Tanglewood announces 2006 Schedule Highlights

The Boston Symphony has released the highlights of their preliminary schedule for this summer. Highlights include the return to Tanglewood of BSO Conductor Emeritus Bernard Haitink for two opening week programs and Seiji Ozawa returning to conduct Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.

Every Saturday between July 8 and August 12 at 6 pm in Ozawa Hall there will be a one-hour performance of chamber music with TMC Fellows and guests.

Tickets go on sale to the public on February 12. Remember, RETURNING GUESTS HAVE PRIORITY RESERVATION STATUS UNTIL APRIL 1. Don't be disappointed, make your reservations early!

June 23 - June 25 Opening Chamber Music Weekend including a string quartet marathon, three 2- hour concerts of classic, romantic, and modern works from the string quartet literature; concerts of wind and brass chamber music; and a concert including premieres of mini-concertos for violin and piano by composers Donald Martino and Ron Ford. TMC students.
Thursday, June 29, 8:30 pm.Garrick Ohlsson (piano). Beethoven's The Complete Piano SonatasProgram 1. Ozawa Hall.
Friday, June 30 , 8:30 pm. Juilliard String Quartet, Ozawa Hall.
Saturday, July 1, 5:45 pm. A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor.Live broadcast Ozawa Hall.
Sunday, July 2, 2:30 pm. Garrick Ohlsson (piano). The Complete Piano SonatasProgram 2. Ozawa Hall.
Tuesday, July 4, 7 pm. Artist to be announced. Shed. Grounds open at 4pm. Concert followed by fireworks.
Thursday, July 6, 8:30 pm. Garrick Ohlsson, (piano) Complete Piano SonatasProgram 3. Ozawa Hall.
Friday, July 7, 6 pm. Prelude Concert with Tanglewood Festival Chorus. John Oliver (conductor). Ozawa Hall. 8:30 pm Opening Night at Tanglewood. BSO. James Levine (conductor), Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano), Wendy White (mezzo-soprano), Clifton Forbis (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone), Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver (conductor) Shed.
Saturday, July 8, 8:30 pm. BSO, Bernard Haitink (conductor) & Emanuel Ax (piano).Shed.
Sunday, July 9, 2:30 pm. BSO. Bernard Haitink (conductor), Joshua Bell (violin). Shed. 8:30 pm. Garrick Ohlsson (piano). Complete Piano SonatasProgram 4. Ozawa Hall. Tuesday, July 11, 8:30 pm. Yefim Bronfman (piano), Gil Shaham (violin), Truls Mork (cello). Ozawa Hall.
Wednesday, July 12, 8:30 pm. Boston Pops with Keith Lockhart (conductor),guest vocalists (TBA),Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows. Bernstein on Broadway. Shed.
Thursday, July 13, 8:30 pm. Garrick Ohlsson, piano. Complete Piano SonatasProgram 5. Ozawa Hall.
Friday, July 14, 6 pm. Prelude concert with members of the BSO. Ozawa Hall. 8:30 pm. BSO, Christine Brewer (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Johan Botha (tenor), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Eike Wilm Schulte (baritone), Tanglewood Festival Chorus with John Oliver (conductor). Shed.
Saturday, July 15, 8:30 pm. Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert. Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, James Levine (conductor), Lisa Gasteen, soprano (Elektra), Christine Brewer, soprano (Chrysothemis), Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano (Klytemnestra), Alan Held, bass-baritone (Orest), Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor (Aegist), Claudia Waite, soprano (Overseer), Jennifer Check, Marjorie Elinor Dix & Sandra Lopez (sopranos), Mary Phillips (mezzo- soprano), Ellen Rabiner (alto) as maids, Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows, Tanglewood Festival Chorus with John Oliver (conductor). Shed.
Sunday, July 16, 2:30 pm. BSO. Sir Andrew Davis (coductor), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano). Shed. 8:30 pmGarrick Ohlsson, piano. Complete Piano SonatasProgram 6. Ozawa Hall.
Tuesday, July 18, 8:30 pmGarrick Ohlsson, piano. Complete Piano Sonatas Program 7. Ozawa Hall.
Wednesday, July 19, 8:30 pm Emerson String Quartet. All Shostakovich Program celebrating the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth. Ozawa Hall.
Thursday, July 20, 8:30 pm. Garrick Ohlsson, piano. Complete Piano SonatasProgram 8. Ozawa Hall.
Friday, July 21, 6 pm. Prelude Concert with members of the BSO. Ozawa Hall. 8:30 pm. BSO. James Levine (conductor and piano concert aria), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Richard Goode (piano concerto). All-Mozart Program celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth.Shed.
Saturday, July 22, 8:30 pm. BSO. James Levine, conductor. Mozart's Don Giovanni with supertitles. Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone), Michele Pertusi (baritone), Barbara Frittoli (soprano), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Patrick Carfizzi (baritone), Morris Robinson (bass), Tanglewood Festival Chorus with John Oliver (conductor). Shed.
Sunday, July 23, 2:30 pm. BSO. James Levine (conductor), Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone), Tanglewood Festival Chorus with John Oliver (conductor). All Mozart Program celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth. Shed.
Tuesday, July 25, 8:30 pm. Tanglewood On Parade. BSO, Boston Pops, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. James Levine, Keith Lockhart, John Williams (conductors). Grounds open at 2 pm, with entertainment throughout the grounds all afternoon. Fireworks follow the 1812 Overture. Shed.
Thursday, July 27, 8 pm. Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra. James Levine (conductor - Carter), Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows, Doug Fitch (director and set designer). Theatre.
Friday, July 28, 2:30 pm. Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra. James Levine (conductor), Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows, Doug Fitch (director and set designer). Prelude Concert. Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 8:30 pm. BSO. Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Andre Watts (piano).
Saturday, July 29, 8:30 pm. BSO. Hans Graf (conductor), Gil Shaham (violon). Shed.
Sunday, July 30, 2:30 pm. Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert. BSO. Kurt Masur (conductor), Midori (violin). Shed.

Wednesday, August 2, 8:30 pm. Kremerata Baltica. Gidon Kremer (artistic director and soloist). Mozart The Complete Violin Concertos Program 1. Ozawa Hall.
Friday, August 4, 6 pm Prelude Concert with members of the BSO. Ozawa Hall. 8:30 pm. BSO. Donald Runnicles (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma (cello). Shed.
Saturday, August 5, 8:30 pm. BSO. Program TBA. Shed.
Sunday, August 6, 2:30 pm. BSO. Donald Runnicles (conductor), Christian Zacharias (piano). Shed.
Friday, August 11, 6 pm. Prelude Concert with members of the BSO. Ozawa Hall. 8:30 pm. BSO. Harry Bicket (conductor), Lorraine Hun Lieberson (mezzo-soprano).Shed Saturday, August 12, 8:30 pm. Film Night at Tanglewood. Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Shed.
Sunday, August 13, 2:30 pm. The Philadelphia Orchestra. Christoph Eschenbach (conductor). Shed.
Tuesday, August 15, 8:30 pm. Boston Symphony Chamber Players. Ozawa Hall.
Thursday, August 17, 8:30 pm. The Tallis Scholars From Dresden to Innsbruck. Recognized as one of the world's leading Renaissance choirs. The Tallis Scholars will perform a program to include music by Isaac, Schutz and Hassler, plus the Miserere by Allegri. Ozawa Hall.
Friday, August 18, 8:30 pm. BSO with Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor), Ann Hobson Pilot (harp), Josep Colom (piano). Shed.
Saturday, August 19, 8:30 pm. BSO. Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Hilary Hahn (violin).Shed.
Sunday, August 20, 2:30 pm. BSO with Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor), Peter Serkin (piano). All-Brahms Program. Shed. 8:30 pm Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Keith Lockhart (conductor). Rockapella. Joined by America's leading a cappella vocal group, Rockapella, the Pops presents an evening of musical hits from the 1970s. Shed.
Wednesday, August 23, 8:30 pm. Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano). All Beethoven Program. Shed.
Friday, August 25, 6 pm. Prelude Concert - Members of the BSO. Ozawa Hall. 8:30 pm. BSO. Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Imogen Cooper (piano). Shed.
Saturday, August 26, 8:30 pm. BSO. Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Emanuel Ax (piano) Shed. < 2:30 27, August>. BSO. Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor), Yefim Bronfman (piano). All Beethoven Program. Shed.
Friday, September 1 through Sunday, September 3. Tanglewood Jazz Festival. Details to be announced.

As always, we have lawn chairs available for you to borrow, as well as quilts for those of you who prefer to enjoy Tanglewood from the lawn. We can also make arrangements for picnics.