Tanglewood On Parade
Tanglewood
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA
2:00pm GATES OPEN – BU Tanglewood Institute Fanfares at Main Gate TBC
2:00 PM – Face painting by Bria (Visitor Center Porch)
2:30pm – BU Tanglewood Institute Chamber Music (CMH) TBC
2:30pm – Circle Round performance (Seiji Ozawa Hall)
Rebecca Sheir, host
Eric Shimelonis, composer
Clint Foreman, flute
Suzanne Nelsen, bassoon
Catherine French, violin
Ben Levy, bass
3:15pm – The Strolling Magic of Bonaparte (Roaming the Lawn)
3:30pm – Steinway Spirio Player Piano Recital (Studio E & Linde Center Lawn)
4:00pm – The Magic of Bonaparte (Visitor Center Lawn)
4:00pm – BU Tanglewood Institute TOP Young Artists Orchestra and Chorus Concert (Koussevitzky Music Shed) TBC
5:00pm, Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center
Vocal Music
5:15pm – The Strolling Magic of Bonaparte (Roaming the Lawn)
5:30pm – Berkshire Hills Chorus (Tappan House Porch)
7:30pm, Shed
Tanglewood Music Center
Brass Fanfares
8pm, Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, John Williams, and TMC Fellow Armand Birk, conductors
RAVEL Boléro (Birk/TMCO)
Arturs MASKATS Tango (Nelsons/BSO)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scene and Gypsy Song and Fandango asturiano from Capriccio espagnol (Lockhart/Pops)
COREA (arr. Emilio SOLLA) Spain (Lockhart/Pops)
John WILLIAMS Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Williams/Pops)
John WILLIAMS Theme from Born on the Fourth of July (Williams/Pops)
John WILLIAMS Flight to Neverland, from Hook
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture (Nelsons/BSO/TMCO)
Fireworks to follow the concert
Tonight’s performance is supported by Gregory E. Bulger Foundation/Gregory Bulger and Richard Dix.
Performance Details
Aug 8, 2023, 2:00pm EDT
Program Notes & Works
Boléro
Tango
Likening Tango to Maurice Ravel’s La Valse, Maskats presents the tango in vibrant orchestral colors spanning a variety of moods. The instrumentation includes the tango’s most characteristic instrument, the bandoneon.
Capriccio espagnole
1812 Overture
The work celebrates victory over an invading foreign power and resistance over imperialism.