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John Williams to conduct score to new Indiana Jones movie at Tanglewood
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2008 TANGLEWOOD SEASON, WEEK FOUR, JULY 25-31
DAVID ZINMAN LEADS THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN AN ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM, FEATURING PIANIST YEFIM BRONFMAN, JULY 25 AT TANGLEWOOD
JOHN WILIAMS CONDUCTS THE BOSTON POPS IN POPULAR "FILM NIGHT AT TANGLEWOOD" CONCERT FEATURING MUSIC TO LATEST INDIANA JONES MOVIE JULY 26
ROBERTO ABBADO LEADS ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S AND SARAH CHANG IN MENDELSSOHN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO, JULY 27
(LENOX, Mass., July 12) -- Opening the fourth week of the Tanglewood season, David Zinman leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an all-Brahms program that features Yefim Bronfman performing Piano Concerto No. 1 the Koussevitzky Music Shed on Friday, July 25 at 8 p.m.
Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams will take the podium at 8:30 p.m. on July 26 to lead the Boston Pops Orchestra in the beloved "Film Night at Tanglewood," featuring music from Mr. Williams' latest score Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well as music by other great cinematic composers.
Also, the Orchestra of St. Luke's under the direction of Roberto Abbado, performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Sarah Chang at 2:30 p.m. on July 27. The program also features Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. PLEASE NOTE: Mr. Zinman, who will lead the July 25 BSO concert, substitutes for BSO Music Director James Levine, who will be absent from the remainder of the Tanglewood season due to unanticipated surgery that requires a six-week recuperative period; he is scheduled to return to the BSO podium on September 24 to open the Boston Symphony’s 2008-09 season.
A regular at Tanglewood, Mr. Bronfman made his debut at the festival in 1990 and returns to perform Brahms's grand Piano Concerto No. 1, one of several Brahms concerti engagements scheduled this summer with orchestras worldwide, as part of the BSO's all-Brahms program July 25 at 8:30 p.m. in the Koussevitzky Shed. The BSO's all-Brahms program at Tanglewood also includes the composer's tightly constructed Symphony No. 3. Bronfman last appeared at Tanglewood August 27, 2006, performing Beethoven's Fourth Concerto.
The popular annual event, Film Night at Tanglewood, features the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of the multiple Academy and Grammy award winner and conductor laureate of the Boston Pops, John Williams on July 26 at 8:30 p.m. in the Kousititzsky Shed. The concert consists of music of some of the greatest cinematic composers with Mr. Williams' own score to his latest collaboration with Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There will be an open rehearsal for this performance at 10:30 a.m.
Roberto Abbado takes the podium to lead the Orchestra of St. Luke's in the only Shed concert by a visiting ensemble during the 2008 Tanglewood season at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 27. The New York-based chamber orchestra will perform Tower's In Memory, composed as a tribute to those who died on September 11, 2001, and Beethoven's stirring Symphony No. 7 in A. Sarah Chang joins Mr. Abbado and the ensemble for Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.
The Orchestra of St. Luke's gave its first Tanglewood concerts in July 1993, returning in 2001, 2004, and 2005. This will be the group's first performance here with frequent guest conductor Roberto Abbado. Sarah Chang made her Tanglewood debut in 1995 and returned in 1999 and 2003; all three performances were with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
OZAWA HALL PERFORMANCES
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra performs an extensive all-Mozart program under the direction of Gottried von der Goltz at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, in Ozawa Hall. The concert will include the composer's Symphony No. 36, Linz, with arias from Così fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro interspersed between movements. This unusual program configuration evokes the common practice of concerts in Mozart's day. Lorenzo Coppola joins the versatile chamber ensemble for the Clarinet Concerto in A, and Teunis van der Zwart is soloist in Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, one of the composer's four complete concerti for horn. The program concludes with Symphony No. 34 in C.
The all-male choral ensemble Chanticleer collaborates with the Shanghai String Quartet for an 8 p.m. program on July 31 featuring Chen Yi's From the Path of Beauty, as well as Sametz' I Have Had Singing, Stucky's Cradle Songs, and Ligeti's charming Pápainé, Idegen földön, and Magány. The evening opens with a special 7 p.m. prelude concert by the Shanghai String Quartet, characteristically blending elements of Eastern and Western musical traditions by combining Ravel's String Quartet in F with Yao Dance, Shepherd's Song, and Harvest Celebration from ChinaSong.
PRELUDE CONCERTS AND THIS WEEK AT TANGLEWOOD
The Prelude Concert on Friday, July 25, at 6 p.m., in Ozawa Hall feature musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra: Julianne Lee and Bonnie Bewick, violins; Kazuko Matsusaka, viola; Mickey Katz, cello; Benjamin levy, double bass; and Elizabeth Ostling, flute, performing chamber music of Corigliano, Haydn, and Rossini. The Prelude Concert on Saturday July 26, at 6 p.m., in Ozawa Hall, will feature Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows perform Eisler's mid-century, evocative Hollywood Liederbuch. Attendance to Friday- and Saturday-evening Prelude Concerts is free to patrons with tickets to the evening’s BSO concerts.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra presents a new Friday-evening panel discussion series, "This Week at Tanglewood," to take place at 7 p.m., prior to all BSO Friday evening performances. Featuring special guests in informal and engaging discussions, the series will be hosted by Ira Siff, the co-host of the Saturday Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and the off-beat satirical director and brains behind La Gran Scena. Each 45-minute session will include an overview of the coming week's schedule, including everything from BSO performances to Tanglewood Music Center concerts to children’s programming. Attendance to "This Week at Tanglewood" is free to patrons with tickets to Friday evening BSO concerts.
TANGLEWOOD TICKET INFORMATION
Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is located in Lenox, MA. The 2008 season begins June 23 and continues through Labor Day weekend, concluding with the annual Jazz Festival. Tickets are on sale through Tanglewood's website, www.tanglewood.org, and through SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200. Regular season ticket prices range from $10-$105. Tickets for Open Rehearsals are $17. All ticket prices include a $1 Tanglewood grounds maintenance fee. Festival of Contemporary Music tickets are priced at $11 except for tickets to the July 26th Pops concert, which is priced from $19-$105 and the July 30 and 31 Ozawa Hall performances, which are priced from $17-$56.
Tickets are also available for purchase in person at the Tanglewood Box Office at Tanglewood’s Main Gate on West Street in Lenox beginning at 10 a.m. on June 13. American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Discover, personal checks, and cash are all accepted at the Tanglewood Box Office. The Tanglewood Box Office only sells tickets for performances at Tanglewood. For further information and box office hours, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.bso.org.
CHILDREN’S LAWN AND STUDENT TICKET PROGRAMS
Tanglewood continues its Children's Lawn Ticket Program, which offers free lawn seating to children age 12 and under. Up to four free children’s tickets are available per parent or legal guardian per concert at the Tanglewood Box Office on the day of the concert. Children admitted without charge must sit with their parent or legal guardian on the lawn, and those under 5 years old must sit on the rear half of the lawn. Children under 5 years are not permitted in the Koussevitzky Music Shed or Seiji Ozawa Hall during concerts. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. The free lawn-ticket policy does not apply to organized groups of children.
Additionally, Tanglewood is pleased to offer a 50 percent discount on lawn tickets for all BSO Friday evening concerts for students over age 12. This offer is valid only with a student identification card. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Main Box Office only on the night of the performance.
TANGLEWOOD PATRON AMENITIES
For Patrons who may not have a convenient way to get to and from Tanglewood, the BSO offers coach service from Boston to Tanglewood for only $30 round trip. Lawn chairs are available for only $4 each and pre-ordered meals are available in the Tanglewood Grille and the Tanglewood Café. "Talks and Walks" is a series of informal conversations presented by guest artists and members of the BSO family in the Tent Club on Thursday afternoons beginning with a talk at 1pm and a guided tour of the grounds at 1:45pm. Tickets for "Talks and Walks" are $80 for a full series and $15 for individual tickets.
New this year for ticketholders, Tanglewood offers a free panel discussion series called "This Week at Tanglewood" on Fridays at 7 in the Koussevitzky Shed and a free hour-long walking tour of Tanglewood’s grounds and performance spaces daily. Tanglewood additionally offers large video screens for the pleasure of lawn viewing patrons on Friday and Saturday nights and for the convenience of patrons, a Bank of America ATM outside the main gate.
FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES AND CONCERTS
Tanglewood offers an array of programs for the entire family. Through its Tanglewood for Kids program, Tanglewood offers free lawn tickets, up to four per family, to all children ages 12 and under. Additionally, Tanglewood provides special programs for kids, such as the popular Kids’ Corner, a musical and craft-related project supervised and supported by BSO staff on weekends, and the Watch and Play program, a series of lively discussions about instruments, concert themes, and/or musical concepts on Sundays. On August 23, Tanglewood will present its annual Family Concert featuring Tubby the Tuba. Tickets for the Family Concert are free for children ages 12 and under and $10 for each adult.
BSO RADIO BROADCASTS, STREAMING, PODCASTS, AND "CLASSICAL COMPANION"
The Boston Symphony Orchestra's extensive website, www.bso.org is the largest and most-visited orchestral website in the country, receiving more than 5.8 million visitors annually and generating almost $40 million in revenue since its launch in 1996. The BSO's website offers fans information and music beyond the concert hall, providing interactive new media that includes "Classical Companion", an interactive supplement of special BSO concerts, as well as podcasts from the BSO's 2007-2008 season. Additionally, the BSO offers WGBH content as well as links to radio broadcasts of concerts streamed live on www.wgbh.com, www.wqxr.com and www.wamc.com.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TANGLEWOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Tanglewood, located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is the orchestra's summer music festival, attracting more than 300,000 music lovers from around the world for 10 weeks of concerts and recitals by the BSO, visiting orchestras, preeminent guest musicians, and popular artists. Tanglewood also houses the Tanglewood Music Center, an intensive summer training program for emerging professional musicians of exceptional ability and a vital component of the BSO's ongoing educational mission.
BROCHURES AND FURTHER INFORMATION
For Berkshire tourist information and reservations, contact the Berkshire Visitors Bureau at 800-237-5747 or www.berkshires.org.
Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets are available by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org.
For complete programs, ticket information, and downloadable press photos, please visit Tanglewood’s online press kit at www.tanglewood.org. All programs and artists are subject to change.
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