Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2007 Tanglewood Season

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JAMES LEVINE LEADS 11 TANGLEWOOD PROGRAMS, INCLUDING MOZART’S “COSÌ FAN TUTTE,” VERDI’S “DON CARLO,” BERLIOZ’ “LA DAMNATION DE FAUST,” BARTÓK’S CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA, AND SYMPHONIES OF MAHLER, BRAHMS, BEETHOVEN, AND TCHAIKOVSKY ADDITIONAL SEASON HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE RETURNS OF THE MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP AND ITZHAK PERLMAN; PERFORMANCES BY YO-YO MA, JOSHUA BELL, AND EMANUEL AX; JOHN WILLIAMS CONDUCTING THE ANNUAL FILM NIGHT; KEITH LOCKHART LEADING “CAROUSEL,” THE FIRST MUSICAL TO BE PERFORMED IN CONCERT AT TANGLEWOOD; AND THE EVER-POPULAR JAMES TAYLOR CONCERT 2007 Tanglewood Season Sponsored By State Street Global Advisors Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director James Levine leads 11 programs throughout the 2007 Tanglewood season, including such highlights as Mahler’s Third Symphony and Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust with the BSO, and Verdi’s Don Carlo with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and a cast of internationally acclaimed vocal soloists. In his third summer season as BSO music director, Maestro Levine opens the Tanglewood season on July 6 with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony and Mendelssohn’s Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream with soprano Heidi Grant Murphy, mezzo-soprano Kristine Jepson, and the women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor. In addition to Don Carlo, Maestro Levine - who remains in residence at Tanglewood for six of the BSO season’s eight weeks - continues his work with the TMC Orchestra and Vocal Fellows when he leads Mozart’s Così fan tutte, August 11-14. His final three Tanglewood appearances include Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, and a concert performance of Bartók’s only opera, Bluebeard’s Castle, with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as Judith and bass-baritone Albert Dohmen as Bluebeard. Tickets for the 2007 Tanglewood season go on sale to the public on Sunday, February 11, through SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or online at www.tanglewood.org . Additional highlights of the 2007 Tanglewood season include the return of violinist Itzhak Perlman, for the first time in three years, to perform Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (August 12) and the return of the Mark Morris Dance Group, which will collaborate with TMC Fellows in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (June 28-29). Cellist Yo-Yo Ma also joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra for an all-Dvo*ák program (August 4). The BSO - under the direction of Mark Elder, Hans Graf, and Jens Georg Bachmann - presents an all-Beethoven weekend (July 20-22), and frequent Tanglewood guest conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and soloists in Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony (August 19). Tanglewood will also participate in a Berkshires-wide celebration of Dutch contributions to the arts with several concerts that feature Dutch artists, composers, or conductors (July 25, 26; August 4, 5, 21, and 22). James Taylor, always a major summer draw, performs at Tanglewood on August 24. Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops, soloists, and Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows in a concert performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, marking the first musical to be performed in concert at Tanglewood (July 10). John Williams conducts the Pops in the ever-popular Film Night (August 25), featuring music from Williams’ Harry Potter film scores. Tanglewood on Parade (August 15) features the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, with appearances by James Levine, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Mr. Lockhart returns to the Pops podium to close the Tanglewood season with an all-Gershwin program featuring guest vocalists Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell (August 26). For the first season, the Boston Pops at Tanglewood Series is sponsored by Cunard, the Official Cruise Line of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The 2007 Tanglewood season includes a significant number of guest artist debuts by many of the world’s finest singers and musicians. Those making their Tanglewood debuts include Janine Jansen, violin; Daniel Müller-Schott, cello; Patricia Racette, soprano; Sally Matthews, soprano; Luciana D’Intino, mezzo-soprano; Eric Cutler, tenor; Marcello Giordani, tenor; *eljko Lu*i*, baritone; David Won, baritone; José van Dam, baritone; Dietrich Henschel, bass-baritone; Jordan Bisch, bass; and Paata Burchuladze, bass. James Levine At Tanglewood James Levine maintains a strong presence at Tanglewood throughout the season, leading a total of 11 concerts between July 6 and August 18 and remaining in residence for six of the BSO’s eight weeks in the Tanglewood season. In addition to leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Tanglewood’s gala Opening Night concert, he conducts mezzo-soprano and Tanglewood Music Center alumna Stephanie Blythe, the Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and the American Boy Choir in Mahler’s powerful and uplifting Symphony No. 3 (July 14). Maestro Levine continues his Boston Symphony Orchestra appearances with a performance of Harbison’s Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra, a BSO co-commission that features the orchestra’s principal double bassist, Edwin Barker (August 3). This program - the BSO’s portion of the annual Festival of Contemporary Music - also includes Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat with pianist Richard Goode. Maestro Levine continues to build on the success of his previous collaborations with the Tanglewood Music Center Fellows, which have included last season’s concert performance of Strauss’ opera Elektra and 2005’s all-Wagner program. This season he leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in Verdi’s Don Carlo with an internationally renowned cast of soloists, several TMC Vocal Fellows in smaller roles, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor (July 28). This concert performance of the opera’s four-act version, to be sung in Italian with English supertitles, features soprano Patricia Racette (Elisabeth of Valois), mezzo-soprano Luciana D’Intino (Princess Eboli), tenor Johan Botha (Don Carlo, Infante of Spain), baritone *eljko Lu*i* (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), bass James Morris (Philip II, King of Spain), and bass Paata Burchuladze (The Grand Inquisitor). James Levine also leads Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and the TMC Orchestra in three of four fully staged performances of Mozart’s Così fan tutte (August 11-14), with director Ira Siff and design by John Michael Deegan and Sarah G. Conly. The first of James Levine’s final three programs of the 2007 Tanglewood season (August 10, 17, 18) features pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, on a program with Ives’ Three Places in New England, Carter’s Three Illusions for orchestra, and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra (August 10). James Levine and the BSO perform Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 on a program that opens with a concert performance of Bartók’s only opera, Bluebeard’s Castle, to be sung in Hungarian with English supertitles, featuring mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as Judith and bass-baritone Albert Dohmen as Bluebeard (August 17). Maestro Levine leads the BSO, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, PALS Children’s Chorus, and soloists in Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust, his final 2007 Tanglewood program on August 18. This concert performance, to be sung in French with English supertitles, features mezzo-soprano Yvonne Naef (Marguerite), tenor Marcello Giordani (Faust), baritone José van Dam (Méphistophélès), and bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi (Brander). After the August 18 Berlioz program, the Boston Symphony Orchestra embarks on its first international tour with Maestro Levine. Details of the BSO’s 2007 European tour will be announced next week. The Boston Pops At Tanglewood Series Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops in several Tanglewood performances this season, including a collaboration with guest soloists and Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Carousel (July 10). This concert performance marks the first musical to be performed in concert at Tanglewood. Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra close the 2007 Tanglewood season with an all-Gershwin program (August 26) that includes Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, and Variations on “I Got Rhythm” for piano and orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, plus selections from the Gershwin Songbook featuring Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Mr. Lockhart will also lead the Boston Pops Orchestra as part of the gala annual Tanglewood on Parade concert (August 15). Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams leads the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra in the ever-popular Film Night at Tanglewood (August 25), featuring a tribute to the great British director David Lean, creator of such landmark movies as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Passage to India, and Doctor Zhivago. The evening wraps up with a suite from Williams’ magical scores from the Harry Potter movies, to be performed with a special film montage drawn from the widely popular films. Cunard Line, the Official Cruise Line of the BSO, whose fleet comprises the most famous ocean liners in the world, Queen Mary 2 and QE2, becomes a major corporate sponsor with the Boston Pops at Tanglewood series. All-Beethoven Weekend The 2007 Tanglewood season showcases music of Ludwig van Beethoven with an all-Beethoven weekend, July 20-22. Each of the three Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts in this series begins with a different version of the Leonore Overture composed by Beethoven while working on his opera, Fidelio. Mark Elder conducts the first program (July 20), which includes the Symphony No. 4, Piano Concerto No. 3 with Imogen Cooper, and “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?” from Fidelio with soprano Christine Brewer. Ms. Brewer returns to the stage for the BSO’s second program to sing the concert aria Ah! perfido under the baton of Hans Graf (July 21). This program also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 and the Triple Concerto for piano, violin, and cello with the Beaux Arts Trio. BSO Assistant Conductor Jens Georg Bachmann leads the final program of the all-Beethoven weekend, which includes the Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, with Leon Fleisher; the Romance No. 2 in F for violin and orchestra, with Daniel Hope; and the Symphony No. 7. Tanglewood On Parade This year’s Tanglewood on Parade features the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in a varied and family-friendly concert, followed by fireworks over the Stockbridge Bowl (August 15). BSO Music Director James Levine, Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams, and frequent Tanglewood guest conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos lead a program to include Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor, Sibelius’ Valse triste, the scherzo from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture as the traditional closing work. Additional Boston Symphony Orchestra Highlights The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2007 Tanglewood season features an extraordinary lineup of master conductors and up-and-coming stars, as well as some of the world’s great instrumentalists and vocalists. Guest conductors and musicians include conductor Mark Elder, conductor Hans Graf, conductor Kurt Masur, conductor André Previn, pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Leon Fleischer, pianist Richard Goode, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, mezzo-soprano Stephani Blythe, tenor Johan Botha, soprano Christine Brewer, bass-baritone Albert Dohmen, soprano Heidi Grant Murphy, mezzo-soprano Kristine Jepson, and soprano Patricia Racette. André Previn conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet (July 8). He also leads German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott in his BSO debut in a program to include Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C (July 13). Maestro Previn’s final 2007 Tanglewood appearance will be in Ozawa Hall, as pianist for an evening of jazz with special guests David Finck, bass, and Jim Hall, guitar. English conductor Mark Elder takes the BSO podium for two Tanglewood performances this season. On July 15, he leads the BSO and baritone Thomas Hampson in Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer and Delius’ Cynara, on a program also including Strauss’ Don Juan and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2. Maestro Elder’s second BSO program - part of Tanglewood’s all-Beethoven weekend - features Imogen Cooper in the Piano Concerto No. 3 and Christine Brewer in “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?” from Fidelio. Kurt Masur conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Joshua Bell in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 on July 27, on a program also to include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1. Maestro Masur returns to the BSO podium on July 29 for an all-Mozart program that includes the composer’s last three symphonies, Nos. 39, 40, and 41. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, a frequent guest conductor of the BSO, leads the orchestra when Itzhak Perlman returns to Tanglewood for Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 on a program that also includes Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, Rhenish, and Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird (August 11). Maestro Frühbeck de Burgos conducts the BSO and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Haydn’s Mass in Time of War; this program also includes Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat with pianist Emanuel Ax (August 12). In addition to taking the podium for Tanglewood on Parade (August 15), Maestro Frühbeck de Burgos leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with soprano Melanie Diener, mezzo-soprano Mary Phillips, tenor Marcus Haddock, bass Raymond Aceto, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor. Dutch-Themed Programs Tanglewood will present several concerts this summer featuring Dutch composers, artists, and conductors, part of a summer-long, Berkshires-wide program, “NL: A Season of Dutch Arts in the Berkshires.” In addition to Tanglewood, MassMoCA, Bang on a Can, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Clark Art Institute will collaborate with leading Dutch artists to showcase the arts and culture of the Netherlands. The Netherlands Bach Society under the direction of Jos van Veldhoven performs sacred and secular works of J.S. Bach on July 25 and 26. The first program is a performance of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor; the second is an all-Bach program including such secular cantatas as the Coffee Cantata and Wedding Cantata. Dutch conductor Edo de Waart leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra and cellist Yo-Yo Ma in an all-Dvo*ák program (August 4) that includes the Cello Concerto and Symphony No. 9, From the New World. Maestro de Waart also conducts Dutch violinist Janine Jansen in her BSO debut in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto on August 5. This program opens with the world premiere of a new work by Dutch composer Robin de Raaff, written for the BSO with financial support from the Fund for the Creation of Music, The Netherlands. Tanglewood’s final Netherlands programs of the 2007 season are two concerts by the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under the direction of Frans Brüggen. The period-instrument orchestra performs an all-Schubert program (August 21) that includes his Symphony in B minor, Unfinished, and Symphony in C, The Great. The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century’s second program (August 22) includes the Suite from Rameau’s Les Indes galantes and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Seiji Ozawa Hall The Mark Morris Dance Group opens the Tanglewood pre-season at Ozawa Hall with performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (June 28 and 29). Both performances are collaborations with the Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra under the direction of Stefan Asbury. This is the Mark Morris Dance Group’s fourth Tanglewood appearance since June 2003. The Emerson String Quartet performs an all-Beethoven program (July 1) that includes Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, and Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130, the latter to be performed in its original version with the Grosse Fuge as the finale. The Juilliard String Quartet, celebrating its 60th anniversary, returns to Tanglewood on July 5 for an all-Bartók program that includes Quartet No. 2, Op. 17; Quartet No. 4, Op. 91; and Quartet No. 6. The Juilliard Quartet made history at Tanglewood on July 10 and 17, 1948, when they became the first ensemble ever to perform the complete cycle of all six Bartók string quartets, which they divided between two concerts given in Tanglewood’s old Theatre-Concert Hall. Hespèrion XXI, under the direction of Catalán gambist and early music expert Jordi Savall, performs songs and dances from the Sephardic tradition in a program called Paradise Lost: Music of Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the time of King Alfonso X of Castille, 1221-1284 (July 12). Through vocal and instrumental works, this program evokes the cultural confluences of a time and place when differences were celebrated, divergent ideas shared, and learning prized. André Previn - in addition to conducting two Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts in the Shed - returns to Ozawa Hall for an evening of intimate jazz on July 15. Mr. Previn will be joined by special guests David Finck, bass, and Jim Hall, guitar. The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, baritone Thomas Hampson, and pianist Wolfram Rieger, perform music of Schumann, Barber, and Mahler on July 17. The program includes Schumann’s Dichterliebe for baritone and piano, to be performed in its original 20-song version; Barber’s Summer Music, for wind quintet; and Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, for baritone and chamber ensemble, in a chamber arrangement by Thomas Hampson. French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard offers a varied program on August 8 that includes Schumann’s Gesänge der Frühe, J.S. Bach’s The Art of the Fugue, and Benjamin’s Piano Figures. Mr. Aimard will also perform Carter’s Intermittences, Two Diversions, and 90+. Baritone José van Dam makes his Tanglewood debut with pianist Craig Rutenberg on August 16 in an all-French program that includes songs by Fauré, Duparc, Debussy, and Poulenc. Tanglewood Music Center And Festival Of Contemporary Music James Levine leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in a concert performance of Verdi’s Don Carlo with an internationally renowned cast of singers in the year’s Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert (July 28). This performance will be the four-act version of the opera, sung in Italian with supertitles. Maestro Levine also leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and Vocal Fellows in three of four performances of Mozart’s Così fan tutte (August 11-14) in the Theater. These fully staged productions will be sung in Italian with supertitles, with direction by Ira Siff and design by John Michael Deegan and Sarah G. Conly. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducts the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in its final performance of 2007: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with soprano Melanie Diener, mezzo-soprano Mary Phillips, tenor Marcus Haddock, bass Raymond Aceto, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor. The Festival of Contemporary Music with director John Harbison runs July 29 to August 3. This year, the Generation of ’38 is celebrated with works by composers born in that year, including William Bolcom, John Harbison, Joan Tower, and Charles Wuorinen. Additional details of the Tanglewood Music Center season, including the Festival of Contemporary Music, will be announced in the winter of 2007. “A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION” Garrison Keillor will host a live broadcast of Minnesota Public Radio’s A Prairie Home Companion from the Koussevitzky Music Shed on Saturday, June 30. This now-annual event has become the wildly popular radio program’s season finale and a Tanglewood tradition since the program’s first live Tanglewood broadcast in 1998. OTHER CONCERTS AT TANGLEWOOD In addition to the BSO’s weekend symphonic concerts in the Koussevitzky Music Shed and the weeknight chamber concerts and recitals in Ozawa Hall, the Tanglewood season also includes Saturday-morning general-admission Open Rehearsals in the Shed (preceded by informative free talks employing recorded examples from the music being rehearsed); and Friday-evening Prelude Concerts in Ozawa Hall featuring members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, often joined by distinguished guest performers. In addition, Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center offer Saturday-evening and Sunday-afternoon Prelude Concerts in the Theatre prior to the Saturday and Sunday orchestra concerts. Prelude Concerts are available free of charge to patrons attending the respective day’s orchestra concert in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. TANGLEWOOD WINE & FOOD CLASSIC The Fourth Annual Tanglewood Wine & Food Classic will be held August 9 to 11 on the Tanglewood grounds. Festivities include a wine auction and dinner, winemaker reception, and Grand Tasting. This year’s Tanglewood Wine & Food Classic offers tastings of premium wines from over 100 vintners from the leading producing regions of the world, as well as breads, meats, and other specialty foods. Participants will have the opportunity to meet renowned chefs from the Berkshires, Boston, and New York who will demonstrate their skills while answering questions and sharing kitchen secrets at events throughout the weekend. The Fifth Annual Tanglewood Wine & Food Classic is sponsored by Viking, Saveur, Hotel Commonwealth, Boston Common magazine, Lux Bond & Green, and David Yurman. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS In 2007, Tanglewood patrons will have a number of different subscription options, including ticket packages for Open Rehearsals, lawn seating, and the Festival of Contemporary Music. For Open Rehearsal subscriptions, patrons may choose series of four or seven general-admission Open Rehearsals, at $64 or $112, respectively. Tanglewood Lawn Pass Books offer 11 lawn passes for the price of 10, valid for use at all BSO and Boston Pops concerts in the Koussevitzky Music Shed or Seiji Ozawa Hall except for Tanglewood on Parade. Lawn Pass Books are also not valid for TMC Orchestra concerts, Popular Artists, A Prairie Home Companion, or the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. Lawn Pass Books are priced at $160 if purchased before June 29, after which they will be priced at $170. VIDEO SCREENS AT TANGLEWOOD For the Boston Pops concerts, Tanglewood on Parade, and all Friday- and Saturday-night BSO concerts in the Shed, large screens mounted on the exterior of the Shed will allow lawn patrons to view the concert up close. LAWN TICKET RAIN UPGRADES Lawn tickets for selected concerts may be upgraded for tickets inside the Shed for the cost of the difference between the lawn ticket price and the price of the seat in the Shed, an offer valid for all BSO and Pops concerts in the Shed, subject to availability of tickets. This offer is not valid for lawn tickets that have no dollar value (i.e., complimentary tickets, passes, etc.). TANGLEWOOD CHILDREN’S LAWN TICKET PROGRAM This summer, Tanglewood continues its Children’s Lawn Ticket Program, offering free lawn tickets for children under the age of 12. Up to four free children’s tickets are available per parent/legal guardian per concert at the Tanglewood Box Office the day of the concert. Children admitted without charge must sit with their parent/legal guardian on the lawn, and those under age 5 must sit on the rear half of the lawn. Children under the age of 5 are not permitted in the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Seiji Ozawa Hall, or the Theatre during concerts. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. This policy does not apply to organized groups of children. In addition, a 50 percent discount on Friday-evening lawn tickets is available to students age 13 or older; this offer is valid only with student ID. TANGLEWOOD HISTORY Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home located in the Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts, had its beginnings in 1936 when the BSO gave its first outdoor concerts in the area, a three-concert series held under a tent for a total crowd of 15,000. In 1937 the BSO returned to the Berkshires for an all-Beethoven program, but this time at Tanglewood, the 210-acre estate donated by the Tappan family, initiating a new era in the history of the American summer music festival. In 1938 the 5,100-seat Shed was inaugurated, giving the BSO a permanent open-air structure in which to perform at Tanglewood. The Boston Symphony Orchestra has performed in the Koussevitzky Music Shed every summer since, except for the war years 1942-45, and Tanglewood has become almost a place of pilgrimage to millions of concertgoers. The 1986 acquisition of the Highwood estate next to Tanglewood increased the festival’s public grounds by 40 percent and allowed for the construction of Seiji Ozawa Hall, which opened in 1994 along with the Leonard Bernstein Campus, which became the center for most Tanglewood Music Center activities. Seiji Ozawa Hall serves not only as a performance home for the Tanglewood Music Center, but as a thoroughly modern venue for the BSO’s varied recital and chamber music offerings. Today Tanglewood annually draws more than 350,000 visitors for orchestral and chamber music concerts, instrumental and vocal recitals, student performances, and the annual Festival of Contemporary Music, as well as performances by popular artists and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival held each year over Labor Day Weekend. The season offers not only a vast quantity of music, but also a vast range of musical forms and styles, all of it presented with a regard for artistic excellence that makes the festival unique. In consideration of all patrons, Tanglewood offers a smoke-free environment. TICKET INFORMATION All programs and artists are subject to change. Tickets for the 2007 Tanglewood season go on sale to the public on Sunday, February 11, through SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or online through the BSO’s website, www.tanglewood.org . Ticket prices range from $9 to $99 (excluding the Opening Night Gala). Friends of Tanglewood who contribute $75 or more to the Tanglewood Annual Fund are able to purchase tickets in advance of the public sale date. For information about becoming a Friends of Tanglewood, call 617-638-9267. Brochures for the 2007 Tanglewood season will also be available at that time, by phone or online. Tickets will be available in person at the Tanglewood Box Office in Lenox beginning on Friday, June 15, at 10 a.m. All ticket prices include a $1 Tanglewood Grounds Maintenance Fee. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492. TANGLEWOOD SPONSORS The Tanglewood season is sponsored by State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation. The Boston Pops at Tanglewood Series is sponsored by Cunard, the official cruise line of the BSO. Steinway & Sons pianos are selected exclusively for Tanglewood. Delta Air Lines is the official airline of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Commonwealth Worldwide is the official chauffeured transportation of the BSO. WAMC is Tanglewood’s media partner. For Berkshire tourist information and reservations, contact the Berkshire Visitors Bureau at 800-237-5747 or www.berkshires.org . PRESS CONTACTS: Bernadette Horgan, Director of Media Relations (bhorgan@bso.org)617-638-9285 Kathleen Drohan, Associate Director of Media Relations (kdrohan@bso.org) 617-638-9286 TANGLEWOOD 2007 PROGRAM LISTING (As of November 17, 2006) All programs and artists subject to change Thursday, June 28, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall Friday, June 29, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA STEFAN ASBURY, conductor MARK MORRIS, choreographer CHRISTINE VAN LOON, costume designer ROBERT BORDO, scenic designer JAMES F. INGALLS, lighting designer PURCELL Dido and Aeneas Saturday, June 30, 5:45 p.m., Shed A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor Live broadcast Sunday, July 1, 2:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall EMERSON STRING QUARTET ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fuge finale) Wednesday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed Popular artist to be announced Thursday, July 5, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET ALL-BARTÓK PROGRAM Quartet No. 2, Op. 17 Quartet No. 4 Quartet No. 6 Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Juilliard String Quartet Friday, July 6, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Prelude concert Friday, July 6, 8:30 p.m., Shed Opening Night at Tanglewood BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor HEIDI GRANT MURPHY, soprano KRISTINE JEPSON, mezzo-soprano * WOMEN OF THE TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor MENDELSSOHN Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 Fireworks to follow the concert Saturday, July 7, Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conductor to be announced LYNN HARRELL, cello Program to be announced Sunday, July 8, 2:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor To be announced, piano TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture after Shakespeare RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet Tuesday, July 10, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA KEITH LOCKHART, conductor Guest vocalists TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN Carousel Concert performance Thursday, July 12, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall HESPÈRION XXI ** JORDI SAVALL, director ** Paradise Lost: Music of Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the time of King Alfonso X of Castille, 1221-1284 * denotes Boston Symphony Orchestra debut ** denotes Tanglewood debut Friday, July 13, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Prelude concert Friday, July 13, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT, cello * Mezzo-soprano to be announced MOZART Symphony No. 29 HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1 in C RAVEL Shéhérazade RAVEL Mother Goose (complete) Saturday, July 14, 10:30 a.m., Shed Open Rehearsal Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 14, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor STEPHANIE BLYTHE, mezzo-soprano WOMEN OF THE TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor AMERICAN BOYCHOIR, FERNANDO MALVAR-RUIZ, music director MAHLER Symphony No. 3 Sunday, July 15, 2:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MARK ELDER, conductor THOMAS HAMPSON, baritone STRAUSS Don Juan MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer DELIUS Cynara, for baritone and orchestra SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 Sunday, July 15, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall ANDRÉ PREVIN, piano JIM HALL, guitar ** DAVID FINCK, bass Evening of Jazz Tuesday, July 17, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS THOMAS HAMPSON, baritone WOLFRAM RIEGER, piano ** SCHUMANN Dichterliebe (original version) BARBER Summer Music, for wind quintet MAHLER (arr. HAMPSON) Kindertotenlieder, for baritone and chamber ensemble Friday, July 20, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Prelude Concert Friday, July 20, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MARK ELDER, conductor CHRISTINE BREWER, soprano IMOGEN COOPER, piano ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Leonore Overture No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 3 “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?” from Fidelio Symphony No. 4 Saturday, July 21, 10:30 a.m., Shed Open rehearsal Saturday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 21, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HANS GRAF, conductor CHRISTINE BREWER, soprano BEAUX ARTS TRIO ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Leonore Overture No. 2 Triple Concerto for piano, violin, and cello Ah! perfido, Concert aria for soprano and orchestra Symphony No. 2 Sunday, July 22, 2:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JENS GEORG BACHMANN, conductor LEON FLEISHER, piano DANIEL HOPE, violin * ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Leonore Overture No. 3 Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor Romance No. 2 in F, for violin and orchestra Symphony No. 7 Wednesday, July 25, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall NETHERLANDS BACH SOCIETY ** JOS VAN VELDHOVEN, conductor J.S. BACH Mass in B minor Thursday, July 26, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall NETHERLANDS BACH SOCIETY JOS VAN VELDHOVEN, conductor ALL-J.S. BACH PROGRAM Secular Cantatas, including the Coffee Cantata and Wedding Cantata Friday, July 27, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor Prelude Concert Friday, July 27, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KURT MASUR, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 Saturday, July 28, 10:30 a.m., Shed Open rehearsal Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 28, 7:30 p.m., Shed TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor PATRICIA RACETTE, soprano (Elisabeth of Valois) ** LUCIANA D’INTINO, mezzo-soprano (Princess Eboli) ** JOHAN BOTHA, tenor (Don Carlo, Infante of Spain) *ELJKO LU*I*, baritone (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa) ** JAMES MORRIS, bass (Philip II, King of Spain) PAATA BURCHULADZE, bass (The Grand Inquisitor) ** DAVID WON, baritone (The Count of Lerma) ** JORDAN BISCH, bass (A Monk) ** TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS (Thibault, Voice from Heaven, Flemish Deputies) TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor VERDI Don Carlo Concert performance of four-act version, sung in Italian with supertitles Sunday, July 29, 2:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KURT MASUR, conductor ALL-MOZART PROGRAM Symphony No. 39 Symphony No. 40 Symphony No. 41, Jupiter Friday, August 3, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Prelude concert Friday, August 3, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor RICHARD GOODE, piano EDWIN BARKER, double bass BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456 HARBISON Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 Saturday, August 4, 10:30 a.m., Shed Open rehearsal Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, August 4, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EDO DE WAART, conductor YO-YO MA, cello ALL-DVO*ÁK PROGRAM Cello Concerto Symphony No. 9, From the New World Sunday, August 5, 2:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EDO DE WAART, conductor JANINE JANSEN, violin * DE RAAFF New work (world premiere) MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 Wednesday, August 8, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, piano SCHUMANN Gesänge der Frühe BACH The Art of the Fugue CARTER Intermittences, Two Diversions, and 90+ BENJAMIN Piano Figures Friday, August 10, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Prelude concert Friday, August 10, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, piano IVES Three Places in New England CARTER Three Illusions RAVEL Piano Concerto in G BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Saturday, August 11, 10:30 a.m. Open rehearsal Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, August 11, 8:30 p.m. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor ITZHAK PERLMAN, violin SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, Rhenish BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) Saturday, August 11, 2 p.m., Theatre Sunday, August 12, 7:30 p.m., Theatre Monday, August 13, 7:30 p.m., Theatre Tuesday, August 14, 7:30 p.m., Theatre TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER VOCAL FELLOWS AND ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER CONDUCTING FELLOW (August 13 performance only) IRA SIFF, director JOHN MICHAEL DEEGAN and SARAH G. CONLY, design MOZART Così fan tutte Fully-staged production, sung in Italian with supertitles Sunday, August 12, 2:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor EMANUEL AX, piano SALLY MATTHEWS, soprano * ERIC CUTLER, tenor * DIETRICH HENSCHEL, bass-baritone * TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro MOZART Piano concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K.271, Jeunehomme HAYDN Mass in Time of War Wednesday, August 15, 8:30 p.m., Shed Tanglewood on Parade BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, JOHN WILLIAMS, KEITH LOCKHART, and RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductors BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor SIBELIUS Valse triste BEETHOVEN Scherzo (2nd movement) from Symphony No. 9 Pops selection to be announced TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture Fireworks to follow the concert Thursday, August 16, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall JOSÉ VAN DAM, baritone ** CRAIG RUTENBERG, piano Songs by FAURÉ, DUPARC, DEBUSSY, and POULENC Friday, August 17, 6 p.m., Ozawa Hall MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Prelude concert Friday, August 17, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor MICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith) ALBERT DOHMEN, bass-baritone (Bluebeard) ÖRS KISFALUDY, narrator BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Bartók sung in Hungarian with supertitles Saturday, August 18, 10:30 a.m., Shed Open rehearsal Saturday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, August 18, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE, conductor YVONNE NAEF, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite) MARCELLO GIORDANI, tenor (Faust) * JOSÉ VAN DAM, baritone (Méphistophélès) PATRICK CARFIZZI, bass-baritone (Brander) TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor PALS CHILDREN’S CHORUS, JENNIFER KANE, artistic director BERLIOZ La Damnation de Faust Sung in French with supertitles Sunday, August 19, 2:30 p.m., Shed TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor MELANIE DIENER, soprano MARY PHILLIPS, mezzo-soprano MARCUS HADDOCK, tenor RAYMOND ACETO, bass TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 Tuesday, August 21, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall ORCHESTRA OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ** FRANS BRÜGGEN, conductor ** ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM Symphony in B minor, Unfinished Symphony in C, The Great Wednesday, August 22, 8:30 p.m., Ozawa Hall ORCHESTRA OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRANS BRÜGGEN, conductor RAMEAU Suite from Les Indes galantes BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Friday, August 24, 8:30 p.m., Shed James Taylor Saturday, August 25, 8:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON POPS ESPLANADE ORCHESTRA JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor Film Night at Tanglewood: A tribute to British director David Lean, creator of Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Passage to India, and Doctor Zhivago. The evening also includes a suite from Williams’ scores to the Harry Potter movies. Sunday, August 26, 2:30 p.m., Shed BOSTON POPS ESPLANADE ORCHESTRA KEITH LOCKHART, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano MARIN MAZZIE, soprano ** BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL, baritone ALL-GERSHWIN PROGRAM Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” for piano and orchestra Rhapsody in Blue Selection from the Gershwin Songbook An American in Paris * denotes Boston Symphony Orchestra debut ** denotes Tanglewood debut Artists making their BSO debuts Sally Matthews, soprano (August 12, Shed) Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano (July 6, Shed) Eric Cutler, tenor (August 12, Shed) Marcello Giordani, tenor (August 18, Shed) Dietrich Henschel, bass-baritone (August 12, Shed) Daniel Hope, violin (July 22, Shed) Janine Jansen, violin (August 5, Shed) Daniel Müller-Schott, cello (July 13, Shed) Artists making their Tanglewood debuts Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall, director (July 12, Ozawa Hall) Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven, conductor (July 25, Ozawa Hall) Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen, conductor, (August 21, Ozawa Hall) Patricia Racette, soprano (July 28, Shed) Marin Mazzie, soprano (August 26, Shed) Luciana D’Intino, mezzo-soprano (July 28, Shed) *eljko Lu*i*, baritone (July 28, Shed) David Won, baritone (July 28, Shed) José van Dam, baritone (August 16, Ozawa Hall) Jordan Bisch, bass (July 28, Shed) Paata Burchuladze, bass (July 28, Shed) Wolfram Rieger, piano (July 17, Ozawa Hall) Jim Hall, guitar (July 15, Ozawa Hall)
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Letter: Is the Select Board Listening to Dalton Voters?

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

A reasonable expectation by the people of a community is that their Select Board rises above personal preference and represents the collective interests of the community. On Tuesday night [Nov. 12], what occurred is reason for concern that might not be true in Dalton.

This all began when a Select Board member submitted his resignation effective Oct. 1 to the Town Clerk. Wishing to fill the vacated Select Board seat, in good faith I followed the state law, prepared a petition, and collected the required 200-plus signatures of which the Town Clerk certified 223. The Town Manager, who already had a copy of the Select Board member's resignation, was notified of the certified petitions the following day. All required steps had been completed.

Or had they? At the Oct. 9 Select Board meeting when Board members discussed the submitted petition, there was no mention about how they were informed of the petition or that they had not seen the resignation letter. Then a month later at the Nov. 12 Select Board meeting we learn that providing the resignation letter and certified petitions to the Town Manager was insufficient. However, by informing the Town Manager back in October the Select Board had been informed. Thus, the contentions raised at the Nov. 12 meeting by John Boyle seem like a thinly veiled attempt to delay a decision until the end of January deadline to have a special election has passed.

If this is happening with the Special Election, can we realistically hope that the present Board will listen to the call by residents to halt the rapid increases in spending and our taxes that have been occurring the last few years and pass a level-funded budget for next year, or to not harness the taxpayers in town with the majority of the cost for a new police station? I am sure these issues are of concern to many in town. However, to make a change many people need to speak up.

Please reach out to a Select Board member and let them know you are concerned and want the Special Election issue addressed and finalized at their Nov. 25 meeting.

Robert E.W. Collins
Dalton, Mass.

 

 

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