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Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Conductor and 1958 TMC alumnus Zubin Mehta makes his BSO debut in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and James Burton conducts the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s “Words and Prayers of My Fathers.”
  • Dima Slobodeniouk returns to Tanglewood to conduct Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, featuring cello soloist Jean-Guihen Queyras in his BSO debut. The concert closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and its joyful fourth movement.
  • In a highlight of the season, a star-studded piano quartet comprised of pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform Beethoven’s Trio No. 4 in B-flat for piano, violin, and cello as well as his Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No. 3 with violist Antoine Tamestit.
  • Lang Lang is the soloist in the beautifully romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 by Saint-Saëns in a program led by Andris Nelsons that also includes Gabriela Ortiz’s exuberant "La Calaca" and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, the "Pastoral."
  • Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in an All-Beethoven program featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman.
  • In an encore broadcast, conductor Karina Canellakis returns to Tanglewood to lead the BSO and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in rhapsodic music by Brahms and Ravel, and violinist James Ehnes is the soloist in Chausson’s “Poème” and Ravel’s “Tzigane.”
  • In an encore broadcast from the 2023 Tanglewood season, Andris Nelsons leads the BSO and Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Beethoven's "Leonore" Overture No. 3 and Orff's "Carmina Burana," starring acclaimed soloists Reginald Mobley, Erin Morley, and Will Liverman.
  • In an encore broadcast, the Boston Symphony’s Beethoven cycle, led by Music Director Andris Nelsons, culminates with the playful Symphony No. 8 and the Symphony No. 9, featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and a stellar cast of soloists in its iconic final movement, the “Ode to Joy.”
  • In a special encore broadcast, the Boston Symphony’s Beethoven journey reaches the Symphony No. 6, the Pastoral Symphony, and the rhythmically charged Symphony No. 7.
  • In a special encore broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven’s lyric and joyful Symphony No. 4 and the mighty Symphony No. 5.