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Tanglewood

CRB brings you performances at Tanglewood, with host Brian McCreath, on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm. For on demand concerts and a full broadcast schedule, please visit classical.org/tanglewood.

Upcoming Broadcasts
  • Baiba Skride wears black against a black background. Her face, framed by her dark hair, and her hands holding her violin are the only visible parts of her amidst the darkness. She has bright green eyes, and she looks at the camera mischeviously.
    Baibe Skride and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 at 8:00pm the BSO’s "Decoding Shostakovich" series concludes with his Violin Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 8.
  • A sunny picture of the Shed at Tanglewood, surrounded by lush trees and a bright blue sky.
    “Apollon musagète” and “Scheherazade,” with the BSO at Tanglewood
    In an encore broadcast, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in Stravinsky’s iconic tale of the Greek god Apollo and three muses of artistic inspiration, followed by Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade", inspired by the story of “One Thousand and One Nights.”
  • Augustin Hadelich sits on the sill of a large stained-glass window. He sits in all black, holding his violin and looking at the camera.
    Hadelich, Prokofiev, and the BSO at Tanglewood
    In an encore broadcast, Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 on a program including Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 and Sarah Kirkland Snider’s "Forward Into Light", a meditation on “perseverance, bravery, and alliance.”
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 1, 2, and 3, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    Beethoven’s Revolutionary Early Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, & 3
    In a special encore broadcast, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the first part of an epic journey through all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies, including the transformative "Eroica."
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 4 and 5, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    The BSO and Two Sides of Beethoven
    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.
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 6 and 7, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    Nelsons, the BSO, and Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7
    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.
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 8 and 9, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    Nelsons, the BSO, and Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
    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.”
  • Jean Yves Thibaudet wears a black dress shirt and stands in a white spotlight. He has blondish gray hair and blue eyes, and he smiles at the camera softly.
    Thibaudet and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood
    In an encore broadcast, Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the soloist in Khachaturian’s vibrant, colorful Piano Concerto, part of a program that also includes Tania León's Pulitzer prize-winning "Stride" and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique.”
  • Collage of Reginald Mobley, Erin Morley, and Will Liverman. Mobley standing on left side, smiles facing straight, Morley sitting in center, smiles facing right, Liverman standing on right, with hands in blazer pockets, faces right looking stern.
    “Carmina Burana,” with Nelsons and the BSO at Tanglewood
    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.
  • Midori wears a black dress with lace sleeves. Her dark hair is slicked back into a bun, and a pearl hangs from her ear. She holds her violin across her chest, and she smiles softly at the camera.
    Midori at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    In an encore broadcast, BSO Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid leads the orchestra for the first time in an all-Russian program that includes Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto, with soloist Midori, and the blazing Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky.