Think summer, Tanglewood — not Taylor

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Legendary musician James Taylor, a perennial favorite at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, will not be making an appearance this year, but the Boston Symphony Orchestra and an array of talent are sure to make the season memorable.
LENOX — Like old friends renewing a summer romance, ideal setting and song will meet once again on the grounds of Tanglewood Music Center when the weather grows warm. The Boston Symphony Orchestra last week released the 2004 season schedule, featuring a diverse mix of special musical events, celebrations and traditional favorites. The orchestra’s legendary former conductor Seiji Ozawa will return after a two-year absence. John Williams will mark his 25th year of association with the orchestra. Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Prairie Home Companion’s Garrison Keillor and a host of others will make appearances, and the eclectic Tanglewood Jazz Festival will close the season in September. Alas, though, fans of James Taylor will not get their Tanglewood fix this season, as the folk-rock stalwart is not on the schedule. Music lovers will have the opportunity to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ozawa Hall — featuring a gala concert led by Ozawa himself, returning for the first time as a visiting conductor — and to experience a range of artists, guest conductors and special performances. “We wanted to present as strong a season as we possibly could,” said Anthony Fogg, artistic administrator for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, “one that would appeal to a very wide-ranging audience. The BSO’s season will open on July 9 in dramatic fashion, with a performance of Wynton Marsalis’‚ “All Rise,” featuring Marsalis, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and vocal soloists. The work was given its premier by the BSO last fall at Symphony Hall in Boston. “It’s a very striking original piece,” Fogg said. Another highlight will be an Aug. 7 performance of Tan Dun’s “The Map,” with Yo-Yo Ma as a soloist. The multimedia work was written specifically for Ma and incorporates filmed field recordings portraying the musical life of several Chinese ethnic minorities, reflecting on the composer’s own roots. In showcasing “All Rise” and “The Map,” the organization will present some of Symphony Hall’s most recent and intriguing works in the striking Tanglewood setting. “We wanted to include a couple of these projects that we’ve done over the last couple of years — of which we’re particularly proud,” Fogg said. Prior to the BSO opener, Tanglewood will host concerts, beginning on July 1 and 2, when the Mark Morris Dance Group will return to collaborate with the music center for the second straight season. And one of the season’s most intriguing events will celebrate a concert venue, as well as the musicians and composers who have performed there. The Seiji Ozawa Hall 10th anniversary gala, slated for Aug. 1, will include a special program of three works by composers closely linked to Tanglewood. Former Boston Pops conductor John Williams will open the program, leading the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s “Benediction,” a piece that was performed at the first concert at Ozawa Hall. Ozawa, who resigned as BSO music director two years ago, will continue the program with Toru Takemitsu’s “Ceremonial, An Autumn Ode,” featuring Mayumi Miyata as soloist. According to Fogg, it promises to be a fitting tribute to both Ozawa and the concert hall named in his honor — a venue that has had a profound impact on the orchestra and Tanglewood. Over the last ten years, Fogg noted, Ozawa Hall has hosted some of the most outstanding musical performers in the world. “It's now one of the most sought after venues for performers,” Fogg said. “Acoustically, it's a marvel but aesthetically, there's something magical about the place.” Tanglewood will host several guest conductors from around the world, including former New York Philharmonic Music Director Kurt Masur, who will appear on opening night and again on July 16. Other visiting conductors will include Christoph von Dohnanyi, Charles Dutoit, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and Emmanuel Krivine. This year’s “Film Night at Tanglewood” on August 14 — a mix of movies and music that has become one of the center’s most popular annual draws — will feature a tribute to the late actress Audrey Hepburn and composers Bernard Hermann and Henry Mancini. Williams, former Boston Pops director and renowned film composer, will direct the program. Its centerpiece will be a performance of “Moon River” from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” with synched film footage of Hepburn singing the song. Williams led his first Boston Pops concerts at Tanglewood in 1979 and succeeded Author Fiedler as Pops director the following year. In honor of Williams’ 25 year association with the BSO, Ozawa Hall will host Aug. 8 and 9 performances of his seldom-heard 1964 arrangement of Lerner and Loewe's “My Fair Lady” for jazz orchestra and singers, as part of a special jazz evening. Several fans have noticed the absence from the schedule of James Taylor, famous folk and pop singer, who owns a home in the Berkshires, but Fogg pointed out that Taylor’s appearances are not necessarily annual events. Two years ago, Taylor served as a narrator for a Boston Pops performance, and then he and his band played an extended set on their own (while some Pops performers enjoyed a seat on stage). That show drew Tanglewood’s largest crowd ever and caused a massive traffic snarl in downtown Lenox. Last season, Taylor performed to a crowd of nearly 20,000 on a steamy summer night. Fogg said that the BSO “has a great relationship with James Taylor” and may bring him back to Tanglewood in the future. He added that he did not believe Taylor was currently booking shows for the upcoming summer because he is traveling abroad. “We hope to have him back soon but it won't be this season,” he said. Brochures, programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in March by calling 617-638-9467. Other season highlights are as follows: • Tanglewood on Parade, the annual daylong celebration, Aug. 3: Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, Laureate Conductor John Williams and conductor Christoph von Dohnányi will lead the evening's Koussevitzky Music Shed concert with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and Tanglewood orchestras, in a program to include Strauss' “Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks” Robert Russell Bennett's “Four Portraits,” "Immigration" and "Civil Rights," and "Flight" from Williams' “American Journey,” as well as a new version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" arranged by Williams (it was performed for the first time on New Year's Day at the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif.) The concert will close with the traditional performance of Tchaikovsky's “1812 Overture,” featuring cannon fire and a fireworks display over the Stockbridge Bowl afterward. • Second Annual Tanglewood Wine & Food Classic, Saturday, Aug. 7, noon to 5 p.m. Taste premium wines from over 100 vintners, including wines from the leading producing regions of the world. Breads, smoked meats and other specialty foods by renowned chefs from the Berkshires, Boston and New York. Here is the complete season schedule: TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER CONCERTS July 1 - Thursday and July 2 - Friday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra Mark Morris, choreographer Craig Smith, conductor Michael Chybowski, James F. Ingalls, Nicole Pearce, and Phil Sandstrom, lighting designers Martin Pakledinaz and Susan Ruddie, costume designers "Marble Halls" J.S. BACH Concerto No. 1 for oboe, violin, and strings, BWV 1060 "All Fours" BARTOK String Quartet No. 4 "Beautiful Day" attrib J.S. BACH Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, BWV 53 "Gloria" VIVALDI Gloria in D, RV 589 July 4 through August 22 - Sundays 10:00am Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Ozawa Hall* Chamber Music * except Aug 1, Theatre July 5 - Monday 8:30pm Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Ozawa Hall Ingo Metzmacher, conductor DALLAPICCOLA Variations for Orchestra SCHOENBERG Five Pieces for Orchestra BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique July 7 - Wednesday 7:00pm Tanglewood Music Center Ozawa Hall Opening Exercises July 10 through August 21 - Saturdays 6:00pm Ozawa Hall* Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Prelude Concerts Admission to the 6pm prelude concert is free, but restricted to 8:30pm Shed concert ticket holders. * except Aug 14, Theatre July 11 - Sunday 8:30pm Chamber Music Hall Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Chamber Music July 12 - Monday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Kurt Masur, conductor Annalena Persson, soprano TMC Conducting Fellows MENDELSSOHN Ruy Blas Overture KODALY Háry János Suite WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish July 19 - Monday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor HAYDN Symphony No. 1 HAYDN Symphony No. 6, Le Matin STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben July 22 - Thursday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Chamber Music July 29 - Thursday 10:00am - 5:00pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Fellows String Quartet Marathon July 29 - Thursday and July 31 - Saturday 8:00pm (July 29) 2:30pm (July 31) Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra Stefan Asbury, conductor Theatre David Kneuss, director John Michael Deegan and Sarah G. Conly, design BRITTEN A Midsummer Night's Dream August 10 - Tuesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Chamber Music 2004 Festival of Contemporary Music August 12-16, Robert Spano, director Five days of new music performed by TMC Fellows, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and guest artists, including the following concerts: August 12 - Thursday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall The Fromm Concert at Tanglewood Meridian Arts Ensemble Helen Bugallo, piano Elliott Sharp, sound artist SANFORD Corpus BARBER Semahane (Whirling Wall) CARTER Brass Quintet SHARP Beyond the Curve ZAPPA Selected works August 13 - Friday 2:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Works by RANDS, A. WILLIAMS, and LINDBERG August 14 - Saturday 2:30pm Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Theatre Works by HARVEY, SAARIAHO, and STOCKHAUSEN 6:00pm Theatre Tanglewood Music Center Fellows New Fromm Players Composition Film Project Showing Prelude Concert August 15 - Sunday 10:00am Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Dawn Upshaw, soprano Works by PERLE, SHENG, SALONEN, and CARTER 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Lucy Shelton, soprano Works by ZUPKO, SALLINEN, McCAFFREY, and RANDS August 16 - Monday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra Robert Spano, conductor GANDOLFI New work SALONEN Insomnia BERIO Sinfonia August 17 - Tuesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Chamber Music August 19 Thursday 1:30pm Tanglewood Music Center Fellows Theatre Chamber Music August 22 - Sunday 2:30pm Shed The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra James DePreist, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano Works by MAHLER and BEETHOVEN TANGLEWOOD, 2004 SEASON July 1 - Thursday and July 2 - Friday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra Mark Morris, choreographer Craig Smith, conductor Michael Chybowski, James F. Ingalls, Nicole Pearce, and Phil Sandstrom, lighting designers Martin Pakledinaz and Susan Ruddie, costume designers "Marble Halls" J.S. BACH Concerto No. 1 for oboe, violin, and strings, BWV 1060 "All Fours" BARTOK String Quartet No. 4 "Beautiful Day" attrib J.S. BACH Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, BWV 53 "Gloria" VIVALDI Gloria in D, RV 589 July 3 - Saturday 5:45pm Shed "A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor" Live broadcast Sponsored by Lands' End and Select Comfort July 4 - Sunday 7pm Shed Popular Artists Series Diana Krall Fireworks to follow the concert July 6 - Tuesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Boston Baroque Martin Pearlman, music director Sharon Baker and Kristen Watson, sopranos Mark Tucker, Lynton Atkinson, and Frank Kelley, tenors Nicholas Isherwood and Mark Andrew Cleveland, baritones MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610 July 8 - Thursday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Juilliard String Quartet HAYDN Quartet in F minor, Op. 55, No. 2 BARTOK Quartet No. 1, Op. 7 BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 July 9 - Friday 6:00pm Ozawa Hall Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Concert 8:30pm Shed Opening Night at Tanglewood Boston Symphony Orchestra Kurt Masur, conductor Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Laquita Mitchell, soprano Cynthia Hardy, mezzo-soprano Brian Robinson, tenor Robert Honeysucker, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor MARSALIS All Rise July 10 - Saturday 9:30am Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk 10:30am Shed Open Rehearsal, Sunday July 11 program 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor ALL-RAVEL PROGRAM Piano Concerto in D, for the left hand Daphnis et Chloé (complete) July 11 - Sunday 2:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, conductor Emanuel Ax, pia MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 July 13 - Tuesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Bryn Terfel, baritone Malcolm Martineau, piano Songs by SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, TOSTI, BRITTEN and COPLAND. July 14 - Wednesday 8:30pm Shed Boston Pops Orchestra Marvin Hamlisch, conductor Maestro Hamlisch makes his return to Tanglewood with an evening of music and comedy July 15 - Thursday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Pierre-Laurent Aimard, pia BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No.2, Tempest CARTER Night Fantasies IVES Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840-1890 July 16 - Friday 6:00pm Ozawa Hall Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Concert 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Kurt Masur, conductor Midori, violin GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto DVORAK Symphony No. 9, From the New World July 17 - Saturday 9:30am Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk 10:30am Shed Open Rehearsal, Saturday, July 17 program 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Bryn Terfel, baritone Tanglewood Festival Chorus John Oliver, conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 WAGNER Excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg July 18 Sunday 2:30pm Shed Orchestra of St. Luke?s Donald Runnicles, conductor Joshua Bell, violi ROSSINI Overture to L?italiana in Algeri BRAHMS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 July 21 - Wednesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Emerson String Quartet BRITTEN Quartet No. 2 in C, Op. 36 TOWER Incandescent SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 117 July 23 - Friday 6:00pm Ozawa Hall Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Concert 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Hans Graf, conductor Claudio Bohórquez, cello ALL-DVORAK PROGRAM Othello Overture Cello Concerto Symphony No. 7 July 24 - Saturday 9:30am Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk 10:30am Shed Open Rehearsal, Sunday, July 25 progra 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Patrick Summers, conductor Renée Fleming, soprano An evening of popular arias and songs, including music from MOZART's Così fan tutte, MASSENET's Manon, PUCCINI's Gianni Schicchi, and CATALANI's La Wally, plus classics of musical theater, including Stephen SONDHEIM's Passion and Richard RODGERS's Carousel July 25 - Sunday 2:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Mark Elder, conducto Peter Serkin, piano VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Winds DEBUSSY Prélude à l?Après-midi d'un faune ELGAR i>Enigma Variations Sponsored by TDK July 27 - Tuesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Richard Goode, piano July 28 - Wednesday 8:30pm The Hilliard Ensemble Michelle Makarski, violin Javier Diaz and Lynn Vartan, percussion Donald Crockett, conductor HARTKE Tituli plus unaccompanied Renaissance choral works July 29 - Thursday 8:00pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra Stefan Asbury, conductor Theatre David Kneuss, director John Michael Deegan and Sarah G. Conly, design BRITTEN A Midsummer Night'?s Dream July 30 - Friday 6pm Ozawa Hall Prelude Concert Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Edo de Waart, conductor Richard Goode, piano Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor HAYDN Te Deum MOZART Ave Verum Corpus MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491 HAYDN Symphony No. 92, Oxford July 31 - Saturday 9:30am Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk 10:30am Shed Open Rehearsal, Sunday, August 1 program 2:30pm Theatre Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra Stefan Asbury, conductor Theatre David Kneuss, director John Michael Deegan and Sarah G. Conly, design BRITTEN A Midsummer Night's Dream 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin SCHNITTKE (K)ein Sommernachtstraum MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 Sponsored by Delta Air Lines August 1 - Sunday 2:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra John Williams, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano James Sommerville, horn COPLAND Suite from The Tender Land COPLAND Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson WILLIAMS Horn Concerto WILLIAMS Soundings August 1 - Sunday Ozawa Hall 10th Anniversary Celebration Galas 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Seiji Ozawa, conductor John Williams, conductor Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano Yundi Li, piano Mayumi Miyata, sho Boston Symphony Chamber Players Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor BERNSTEIN Benediction TAKEMITSU Ceremonial, An Autumn Ode for sho and orchestra COPLAND In the Beginning WAGNER Siegfried Idyll LISZT Tarantella CHOPIN Fantasie-Impromptu August 3 - Tuesday Tanglewood on Parade 8:30pm* Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi, Keith Lockhart, and John Williams, conductors STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks BENNETT Four Freedoms WILLIAMS Immigration, Civil Rights, and Flight from American Journey TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture arr. WILLIAMS The Star-Spangled Banner Fireworks to follow the concert August 4 - Wednesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 TELEMANN Concerto in B-flat for three oboes, three violins, and orchestra J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046 August 5 - Thursday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment J.S. BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 174, Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte BENDA Flute Concerto in E minor J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, BWV 1051 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 HEINICHEN Sonata for two horns and strings J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 August 6 - Friday 6:00pm Ozawa Hall Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Concert 8:30pm* Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 August 7 - Saturday 9:30am Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk 10:30am Shed Open Rehearsal, Sunday, August 8 program 8:30pm* Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Tan Dun, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello Silk Road Ensembl TAN DUN The Map, Concerto for Cello, Video, and Orchestra plus ensemble works inspired by the rich musical traditions of the Silk Road August 8 - Sunday 2:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Christof Perick, conductor Christian Zacharias, piano ALL-MOZART PROGRAM Serenade No. 12 in C minor for winds, K.388 Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482 Symphony No. 41, Jupiter August 8 - Sunday and August 9 - Monday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall John Williams, musical direction Brian Stokes Mitchell, baritone Ensemble LERNER and LOEWE (arr. WILLIAMS) My Fair Lady (arranged for singers and jazz orchestra) Plus Jazz favorites August 11 - Wednesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano DEBUSSY Twelve Preludes, Book 2 LISZT Les Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este from Annés de pèlerinage, Book 2, Italy LISZT Ballade No. 2 WAGNER (arr. LISZT) "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhäuser WAGNER (arr. LISZT) Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde VERDI (arr. LISZT) Rigoletto Paraphrase August 12 - Thursday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall The Fromm Concert at Tanglewood Meridian Arts Ensemble Helen Bugallo, piano Elliott Sharp, sound artist SANFORD Corpus BARBER Semahane (Whirling Wall) CARTER Brass Quintet SHARP Beyond the Curve ZAPPA Selected works August 13 - Friday 6:00pm Ozawa Hall Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Concert 8:30pm* Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Deborah Voigt, soprano WAGNER Prelude to Lohengrin, Act 1 WAGNER Wesendonck Songs PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet August 14 - Saturday 9:30am Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk 10:30am Shed Open Rehearsal, Saturday, August 14 program Film Night at Tanglewood 8:30pm* Shed Boston Pops Concert John Williams, conductor John Williams and the Pops pay tribute to two great composers of music for film, Bernard HERMANN and Henry MANCINI. The program will include film and musical excerpts from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and North by Northwest, plus Mancini's scores to Peter Gunn and The Pink Panther. The concert will also celebrate the life and work of Audrey Hepburn. August 15 - Sunday 2:30pm Shed The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert Boston Symphony Orchestra Robert Spano, conductor André Watts, piano RANDS ...body and shadow... MacDOWELL Piano Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II August 18 - Wednesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Boston Symphony Chamber Players Dawn Upshaw, soprano ROSSINI Quartet No. 1 in F for flute, clarinet, horn, and bassoon GOLIJOV Work for soprano and ensemble DVORAK String Quintet in G, Op. 77 August 19 - Thursday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Christian Tetzlaff, violin Lars Vogt, piano ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 108 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 August 20 - Friday 6:00pm Ozawa Hall Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Concert 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Emmanuel Krivine, conductor Lars Vogt, piano MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusine Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 August 21 - Saturday 9:30am Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk 10:30am Shed Open Rehearsal, Saturday, August 21 program 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Emmanuel Krivine, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin Truls Mork, cello ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM Tragic Overture Double Concerto Symphony No. 2 August 22 - Sunday August 22 - Sunday 2:30pm Shed The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra James DePreist, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 MAHLER Symphony No. 1 August 23 - Monday 8:30pm Shed Boston Pops Concert Keith Lockhart, conductor Kristin Chenoweth, vocalist Broadway's hottest diva joins Keith Lockhart for an evening of Broadway's greatest hits! August 25 - Wednesday 8:30pm Ozawa Hall Martha Argerich and Alexander Gurning, pianos Program to include PROKOFIEV Suite from Cinderella August 27 - Friday 6:00pm Ozawa Hall Prelude Concert Tanglewood Festival Chorus John Oliver, conductor 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano Alexander Gurning, piano (Poulenc) MOZART Symphony No. 35, Haffner POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos RAVEL Piano Concerto in G STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) August 28 - Saturday 9:30am Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk 10:30am Shed Open Rehearsal, Sunday, August 29 program 8:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Charles Dutoit, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 version) RAVEL La Valse August 29 - Sunday 2:30pm Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 Sponsored by EMC Corporation TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL September 3 Friday through September 5 Sunday This season's Jazz Festival will take place the weekend of Friday, September 3, through Sunday, September 5, with evening and afternoon concerts. Details will be announced at a later date. SECOND ANNUAL TANGLEWOOD WINE & FOOD CLASSIC August 7, 2004 Saturday 12-5pm Tanglewood Grounds Join us this summer for the Second Annual Tanglewood Wine & Food Classic. Taste premium wines from over 100 vintners including wines from the leading producing regions of the world. Feast on fabulous artisan breads, smoked meats and other specialty foods. Meet renowned chefs from the Berkshires, Boston and New York who will demonstrate their skills while answering questions and sharing kitchen secrets during hourly demonstrations throughout the day. Visit with winemakers and culinary experts and enjoy world class food selections in the bucolic ambiance of Tanglewood. Last year the event sold out, so purchase your tickets in advance to guarantee your place. Tickets: $95 New this year! Thursday evening, August 5th there will be a Gala Wine Dinner and Wine Auction held at Seranak which will benefit Tanglewood. Save the date for this exclusive event.
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BRPC Submits Grants for Berkshire County

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission recently submitted grant applications on behalf of the county's municipalities. 

On March 5, the BRPC agreed to submit four grants to the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Grant Program.

One was for the Clarksburg Bank Stabilization Project in partnership with the town. This will address the aggressive bank erosion where the former Briggsville Dam was removed, mitigating property loss for residents in the Carson Avenue area of Clarksburg. The area was graded and naturalized on the removal of the old dam but was scoured out by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. 

Another is for "Ghost Dams Inventory Mapping." This will help address numerous unmapped nonjurisdictional dams throughout the county, many of which are not maintained and no longer serve a purpose. "Ghost dams" can often be an unknown safety hazard and are a barrier to fish and wildlife. 

The Housatonic Road Stream Crossing Management Plans grant will help to complete a fully mapped and assessed inventory of culverts in the towns of Lee, Cheshire, Hinsdale, Dalton and possibly Lanesborough. Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Greenagers, Housatonic Valley Association and Mass Audubon will also work with the towns to identify priority culvert replacements based on culvert condition, environmental priority, and climate risk. 

The Berkshire Climate Career Lab in partnership with Ethos Pathways, a climate readiness coach, to create a High School career program to prepare students interested in climate careers, explore opportunities, and build skills. 

Also submitted were two applications to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's EmPower Implementation Grant Program.

A $150,000 Housing Energy Efficiency Rehabilitation grant would create a more cohesive pipeline for residents within the Community Development Block Grant housing rehabilitation program to receive funding and support through the MassSave Program, which supports energy efficiency, and Berkshire Community Action Council.

A $150,000 Air Quality Monitoring grant would fund the rest of the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air quality monitoring grant. It will help to ensure that the indoor and outdoor air quality sensors will provide valuable data not seen before in Berkshire County.

The BRPC board also accepted $25,000 from The Nature Conservancy, which will be used to help support culvert replacements for municipalities in the county.

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