| FRI. | JULY 1 Franz Xaver Murschhauser (1663) / Hans Werner Henze (1926) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Saved by the Belle «» A look at the message of redemption through female constancy, as found in opera, song, and incidental music. |
| SAT. | JULY 2 Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714) / Gilbert Kalish (1935) |
9 am |
MacDowell: Piano Concerto #2 in D Minor, op. 23 |
10 am |
Thompson: The Testament of Freedom |
11 am |
Hanson: Symphony #2, op. 30 "Romantic" |
noon |
Barber: "Sure on this Shining Night", op. 13/#3; Dvorák: Symphony #1 in C Minor, op. 3 "The Bells of Zlonice" |
1 pm |
Mozart: Serenade for Winds in B-flat Major, K. 361 ("Gran Partita"); Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ, op. 25 ("Shepherds’ Farewell") |
2 pm |
Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A Minor; Rutter: Mass of the Children |
3 pm |
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (#8, for Orchestra) |
| SUN. | JULY 3 Leoš Janácek (1854) / George M. Cohan (1878) / Ruth Crawford (1901) |
9 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Taimanov & Bruk «» Music of Arensky, Rachmaninoff, and Milhaud |
| MON. | JULY 4 Louis-Claude Daquin (1694) / Stephen Collins Foster (1826) |
7 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
8 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
9 pm |
Ives: Holidays Symphony ("The Fourth of July"); songs of Stephen Foster; Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man"; Dvorák: The American Flag (cantata), op. 102 |
10 pm |
Kern: Mark Twain (Portrait for Orchestra); Bernstein: Songfest (A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra) |
11 pm |
Williams: Born on the Fourth of July (film score) (Suite); Ives: Symphony #2 |
| TUE. | JULY 5 Joseph Holbrooke (1878) / Paul Ben-Haim (1897) / George Rochberg (1918) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Keep on Your Toes «» Samples of music conceived for ballet. |
6 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #1 in G Minor, op. 13 "Winter Dreams" |
7 pm |
Schumann: Symphony #2 in C Major, op. 61 |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Overrated and Underrated Singers |
| WED. | JULY 6 Hanns Eisler (1898) / Dorothy Kirsten (1917) / Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Sinfonia Concertante «» A look at concertos for multiple instruments. |
9 pm |
Copland: An Outdoor Overture; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Romance for Violin and Orchestra); Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar (symphonic suite), op. 9 |
10 pm |
Bartók: String Quartet #6; Mozart: Piano Concerto #23 in A Major, K. 488 |
11 pm |
Milhaud: L’Homme et son desir, op. 48; Dvorák: Symphony #7 in D Minor, op. 70 |
| THU. | JULY 7 Gustav Mahler (1860) / Gian Carlo Menotti (1911) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Songs Without Words «» Music written for wordless voices, either with orchestra or piano. |
6 pm |
Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, op. 26; Liszt: Totentanz (Paraphrase on Dies Irae) (for Piano and Orchestra) |
7 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #3 in D Major, op. 29 "Polish" |
| 8 pm | Chopin (arr. Douglas): Les Sylphides; Starer: Ariel (Visions of Isaiah) (for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra) |
| 9 pm | GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Northern Lights: New Moon; Martha Wainwright; Jimmy La Fave: Blue Nightfall; Andrew Calhoun: Shadow of a Wing; Andy & Denise: Covers; Reckless Kelly: Wicked Twisted Road; Marta Gomez: Cantos de agua dulce; Katie Melva: Call Off the Search; Phil Leadbetter: Slide Effects |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Cinema—A Windham Hill Colldection |
| FRI. | JULY 8 Rudolf Dellinger (1857) / Percy Grainger (1882) / George Antheil (1900) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Growing Up «» A look at the maturation of great masters as it is shown in their music. |
| 8:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor; Susan Neves, soprano (Magna Peccatrix); Deborah Voight, soprano (Una Pœnitentium); Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano (Mater Gloriosa); Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano (Mulier Sammaritana); Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano (Maria Ćgyptiaca); Johan Botha, tenor (Doctor Marianus); Eike Wilm Schulte, baritone (Pater Ecstaticus); John Relyea, bass (Pater Profundis); The Tanglewood Festival Chorus (John Oliver, director); The American Boychoir (Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, director) «» Mahler: Symphony #8 in E-flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand" |
| SAT. | JULY 9 Ottorino Respighi (1879) / David Diamond (1915) / David Zinman (1936) |
9 am |
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat Major, Hob. I:105 |
10 am |
Respighi: The Pines of Rome |
11 am |
Sibelius: Symphony #2 in D Major, op. 43 |
noon |
Dvorák: The Wood Dove (symphonic poem), op. 110; Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, K. 379; Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri (Overture) |
1 pm |
Khachaturian: Spartacus (Suite); Bach (orch. Stokowski): Partita for Violin in D Minor, S. 1004 (Chaconne); Rodgers: Ghost Town (Suite) |
2 pm |
Beethoven: Symphony #8 in F Major, op. 93; Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto #2 in G Minor, op. 22 |
3 pm |
Poulenc: Gloria for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra in G Major |
| 8:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor; Joshua Bell, violin «» Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64; Bruckner: Symphony #4 in E-flat Major "Romantic" |
| SUN. | JULY 10 Henryk Wieniawski (1835) / Carl Orff (1895) / Jan de Gaetani (1933) |
| 2:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano «» Beethoven: Fidelio (Overture); Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3 in C Minor, op. 37; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, op. 48 |
9 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Cipa & Misha Dichter «» Music for piano 4-hands of Mozart |
| MON. | JULY 11 Nicolai Gedda (1925) / Herbert Blomstedt (1927) / Hermann Prey (1929) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» How Come You Do Me Like You Do? «» A look at the ways one musical work can yield such a wide variety of interpretations by different performers. |
7 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
8 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
9 pm |
Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E-flat Major, op. 167 |
10 pm |
Bach: Mass in B Minor, S. 232 |
| TUE. | JULY 12 Kirsten Flagstad (1895) / Van Cliburn (1934) / Richard Stoltzman (1942) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Name the Composer «» The monthly mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a composer by listening to his music, ranging from the unfamiliar to the well-known. |
6 pm |
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 |
7 pm |
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto #5 in F Major, op. 103 ("Egyptian") |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio |
| WED. | JULY 13 Ferdinand III (1608) / Karl Erb (1877) / Carlo Bergonzi (1924) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» A Skimpy Glimpse of Nymphs and Imps «» Today’s program focuses on music concerned with water sprites, nymphs, mermaids, and leprechauns. |
8:30 pm |
LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor; Vocal Fellows from the Tanglewood Music Center «» A Sondheim Celebration «» To celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s 75th birthday, Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops, and guest vocalists showcase the passion, wit, artistry, and genius of one of the most significant composers of our time. |
| THU. | JULY 14 Gerald Finzi (1901) / Woody Guthrie (1912) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Ŕ la française «» On the French National Holiday, a program devoted to some highlighs of the French repertoire. |
6 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23; Beethoven: Musik zu einem Ritterballet, WoO 1 |
7 pm |
Mendelssohn: Symphony #5 in D Major, op. 107 "Reformation"; Weber: Clarinet Concerto #1 in F Minor, op. 73 (J. 114) |
| 8 pm | Holst: The Planets, op. 32; Dvorák: My Home (concert overture), op. 62 |
| 9 pm | GOOD FOLK «» These Times We’re Living In «» Christine Lavin Presents One Winter’s Night; These Times We’re Living In—A Red House Anthology; William Coulter: The Road Home |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Anuvida & Nik Tyndall: Reiki Essence; Liquid Mind VII: Reflection |
| FRI. | JULY 15 Jack Beeson (1921) / Julian Bream (1933) / Sir Harrison Birtwistle (1934) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Coming Down to the Wire «» An examination of the change of rhythm and tempo often heard in the closing moments of large-scale compositions. |
| 8:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin «» Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks"; Mozart: Violin Concerto #3 in G Major, K. 216; Mozart: Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, K. 373; Haydn: Symphony #88 in G Major |
| SAT. | JULY 16 Eugčne Ysa˙e (1858) / Serge Baudo (1927) / Pinchas Zukerman (1948) |
9 am |
Albinoni: Concerto for Violin, Strings and Harpsichord in C Major, op. 10/#3 |
10 am |
Schubert: Fantasy for Piano in C Major, D. 760 (op. 15) "Wanderer-Fantasie" |
11 am |
Mahler: Symphony #1 in D Major ("The Titan") |
noon |
Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth; Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals; Bruch: Violin Concerto #1 in G Minor, op. 26; Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary ("The Prince of Denmark’s March") |
1 pm |
Gershwin (arr. Rbt. R. Bennett): Porgy and Bess (A Symphonic Picture); Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major, S. 1046; Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin |
2 pm |
Brahms: Piano Concerto #1 in D Minor, op. 15; Rodgers: The King and I (Overture) |
3 pm |
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest (symphonic fantasy), op. 18; Mann/Hilliard: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" |
| 8:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor; Deborah Voigt, soprano (Sieglinde and Brünnhilde); Clifton Forbes, tenor (Siegmund); Christian Franz, tenor (Siegfried); Melanie Diener, soprano (Gutrune); Lyubov Petrova, soprano (Woglinde); Maria Zifchack, soprano (Wellgunde); Jane Bunnell, mezzo-soprano (Flosshilde); Alan Held, bass-baritone (Günther); Mikhail Petrenko, bass (Hunding and Hagen); Men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (John Oliver, director) «» Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 1); Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Act 3) |
| SUN. | JULY 17 Eleanor Steber (1916) / Peter Schickele [P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?] (1935) |
| 2:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor; Peter Serkin, piano «» Harbison: Darkbloom Overture for an imagined opera; Wuorinen: Piano Concerto #4; Varčse: Amériques; Gershwin: An American in Paris |
9 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Rudolf Serkin «» Music of Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert |
| MON. | JULY 18 Julius Fucík (1872) / Kurt Masur (1927) / R. Murray Schafer (1933) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Stop, Look and Listen «» Today’s program centers on the interrelationship of painting, literature, and music. |
7 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
8 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
9 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #2 in G Major, op. 44 |
10 pm |
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat |
11 pm |
Bruckner: Symphony #3 in D Minor |
| TUE. | JULY 19 Boyd Neel (1905) / Klaus Egge (1906) / Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» A Magnificent Wardrobe «» A look at the many examples of variations on a theme. |
6 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra #3 in G Major, op. 55 |
7 pm |
Mendelssohn: Symphony #3 in A Minor, op. 56 "Scottish" |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» The Cetra Recordings of Verdi Operas |
| WED. | JULY 20 Henri Hamal (1744) / Michel-Gaston Carraud (1864) / José Asuar (1933) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» From the Source «» Today’s program looks at original melodies and their transformations as they appear in later compositions. |
9 pm |
Chabrier: Espańa (Spanish Rhapsody); Elgar: Sea Pictures, op. 37; Shostakovich: Symphony #9 in E-flat Major, op. 70 |
10 pm |
Babbitt: Correspondences (for String Orchestra and Synthesized Tape); Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Symphony for Viola and Orchestra), op. 16 |
11 pm |
Korngold: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film score) (Suite); Beethoven: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano #6 in B-flat Major, op. 97 "Archduke" |
| THU. | JULY 21 Salvatore Rosa (1615) / Jean Rivier (1896) / Isaac Stern (1920) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» The Story of the Sonata «» This installment in the series of programs on the evolution of the sonata focuses on the height of the Romantic Period. |
6 pm |
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (symphonic suite), op. 35 |
7 pm |
Messager: Les Deux Pigeons (Suite) |
| 8 pm | Rachmaninoff: Symphony #2 in E Minor, op. 27 |
| 9 pm | GOOD FOLK «» Irish Journeys «» Mary Black: Song for Ireland; Gaelic Storms; Sharon Shannon: Spellbound; Joe Heaney: From My Tradition; Moving Cloud: Foxglove; Reeltime: Live It Up; Dan Milner: Irish Ballads and Songs of the Sea; Helen O’Hara: A Night in Ireland |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Kazu Matsui: The Stone Monkey; John Serrie: Epiphany—Meditations on Sacred Hymns |
| FRI. | JULY 22 Alessandro Besozzi (1702) / Vladimir Kriukov (1902) / Licia Albanese (1913) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Clarinet and Kin «» A look at the various uses of the clarinet, the bass clarinet, the basset horn, and other related instruments. |
| 8:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor «» Brahms: Symphony #3 in F Major, op. 90; Brahms: Symphony #2 in D Major, op. 73 |
| SAT. | JULY 23 Franz Berwald (1796) / Ben Weber (1916) / Leon Fleisher (1928) |
9 am |
Mozart: Piano Concerto #15 in B-flat Major, K. 450 |
10 am |
Delius: In a Summer Garden |
11 am |
Halvorsen: Symphony #1 in C Minor |
noon |
Kalinnikov: Symphony #2 in A Major; Spohr: Fantasie for Harp in C Minor, op. 35 |
1 pm |
Elgar: Nursery Suite; Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2 (op. 101) |
2 pm |
Grainger: Suite on Danish Folk Songs; Mozart: Piano Concerto #24 in C Minor, K. 491 |
3 pm |
Schubert: Mass in C Major, D. 452 |
| 8:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor «» Brahms: Symphony #4 in E Minor, op 98; Brahms: Symphony #1 in C Minor, op. 68 |
| SUN. | JULY 24 Adolphe Adam (1803) / Ernest Bloch (1880) / Peter Serkin (1947) |
| 2:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; Jens Georg Bachmann, conductor; Pinchas Zukerman, violin «» Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 61; Shostakovich: Symphony #5 in D Minor, op. 47 |
9 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» György Cziffra «» Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Khachaturian, Strauss, and Cziffra |
| MON. | JULY 25 Alfredo Casella (1883) / Maureen Forrester (1930) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Prix de Rome «» A look at the tradition of this special prize for composers. |
7 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
8 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
9 pm |
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, op. 21 |
10 pm |
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (cantata, op. 78) |
11 pm |
Debussy: Three Nocturnes for Orchestra |
| TUE. | JULY 26 John Field (1782) / Franz Xaver Mozart (1791) / Serge Koussevitzky (1874) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Periodically Speaking «» Today’s program explores the Classical Period of music, focusing on the influence of Vienna. |
6 pm |
Haydn: Symphony #7 in C Major "Le Midi" |
7 pm |
Stravinsky: Petrouchka |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Toscanini and His Fellow Operatic Conductors |
| WED. | JULY 27 Mauro Giuliani (1781) / Enrique Granados (1867) / Erno Dohnányi (1877) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» That’s the Ticket «» The series of musical travelogues stops today in sunny Spain. |
9 pm |
Elgar: Froissart (concert overture), op. 19; Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song for Piano and Orchestra, op. 25; Tchaikovsky: Hamlet (Fantasy Overture), op. 67 |
10 pm |
Weill: Lamentations of Jeremiah, Chapter V, op. 11; Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra in C Major, op. 56 |
11 pm |
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci ("Vesti la giubba"); Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, op. 64 |
| THU. | JULY 28 Cristofer Taltabull (1888) / Rued Langgaard (1893) / Riccardo Muti (1941) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Monikers «» A look at some of the many nicknames attached to musical compositions. |
6 pm |
Henselt: Piano Concerto in F Minor, op. 16; Massenet: Hérodiade (Ballet Music) |
7 pm |
Copland: Symphony #3; Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus |
| 8 pm | Haydn: Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII:11 "Lord Nelson"; Enescu: Roumanian Rhapsody #2 in D Major, op. 11/#2 |
| 9 pm | GOOD FOLK «» At Newport «» Folk Music of Newport I; Kingston Trio: Live at Newport; Judy Collins: Live at Newport; Ben & Jerry’s Newport Folk Festival; Newport Folk Festival ’88 Live ? Leo Kottke: Six and Twelve String Guitar |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Michael Barry-Rec: On the Road to North Mountain; Michael Whalen: My Secret Heart |
| FRI. | JULY 29 Sigmund Romberg (1887) / Alexander Mossolov (1900) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Ad Libitum «» A designation given by the composer to perform a certain passage "at liberty". How free is freedom? And how much of this can be entrusted to the performer? |
| 8:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor; Lisa Batiashvili, violin «» Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (Overture); Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 47; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring |
| SAT. | JULY 30 Gerald Moore (1899) / Grant Johannesen (1921) / André Prévost (1934) |
9 am |
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music |
10 am |
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (Suite) |
11 am |
Beethoven: Symphony #2 in D Major, op. 36 |
noon |
Schubert: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, D. 667 (op. 114) "Trout"; Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice |
1 pm |
Handel: Organ Concerto #13 in F Major "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"; Steiner: Gone with the Wind (film score) (Suite); Rossini: The Silken Ladder (Overture); Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (Suite #2) |
2 pm |
Dvorák: The Water Goblin (symphonic poem), op. 107; Loewe: Camelot (Suite); Albinoni: Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Continuo in D Major, op. 9/#12; Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E Minor, op. 20 |
3 pm |
Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region (for Chorus and Orchestra); Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3, op. 72a |
| 8:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; Hans Graf, conductor; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano «» Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Ravel: Shéhérazade; Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne (selections); Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 in B Minor, op. 74 "Pathétique" |
| SUN. | JULY 31 Norman del Mar (1919) / Steuart Bedford (1939) |
| 2:30 pm | LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD «» The Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano «» Mozart:Symphony #29 in A Major, K. 201; Ravel: Concerto for Piano Left-Hand and Orchestra in D Major; Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, op. 45 |
9 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Robert Casadesus «» Music of Rameau, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, and Bach |