Tanglewood showcases conductor James Conlon

12:00AM / Tuesday, August 06, 2002Print Story | Email Story

Conductor James Conlon makes the first of two appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra this summer at Tanglewood on Friday, August 16, at 8:30 p.m. in the Koussevitzky Music Shed, leading the BSO and pianist Emanuel Ax in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503, on a program with two works by DvorÃ¡k - his Carnival Overture and Symphony No. 7. On Saturday, August 17, at 8:30 p.m. in the Shed, Tanglewood Music Center Director of Conducting Studies and Atlanta Symphony Music Director Robert Spano leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra, TMC Vocal Fellows, and soprano Valdine Anderson in Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's ChÃ¢teau de l'Ã¢me, for soprano, eight female voices, and orchestra. This program also includes Barber's Violin Concerto with soloist Miriam Fried and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2. Please note that Ms. Fried replaces the previously announced Pamela Frank, who had to withdraw from her engagement with the BSO because she is recuperating from a hand injury. Sir Neville Marriner returns to Tanglewood for the first time since 1995 on Sunday, August 18, at 2:30 p.m. in the Shed, leading the first of his two Boston Symphony concerts this summer. Vadim Repin joins Sir Neville and the BSO as soloist in Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, on a program opening with Mozart's Symphony No. 35, Haffner, and closing with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3, Polish. Highly acclaimed Finnish soprano Karita Mattila follows up her August 10 BSO debut with her Tanglewood recital debut on Wednesday, August 14, at 8:30 p.m. in Seiji Ozawa Hall. Ms. Mattila will perform songs by Schubert, Strauss, Mahler, Duparc, and Sibelius with pianist Martin Katz. The esteemed Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio returns to Tanglewood on Thursday, August 15, at 8:30 p.m. in Ozawa Hall, with a program to include Beethoven's Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 11, Leon Kirchner's Piano Trio No. 2, and Brahms' Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8. On Friday, August 16, at 6 p.m. in Ozawa Hall, conductor Robert Spano takes a turn at the keyboard, joining Boston Symphony Orchestra members Aza Raykhtsaum (violin), Michael Zaretsky (viola), and BSO Principal Cellist Jules Eskin in Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K.478, part of a Prelude Concert prior to the Friday-evening BSO concert. This Prelude Concert - free to ticketholders for that evening's BSO concert - also includes Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence in D, for string sextet, Op. 70, featuring violinist Vadim Repin, Ms. Raykhtsaum, Mr. Zaretsky, Mr. Eskin, and BSO members Kazuko Matsusaka (viola) and Jonathan Miller (cello). Tanglewood Music Center Concerts The Tanglewood Music Center, the BSO's advanced music academy for young performers and composers, presents a 50th anniversary concert performance of Leonard Bernstein's opera Trouble in Tahiti - a work given its second-ever performance at the then-Berkshire Music Center in August 1952 - on Monday, August 12, at 8:30 p.m. in Seiji Ozawa Hall. This special performance will feature the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and members of the TCM Vocal Program, led by conductor Federico Cortese with direction by Marc Astafan. This program opens with Haydn's Symphony No. 8 in G, Le Soir, and Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite, both led by TMC Conducting Fellow Scott Parkman. Earlier on Monday, at 12:30 p.m., the TMC presents a Steinway Series Piano Recital in the Theatre. On Tuesday, August 13, at 8:30 p.m. in Ozawa Hall, Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center will give a concert of chamber music by Ravel, Mozart, and Franck. On Saturday, August 17, at 2:30 p.m. in the Theatre, Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center will give a concert of chamber music by Mozart, Ives, DvorÃ¡k, and TMC Composition Fellow Tian Zhou. The TMC continues its new series of Saturday-evening TMC Prelude Concerts on Saturday, August 17, at 6 p.m. in the Theatre, with a program of chamber and vocal music of Saariaho and Barber. This program is free to ticketholders for that evening's BSO concert. On Sunday, August 18, at 10 a.m. in Ozawa Hall, Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center will give a concert of chamber and vocal music of Brahms, Hindemith, and Schubert. Later on Sunday, at 8:30 p.m. in Ozawa Hall, TMC Fellows will give a concert of chamber music of Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, and Brahms. Tanglewood Ticket Information Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is located in Lenox, Mass. The 2002 season continues through September, concluding with the annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival over Labor Day Weekend. Tickets for the Boston Symphony concerts on August 16 (with conductor James Conlon and pianist Emanuel Ax), August 17 (with conductor Robert Spano, soprano Valdine Anderson, and violinist Miriam Fried), and August 18 (with conductor Sir Neville Marriner and violinist Vadim Repin) are priced from $17 to $78, with lawn tickets available at $14.50. Tickets for Karita Mattila's August 14 Ozawa Hall recital with pianist Martin Katz are priced at $27, $34, and $42, with lawn tickets available at $13. Tickets for the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio recital in Ozawa Hall on August 15 are priced at $27, $34, and $42, with lawn tickets available at $13. Open Rehearsals are general admission at $15. Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra tickets are $20 for inside Ozawa Hall and $10 for lawn tickets (please note: prices are for Ozawa Hall TMCO concerts only). Other TMC concerts and recitals in Ozawa Hall are priced at $10. To charge tickets to a major credit card, call SymphonyCharge at 617-266-1200 or 888-266-1200. Tickets are also available for purchase in person at the Tanglewood Box Office at Tanglewood's Main Gate on West Street in Lenox, Mass. American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Discover, personal checks, and cash are all accepted at the Tanglewood Box Office. The Box Office is open every day at 10 a.m. (9 a.m. for Open Rehearsals) and closed at 6 p.m. on non-concert evenings; at intermission on Shed concert evenings; and one-half hour after the start of concerts on Ozawa Hall concert evenings. Tickets may also be purchased online through the Tanglewood website, www.tanglewood.org. There is a service charge for each ticket purchased on line or by phone. Tanglewood concerts are broadcast live on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons in Boston on WCRB 102.5 FM, in Albany on WAMC 90.3 FM, and in Connecticut on WMNR 88.1 FM; in addition, Sunday afternoon concerts are broadcast in Boston on WGBH 89.7 FM. Tanglewood is handicapped-accessible. In consideration of all patrons, Tanglewood continues to offer a smoke-free environment this season. Designated smoking areas are marked outside the Tanglewood entrance gates. All programs and artists are subject to change. For further information on Tanglewood, including complete concert programs, call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 413-637-5165. Tanglewood is on the Internet at www.tanglewood.org.

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