Tanglewood — 2026/07/26

 This weekend we hear Mozart and his "biggest fan," Tchaikovsky. Here's WCRB's synopsis of this evening's concert: https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2026-03-25/mozart-and-tchaikovsky-at-tanglewood-with-paul-lewis-part-2

Saturday, July 25, 2026
8:00 PM

As part of his “Mozart+” world tour, in the second of a three-concert series led by BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons pairing music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky, Paul Lewis is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27, the composer’s final work of that type. Then, Nelsons conducts Tchaikovsky’sSymphony No. 4, a work that features all the hallmarks and duality of Tchaikovsky—brilliant orchestration, gorgeous melodies, heartfelt romanticism, reverence for Mozart’s classicism, and Russian folk song.

Andris Nelsons, conductor 
Paul Lewis, piano 

W.A. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27, K.595
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

The BSO has links to performer bios and program notes here: https://www.bso.org/events/july-25-boston-symphony-orch?performance=2026-07-25-20:00

There doesn't appear to be a program note for the Mozart concerto. It's his last in the genre and my favorite, elegant and tuneful, When we got a record player it was the first thing I played, and I've loved it ever since.

Don't miss it.