Saturday, June 30, 2018

BSO/Classical New England — 2018/06/30

This evening at 8:00, Boston Time, WCRB wont't be giving us a rebroadcast of a concert, but "A Preview of Tanglewood 2018!" Here's how they describe it on their page:
Saturday at 8pm, join WCRB's Brian McCreath for a look at the upcoming 2018 Tanglewood season, celebrating the centennial of Leonard Bernstein, through works by Bernstein himself, Mahler, and many more!
Saturday, June 30, 2018
8:00 PM
BERNSTEIN Dances from On the Town (Boston Pops; John Williams, conductor)
MAHLER Symphony No. 3 in D minor: III. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seijii Ozawa, conductor)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 16 in F: III. Lento assai e cantante tranquillo, and IV. Grave - Allegro - Grave (Emerson String Quartet)
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D: III. Vivacissimo, and IV. Finale (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor)
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide (Boston Pops; John Williams, conductor)
John WILLIAMS Stargazers, from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Jessica Zhou, harp; Boston Pops; Keith Lockhart, conductor)
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F: III. Allegro agitato (Kirill Gerstein, piano; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor)
BERNSTEIN from Serenade (after Plato's Symposium): I. Phaedrus: Pausanias (Lento-Allegro marcato), and II. Aristophanes (Allegretto) (Itzhak Perlman, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor: IV. Allegro non troppo - Allegro - Piu mosso (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor)
Recordings from the Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, BSO Classics, Myrios Classics, and EMI labels
That page also has links to the complete Tanglewood broadcast schedule and additional information about the season at Tanglewood.

I don't know why they think they need to talk up the Tanglewood season, but it could be interesting to hear what they say about it.

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