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The Roundtable

Opening weekend at Tanglewood: BSO's Vice President of Artistic Planning Anthony Fogg

By Joe Donahue
Published July 6, 2023 at 11:10 AM EDT
Tony Fogg
Sarah LaDuke
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Tomorrow the 85th Boston Symphony Orchestra’s season gets underway at Tanglewood. The BSO's eight-week schedule includes music by 28 living composers and 48 musicians and artists making their debuts either with the orchestra or for the first time at its summer home in Lenox. We are joined by the BSO's Vice President of Artistic Planning Anthony Fogg.

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