Each summer the Boston Symphony Orchestra calls the Berkshires home. Hear live Friday, Saturday, and Sunday performances broadcast from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood by WCRB Boston, a service of WGBH.
2025 Schedule
Week 1
Saturday, July 5
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
ALL-RACHMANINOFF program
Piano Concerto No. 3
Symphonic Dances
Sunday, July 6
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
ALL-BEETHOVEN program
Leonore Overture No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 3
Symphony No. 5
Week 2
Friday, July 11
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Concert Theatre Works
Bill Barclay, director
Kelley Curran (Juliet)
James Udom (Romeo)
Nigel Gore (Capulet)
Bob Walsh (Friar and Nurse)
Caleb Mayo (Mercutio)
Alex Ross (Tybalt)
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet
A Theatrical Concert for Orchestra with Actors, featuring music from Prokofiev’s ballet and text by Shakespeare.
Saturday, July 12
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
DEBUSSY La Mer
Celebrating the 150th birth year of Maurice Ravel
Sunday, July 13
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Gabriella SMITH Tumblebird Contrails
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
Week 3
Friday, July 18
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Kelli O’Hara and Sutton Foster§
One Night Only: An Evening with Sutton Foster & Kelli O’Hara
Enjoy a night with Kelli O’Hara and Sutton Foster inspired by the 1962 CBS special “Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall”— a tribute to The Great White Way and beyond. Together with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, Sutton and Kelli pay homage to icons of stage and screen Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett who teamed up for that memorable concert. You’ll hear favorites from Sutton and Kelli’s Tony Award winning and nominated shows and in between, lots of bubbly banter, laughter and stories you’ll love.
Saturday, July 19
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Kristine Opolais, soprano (Tosca)
Seok Jong Baek, tenor (Cavaradossi)
Bryn Terfel, baritone (Scarpia)
Patrick Carfizzi, bass-baritone (Sacristan)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
PUCCINI Tosca
Sunday, July 20
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
Week 4
Friday, July 25
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
María Dueñas, violin
J.S. BACH Air, from Orchestral Suite No. 3
MAHLER Adagio from Symphony No. 10
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Saturday, July 26
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
John WILLIAMS Piano Concerto (world premiere)
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Sunday, July 28
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
Gabriela ORTIZ La Calaca, for string orchestra
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Week 5
Friday, August 1
Andris Nelsons, conducto
Renée Fleming, soprano
ALL-STRAUSS program
Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten
Ständchen, Op. 17, No. 2
Befreit, Op. 39, No. 4
Gesang der Apollopriesterin, Op. 33, No. 2
“Dreaming by the Fireside,” from Intermezzo
“Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding” and “Da geht er hin” from Der Rosenkavalier
Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
2-hour broadcast: 8pm-10pm; 2 floating 90-second breaks; signoff at 9:58:30
Recorded at Tanglewood on July 7, 2024
Saturday, August 2
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan, conductor§
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
RACHMNINOFF Symphony No. 2
Sunday, August 3
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Antoine Tamistet, viola
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Emanuel Ax, piano
All-BEETHOVEN program
Leonore Overture No. 3 (trans. Shai Wosner)
Trio No. 4 in B-flat for piano, violin, and cello, Op. 11
Symphony No. 3, Eroica (trans. Shai Wosner)
Week 6
Friday, August 8
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
LALO Symphonie espagnole
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Saturday, August 9
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, curator
Keith Lockhart, conductor
John Williams’ Film Night
A cherished Tanglewood tradition, John Williams’ Film Night returns with a fabulous program of film music highlights specially curated by Maestro Williams himself and featuring Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. It’s a special evening of magical music and selected film clips that you won’t want to miss!
Sunday, August 10
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Samy Rachid, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Camille PÉPIN Un Monde nouveau (American premiere)
SAINT-SÄENS Cello Concerto No. 1
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish
Week 7
Friday, August 15
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Soloist to be announced
Caroline SHAW Entr’acte, for string orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, for cello and orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
Saturday, August 16
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Anna Handler, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Sunday, August 17
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
STILL Threnody (In Memory of Jan Sibelius)
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS Valse triste
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3
Week 8
Friday, August 22
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Keith Lockhart 30th Anniversary Celebration
Celebrate the joy, connection, and unforgettable moments Keith has brought to our orchestra and our community since 1995, with special guests, including Ben Folds, Lynn Ahrens, Bernadette Peters, Time for Three, and Jason Danieley.
Saturday, August 23
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
POULENC Gloria
HOLST The Planets
Sunday, August 24
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
James Burton, conductor (Simon)
Federica Lombardi, soprano
Isabel Signoret, mezzo-soprano
Pene Pati, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
Carlos SIMON New work for the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (world premiere)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
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