3

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

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 20-21 10/30/17 2:31 PM 2018 SEASON All programs and artists subject to change. AUG 10–17 AUGUST 10 FRIDAY 7pm, Shed 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

8:30pm & 10pm, Tanglewood Tent Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Bill Barclay, director and actor AUGUST 15 WEDNESDAY (Narrator) 8pm, Ozawa Hall Carson Elrod, actor (Soldier) Igor Levit, piano Nate Dendy, actor (Devil) JACK Quartet Janelle Barry, dancer (Princess) ?Reciter Cristina Todesco, scenic designer BEETHOVEN Variations and Fugue in E-flat, Op. Kathleen Doyle, costume designer 35, Eroica Nicole Pierce, choreographer SCHOENBERG Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41 STRAVINSKY The Soldier’s Tale Frederic RZEWSKI The People United Will Never Please note that seating for these performances is open but limited. Be Defeated!

AUGUST 11 SATURDAY AUGUST 16 THURSDAY 10:30am Rehearsal, Sunday program 8pm, Ozawa Hall Skride Quartet 8pm, Shed MAHLER Piano Quartet in A minor John Williams’ Film Night MOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K.478 Boston Pops Orchestra BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 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. AUGUST 17 FRIDAY Williams as he presents this year’s celebration 6pm, Ozawa Hall of the music of Hollywood and beyond featuring Prelude Concert the Boston Pops and BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons. Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

8pm, Shed UnderScore Friday Concert AUGUST 12 SUNDAY See Shed Special prices Boston Symphony Orchestra 2:30pm, Shed Andris Nelsons, conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra Yefim Bronfman, piano Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 Igor Levit, piano SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4 ?Michael TILSON THOMAS Agnegram RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini MAHLER Symphony No. 1

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 22-23 10/30/17 2:31 PM 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) Evan Jones, baritone (Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss/Cacambo) Sharleen Joynt, soprano (Cunegonde) Margaret Gawrysiak, contralto (The Old Lady/Baroness) Alex Mansoori, tenor (Baron/Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski) Gabriel Preisser, baritone (Maximilian/Grand Inquisitor) Samantha Barnes Daniel, contralto (Paquette) Courtney Lopes and John Eirich, dancers Peter Rodrigues, Peter Murray Heid, Maria Laetitia, and Lydia S. Jorge, ensemble Alison Moritz, stage director John Heginbotham, choreographer Aaron Copp, lighting designer Amanda Seymour, costume designer AUGUST 18 SATURDAY BERNSTEIN Candide 10:30am Rehearsal, Sunday program Leonard Bernstein’s delightful 1956 comic operetta Candide is based on the 18th-century philosopher Voltaire’s satirical novel, 8pm, Shed which follows the title character’s traumatic adventures in imperial Boston Symphony Orchestra Europe and semi-civilized South America. All the while, his teacher’s Andris Nelsons, conductor philosophy of “All’s for the best in this best of all possible worlds” is Boston Ballet, put to the test. Candide’s vain sweetheart Cunegonde undergoes even Mikko Nissinen, artistic director worse trials as they’re separated and reunited. Lillian Hellman wrote Baiba Skride, violin the original play; the song lyrics were mostly by poet Richard Wilbur. ALL-BERNSTEIN PROGRAM The score includes such familiar numbers as “Glitter and Be Gay” and Fancy Free* “Make Our Garden Grow.” Divertimento for Orchestra Fully-staged performances Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”), for violin and orchestra When Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins created the hit ballet Fancy Free in 1944, each was just twenty-five years old. As Bernstein’s AUGUST 24 FRIDAY first ballet score and Robbins’ first full-scale choreographic effort, it 6pm, Ozawa Hall catapulted both men to stardom. In what would become his signature Prelude Concert style, Robbins combined classical choreography with jazz and popular Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra dance moves. Just months after Fancy Free was premiered at the old Metropolitan Opera House, its scenario had become the basis for 8pm, Shed Bernstein and Robbins’ hit Broadway musical On the Town (being Boston Symphony Orchestra performed July 7). Fancy Free will be presented here in collaboration Andris Nelsons, conductor with Boston Ballet, using Robbins’ original choreography. Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano *Fully-staged production Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor Children’s Choir AUGUST 19 SUNDAY MAHLER Symphony No. 3 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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TWD18_ATOF.indd 24-25 10/30/17 2:32 PM THE BERNSTEIN CENTENNIAL 2018 SEASON 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 BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah 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 Thomas Hampson, baritone AUGUST 26 SUNDAY, OZAWA HALL Isabel Leonard, Jessica Vosk, Tony Yasbeck, xx, xx, vocalists 9:30am–1:15pm (West Side Story) Foreign Policy, Sleep, and James Darrah, director Joshua Bergasse, choreographer Climate Change Tanglewood Festival Chorus, One Day University, the acclaimed lifelong learning James Burton, conductor series, returns to Tanglewood for the eighth year! BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide Join these award-winning professors from three renowned schools, BERNSTEIN “??Phaedrus” from Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”) each presenting their best lecture in Ozawa Hall. Then join Ray and BERNSTEIN Meditation from Mass Maria Stata Music Director Andris Nelsons and the BSO for the 2018 ?BERNSTEIN (arr. RAMIN) Two Love Songs (or chorus item) season finale performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. BERNSTEIN Selections from West Side Story American Foreign Policy: Where Are We Headed? MAHLER Selection from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Stephen Kotkin, Professor of History and International Affairs, ?COPLAND Finale of Appalachian Spring Princeton University John WILLIAMS New work for cello and orchestra MAHLER Finale from Symphony No. 2, Resurrection The Science of Sleep: How it Affects Creativity, Focus and Memory Jessica Payne, Professor of Psychology, University of Notre Dame *Joined by members of the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Tanglewood Climate Change: What We Know and What We Don’t Know Music Center Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival, and Schleswig-Holstein David Helfand, Professor of Astronomy, Columbia University Music Festival. General Registration: $159 Each registration includes all three lectures, VIP parking, plus one complimentary lawn admission or a 10% discount on a Shed ticket for the August 26 Shed concert at 2:30pm.

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First Price Second Price Third Price Fourth Price Fifth Price Lawn

Regular Concert $92 $76 $52 $21 N/A $19 ozawa hall prices key: Special Concert $104 $87 $62 $43$31 $20 First Price floor, loges, first balcony front Friday-evening $92 $76 $52 $22$15 $9 Concert Second Price first balcony sides/rear

Boston Pops $117 $101 $72 Third$5 Price3$42 $21 second balcony Tanglewood orchestra $104 $87 $62 $43$31 $21 TICKET PRICESon Parade & (8/7) $2,500* 75th Gala (7/14) $1,000* $250 $160 $100 $75$30 $500* SEATING INFORMATIONOpening Night $104* $87 $62 $43$31 $20 (7/6) SEIJI OZAWA HALL KOUSSEVITZKY MUSIC SHED THE FLORENCE GOULD AUDITORIUM

12 11 14 13 16 15 First Price Second Price Third Price Lawn 18 Regular17 Concert $53 $43$st34 ag$18e stage 20 box seats Special Concert19 $63$53 $42$19 TMC Orchestra $53 $43$34 $11 9 8 45 Silk Road Ensemble (6/22 & 24) $99 $79$65 $20 ozawa hall prices key: Anne-Sophie Mutter (7/12) $99$79 $65$20 7 6 Chris Botti (8/5) $99 $79$65 $21 First Price floor, loges, first balcony front 1 Jazz $63 $53$42 $20 Second Price first3 balcony sides/rear 2 Family Concert (8/25) $10, free for kids under 18 Third Price second balcony Festival of Contemporary Music Pass $50 stage Purchase a pass to the 2012 Festival of Contemporary Music, orchestravalid for all six Tanglewood Music Center performances on August 9, 10, 11, 12 (10am & 8pm), and 13. first balcony

First Second Third Fourth Fifth second balcony Price Price Price Price Price Lawn Regular Concert $104 $85 $57 $23 N/A $21

Special Concert $114 $97 $70 $47 $34 $23

Friday-evening Concert $104 $85 $57 $23 $16 $12 First Second Third Price Price Price Lawn Boston Pops $128 $109 $78 $57 $44 $23 Regular Concert $58 $47 $35 $19 Tanglewood on $114 $97 $70 $47 $34 $24 Parade (8/7) Special Concert $68 $58 $45 $20

Young People’s Concert First Price Second Price Third Price Lawn $45 N/A N/A $25 N/A $12 TMC Orchestra (7/9, 7/16, $57 $47 $37 $13 (8/10) Regular Concert $53 $43$34 $18 7/23, 7/30, 8/9, 8/13) Bernstein Centennial stage $160 $125 $95 $65 $44 $25 The Soldier’s Tale (8/10) in Celebration (8/25)*Special Concert $63$53 $42$19 the Tanglewood Tent $10 general admission TMC Orchestra $53 $43$34 $11 *Formal invitations will be mailed in the spring. One Day University (8/26) $159 general admission Silk Road Ensemble (6/22 & 24) $99 $79$65 $20 Anne-Sophie Mutter (7/12) $99$79 $65$20 First Second Third Fourth Fifth Festival of Contemporary Music Pass $40 Lawn POPULAR ARTISTSChris Botti (8/5)Price Price Price$99 Price$79$Price65 $21 Purchase a pass to the 2018 Festival of Contemporary Music, valid for general TBD (6/15) Jazz $63 $53$42 $20 admission to five performances (includes lawn ticket only for July 30 concert at Family Concert (8/25) $10, free for kids under 18 8pm). Donors of $100 and above should note benefits regarding complimentary TBD (6/16) tickets to FCM concerts. Festival of Contemporary Music Pass $50 TBD (6/17???) Purchase a pass to the 2012 Festival of Contemporary Music, valid for all six Tanglewood Music Center performances on August 9, 10, 11, 12 (10am & 8pm), Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me! and 13. $125 $76 $60 $45 N/A $24 Please note: Balcony levels of Ozawa Hall are not currently accessible (6/21) first balcony by elevator.second Patrons balc whoony have difficulty climbing stairs will be seated TBD (6/22) on the orchestra level of the hall. If you require orchestra-level seating, TBD (6/23) please inform the Box Office when purchasing tickets so that you will be accommodated. A Prairie Home Companion (6/30) $80 $60 $45 N/A N/A $21 James Taylor (7/3 & 7/4)

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TWD18_ATOF.indd 28-29 10/30/17 2:32 PM 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 Prelude Concert. Seating for Please note: Rehearsals may Ozawa Hall seats: $57, $47, $37 may order tickets online at Prelude Concerts is available on focus on a particular passage or Lawn: $13 tanglewood.org. Orders are 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 until January reserved/ticketed seating only, not by members of the Boston Festival of Contemporary Music 24, 2018. Friends of Tanglewood general admission. Symphony Orchestra, often performances can purchase online in advance joined by distinguished guests. Friends of Tanglewood at the of this date. Tickets are: $100 level receive one free $34 (Front and Boxes) Parking admission, and Friends at the By Telephone $24 (Rear) Free parking is available. Preferred $200 level or higher receive Friends of Tanglewood may call $14 (Lawn) parking is offered to Friends of two free admissions, to all TMC 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 Lawn Pass Books Friends may order online). card. See instructions on the Purchasing a Lawn Pass Book Rehearsals begin at 10:30am, with Friends should present their enclosed letter. Telephone orders provides flexibility and savings. a Pre-Rehearsal Talk at 9:30am membership cards at the gate are subject to a $6.50 per ticket No further ticketing is necessary. free to Rehearsal ticket-holders. one hour before concert time. handling fee. Advance orders The books of 11 tickets are valid are waived this fee until Accessible Seating for all regular and specially Additional and non-member 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, Lawn Ticket Policy Services Administrator at Music Shed and Ozawa Hall. Individual lawn tickets for or Festival of Contemporary 617-638-9431. Tickets are not valid for Popular regularly priced Shed and Ozawa Artists. Lawn Pass Books are Music concert for $13 (excluding Hall concerts are not valid for Student Discount available at the special price TMC Orchestra concerts). specially priced concerts. A 50% discount on Friday- of $180 through June xx. After BUTI concerts $13. BUTI Wind evening lawn tickets is available June 24, Lawn Pass Books may be Ensemble and Chorus Concerts Free. Special Group Discounts to college and graduate students purchased for $190. For complete information on 18 and over with a student For information about becoming group benefits, including ticket ID. 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