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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
  • Sir Antonio Pappano wears a dark suit and a burgundy scarf. He balances his baton between his hands, perching it horizontally between his two pointer fingers. He stares down the camera with his brown eyes, not smiling. Jean-Yves Thibaudet wears a dark suit and stands in front of an open grand piano. He looks at the camera with his light blue eyes and smiles softly.
    Pappano, Thibaudet, and the BSO
    Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 8:00pm, Jean-Yves Thibaudet brings dazzling elegance to Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Antonio Pappano conducts two works that ask deep questions of humanity: Richard Strauss’s “Also sprach Zarathustra” and Hannah Kendall’s “O flower of fire.”
  • A collage of John Storgårds and Pekka Kuusisto. Storgårds (left) stands in a teal room and leans against a wall. He wears a black suit and black shirt. He has brown hair that fades to gray and gray stubble on his face. He looks at the camera with his dark brown eyes and smiles softly. Kuusisto (right) stands in a dark pink room holding his violin. He wears an oversized black t-shirt and round, clear glasses. He has short blond hair and stands with his eyes closed, listening to whatever he's plucking on his violin. The center of the collage blends the teal and dark pink in a way that mimics the northern lights.
    Kuusisto Plays Nielsen with Storgårds and the BSO
    Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 8:00pm, in an encore broadcast of the first program of the Boston Symphony's "Music of the Midnight Sun" festival, Pekka Kuusisto is the soloist in Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto, and John Storgårds conducts music by Sibelius and Tarkiainen.
  • A collage of Thomas Wilkins, Gerald Clayton, and Renese King, all cast in purple light. Behind them is a large black and white photo of Duke Ellington, smiling softly.
    Wilkins, the BSO, and the Genius of Duke Ellington
    Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 8:00pm, Thomas Wilkins leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in selections from Ellington’s “Sacred Concerts,” “New World A-Coming,” with pianist Gerald Clayton, and more.
  • Jan Lisiecki looks off to the upper left corner of the frame. He has short, curly brown hair and bright blue eyes. He leans against stone wall, casting a long, blue shadow.
    Lisiecki, Jordan, and Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique”
    Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 8:00pm, Jan Lisiecki is the soloist in Mozart’s mysterious and stormy Piano Concerto No. 20, and conductor Philippe Jordan leads the BSO in Tchaikovsky’s emotionally harrowing Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique.”
  • Renée Fleming smiles and stands against a golden background in profile. She's wearing a coat that mimics the one in Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss." Rod Gilfry stands outside in front of an ivy covered wall. He stands behind a lavender bush in a white button up and looks pensively off camera.
    Fleming and Gilfry in “The Brightness of Light,” with the BSO
    Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 8:00pm, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in “The Brightness of Light,” by Kevin Puts, with soprano Renée Fleming and baritone Rod Gilfry, as well as two works by Mozart.
  • A display of the three artists in beiges and pinks. Sergio Tiempo leans against a stone pillar in a dark suit, folding his arms across his chest and smiling at the camera. Ross Jamie Collins straightens the collar of his white button down and smiles, looking off to the right of frame. Na'Zir McFadden poses in front of a beige backdrop in a turtleneck and suit jacket, holding his baton. He smiles widely and looks off to the right of frame.
    The Boston Symphony and Music of Scandinavia
    Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 8:00pm, Music Director Andris Nelsons shares a program with conductors Ross Jamie Collins and Na’Zir McFadden featuring works by Sibelius and Grieg, with piano soloist Sergio Tiempo.
  • A picture of Yuncham Lim mid performance. He wears a black suit and plays an opened piano with the audience behind him. He has shaggy dark brown hair that's whipping up in the air in this action shot. His eyes are closed and his mouth is slightly open. The music is moving through him.
    Rachmaninoff's Dazzling Third Piano Concerto, with Yunchan Lim and the BSO
    Saturday December 7, in an encore broadcast, the youngest-ever Gold Medalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with conductor Tugan Sokhiev and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
  • Sir Mark Elder stands against a dark gray background. He wears a navy, pinstripe suit, and he looks at the camera out of the corners of his eyes. There is an air of mystery about him. Blaise Déjardin poses with his arm around the neck of his cello wearing a concert black. He faces the camera head on and smiles.
    Fairy Tales both Magical and Fearsome with the BSO, Elder, and Déjardin
    Saturday December 14th, in an encore broadcast, Elder leads the BSO in Ravel's "Mother Goose" and Dvořák's "The Noonday Witch," as well as a new work by Elena Langer featuring cellist Blaise Déjardin and Janáček's spectacular Sinfonietta.
  • A collage of Domingo Hindoyan and Pablo Ferrández. Hindoyan (left) stands outside on a busy street wearing a black jacket and black v-neck. He has wavy black hair and stubble. He squints in the sun and smiles at the camera. Ferrández (right) stands against a gold background in a black turtleneck. There is a red projection on him in the shape of a cello. He looks at the camera and poses in a thinking position with his chin resting on his fingers. He has short black hair and a beard.
    The BSO Debuts of Ferrández and Hindoyan
    Saturday December 28, in an encore broadcast, Venezuelan conductor Domingo Hindoyan makes his BSO debut leading the American premiere of Roberto Sierra's Symphony No. 6, and Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández makes his BSO debut in Edward Elgar’s regal and impassioned Cello Concerto.
  • A collage of the three artists. Relyea smolders at the camera against a black background. He has brown hair that's slicked back, gray stubble, and two different colored eyes. Bridges tosses her head back and smiles at the camera against a gold background. She wears a gold off-the-shoulders dress, burgundy lipstick, and long braids. Phan softly smiles at the camera against a black background. He has short, dark hair, stubble, and light brown eyes, and he wears a bright blue suit.
    The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Berlioz's "Romeo et Juliette"
    Saturday January 4, 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.