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James Burton

  • A colorful collage of conductor Hannu Lintu and the four soloists.
    Beethoven’s Ninth with Lintu and the BSO
    Conductor Hannu Lintu leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a cast of fabulous soloists in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and its “Ode to Joy.”
  • Karina Canellakis wears concert black and stands in front of a black backdrop. Her bright blonde hair and blue eyes stand out amidst the darkness. She stands in profile and looks at the camera over her shoulder. Leonidas Kavakos wears a blue button-up and glasses. He has salt & pepper hair reaching down to his shoulders. He holds his violin around the neck and smiles at the camera.
    Canellakis, Kavakos, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor Karina Canellakis returns to Tanglewood to lead the BSO and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in rhapsodic music by Brahms and Ravel, and violinist Leonidas Kavakos is the soloist in Chausson’s “Poème” and Ravel’s “Tzigane.”
  • Thomas Warfield has short, curly, purple hair. He wears a blue fur coat and smiles at the camera. Paul Lewis has dark curly hair and blue eyes. He wears a dark pea coat and stares intently at the camera. Andris Nelsons has dark brown hair and a beard. He wears a navy suit and looks to the left of the camera.
    Koussevitzky’s Legacy at Tanglewood
    Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in works by Copland, Stravinsky, Thompson, and James Lee III, each a reflection of Serge Koussevitzky’s original vision of the role of Tanglewood in the music world.
  • Will Liverman wears a rust colored suit and a long black tie. Yefim Bronfman wears a black suit and bowtie. Edwin Barker wears concert black and holds the neck of his bass.
    Nelsons, the BSO, and Koussevitzky at Tanglewood
    Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Serge Koussevitzky, Andris Nelsons leads a concert that includes Koussevitzky’s Double Bass Concerto, with soloist Edwin Barker, as well as spectacular works by Steven Mackey, Sibelius, and Scriabin.
  • Thomas Adès
    Adès, “The Dante Project,” and the BSO
    Thomas Adès returns to the Boston Symphony to conduct Igor Stravinsky’s dreamy retelling of Perséphone and two of his own works inspired by Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century Italian epic poem Commedia.
  • Clockwise, starting top left: Jacquelyn Stucker, Kelley O'Connor, Dashon Burton, Ben Bliss
    Beethoven’s Ninth at Tanglewood
    An incredible cast of soloists joins Michael Tilson Thomas, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
  • Anna Rakitina and Gil Shaham
    Rakitina, Shaham, and the BSO at Tanglewood
    Anna Rakitina leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Borodin’s “Polovtsian Dances” and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 3, “The First of May,” and violinist Gil Shaham is the soloist in Dvorak’s rustically brilliant Violin Concerto.
  • The Jussen Brothers Rise from the Ashes at Tanglewood
    Pianists Lucas and Arthur Jussen take center stage in the American premiere of Fazil Say’s “Phoenix,” and Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and soloists in Brahms’s “A German Requiem.”
  • Clockwise, starting top left: Nicole Cabell, Ryan McKinny, Janai Brugger, Amitai Pati
    Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” at Tanglewood
    Soprano Nicole Cabell and baritone Ryan McKinny star in Mozart’s timeless opera, joined by the Boston Symphony, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a stellar cast of soloists, all led by Andris Nelsons.
  • Britten’s "War Requiem" with Pappano and the BSO
    Antonio Pappano conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Britten’s mighty "War Requiem," with a cast of singers, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and the Boston Symphony Children’s Choir.
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