The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood celebrate Seiji Ozawa's 29-year tenure as BSO Music Director - and his immeasurable influence on the orchestra and its summer home - with a weekend of special concerts July 12-14, featuring some of his closest friends and most cherished collaborators.
On Friday, July 12, at 8:30 p.m. in the Koussevitzky Music Shed, 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 Dvorák'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. This concert will be projected to section of the lawn on video screens sponsored by American Express Company.
On Saturday, July 13, at 8:30 p.m. in the Shed, 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. This concert is sponsored by NEC. This concert will be projected to section of the lawn on video screens sponsored by American Express Company.
Seiji Ozawa leads his final Boston Symphony concert as Music Director on Sunday, July 14, at 2:30 p.m. in the Shed - 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 internationally acclaimed soloists including Peter Serkin, Christine Goerke, Cynthia Haymon, Florence Quivar, Vinson Cole, Anthony Dean Griffey, and Paul Plishka.
The Emerson String Quartet returns to Tanglewood for a special performance of Beethoven's Razumovsky Quartets, Op. 59 Nos. 1-3 on July 16.
Prior to the BSO concert on Friday, July 12, Boston Symphony Orchestra members Catherine French (violin), Kelly Barr (violin), Ronald Wilkison (viola), and Joel Moerschel (cello), with cellist Alexander Kniazev, will give an all-Schubert Prelude Concert in Ozawa Hall. This program includes the composer's Quartet No. 12 in C minor, K.703, Quartettsatz, and String Quintet in C, D.956. This concert is free to ticketholders for that evening's BSO concert.
Tanglewood Music Center Concerts
The Tanglewood Music Center, the BSO's advanced music academy for young performers and composers, continues its new series of Saturday-evening TMC Prelude Concerts on Saturday, July 13, at 6 p.m. in the Theatre. This program includes music of Enesco, Milhaud, Poulenc, and Ravel, and is free to ticketholders for that evening's BSO concert.
On Sunday, July 14, at 10 a.m. in Ozawa Hall, Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center will give a chamber music concert featuring music of Gubaidulina, Lesemann, Mendelssohn, Riegger, and Schumann. Later that day, at 8:30 p.m. in Ozawa Hall, TMC Fellows will give a concert of vocal music by Britten, Djupstrom, Ibert, Poulenc, Shostakovich, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky.
On Monday, July 15, at 12:30 p.m., Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center will give a Harp Recital in the Chamber Music Hall.
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 Leonard Bernstein Concert on July 12 featuring the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, conductors Seiji Ozawa and Federico Cortese, and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich are priced from $17 to $78, with lawn tickets available at $14.50. Tickets for the July 13 "Seiji and Friends" program and for Mr. Ozawa's final program with the Boston Symphony as BSO Music Director, on July 14, are priced from $27 to $88, with lawn tickets available at $15.50.
Tickets for the Emerson String Quartet's concert on July 16 are priced at $32, $37, and $47, with lawn tickets available at $14. 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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Berkshire County Homes Celebrating Holiday Cheer
By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
There's holiday cheer throughout the Berkshires this winter.
Many homeowners are showing their holiday spirit by decorating their houses. We asked for submissions so those in the community can check out these fanciful lights and decor when they're out.
We asked the homeowners questions on their decorations and why they like to light up their houses.
In Great Barrington, Matt Pevzner has decorated his house with many lights and even has a Facebook page dedicated to making sure others can see the holiday joy.
Located at 93 Brush Hill Road, there's more than 61,000 lights strewn across the yard decorating trees and reindeer and even a polar bear.
The Pevzner family started decorating in September by testing their hundreds of boxes of lights. He builds all of his own decorations like the star 10-foot star that shines done from 80-feet up, 10 10-foot trees, nine 5-foot trees, and even the sleigh, and more that he also uses a lift to make sure are perfect each year.
"I always decorated but I went big during COVID. I felt that people needed something positive and to bring joy and happiness to everyone," he wrote. "I strive to bring as much joy and happiness as I can during the holidays. I love it when I get a message about how much people enjoy it. I've received cards thanking me how much they enjoyed it and made them smile. That means a lot."
Pevzner starts thinking about next year's display immediately after they take it down after New Year's. He gets his ideas by asking on his Facebook page for people's favorite decorations. The Pevzner family encourages you to take a drive and see their decorations, which are lighted every night from 5 to 10.
In North Adams, the Wilson family decorates their house with fun inflatables and even a big Santa waving to those who pass by.
The Wilsons start decorating before Thanksgiving and started decorating once their daughter was born and have grown their decorations each year as she has grown. They love to decorate as they used to drive around to look at decorations when they were younger and hope to spread the same joy.
"I have always loved driving around looking at Christmas lights and decorations. It's incredible what people can achieve these days with their displays," they wrote.
The Wilsons' invite you to come and look at their display at 432 Church St. that's lit from 4:30 to 10:30 every night, though if it's really windy, the inflatables might not be up as the weather will be too harsh.
In Pittsfield, Travis and Shannon Dozier decorated their house for the first time this Christmas as they recently purchased their home on Faucett Lane. The two started decorating in November, and hope to bring joy to the community.
"If we put a smile on one child's face driving by, then our mission was accomplished," they said.
Many homeowners are showing their holiday spirit by decorating their houses. We asked for submissions so those in the community can check out these fanciful lights and decor when they're out.
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