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Zubin Mehta Leads the BSO in Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”

Zubin Mehta and Carlos Simon both wear fancy suits with ornate pins their lapels. Mehta looks up to the sky and smiles, and Simon looks off camera and smiles widely.
Wilfried Hösl: Mehta; Robert Torres: Simon
Conductor Zubin Mehta and composer Carlos Simon

Sunday, August 24, 2025
7:00 PM

For the BSO’s final performance of the Tanglewood season, esteemed conductor Zubin Mehta returns to the Shed for the first time since 2001 to conduct Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with soloists Federica Lombardi, Isabel Signoret, Pene Pati, and Ryan Speedo Green and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. The concert begins with the world premiere of Words and Prayers of My Fathers by BSO Composer Chair Carlos Simon, commissioned by the BSO and conducted by BSO Choral Director James Burton.

Zubin Mehta, conductor
James Burton, conductor (Simon)
Federica Lombardi, soprano
Isabel Signoret, mezzo-soprano
Pene Pati, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Carlos SIMON Words and Prayers of My Fathers (world premiere; BSO commission)
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

For more information on Tanglewood concerts, visit the BSO box office.