Tanglewood announces 2002 summer schedule; Seiji Ozawa saluted; Linda Ronstadt to perform on Indepen

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The Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2002 summer season at Tanglewood will feature a special weekend of farewell concerts saluting outgoing BSO Music Director Seiji Ozawa, a 70th-birthday tribute to Boston Pops Laureate Conductor and Tanglewood Artist-in-Residence John Williams. The schedule will also celebrate Kurt Masur's final concerts as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. The Boston Symphony opens its 2002 season at Tanglewood on July 5, with conductor Rafael FrÃ¼hbeck de Burgos leading the orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection , with soloists Elizabeth Futral and Sara Mingardo and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor. Season Overview This summer, Seiji Ozawa ends his 29-year tenure as BSO Music Director at Tanglewood, where he first encountered the Boston Symphony as a Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellow in 1960. As a tribute to Mr. Ozawa for his unwavering leadership and brilliant musical vision since 1973, on July 12-14 Tanglewood presents a weekend of special concerts for and featuring Mr. Ozawa, with the Boston Symphony,the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and a star-studded lineup of guest artists, including Jessye Norman, Vinson Cole, Florence Quivar, Marcus Roberts, Mstislav Rostropovich, Peter Serkin, and the Boys Choir of Harlem. Tanglewood also honors John Williams this summer, in his 70th birthday year, with a pair of concerts on August 3 and 4 - the first a special Boston Pops "Film Night" showcasing his classic film scores, the second a Boston Symphony all-John Williams program of the composer's acclaimed concert music, featuring Yo-Yo Ma as guest soloist. Other 2002 Tanglewood season highlights include Kurt Masur's final two concerts as music director of the New York Philharmonic, on July 20 and 21, and a performance of Osvaldo Golijov's La PasiÃ³n SegÃºn San Marcos on August 22 under conductor Robert Spano. American repertoire occupies a central position in programming this summer, with works by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom, Elliott Carter, Lukas Foss, John Harbison, Leon Kirchner, Ralph Shapey, Bright Sheng, and John Williams figuring in BSO, chamber, and TMC concerts throughout the season. The Boston Symphony will give 22 concerts throughout the summer, featuring an internationally acclaimed lineup of guest artists, including Emanuel Ax (August 16), Joshua Bell (August 9), Claudio BohÃ³rquez in his BSO debut (August 24), Pamela Frank (August 17), James Galway (July 19), Matthias Goerne (July 7), Susan Graham (July 26), Jonathan Lemalu in his American debut (July 28), Karita Mattila in her BSO debut (August 10), Sara Mingardo in her Tanglewood debut (July 5), Itzhak Perlman (July 6), Peter Serkin (July 14 and August 23), and Gil Shaham (August 11). After highly successful collaborations with the Boston Symphony over the past two summers, conductor Rafael FrÃ¼hbeck de Burgos opens the BSO season at Tanglewood on July 5 and leads a second program with the orchestra on July 6. Other guest conductors leading the Boston Symphony this season include Roberto Abbado (July 7), James Conlon (August 16 and 23), Hans Graf (July 26 and 28), Neeme JÃ¤rvi (August 9 and 11), Emmanuel Krivine (August 2), Sir Neville Marriner (August 18 and 24), Sir Roger Norrington (August 25), Robert Spano (August 17 and 22), Jeffrey Tate (July 27), and Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤ in his BSO debut (August 10). The Boston Pops will make three appearances at Tanglewood in 2002. Laureate Conductor John Williams and the orchestra will be joined by singer-songwriter James Taylor on July 17, and Mr. Williams will lead a special "Film Night" as part of his 70th-birthday celebration on August 3. Conductor Keith Lockhart will lead the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra in the last orchestral concert of the summer on August 26, featuring selections from the Pops' upcoming Richard Rodgers album and a sing-along to The Sound of Music . For this year's Tanglewood on Parade, on July 30, John Williams and Hans Graf will share the podium for a concert featuring the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Tanglewood Music Center orchestras. Video screens will return to Tanglewood for the Koussevitzky Music Shed concerts on July 12, 13, 17, and 30 (Tanglewood on Parade), and on August 2 and 3. Video screens at Tanglewood are sponsored by American Express Company. Minnesota Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion , with host Garrison Keillor, will broadcast live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed for the third consecutive year on June 29. Linda Ronstadt will be featured with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra on July 4, highlighting Tanglewood's Independence Day celebration. Tanglewood's 2002 Seiji Ozawa Hall schedule includes a rare recital by Jessye Norman, as well as recitals by Matthias Goerne, Richard Goode, and Karita Mattila. The Ozawa Hall season opens in June with concerts by the Juilliard String Quartet (June 27 and 28) and the Borromeo String Quartet with Dawn Upshaw and clarinetist Todd Palmer (June 30), all featuring quartets by Beethoven and prominent American composers. Other Ozawa Hall highlights include the Emerson String Quartet in an all-Beethoven concert on July 16, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players on August 6, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under conductor Joseph Swensen on August 7, and the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio on August 15. Celebrating Seiji Seiji Ozawa ends his 29 years as Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director - the longest tenure in BSO history - with a weekend of special concerts July 12-14 featuring some of his closest friends and most cherished collaborators. On Friday, July 12, Mr. Ozawa - who first came to know the BSO, Tanglewood, and America as a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow in 1960 - takes part in the annual Leonard Bernstein Concert, leading the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in DvorÃ¡k's Cello Concerto, featuring his "musical brother," Mstislav Rostropovich, as soloist. This program, which opens with BSO Assistant Conductor Federico Cortese leading the TMCO in the Overture to Bernstein's Candide , closes with Brahms' Symphony No. 1 under Mr. Ozawa. On Saturday, July 13, Tanglewood salutes Seiji Ozawa with "Seiji and Friends," a gala concert event featuring Mr. Ozawa, conductors Mstislav Rostropovich and John Williams, and a lineup of soloists to include soprano Jessye Norman, jazz pianist Marcus Roberts, the Boys Choir of Harlem , Dr. Walter Turnbull, director, and surprise guests. Further details of this special event - which promises to become one of the most memorable events in Tanglewood's history - will be announced at a later date. This concert is sponsored by NEC. Seiji Ozawa leads his final Boston Symphony concert as Music Director on Sunday, July 14 - a special program opening with a work for which he is renowned, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. The concert closes with Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, here featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and an internationally acclaimed cast of soloists, including Peter Serkin, Christine Goerke, Florence Quivar, Vinson Cole, Anthony Dean Griffey, and Paul Plishka . John Williams 70th Birthday Salute Tanglewood Artist-in-Residence, Boston Pops Laureate Conductor, and world-famous composer John Williams turns 70 on February 8, and this summer's Tanglewood season offers a special birthday present, as Tanglewood salutes Mr. Williams with two concerts spotlighting the immense scope of his work in film and orchestral music. On August 3, Mr. Williams will lead the Boston Pops Orchestra in a special "Film Night," featuring music from Mr. Williams' acclaimed film score repertoire, with accompanying scenes from the films to be projected for both Shed and lawn audience members on video screens. On August 4, cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins Mr. Williams and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mr. Williams' Cello Concerto; Heartwood, a recent work for cello and orchestra; and Rosewood and Pickin', both for solo cello, part of a program showcasing Mr. Williams' wide range of composition. This concert opens with Sound the Bells! (written to celebrate with the people of Japan the wedding of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako Owada in June 1993), and also includes American Journey (Immigration and Building) from Steven Spielberg's short film The Unfinished Journey (commissioned by the White House for the millennial New Year's Eve celebration) and Adventures on Earth , from Mr. Williams' film score to E.T. The Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood After highly successful collaborations with the Boston Symphony over the past two summers, conductor Rafael FrÃ¼hbeck de Burgos returns to Tanglewood for the first of two programs with the orchestra on July 5, opening the BSO's Tanglewood season with Mahler's powerful Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, here featuring soprano Elizabeth Futral, mezzo-soprano Sara Mingardo, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor. On July 6, Mr. FrÃ¼hbeck de Burgos and the Boston Symphony will be joined by violinist Itzhak Perlman in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. This program opens with Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4, Italian, and also includes Respighi's Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome. Following his acclaimed BSO debut last summer, baritone Matthias Goerne returns to the Koussevitzky Music Shed on July 7 to perform orchestral songs of Hugo Wolf with conductor Roberto Abbado and the Boston Symphony. This program opens with Barber's Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance and closes with DvorÃ¡k's Symphony No. 9, From the New World . Making his first appearance at Tanglewood since 1997, flutist James Galway joins BSO Assistant Conductor Federico Cortese and the Boston Symphony on July 19 in William Bolcom's Flute Concerto, on a program with the overture to Rossini's The Siege of Corinth and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. Conductor Hans Graf leads the first of three concerts (including Tanglewood on Parade) with the Boston Symphony on July 26, a concert featuring mezzo-soprano Susan Graham as soloist in Berlioz's Les Nuits d'Ã©tÃ© as part of a program also including Weber's Oberon Overture and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5. On July 27, AndrÃ© Watts will be featured with the Boston Symphony and conductor Jeffrey Tate in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2. This program also includes Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales and Elgar's Cockaigne Overture. Mr. Graf returns to the podium on July 28, leading the BSO in an all-Mozart program including the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466, with French pianist Frank Braley in his BSO debut, and Requiem with soprano Heidi Grant Murphy, mezzo-soprano Paula Rasmussen, tenor John Mark Ainsley, bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu in his American debut, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. On August 2, conductor Emmanuel Krivine leads the Boston Symphony with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Ravel's Piano Concerto in G. This program opens with Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice and closes with Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. Following a five-year absence from Tanglewood, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Music Director Neeme JÃ¤rvi leads concerts with the Boston Symphony and two of America's most acclaimed young violinists this summer. The first of these programs, on August 9, features Joshua Bell in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, on a program with Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5. The second, on August 11, has Gil Shaham as soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. This program opens with Tchaikovsky's Capriccio italien and closes with Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5. The August 10 Boston Symphony concert features two BSO debuts, as world-renowned Finnish soprano Karita Mattila joins the orchestra and newly appointed Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤ in Beethoven's concert aria, "Ah! perfido" and Sibelius' Luonnotar , for soprano and orchestra. This program opens with Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and closes with Sibelius' Symphony No. 5. Conductor James Conlon makes the first of two appearances with the Boston Symphony this summer on August 16, leading the BSO and pianist Emanuel Ax in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503, on a program with Mozart's Symphony No. 32 and DvorÃ¡k's Symphony No. 7. On August 17, TMC Director of Conducting Studies and Atlanta Symphony Music Director Robert Spano leads the Boston Symphony, TMC Vocal Fellows, and soprano Valdine Anderson in Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's Chateau de l'Ã¢me, for soprano, eight female voices, and orchestra. This program also includes Barber's Violin Concerto with soloist Pamela Frank and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2. Sir Neville Marriner returns to Tanglewood for the first time since 1995 on August 18, leading the BSO in the first of two concerts this summer. Violinist Vadim Repin joins Sir Neville and the orchestra 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 . James Conlon's second appearance with the Boston Symphony this summer, on August 23, is an all-Mozart program featuring pianist Peter Serkin, in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K.453, on a program with the composer's Symphony No. 39 and Symphony No. 36, Linz. Sir Neville Marriner returns to the podium on August 24, in a concert featuring the Boston Symphony debut of cellist Claudio BohÃ³rquez, as soloist in Schumann's Cello Concerto, on a program with the overture to Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers and Elgar's Enigma Variations. The Boston Symphony's 2002 season at Tanglewood closes on August 25 with a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, led by Sir Roger Norrington and featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus , John Oliver, conductor, and vocal soloists to be named. Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic This season, Tanglewood is pleased to present Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic in their first Tanglewood concerts since 1990 and Mr. Masur's final concerts as Music Director of the Philharmonic. On July 20, New York Philharmonic principals Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster, and Carter Brey, cello, join Mr. Masur and the New York Philharmonic as soloists in Brahms' Double Concerto, on a program with Mahler's Symphony No. 1. Mr. Masur's farewell concert with the New York Philharmonic, on July 21, will be an all-Beethoven program featuring the composer's Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, with Yefim Bronfman, and the Symphony No. 3, Eroica . Tanglewood on Parade Tanglewood on Parade, the annual day-long celebration of Tanglewood, will take place on July 30. Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams and conductor Hans Graf will lead the evening's Koussevitzky Music Shed concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, in a program to include the Suite No. 2 from Ravel's Daphnis et ChloÃ©, music from Mr. Williams' film score to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and the traditional closing performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture with cannon and a fireworks display over the Stockbridge Bowl following the concert. Tanglewood on Parade is sponsored by Filene's. The Boston Pops In addition to a "Film Night" that is part of the John Williams' 70th birthday celebration (August 3) and Tanglewood on Parade, the Boston Pops will be featured in two additional concerts this summer at Tanglewood. James Taylor returns to Tanglewood on July 17 to join Mr. Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra in a special evening of Mr. Taylor's music. On August 26, for the final orchestral concert of the 2002 Tanglewood season, Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra in a centennial tribute to American Broadway composer Richard Rodgers, including music from the Boston Pops' upcoming Richard Rodgers album (scheduled for release on RCA Victor in April 2002) and a sing-along to The Sound of Music . Recitals and Concerts in Seiji Ozawa Hall The first weekend of chamber music in Seiji Ozawa Hall this summer features music of Beethoven paired with significant works from the recent American repertoire. The Juilliard String Quartet returns to Tanglewood to open the 2002 Ozawa Hall season on June 27 and 28 with two concerts on this theme. The first includes Beethoven's Quartet in A, Op. 18, No. 5, Elliott Carter's Quartet No. 5, and Schubert's Quartet in G, D.887. The second includes Haydn's Quartet in B-flat, Op. 76, No. 4, Beethoven's Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131, and Ralph Shapey's recent Quartet No. 10. On June 30, soprano Dawn Upshaw and clarinetist Todd Palmer join the Borromeo String Quartet in Osvaldo Golijov's Songs with string quartet and clarinet, on a program with Debussy's Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, and Beethoven's Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127. In early July, Tanglewood is proud to offer two of the world's great vocalists in recital at Ozawa Hall. On July 9, the incomparable Jessye Norman gives her first recital performance in Ozawa Hall. Lyric baritone Matthias Goerne follows up his acclaimed Tanglewood debut last season with a return to Ozawa Hall on July 10, performing songs of Schubert and Schumann with pianist Eric Schneider. The Emerson String Quartet returns to Tanglewood for a special performance of Beethoven's Razumovsky Quartets, Op. 59 Nos. 1-3 on July 16. Pianist Richard Goode, soloist in last summer's memorable performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503, gives his first Tanglewood recital since 1996 on August 1. Mr. Goode's program includes Mozart's Sonata in F, K.533/494, four Preludes by Debussy, Beethoven's Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, Les Adieux , and Schubert's Sonata in A, D.959. The Boston Symphony Chamber Players give their only performance of the 2002 Tanglewood season on August 6 in Ozawa Hall. Baritone William Sharp and conductor Ludovic Morlot join the Chamber Players for John Harbison's Words from Paterson for baritone and ensemble, on a program with Mozart's Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello, K.370, Dutilleux's Les Citations , and Brahms' Quintet in B minor for clarinet and strings, Op. 115. One of the world's leading chamber ensembles, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, comes to Tanglewood this season for an Ozawa Hall concert on August 7. Conductor Joseph Swensen leads this program, which includes Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456, with pianist Imogen Cooper, and Schoenberg's arrangement of Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer featuring baritone Wolfgang Holzmair. This program opens with the overture to Mozart's La clemenza di Tito and closes with Schubert's Symphony No. 3. Highly acclaimed Finnish soprano Karita Mattila follows up her August 10 Boston Symphony debut with her Tanglewood recital debut on August 14 in Ozawa Hall. Ms. Mattila will perform songs by Schubert, Strauss, Mahler, Duparc, and Sibelius with pianist Martin Katz. The esteemed Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio continues this season's theme of exploring the chamber music of Beethoven and varied American composers on August 15 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. In what promises to be a highlight of the 2002 Tanglewood season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra makes a rare appearance in Ozawa Hall on August 22, performing Osvaldo Golijov's La PasiÃ³n SegÃºn San Marcos under conductor Robert Spano. In February 2001, Mr. Spano led the American premiere of this new work at Symphony Hall to unanimous acclaim. Drawing on the example of Bach's Passions, Golijov's dynamic retelling of the Passion, sung primarily in Spanish, reflects modern-day Latin America through its use of African and Caribbean percussion, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian dance, and a kaleidoscopic array of traditional Latin American musical styles. This special performance, one of only two performances of the piece in America this summer, features the composer's original cast and chorus: vocalist Luciana Souza, vocalist and Afro-Cuban dancer Reynaldo GonzÃ¡les FernÃ¡ndez, percussionist and Capoeira dancer Deraldo Ferreira, the Schola Cantorum de Caracas (Maria Guinand, director), and members of the Orquesta La PasiÃ³n (Mikael Rinquest, leader). "A Prairie Home Companion" Minnesota Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion , with host Garrison Keillor, will broadcast live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed for the third consecutive year on June 29. A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood is sponsored by Lands' End. July Fourth Celebration and Popular Artist Series Tanglewood's July Fourth celebration features the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra with special guest Linda Ronstadt . The Tanglewood grounds open for family entertainment at 4 p.m., with fireworks over the Stockbridge Bowl to follow the concert. On June 26, vocalist Anne Murray kicks off the Tanglewood season with a concert in the Shed. Tanglewood Jazz Festival The 2002 Tanglewood Jazz Festival will take place the weekend of August 30 through September 1, with evening and afternoon concerts. Program details will be released at a later date. The 2002 Tanglewood Jazz Festival is sponsored by Fidelity Investments. Other Concerts at Tanglewood In addition to the BSO's weekend symphonic concerts in the Koussevitzky Music Shed and weeknight chamber concerts and recitals in Ozawa Hall, the Tanglewood season will also include Saturday-morning general admission Open Rehearsals in the Shed, including free, informative pre-rehearsal talks; and Friday-evening Prelude Concerts in Ozawa Hall, featuring members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, often joined by distinguished guests. Friday Prelude Concerts are available free of charge to patrons attending Friday-night BSO concerts. The Tanglewood Music Center 2002 Tanglewood Music Center season highlights include 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 August 12; two youth concerts on July 6 and August 10, performed by TMC Fellows and directed by conducting faculty Michael Morgan and Grant Llewellyn; and residencies by Chinese-American composer-conductor Bright Sheng, who will serve as Director of the TMC's Festival of Contemporary Music, and by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. The 2002 Festival will also feature a world premiere by American composer Lukas Foss, as a tribute in his 80th birthday year. In addition to the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra's participation in the Leonard Bernstein Concert on July 12 and Tanglewood on Parade on July 30, TMCO concerts are scheduled for July 24, August 5, and August 19, the latter featuring conductor James Conlon leading the orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No. 4. Additional TMC program details will be announced at a later date. The Tanglewood Music Center was founded at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home in Lenox, Mass., in 1940 by then BSO Music Director Serge Koussevitzky, who wanted to create a premier music academy where young performers and composers would study with Boston Symphony musicians and other world-class artists. Today, according to recent estimates, 20 percent of the members of American symphony orchestras and 30 percent of first-chair players are alumni of the Tanglewood Music Center. The Festival of Contemporary Music The 2002 Festival of Contemporary Music will be held July 19-26, and will be directed this year by Chinese-American composer-conductor Bright Sheng. Pianist Ursula Oppens and soprano Lucy Shelton will coordinate instrumental and vocal chamber music during the Festival, which this year will focus on American music of the last 15 years. A highlight of the Festival will be the world premiere of For Aaron, commissioned by the TMC from American composer Lukas Foss , a member of the first Tanglewood Music Center (then the Berkshire Music Center) class in 1940, and who celebrates his 80th birthday this year. Instead of a single composer-in-residence, this year's FCM will feature the work of three composers - Mr. Sheng, Mr. Foss, and William Bolcom - in a prominent fashion. Chamber music by all three composers will be explored during the Festival and a larger work by each will also be performed. Mr. Sheng's Nanking, Nanking will be performed under the composer's direction by the TMCO on July 24, Mr. Bolcom's Flute Concerto will be performed by the Boston Symphony under BSO Assistant Conductor Federico Cortese on July 19 with James Galway as soloist, and the Fromm Concert at Tanglewood, an annual performance sponsored by the Fromm Music Foundation, will feature a concert performance of Mr. Foss' opera Griffelkin, performed by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project under the direction of conductor Gil Rose. Additional FCM program details will be announced at a later date. Video Screens By popular demand, video screens return to Tanglewood this season. During the evening concerts in the Shed on July 12, 13, 17, and 30, and August 2 and 3, two large screens will allow lawn patrons to view the concert. On August 2, as part of the Boston Pops Film Night, an additional screen will be positioned over the orchestra for those seated inside the Shed. Video screens at Tanglewood are sponsored by American Express Company. Subscription Options In 2002, Tanglewood patrons will have a number of different subscription options, offering ticket packages for Open Rehearsals and lawn seating. For Open Rehearsal subscriptions, patrons may choose series of four or seven general admission Open Rehearsals, at $54 or $94.50, respectively. At $145, Tanglewood Lawn Pass Books offer 11 lawn passes for the price of 10, valid for use at all concerts except Popular Artists, Tanglewood on Parade, James Taylor on July 3 and 4, Jazz Weekend, and all TMC concerts. 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 TMC 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. For the 14th consecutive year, TDK, a world leader in digital recording and playback solutions, has generously provided a grant 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 consideration of patrons at Tanglewood, this season will offer a smoke-free environment. All programs and artists are subject to change. Tickets for the 2002 Tanglewood season go on sale to the public on March 31 through SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or online through the BSO's website, www.bso.org. Tanglewood brochures, with complete programs and information on how to order tickets, are available through the BSO website or by writing to: Tanglewood Brochure, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA 02115. Tickets will be available in person at the Tanglewood Box Office in Lenox beginning on June 7. For further information, call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492.

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Clarksburg Applying for Home Rehabilitation Program

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:24AM / Monday, December 29, 2025

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town is applying for Community Development Block Grant funds for a housing rehabilitation program.

Clarksburg could get $850,000 or more depending on if it partners with another community.

Brett Roberts, a senior planner with Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, presented the options to the Select Board at its last meeting.

"We were looking over our portfolio, and you're a town that we haven't reached out to in quite a while, and I wanted to change that," he said. "You have a pretty competitive score with the state so we wanted to see if you'd be interested in the grant."

The grants, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and administered by the state Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, help small cities and towns undertake projects that benefit low and moderate-income residents. Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll recently announced more than $4 million coming to Berkshire towns for fiscal 2025.

This is slightly different than Home Modification Loan Program presented to the North Adams City Council earlier this month that focuses on accessibility.

Roberts said funds would be used to repair homes, bring them up to code, do lead mitigation or update roofs, windows, and septic. Eligible recipients would have income up to 80 percent of the area median income.

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