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“We The People,” Part 1: Yo-Yo Ma and Renaud Capuçon perform Brahms at Tanglewood

Violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma
Universal Music: Capuçon; BrantleyGutierrez: Ma
Violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma

Friday, August 7, 2026
8:00 PM

In the first of three BSO concerts curated by Yo-Yo Ma, he and violinist Renaud Capuçon are the soloists in the Double Concerto by Brahms, part of a program led by BSO Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid that also includes an orchestral arrangement of Brahms's String Sextet No. 2 and Gabriel Fauré’s beautiful Cantique de Jean Racine, sung by Berkshire Lyric.

Samy Rachid, conductor 
Renaud Capuçon, violin 
Yo-Yo Ma, cello and host 
Berkshire Lyric
Jack Brown, conductor

Gabriel FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine
Johannes BRAHMS (arr. ATTERBERG) String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36
BRAHMS Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra

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