J'Nai Bridges

Artistic Director Nicole Taney talks with CRB's Brian McCreath about the newly announced season, which includes visits from three major orchestras, all-Bach programs from Yo-Yo Ma, Yunchan Lim, and others, and an opening night with mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges.

In an encore broadcast, Andris Nelsons conducts Berlioz's musical depiction of Shakespeare's tale of star-crossed lovers, with mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, tenor Nicholas Phan, bass-baritone John Relyea, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

Susanna Mälkki leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, with soloists Amanda Majeski, J’Nai Bridges, Stephen Costello, and Jongmin Park, and BSO Choral Director James Burton leads the TFC in Tippett's Spirituals from "A Child of Our Time."

World-class conductors and guest artists bring dynamic performances to the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in the green hills of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts.