T Tanglewood — 2023/07/29-30

Well, here's the scoop from WCRB.

Tonight:

Saturday, July 29th, 2023
8:00 PM

Contralto Avery Amereau sings Berlioz's Les Nuits d’été (Summer Nights) with the BSO and conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, along with other exciting selections by Messiaen, Ravel, and Agata Zubel.

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Avery Amereau, contralto

Olivier MESSIAEN Les Offrandes oublieés
Hector BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été
Agata ZUBEL In the Shade of an Unshed Tear
Maurice RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Isabel Leonard, who was originally scheduled to sing Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’ete, has withdrawn from this performance due to illness.

Tomorrow:

Sunday, July 30th, 2023
7:00 PM

This Sunday at 7pm, Anna Rakitina conducts the BSO at Tanglewood in Prokofiev's Suite from "Romeo and Juliet," as well as Ellen Reid's "When the World as You've Known It Doesn't Exist," and star violinist Joshua Bell is the soloist in Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1.

Anna Rakitina, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Eliza Bagg, Martha Cluver,
and Sonja DuToit Tengblad, vocalists

Ellen REID When the World as You’ve Known It Doesn’t Exist
Niccolò PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1
Sergei PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Hear an interview with Joshua Bell.
Learn more about Ellen Reid's "When the World as You've Known It Doesn't Exist."

I think I'll listen to the Red Sox game this evening, maybe catch the end of the concert when the game is over. But I wouldn't blame you for listening to the whole thing. I don't recall "Les Nuits d’été," but Berlioz is usually good, and the Ravel isn't half bad either. On Sunday, Joshua Bell is not to be missed, and the Prokofiev is pretty good IIRC. If you go to the page from WCRB, you can get the links for the interview and the "Learn more" at the bottom of the page.

Enjoy.