
Concertgoers at a Boston Symphony Orchestra concert, indoors and out, at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. Photo by Hilary Scott.
In Thursday’s (1/30) Classical WCRB (Boston), Brian McCreath reports, “The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its next summer season in the Berkshires, which includes Puccini’s Tosca, with soprano Kristine Opolais and bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, a new piano concerto by John Williams to be premiered by soloist Emanuel Ax, and a celebration of Keith Lockhart’s 30th anniversary as Boston Pops Conductor with guest artists Bernadette Peters, Ben Folds, and Jason Danieley, among many others. Other notable highlights include performances by pianists Daniil Trifonov, Yefim Bronfman, Yuja Wang, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lang Lang, and Seong-Jin Cho, whose appearance anchors a series celebrating the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel’s birth. Violin soloists in BSO concerts include Augustin Hadelich, Joshua Bell, Leonidas Kavakos, Pekka Kuusisto in his Tanglewood debut, and, in her BSO debut, María Dueñas. Music by BSO Composer Chair Carlos Simon is part of several programs, and guest conductors in BSO concerts include Elim Chan, in her Tanglewood debut, Dima Slobodeniouk, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and, in his BSO debut, Zubin Mehta, among many others.” Boston Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Chad Smith states, “This is something that I want to reinforce about Tanglewood. It’s not just transactional…. It is also truly experiential.”