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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
  • 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.
  • Elena Villalón wears a black dress that hangs on one shoulder. Her dark hair tumbles down that shoulder. She has a beauty mark on her cheek and she stares down the camera, softly smiling. James Gaffigan wears a white, collared shirt and wears his brown hair slicked back. He has blue eyes and a beard, and he gazes at the camera wistfully.
    Villalón, Gaffigan, and the BSO at Tanglewood
    In an encore broadcast, conductor James Gaffigan makes his Boston Symphony debut in a program that includes arias from Mozart’s “Idomeneo” and “The Marriage of Figaro” and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, with soprano Elena Villalón, as well as Anna Clyne’s “Sound and Fury,” on demand.
  • Karina Canellakis wears concert black and stands in front of a black backdrop. Her bright blonde hair and blue eyes stand out amidst the darkness. She stands in profile and looks at the camera over her shoulder. James Ehnes wears a blue button-up. He has short brown hair. He holds his violin around the neck and smiles at the camera.
    Canellakis, Ehnes, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    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.”
  • Daniil Trifonov sits in a fancy train car and looks out the window. Sun streams in onto a notebook in front of him.
    Opening Night at Tanglewood, with Daniil Trifinov!
    Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony kick off the 2025 Tanglewood season in an All-Rachmaninoff program including his Third Piano Concerto, featuring soloist Daniil Trifonov.