2019 Tanglewood Season Listing All programs and artists are subject to change. All updates to original November 2018 season announcement appear in green Saturday, June 15, 5:45 p.m. Shed Tuesday July 2, 7 p.m. The Shed Popular Artists Series Popular Artists Series Live from Here with Chris Thile at Tanglewood Josh Groban with Ben Folds, Tig Nataro and I’m with Her Josh Groban is an internationally renowned singer, Live broadcast songwriter, and actor whose baritone voice is instantly American Public Media’s popular Live from Here returns to recognizable and unparalleled among his peers. He has Tanglewood, with its host Chris Thile. He will be joined by entertained fans across the globe with his multiplatinum an incredible array of special musical guests—some known albums and DVDs (selling more than 30 million worldwide), to all, and some who soon will be!—for a unique blend of electrifying live performances, and comedic film and comedy and spoken word. A vocalist and mandolin television appearances. VIP Packages Available! virtuoso, Chris will perform his Song of the Week, written especially by Thile for the evening's program. Wednesday, July 3, 8 p.m. Shed Thursday, July 4, 8 p.m. Shed Sunday, June 16, 2:30 p.m. Shed Popular Artists Series Popular Artists Series James Taylor at Tanglewood Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his All-Star Band for two nights! Friday, June 21, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Only New England performances this summer Popular Artists Series Richard Thompson Fireworks to follow the July 4 concert Saturday, June 22, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Proceeds from this concert will be donated by Kim and Popular Artists Series James Taylor to Tanglewood. Postmodern Jukebox Friday, July 5, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall Thursday June 27, 8 p.m. Shed Prelude Concert Boston Pops Orchestra Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra James Burton, Conductor Marc Martel, vocalist Friday, July 5, 8 p.m. Shed The Boston Pops Celebrates Queen Opening Night at Tanglewood The Boston Pops and special guest Marc Martel join Boston Symphony Orchestra together for a celebration of the legendary rock band Andris Nelsons, conductor Queen. Martel, known for his striking vocal resemblance to Emanuel Ax, piano Freddie Mercury, Queen’s lead singer, has been fronting MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482 Queen's official tribute show, The Queen Extravaganza, MAHLER Symphony No. 5 since 2011. Now, eight years later, Martel also tours all over the world with his own Queen tribute show, The Ultimate Saturday, July 6, 10:30 a.m. Shed Queen Celebration, and orchestral show, Symphonic Rehearsal, Saturday program Queen, and was a vocalist for the 2018 Oscar-winning biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, along with Freddie Mercury and Rami Malek ^ Tanglewood debut Friday, June 28, 7 p.m. The Shed ^^ Boston Symphony Orchestra debut Popular Artist Series + Tanglewood and Boston Symphony Orchestra debuts Earth, Wind & Fire ** 2019 Koussevitzky Artist Sunday, June 30, 2:30 p.m. The Shed Popular Artist Series Rodrigo y Gabriela Saturday, July 6, 8 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Thursday, July 11, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Andris Nelsons, conductor Venice Baroque Orchestra^ Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Avi Avital, mandolin Joan TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1 Anna Fusek, recorder PREVIN Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie* GEMINIANI Concerto grosso in D minor, La Follia DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World VIVALDI Concerto in D for lute, strings, and continuo, RV 93 *Celebrating Sir André Previn ALBINONI Concerto in G for strings and continuo, Op. 7, No. 4 Sunday, July 7, 2:30 p.m. Shed VIVALDI Concerto in G for mandolin, recorder, strings, Boston Pops Orchestra and continuo, RV 532 David Newman, conductor VIVALDI Concerto in D minor for strings John Williams, conductor and continuo, RV 127 Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin VIVALDI Concerto in C for mandolin, strings, Across the Stars: Music of John Williams and continuo, RV 425 Join the Boston Pops in celebrating the art of John Williams. PAISIELLO Concerto in E-flat for mandolin, strings Drawing from her recent recording “Across the Stars,” the and continuo great violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs selections VIVALDI Concerto in G minor for mandolin, strings, from Mr. Williams’ iconic scores, in brilliant new and continuo, Op. 8, No. 2, Summer, arrangements created especially for her. The program from The Four Seasons (originally for violin) includes music from Star Wars and Memoirs of a Geisha, as well as the haunting melodies of Schindler’s List. Friday, July 12, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall Prelude Concert Monday, July 8, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Andris Nelsons, conductor Friday, July 12, 8 p.m. Shed Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Boston Symphony Orchestra TMC Conducting Fellows Andris Nelsons, conductor Program to include Jan Lisiecki, piano^ TCHAIKOVSKY Hamlet, Overture-fantasy Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Detlev GLANERT Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Robert Sheena, English horn (world premiere, TMC commission) COPLAND Quiet City SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 GRIEG Piano Concerto COPLAND Symphony No. 3 Wednesday, July 10, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Hilary Hahn, violin Saturday, July 13, 10:30 a.m. Shed ALL-J.S. BACH PROGRAM Rehearsal, Sunday program Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin, BWV 1003 Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin, BWV 1006 Saturday, July 13, 8 p.m. Shed Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin, BWV 1005 Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons, conductor Kristine Opolais, soprano Oksana Volkova, mezzo-soprano+ Jonathan Tetelman, tenor Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor VERDI Requiem Sunday, July 14, 2:30 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons, conductor Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 HK GRUBER Aerial, Concerto for trumpet and orchestra STRAUSS “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome Monday, July 15, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Saturday, July 20, 8 p.m. Shed Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Stefan Asbury, conductor Andris Nelsons, conductor TMC Conducting Fellows Renée Fleming, soprano** Program to include Rod Gilfry, baritone+ Helen GRIME Limina Wendall Harrington, video artist (world premiere; TMC commission) ELGAR Enigma Variations TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique Kevin PUTS The Brightness of Light (world premiere; BSO co-commission) Tuesday, July 16, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall The letters of iconic American artist Georgia O’Keeffe and MILOŠ, classical guitar^ her husband, the photographer and curator Alfred Stieglitz, J.S. BACH Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 997 are full of poetry, humor, passion, pain, and longing. GRANADOS from 12 Spanish Dances: Written over the many months and years they lived apart, No. 5, Andaluza these letters chronicle their initial flirtations in 1915—when No. 2, Oriental Georgia was a young, aspiring artist—to Alfred’s death in ALBÉNIZ Asturias 1946. Written especially for Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry, VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes and accompanied by projections by Wendall Harrington, LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) Blackbird The Brightness of Light is the story of a great artist who LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) Yesterday ultimately turns from a painful marriage to embrace her HARRISON/LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) work and the desert landscape she loves. While my guitar gently weeps Mathias DUPLESSY Cavalcade Sunday, July 21 2:30 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Wednesday, July 17, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Andris Nelsons, conductor Gautier Capuçon, cello Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 GERSHWIN Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” for piano BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 and orchestra SIBELIUS Malinconia, Op. 20 STRAVINSKY Petrushka SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 Tuesday, July 23, 8 p.m. Shed Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall Tanglewood on Parade Prelude Concert Boston Symphony Orchestra Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Friday, July 19, 8 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Children’s Choir Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, Thomas Wilkins, and Andris Nelsons, conductor James Burton, conductors Gautier Capuçon, cello Program to include Betsy JOLAS A Little Summer Suite WAGNER “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 James BURTON Selections from The Lost Words, DEBUSSY La Mer for children’s choir and orchestra (world premiere) RAVEL La Valse TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture UnderScore Friday Concert Fireworks to follow the concert Saturday, July 20, 10:30 a.m. Shed Wednesday, July 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Rehearsal, Sunday program Renée Fleming, soprano** Emerson String Quartet Simone Dinnerstein, piano Narrator to be announced WALKER Lyric for Strings Richard WERNICK String Quartet No. 10 BARBER String Quartet, Op. 11 PREVIN and Tom STOPPARD Penelope, for soprano, string quartet, narrator, and piano (world premiere; BSO co-commission)* *Celebrating Sir André Previn Sunday, July 28, 2:30 p.m. (Act II) Shed Thursday, July 25, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Sunday, July 28, 6:30 p.m. (Act III) Shed Stefan Jackiw, violin^ Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Jeremy Denk, piano Andris Nelsons, conductor Hudson Shad, vocal quartet^ Amber Wagner, soprano (Sieglinde) ALL-IVES PROGRAM Christine Goerke, soprano (Brünnhilde) Violin Sonata No. 4, Children’s Day Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano (Fricka) Violin Sonata No. 3 Simon O’Neill, tenor (Siegmund) Violin Sonata No. 2 James Rutherford, bass-baritone (Wotan)^ Violin Sonata No. 1 Franz-Josef Selig, bass (Hunding)^ Plus hymns, patriotic songs, and marches that inspired Jessica Faselt^, Eve Gigliotti^, Wendy Bryn Harmer^, Kelly these sonatas Cae Hogan^, Dana Beth Miller^, Ronnita Miller^, Mary Phillips, and Renée Tatum (Valkyries) Friday, July 26, 6 p.m.