A couple of concerts from Tanglewood round out the weekend.
Saturday, August 6, 2022. WCRB says:
Saturday, August 6, 2022
8:00 PMSaturday at 8pm, in a much-anticipated annual tradition, violinist Joshua Bell returns to Tanglewood as the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and JoAnn Falletta conducts the Boston Symphony in timeless works by Respighi celebrating Roman scenery and nature.
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinRoberto SIERRA Fandangos
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Ottorino RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Joshua Bell. Need I say more? Respighi is not in the first rank of composers, but his music is good.
For a bit more information, we can go to the BSO's performance detail page, where we read:
In her BSO debut, Grammy Award-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta is joined by violinist Joshua Bell, a Tanglewood mainstay since 1989, performing Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto. In the symphonic poems Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome, Ottorino Respighi sought to capture the beauty of his country’s culture and landscape with colorful orchestral cityscapes evoking some of Rome’s most prominent features at different times of day. Opening the concert is the Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra’s Fandangos, an engaging, exploratory riff on one of the most characteristic Spanish dance forms. Sierra blends a classical approach with elements of Afro-Caribbean, South American, Central American, and Spanish musical traditions.
With the link to the program notes, you can read about "Fandangos." I'd be pleasantly surprised if it's really good, but it's only 11 minutes long, and then we get to the good stuff. You can also read up on the Respighi pieces.
Sunday, August 7, 2022. Sunday at 7:00 p.m., as we learn from WCRB, we get the following:
Sunday, August 7, 2022
7:00 PM (delayed broadcast of 2:30 PM concert)Thomas Adès conducts his own “Shanty – Over the Sea,” Holst’s spectacular “The Planets,” and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, with violinist Leonidas Kavakos and violist Antoine Tamestit, Sunday at 7pm.
Thomas Adès, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Antoine Tamestit, viola
Lorelei EnsembleThomas ADÈS Shanty – Over the Sea
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola, K.364
Gustav HOLST The Planets
Of course, the Mozart is excellent, and the Holst is a "warhorse." As for the Adès piece, see the program notes from the orchestra's performance detail page. Their synopsis is as follows:
BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès is joined by Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos and French violist Antoine Tamestit in Wolfgang Mozart’s abundantly tuneful Sinfonia concertante. English composer Gustav Holst’s The Planets covers a vast range of musical territory, from the fleet energy of Mercury through the pounding aggression of Mars to the ethereal mysticism of Neptune, which here features the versatile women’s vocal group Lorelei Ensemble for the wordless choral part. Opening the concert is Adès’ own Shanty – Over the Sea. In this atmospheric string orchestra piece, many lines interweave to “create a widening seascape.”
Check out the link to the program notes you find there.
All in all, it should be worth listening to, even though "Shanty," which I don't know, isn't to everybody's taste.
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