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Under the shade of a large tree, the velvety green lawn of Tanglewood stretches outwards towards the horizon.

The Sounds of Summer, with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

On WCRB In Concert with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Strauss's "Also sprach Zarathustra" and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Emanuel Ax, among other highlights from the 2024 Tanglewood season.

Nathalie Stutzmann wears an orange leather jacket and shimmering, multicolored earrings. She has a curly brown bob and light brown eyes. She leans forward and folds her hands around her baton. Veronika Eberle wears a checkered halter dress and dark red lipstick. Her long brown hair is pulled over one shoulder and she has blue eyes. She looks to the left of frame, holding her violin in front of her.

Stutzmann Conducts Stravinsky and Eberle Plays Beethoven

Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra conducting debut in a program that includes Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with soloist Veronika Eberle, Ravel’s "Alborada del gracioso," and Stravinsky’s suite from "The Firebird."

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Top Hits of the '24s!

Laura Carlo

The '24s have been very good years for classical pieces that became top hits of the day!

A colorful collage of conductor Ludovic Morlot and the four soloists.

Beethoven’s Ninth with Morlot and the BSO

Conductor Ludovic Morlot 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.”

Earl Lee wears concert black and stands in front of a black background. He holds his baton and smiles at the camera softly. Yo-Yo Ma wears an oxford button-down and sits in front of a black background. He holds his cello and bow in one hand, and he smiles at the camera warmly.

Yo-Yo Ma, the BSO, and Schumann at Tanglewood

In a Boston Symphony concert from Tanglewood, Yo-Yo Ma is the soloist in Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto, and BSO Assistant Conductor Earl Lee leads the orchestra in Carlos Simon’s “Fate Now Conquers” and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, on demand.

Gerstein wears a navy suit jacket and smiles at the camera. He has a short beard and brown eyes. Bell and Isserlis both wear black shirts. Bell smiles at the camera, tossing his shaggy, brown hair back. Isserlis looks left of camera and doesn't smile. He has long, curly gray hair.

Bell, Gerstein, and Isserlis at Tanglewood

In a Boston Symphony concert led by Alan Gilbert, violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Kirill Gerstein, and cellist Steven Isserlis are the soloists in Beethoven's Triple Concerto, part of a program that also includes the same composer’s buoyant Symphony No. 4.

Emanuel Ax stands in an old brick building. Sunlight streams in through the windows, illuminating Ax's white hair and blue eyes. He wears a suit and frameless glasses, and he smiles at the camera.

Strauss’s Cosmic Power and Beethoven’s Vigorous Introspection, with Nelsons and Ax and Tanglewood

Now available on demand, Andris Nelsons leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in Richard Strauss’s "Also sprach Zarathustra" and Charles Ives’s "Three Places in New England," as well as Beethoven’s "Piano Concerto No. 3," with soloist Emanuel Ax.

Yuja Wang wears a bright yellow, sleeveless gown against a rich purple background. She lays her head and folded arms on a grand piano and stares at the camera.

Yuja Wang and the BSO at Tanglewood

Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, starring powerhouse pianist Yuja Wang, as well as two pieces by Duke Ellington and Carlos Simon’s “Warmth from Other Suns.”

Gil Shaham, in a dark suit, holding his violin, with a background of green trees

Gil Shaham and Opening Night at Tanglewood!

Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony kick off the 2024 Tanglewood season in an All-Beethoven program that includes the composer’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Gil Shaham, and the emotionally expansive “Eroica” Symphony.

Clockwise from left to right: In the first photo, an ornate golden ballroom with a glittering chandelier; in the second photo, a pink rosebush in full bloom; in the third photo, a closeup of a violin scroll and bow against a white background.

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What "Bridgerton" Gets Wrong — And Right — About Classical Music

Edyn-Mae Stevenson

The pop-classical soundtrack to Netflix's hit series "Bridgerton" isn't historically accurate, but that's the whole point.

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