A fairly standard couple of concerts remain for our listening pleasure this weekend. I'm sorry I got distracted and didn't post about the Friday offering.
August 16, 2025
Three front rank nineteenth century composers provided the music for this evening's program. Here's WCRB's description: https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2025-05-27/handlers-boston-symphony-debut-with-hadelich-at-tanglewood
Saturday, August 16, 2025
8:00 PM
BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Handler makes her Tanglewood and BSO debuts, conducting three major works from the Western classical tradition: Brahms’s Tragic Overture, Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with GRAMMY-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich.
Anna Handler, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinJohannes BRAHMS Tragic Overture
Robert SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoSee details of Augustin Hadelich's performances as the BSO's Artist-in-Residence during the 2025-2026 season.
To hear a preview of this program with conductor Anna Handler, use the player above.
The WCRB page has an audio interview with the conductor which could be interesting. There is no transcript, though.
The BSO's performance detail page https://www.bso.org/events/bso-august-16-augustin-hadelich?performance=2025-08-16-20%3A00 has the usual links to performer bios and program notes.
August 17, 2025
Tomorrow's concert, which we can hear at 7:00 p.m., Boston Time, gives us music by and about Sibelius along with a piano concerto. WCRB's synopsis follows: https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2025-05-27/thibaudet-and-liszts-second-piano-concerto-at-tanglewood
Sunday, August 17, 2025
7:00 PMSuperstar pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Dima Slobodeniouk in the Berkshires to perform Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on a program that also features two works by Sibelius and Threnody, an homage to the Finnish composer, written by William Grant Still.
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoWilliam Grant STILL Threnody (In Memory of Jan Sibelius)
Franz LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
Jean SIBELIUS Valse triste
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3
For links to the performer bios and program notes, go to the BSO's performance detail page:
https://www.bso.org/events/bso-august-17-jean-yves-thibau?performance=2025-08-17-14%3A30
These should be two very enjoyable evenings.
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