First Peek at Summer 2017: Tanglewood Announces Season Schedule [Berkshire on Stage]
The 2017 Tanglewood season will run from Sunday, June 18 to the Labor Day Weekend, offering Berkshire visitors an exceptional line-up of performances and musical activities. Especially noteworthy is that there will be ten programs led by Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons. There are also several new initiatives designed to give patrons a wide spectrum of musical, entertainment, and educational activities, including some to enjoy before and after selected performances throughout the summer. Weekly highlights of the coming summer follow the text of their announcement.
In his most significant commitment yet to Tanglewood, Mr. Nelsons will lead both the opening and closing BSO concerts, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, and Beethoven Symphony No. 9; Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Kristine Opolais; an opera gala with Ms. Opolais and Dmitri Hvorostovsky performing excerpts from Simon Boccanegra, La Traviata and Eugene Onegin; the world premiere of John Williams’ Markings with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter; and the first-ever BSO and festival concert performance of the complete Das Rheingold, a tour de force milestone in the history of the festival. Mr. Nelsons will also conduct the Boston Pops Orchestra for the first time, sharing the podium for Film Night with John Williams. Also new to Tanglewood in 2017, highly acclaimed composer/conductor/pianist Thomas Adès will make his first Tanglewood appearances as BSO Artistic Partner, leading orchestral concerts, performing as pianist with the Emerson Quartet, and working closely with the Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center, the BSO’s acclaimed summer music academy.
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