Each summer the Boston Symphony Orchestra calls the Berkshires home. Hear live Friday, Saturday, and Sunday performances broadcast from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood by WCRB Boston, a service of WGBH.
2024 Schedule
Week 1
Friday, July 5
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
ALL-BEETHOVEN program
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 3 Eroica
Saturday, July 6
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Victoria Clark, vocalist
Mandy Gonzales, vocalist
Joshua Henry, vocalist
Darius de Haas, vocalist
Bryce Pinkham, vocalist
Broadway Today!: Broadway’s Modern Masters
The Boston Pops showcases groundbreaking songs from such Tony-winning musicals as Hamilton, In the Heights, The Light in the Piazza, Parade, A Strange Loop, Kimberly Akimbo, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, The Band's Visit, and Dear Evan Hansen.
Sunday, July 7
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Week 2
Friday, July 12
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
STRAVINSKY Apollon musagète
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Saturday, July 13
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Carlos SIMON Warmth from Other Suns
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
ELLINGTON Three Black Kings
ELLINGTON A Tone Parallel to Harlem
Sunday, July 14
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Sarah KIRKLAND SNIDER Forward into Light
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Week 3
Friday, July 19
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
Saturday, July 20
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Christine Goerke, soprano (Brünnhilde)
Amanda Majeski, soprano (Gutrune)
Michael Weinius, tenor (Siegfried)
James Rutherford, baritone (Gunther)
David Leigh, bass (Hagen)
Diana Newman, Renée Tatum, Catherine Martin (Rhine maidens)
WAGNER Götterdamerung, Act III
Sunday, July 21
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
IVES Three Places in New England
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
Week 4
Friday, July 26
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Edwin Barker, double bass
Will Liverman, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
Steven MACKEY Urban Ocean
KOUSSEVITZKY Double Bass Concerto
SIBELIUS The Origin of Fire
SCRIABIN Prometheus, Poem of Fire
Saturday, July 27
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Tania LEÓN Stride
KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Sunday, July 28
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Thomas Warfield, narrator
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
James LEE III Freedom’s Genuine Dawn
COPLAND Piano Concerto
THOMPSON Alleluia
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms
Week 5
Friday, August 2
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
ALL-STRAUSS program, including
Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten
“Dreaming by the Fireside,” from Intermezzo
Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Saturday, August 3
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams and Ken-David Masur, conductors
John Williams’ Film Night
A cherished Tanglewood tradition, John Williams’ Film Night returns with the Boston Pops, along with Maestros Williams and Masur sharing the podium for a memorable program of music and film clips from Hollywood’s Golden Age to contemporary favorites, including a special celebration of Henry Mancini’s 100th birthday!
Sunday, August 4
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Joshua Bell, violin
Steven Isserlis, cello
ALL-BEETHOVEN program
Triple Concerto
Symphony No. 4
Week 6
Friday, August 9
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Saturday, August 10
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
SIBELIUS (arr. STRAVINKSY) Canzonetta
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
Sunday, August 11
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan, conductor
Elena Villalón, soprano
Anna CLYNE Sound and Fury
MOZART “Padre, germani, addio!” from Idomeneo
MOZART “Deh vieni, non tardar” from The Marriage of Figaro
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
Week 7
Friday, August 16
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Samy Rachid, conductor
Midori, violin
SVETLANOV Dawn in the Field
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Saturday, August 17
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianos
MENDELSSOHN Concerto in E for two pianos
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
Sunday, August 18
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Earl Lee, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Carlos SIMON Fate Now Conquers
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Week 8
Friday, August 23
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Bruce Liu, piano
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Saturday, August 24
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
BRAHMS Schiksalslied
CHAUSSON Poème
RAVEL Tzigane
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Sunday, August 25
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Ambur Braid, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Elgan Llŷr Thomas, tenor
Davone Tines, bass
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
BRUCKNER Ecce sacerdos magnus
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
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