ÉBÈNE STRING QUARTET PLAYS MOZART, TCHAIKOVSKY, AND JAZZ IMPROVISATIONS IN OZAWA HALL CONCERT, AUGUST 16

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1 PRESS CONTACTS: Bernadette Horgan, Kathleen Drohan, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DATE: July 25, 2012 TANGLEWOOD 75 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON CELEBRATION, JUNE 22-SEPTEMBER 2 PINCHAS ZUKERMAN LEADS BSO AS CONDUCTOR AND VIOLIN SOLOIST IN ALL-BACH PROGRAM FEATURING BSO PRINICIPAL FLUTE PLAYER ELIZABETH ROWE, PRINCIPAL OBOIST JOHN FERRILLO, AND CONCERTMASTER MALCOLM LOWE, WITH HARPSICHORDIST JOHN GIBBONS, AUGUST 10 YO-YO MA JOINS ORCHESTRA AND CONDUCTOR STÉPHANE DENÈVE FOR ELGAR S CELLO CONCERTO ON A PROGRAM WITH SHOSTAKOVICH S SYMPHONY NO. 5 AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ANDRÉ PREVIN S MUSIC FOR BOSTON, AUGUST 11 CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI LEADS BEETHOVEN S SYMPHONY NO. 4, STRAUSS S TILL EULENSPIEGEL S MERRY PRANKS, AND MOZART S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 23 WITH SOLOIST PAUL LEWIS, AUGUST 12 ÉBÈNE STRING QUARTET PLAYS MOZART, TCHAIKOVSKY, AND JAZZ IMPROVISATIONS IN OZAWA HALL CONCERT, AUGUST 16 HIGHLIGHTS OF TANGLEWOOD 75 FREE STREAMS AVAILABLE AUGUST 8-14 AT TANGLEWOOD.ORG INCLUDE THE BSO MOZART S THE MAGIC FLUTE LED BY ERICH LEINSDORF AND FEATURING BEVERLY SILLS, ENZIO FLAGELLO, AND ARA BERBERIAN (1966); BRAHMS S VIOLIN CONCERTO WITH SOLOIST ISAAC STERN LED BY PIERRE MONTEUX (1959); THE TMCO PERFORMING KIRCHNER S MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA LED BY THE COMPOSER (1985); AND THE BOSTON POPS PERFORMING RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN S CAROUSEL LED BY KEITH LOCKHART WITH SOLOISTS (2007) TICKETS, PRICED FROM $9 TO $117 FOR REGULAR SEASON CONCERTS, ARE AVAILABLE AT TANGLEWOOD.ORG OR AT ; TANGLEWOOD OFFERS FREE LAWN TICKETS TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGE 17 AND UNDER AND A 50% DISCOUNT ON LAWN TICKETS TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR SEASON PRESS RELEASES, DOWNLOADABLE CURRENT AND ARCHIVAL PHOTOS, AND TANGLEWOOD HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY, VISIT TANGLEWOOD.ORG/PRESSKIT

2 FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 PINCHAS ZUKERMAN AND BSO SOLOISTS HEADLINE ALL-BACH PROGRAM On Friday, August 10, at 8:30 p.m., Pinchas Zukerman, who first performed at Tanglewood in 1969, acts as both conductor and solo violinist in an all-bach program a popular concert format throughout the history of the festival that highlights some of the exceptional talent within the ranks of the BSO. In addition to Mr. Zukerman and guest harpsichordist John Gibbons, BSO principal flutist Elizabeth Rowe, principal oboist John Ferrillo, and concertmaster Malcolm Lowe take solo turns in an all-bach program featuring the Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 and 5, the Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041, the Concerto in D minor for two violins and strings, BWV 1043, and the Concerto in C minor for violin, oboe, and strings, BWV SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 YO-YO MA AND STÉPHANE DENÈVE JOIN BSO FOR ELGAR S CELLO CONCERTO Yo-Yo Ma returns to the Shed stage Saturday, August 11, at 8:30 p.m., as soloist in Elgar s cathartic Cello Concerto, a grief-stricken yet beautiful piece that was written toward the end of the composer s career in the wake of World War I and is one of his most enduring works. French conductor Stéphane Denève chief conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra leads the orchestra in the concerto and also conducts the world premiere of Music for Boston, a BSO-commissioned new work by André Previn. Concluding the program is Shostakovich s riveting Symphony No. 5, the composer s most accessible and popular symphony. André Previn s Music for Boston was inspired by both Tanglewood and the orchestra s namesake city. Since the composer first led the BSO at Tanglewood in a program of Vaughan Williams, Hummel, and Rachmaninoff in 1977, Mr. Previn has appeared at the BSO s summer home more than 40 times. Since his first appearances, the orchestra has premiered three of his works: Previn s Owls (a BSO commission) was unveiled in 2008; the composer s Double Concerto for Violin and Double Bass was premiered by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Roman Patkoló in 2007; and his Violin Concerto, written for Anne-Sophie Mutter, received its world premiere in The Boston Symphony Chamber Players premiered André Previn s Octet for Eleven in Music for Boston is approximately 15 minutes in length. SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 PAUL LEWIS PLAYS MOZART ON A PROGRAM WITH BEETHOVEN AND STRAUSS Eminent German-Hungarian conductor Christoph von Dohnányi takes the podium once again Sunday, August 12, at 2:30 p.m., for a program spanning almost 200 years of the Germanic music tradition. Widely acclaimed English pianist Paul Lewis makes his BSO and Tanglewood debuts as soloist in Mozart s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488, an intimate work composed in 1786 that trades the usual oboes for clarinets. Bracketing the concerto are Beethoven s Symphony No. 4 a lively work less often performed but no less deserving than most of the composer s other symphonies and Strauss s Till Eulenspiegel s Merry Pranks, one of the composer s great kaleidoscopic symphonic poems, in this case on the subject of the mischievous German folk antihero Till Eulenspiegel. PERFORMANCE IN OZAWA HALL ON AUGUST 16 THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 ÉBÈNE STRING QUARTET S MOZART, TCHAIKOVSKY, AND JAZZ IMPROVISATIONS The young and adventurous Ébène String Quartet, which has rocketed to stardom in recent years, brings its fresh approach to string quartet performance to Ozawa Hall on Thursday, August 16, at 8 p.m. As is typical in Ébène performances, the quartet juxtaposes the classic with the new, first delving into Mozart s Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K.421 one of six the composer dedicated to his friend and mentor Haydn and Tchaikovsky s

3 Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 an early yet accomplished work Tchaikovsky wrote for a public concert to supplement his income in 1870 then changing gears with jazz selections arranged by the ensemble members and filled with improvisation. FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, AUGUST 9-13 The 2012 Festival of Contemporary Music, August 9-13, under the direction of composer Oliver Knussen, will present the east coast premiere of Mr. Knussen s opera Higglety Pigglety Pop!, based on the award-winning children s book by Maurice Sendak. This special performance, which will take place on August 12, will feature an interactive multi-dimensional component designed by Netia Jones, a British director and video artist who works frequently in opera and staged concerts, using video, film, and projected media in all of her work. In addition to Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Mr. Knussen, who celebrates his 60th birthday this season, has curated a selection of music that includes works of a 20th-century Italian composer almost unknown in this country Niccolò Castiglioni and English composers Harrison Birtwistle, Luke Bedford, and Helen Grime, and Americans Sean Shepherd and Marti Epstein, the latter presenting her new, TMC-commissioned string quartet, Hidden Flowers. The 2012 FCM will also present a reprise (August 13) of Dreamscape, the new Gunther Schuller work commissioned by the TMC in honor of Tanglewood s 75 th anniversary, which received its world premiere earlier in the season on July 8 under the composer s direction. On Friday, August 10, at 2:30 p.m. in Ozawa Hall, guest artist Gloria Cheng plays a solo piano recital featuring works of Benjamin, Birtwistle, Harbison, Knussen, Rands, and Salonen. Other composers represented in this year s FCM include Elliott Carter and David Del Tredici, the latter celebrating his 75th birthday year. A press release with further details about the upcoming Festival of Contemporary Music is forthcoming. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF TANGLEWOOD Tanglewood, one of the world s most beloved music festivals and the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, celebrates its 75 th anniversary season, June 22-September 2, with a spectacular lineup of musical guests and programs that spotlight Tanglewood s rich tradition of presenting summertime concerts at their best since Tickets, priced from $9 to $117 for regular season concerts, are available at tanglewood.org or at ; tanglewood offers free lawn tickets to young people age 17 and under and a 50% discount on lawn tickets to college and graduate students. A complete concert listing for these programs appears at the end of this release. TANGLEWOOD 75 FREE STREAMS, AUGUST 8-14 Bringing the celebration of Tanglewood s 75th anniversary beyond the BSO s summer home in the Berkshires, the Boston Symphony Orchestra presents its first-ever 75 free digital streams program, designed to offer music lovers around the globe a glimpse into the storied performance history of the famed music festival founded in The Tanglewood 75 free streams will be available through tanglewood.org, with one free stream being offered each day of the summer, June 20-September 2, starting at 8 a.m. EST; when the 24-hour stream has ended, the digital music will be available at for purchase as a download. Most of the recordings featured have been digitized, re-mastered, and are being made available to the public for the first time ever, offered in MP3 128 kbps formats. Both 320 kbps MP3 and 24bit 44.1kHz FLAC versions will be available for purchase.

4 Tanglewood 75 Free Streams available August 8-14, at tanglewood.org: Wednesday, August 8 MOZART The Magic Flute BSO/Leinsdorf/Flagello, Sills, Berberian (August 6, 1966) Thursday, August 9 BEETHOVEN Overtures. BSO/Steinberg, ( ) Friday, August 10 - BRAHMS Violin Concerto. BSO/Monteux/Stern (July 24, 1959) Saturday, August 11 KIRCHNER Music for Orchestra I. TMCO/Kirchner (August 7, 1985) Sunday, August 12 RODGERS and HAMMERSTEIN Carousel. BPO/Lockhart/Eichenberger, Lazaar, TMC singers (July 10, 2007) Monday, August 13 STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Finale. TMC Orchestra and singers/leinsdorf (July 27, 1982) Tuesday, August 14 BEETHOVEN Quartet Op Juilliard String Quartet (July 8, 2004) DIRECTIONS FOR REVIEWERS TO ACCESS TANGLEWOOD 75 STREAMS Members of the press wanting to obtain a press-only digital music subscription of the Tanglewood 75 Anniversary Free Digital Streams, can visit for directions. Please allow hours for your Press Subscription to be provisioned. You will receive an confirmation when your subscription is ready. Once you receive your confirmation , log into your account and access your subscription via your purchases history in your account. Radio and other broadcast outlets are allowed to use up to 3 minutes or 25% of the duration of any given music selection (work or movement); mention of project name and details on how to access the streams must accompany on-air usage. PURCHASING STREAMS FOR DOWNLOAD The Tanglewood 75 free streams will be available through tanglewood.org, with one free stream being offered each day of the summer, June 20-September 2, starting at 8 a.m. EST; when the 24-hour stream has ended, the digital music will be available at for purchase as a download. MP3's are priced at $.89 for tracks 7 minutes or less, and FLAC are priced at $.99 for tracks 7 minutes or less. Any content longer than 7 minutes will be priced according to duration, with operas costing $16.99-$ A music subscription for the Tanglewood 75 streams is available for $50 for MP3s and $60 for FLAC, offering all 75 days worth of content as it is released for download. (Some select content will not be available for purchase with the subscription after the 75 day period is complete.) FREE PRELUDE CONCERT BY MEMBERS OF THE BSO AND FELLOWS OF THE TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER The Boston Symphony Orchestra s free Prelude Concerts in Ozawa Hall take place at 6 p.m., before each Friday-evening Shed concert. The prelude concert on Friday, August 10 will feature the Hawthorne Quartet violinists Si-Jing Huang and Ronan Lefkowitz, violist Mark Ludwig, and cellist Sato Knudsen along with clarinetist Thomas Martin and pianist Vytas Baksys, performing Andre Previn s Quintet for Clarinet and String Trio and Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, as well as John Harbison s Trio Sonata for violin, viola, and cello. On Saturday, August 11, as part of the Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood Music Center Fellows present a 6 p.m. all-charles Ives prelude concert, prepared and conducted by Gunther Schuller, including little-known, rarely played works in an extensive variety of styles and genres. The Friday- and Saturday-evening Prelude Concerts are open to all ticket holders for the evening s Shed concert. LOOKING AHEAD English conductor Bramwell Tovey, who made a memorable Tanglewood debut in 2011 leading an acclaimed concert performance of Gershwin s Porgy and Bess, returns to the Berkshires Friday, August 17, to conduct

5 Beethoven s Symphony No. 7 and two favorites by American composers. Augustin Hadelich takes the lead in Barber s tuneful Violin Concerto, and the concert opens with Copland s iconic Suite from Appalachian Spring. On Saturday, August 18, Tanglewood celebrates a truly significant occasion as the Boston Pops and a host of renowned guests celebrate John Williams 80th birthday. Among the artists who will make an appearance are Keith Lockhart, Leonard Slatkin, Shi-Yeon Sung, Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Gil Shaham, Anthony McGill, and Gabriela Montero. For The Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert on Sunday, August 19, one of the BSO s and the festival s most familiar and respected conductors leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in two of the repertoire s most familiar and respected works when Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos once again takes the podium, leading Bartók s Concerto for Orchestra and collaborating with soloist Gil Shaham whose Tanglewood history dates back almost two decades in Beethoven s immortal Violin Concerto. On Monday, August 20, two leading jazz ensembles team up as the Wynton Marsalis Quintet and the Christian McBride Trio, joined by Christian Sands and Ulysses Owen, Jr., take the Ozawa Hall stage. The collective virtuosity of the BSO s principal players is once again on display Wednesday, August 22, as the Boston Symphony Chamber Players one of the world s most distinguished chamber ensembles sponsored by a major symphony orchestra take the Ozawa Hall stage for a wide-ranging program including music of Lukas Foss, J.S. Bach, Hindemith, and Mozart. As a tribute to Serge Koussevitzky, BSO principal double bass player, Edwin Barker, performs Bruch s Kol nidrei in a transcription for bass and piano just as Koussevitzky himself played in recital in the late 1930s. For complete season programs, ticket information, and downloadable press photos, please visit Tanglewood s online press kit at TICKET INFORMATION IN BRIEF Tanglewood, this year celebrating its 75 th anniversary as the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, opens on Friday, June 22, with the return of Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble, and closes September 2, with a Boston Pops concert led by Thomas Wilkins and featuring the ever-popular Michael Feinstein. For detailed information about the 2012 Tanglewood season, including how to purchase tickets, priced from $9 to $117 for regular season concerts (non-benefactor tickets to the July 14 Gala Anniversary Concert are priced from $30 to $250), visit Tickets are available through Tanglewood s website, and through SymphonyCharge at Tanglewood continues to offer free lawn tickets to young people age 17 and under and a 50% discount on lawn tickets to college and graduate students. TANGLEWOOD 2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Tanglewood s 75 th anniversary season will present a spectacular lineup of musical guests, while honoring legendary moments from the festival s rich tradition of presenting summertime concerts since The anniversary season will also look to the future with eight world premieres and new media initiatives including international radio broadcasts and major new streaming offers free to a worldwide audience. The Tanglewood 75th anniversary gala concert on July 14, featuring many of the iconic artists identified with the festival mentioned above, has been added to the line-up of the PBS Arts Summer Festival and will air nationally on Friday, August 10 at 9 p.m. ET as part of GREAT PERFORMANCES (check local listings). Highlights include a gala celebration with appearances by John Williams, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, James Taylor, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Serkin, and Anne-Sophie Mutter performing with the BSO, Boston Pops, and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestras (July 14); a special John Williams 80 th Birthday Celebration (August 18); an all-beethoven (BSO opener on July 6) and an all-wagner program (July 21), replicating two

6 programs from Tanglewood s first season in 1937; and eight world premiere performances, spotlighting several composers who have had a strong connection with Tanglewood and the BSO, including Michael Gandolfi, John Harbison, André Previn, Gunther Schuller, and Edgar Meyer. The 75 th anniversary season also presents James Taylor (July 2, 3, 4), Yo-Yo Ma with his Silk Road Ensemble (June 22 and 24); Joshua Bell (July 7); Jean-Yves Thibaudet (August 5); Mark Morris Dance Group (June 28 and 29); Chris Botti (August 5); Wynton Marsalis (August 20), and Train (August 31). Bernadette Peters (July 8), as well as Maureen McGovern and Brian Stokes Mitchell (August 24), make welcome returns with the Boston Pops. Popular music offerings also include a performance by the rock group Evanescence (September 1), a Chick Corea concert (August 26), and Garrison Keillor s annual Prairie Home Companion broadcast (June 30). In addition to the star-studded gala concerts and historically resonant programming, Tanglewood s 75 th Anniversary will reach out to a worldwide audience by way of international radio broadcasts; an extraordinary offer of 75 Free Digital Streams, available for purchase after a 24-hour free period; as well as free digital streams of master classes for the Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center (TMC), the BSO s renowned summer music academy for the advanced training of young professional-caliber musicians. The anniversary will also be celebrated with a specially commissioned commemorative poster and stamp. In addition, special anniversary banners will appear in towns throughout the Berkshires and a series of musical instrument sculptures will be scattered throughout the region to remind visitors of the anniversary. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF TANGLEWOOD, THE BSO S SUMMER HOME SINCE 1937 One of the most popular and acclaimed music festivals in the world, Tanglewood the Boston Symphony Orchestra s summer home since 1937 is located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills between Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. With an average annual attendance of more than 300,000 visitors each season, Tanglewood has a $60 million impact on the Berkshire economy each summer. Tanglewood presents orchestra concerts by the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and visiting ensembles, featuring many of the greatest classical musicians of our time; recital and chamber music concerts in the intimate setting of Ozawa Hall; programs highlighting the young musicians of the Tanglewood Music Center; performances by some of today s leading popular artists; and a season-ending Labor Day Weekend festival. Tanglewood is family-friendly, with free lawn tickets available for children and young people age 17 and under, a 50% discount on Friday-evening lawn tickets for college and graduate students, and a variety of special programs for children, including Kids Corner, Watch and Play, and the annual Family Concert, this year to take place Saturday, August 25. Tanglewood is also the home of the Tanglewood Music Center, the BSO s preeminent summer music academy for the advanced training of young professional musicians, and Days in the Arts, a multi-cultural arts-immersion program that gives 400 fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-graders from communities across Massachusetts the opportunity to explore the arts throughout each week-long session of the summer. These are just two of the BSO s many educational and outreach activities, for which more information is available at the largest and most visited orchestral website in the country, receiving about 7.5 million visitors annually and generating over $70 million in revenue since its launch in The Boston Symphony Orchestra is online at Music lovers can follow the BSO on Facebook at or on Twitter at SPONSORSHIP The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is proud to support Tanglewood and its education initiatives for Massachusetts students. Commonwealth Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation is proud to be in its ninth year as the official chauffeured transportation provider of the BSO. Steinway & Sons Pianos

7 selected exclusively for Tanglewood. This Week at Tanglewood is sponsored by Harvard University Extension School. # # # TANGLEWOOD PRESS CONTACTS: Bernadette Horgan, Director of Public Relations (bhorgan@bso.org) Kathleen Drohan, Associate Director of Public Relations (kdrohan@bso.org)

8 TANGLEWOOD CONCERT LISTING, AUGUST 9-16 All programs and artists are subject to change **connotes BSO and Tanglewood debut 2012 FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, AUGUST 9-13 Oliver Knussen, Festival Director Thursday, August 9, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall BIRTWISTLE Cantus Iambaeus CARTER Double Trio BEDFORD Or Voit Tout En Aventure CASTIGLIONI Quickly SHEPHERD These Particular Circumstances Friday, August 10, 2:30 p.m. Ozawa Hall Gloria Cheng, piano BIRTWISTLE Betty Freeman: Her Tango BENJAMIN Shadowlines KNUSSEN Ophelia s Last Dance HARBISON Leonard Stein Anagrams RANDS Selections from Preludes (2007) SALONEN Dichotomie (2000) Saturday, August 11, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall Prelude Concert An all-charles Ives program, prepared and conducted by Gunther Schuller, including little-known, rarely played gems in an amazing variety of styles and genres. Sunday, August 12, 10 a.m. Ozawa Hall The Fromm Concert at Tanglewood BIRTWISTLE Dinah and Nick s Love Song BENJAMIN Piano Figures CASTIGLIONI Tropi EPSTEIN Hidden Flowers (world premiere; TMC Commission) DEL TREDICI Soliloquy GRIME Seven Pierrot Miniatures SHEPHERD Quartet for Oboe and Strings Sunday, August 12, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Stefan Asbury, conductor CASTIGLIONI Inverno In-Ver KNUSSEN Higglety Pigglety Pop! A concert performance of Oliver Knussen s one-act opera with a story and libretto by Maurice Sendak and an interactive multi-dimensional video component designed by Netia Jones Monday, August 13, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall The Margaret Lee Crofts concerts Oliver Knussen, conductor Peter Serkin, piano BIRTWISTLE Sonance Severance 2000 GRIME Everyone Sang SCHULLER Dreamscape (TMC Commission) BENJAMIN Duet BEDFORD Outblaze the Sky DEL TREDICI Happy Voices Friday, August 10, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall Prelude Concert Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Friday, August 10, 7:15 p.m. Shed This Week at Tanglewood Panel discussion with moderator Martin Bookspan and guest artists Friday, August 10, 8:30 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin Elizabeth Rowe, flute John Ferrillo, oboe Malcolm Lowe, violin John Gibbons, harpsichord ALL-BACH PROGRAM Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Concerto in C minor for violin, oboe, and strings, BWV 1060 Concerto in D minor for two violins and strings, BWV 1043 Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Saturday, August 11, 9:30 a.m. Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk Saturday, August 11, 10:30 a.m. Shed Rehearsal, Saturday program Saturday, August 11, 8:30 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Stéphane Denève, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello PREVIN Music for Boston (world premiere; BSO commission) ELGAR Cello Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 Sunday, August 12, 2:30 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Paul Lewis, piano** BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488 STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel s Merry Pranks Thursday, August 16, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Ébène String Quartet MOZART Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K.421 TCHAIKOVSKY Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 Jazz improvisations, arranged by the Ébène Quartet