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Earl Lee and Carlos Simon both wear fancy suits. Lee looks at the camera and smiles softly, and Simon looks off camera and smiles widely.

Earl Lee Leads the BSO in Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”

Conductor Earl Lee leads the BSO in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and James Burton conducts the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s “Words and Prayers of My Fathers.”

"Destruction of the Temples at Jerusalem"

The Bach Hour

The Tectonic Forces of Bach's Cantata 101

On The Bach Hour, destruction on a Biblical scale is the foundation of music that grapples with mysteries and uncertainties as relevant today as in the composer's time.

Raquel González wears a white gown, shiny earrings, and pink lipstick. She smiles at the camera widely. Kazuki Yamada wears black tails tuxedo and a continental tie, and looks out a window wistfully.

Yamada Conducts Holst’s “The Planets” and Poulenc’s “Gloria” with González, at Tanglewood

Kazuki Yamada, Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, leads a program of Holst’s iconic suite The Planets and Poulenc’s emotionally evocative Gloria with soloist Raquel González and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

Thibaudet stands against the blue California sky in a black and gold suit. He wears a large silver pendant and stares at the camera powerfully.

Thibaudet and Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto, at Tanglewood

Superstar pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Dima Slobodeniouk in the Berkshires to perform Liszt on a program that also features two works by Sibelius and "Threnody," an homage to the Finnish composer, written by William Grant Still.

The Bach Hour

The Confident Swagger of Bach's Cantata 105

On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in a work that broke new ground for the composer, expressing a path from “anxious conscience” to an embrace of self-assurance.

Hadelich and Handler both wear concert black and look at the camera. Hadelich smiles softly, and Handler holders her baton close to her chin.

Handler’s Boston Symphony Debut with Hadelich, at Tanglewood

BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Handler makes her Tanglewood and BSO debuts conducting Brahms’s Tragic Overture, Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with GRAMMY-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich.

A collage of Jean-Guihen Queyras and Dima Slobodeniouk in violet pink hues. Queyras sits with his cello and smiles widely at the camera, and Slobodeniouk looks away from the camera and smiles softly.

Slobodeniouk, Queyras, and the BSO at Tanglewood

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.

From left to right: cellist Yo-Yo Ma, composer Camille Pépin, and conductor Samy Rachid

Yo-Yo Ma, Samy Rachid, and Pépin’s “Un Monde nouveau” at Tanglewood

BSO Assistant Conductor Rachid leads an exciting program featuring the American premiere of Camille Pépin’s Un Monde nouveau, Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, and Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1, with soloist Yo-Yo Ma.

John Williams conducts the BSO at Tanglewood in front of a giant film screen, playing the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

Lockhart Leads the Pops in John Williams’ Film Night!

A cherished Tanglewood tradition, John Williams’ Film Night returns with a fabulous program of film music highlights specially curated by Pops Conductor Laureate Williams himself and featuring Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops.

A collage of the two artists against leafy green backgrounds. Joshua Bell smolders at the camera, and Andrés Orozco-Estrada looks off camera and smiles widely.

Orozco-Estrada Conducts Dvořák’s “New World” at Tanglewood

Andrés Orozco-Estrada makes his Tanglewood debut conducting Dvořák’s much-beloved Ninth Symphony, and the inimitable Joshua Bell joins to play Lalo’s spirited Symphonie espagnole.