Around the Music Festival

The schedule of the Tanglewood Music Festival 2019 was announced. Tanglewood is located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills, between Stockbridge and Lenox, Massachusetts. The music festival founded in 1937. It is the Boston Symphony Orchestra that operates. Along with the Ravinia Music Festival being performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, it is known as the summer music festival representing the United States. The opening of the music festival in 2019 will be on July 5, closing will be on August 25. On the final day Giancarlo Guerrero will Conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra and perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Schönberg’s “Friede auf Erden”. The performance tickets will be released from 10 am on February 10, 2019.

The concert will be held with a covered outdoor theater called “Shed”. The concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by music director Andris Nelsons has a variety of programs organized in 2019, among them the world premiere of “The Brightness of Light” by Kevin Puts on July 20 It gets noticeable. Renée Fleming and Rodney Gilfry are welcomed. Nelsons is also talking about playing Wagner ‘s “Valkyrie” one each, three times. It will be performed on the schedule of the first act on the evening of July 27, the second act on the afternoon of 28th, the third act on the night of the 28th. The orchestra is the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and the singers appear Amber Wagner, Simon O’Neill, Ain Anger, Christine Goerke, James Rutherford.

One of the themes of the 2019 music festival is André Previn ‘s 90 – year – old celebration. A birthday concert will be held on July 6, and Anne-Sophie Mutter will appear. Also on July 24, at the “Ozawa Hall”, Previn’s world premiere of “Penelope” will be held. Renée Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet co-star. Also, since the hall will celebrate its 25th anniversary, it is also attractive that a variety of soloists will appear. On August 1, Joyce Didonato will debut at the music festival with the US Youth Orchestra under the Conducting of Antonio Pappano.

The guest artists are colorful as usual, with names such as Håkan Hardenberger, Renaud Capuçon, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Paul Lewis, Joshua Bell, Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, Yefim Bronfman, Nikolai Lugansky. In the solo, Cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s “Bach Project” will enter the second year. This year, on August 11, Yo-Yo Ma performing J. S. Bach’s six suites for unaccompanied cello.

Another concert of John Williams who gathers popularity at the music festival is three times in 2019 for July 7, August 16, August 24. The concert on 7th July is a luxury version featuring the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. Conductor is David Newman. Keith Lockhart who is the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra conducts the concert on the 16th. Newman will Conduct the 24th concert on which the program focusing on film music and Williams himself serves as a host.

Photo：Boston Symphony Orchestra　/　Hilary Scott


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