TANGLEWOOD 75 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON CELEBRATION, JUNE 22-SEPTEMBER 2

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1 PRESS CONTACTS: Bernadette Horgan, Kathleen Drohan, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DATE: July 12, 2012 TANGLEWOOD 75 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON CELEBRATION, JUNE 22-SEPTEMBER 2 LORIN MAAZEL LEADS THE BSO AND BARITONE GERALD FINLEY IN ARIAS FROM MOZART S COSÌ FAN TUTTE, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, AND DON GIOVANNI, ON A PROGRAM WITH RAVEL S DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ, SUITE NO. 2, AUGUST 3 YEFIM BRONFMAN JOINS THE BSO AND CONDUCTOR CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI FOR A PERFORMANCE OF BRAHMS S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2, ON A PROGRAM WITH SCHUMANN S SYMPHONY NO. 4, AUGUST 4 ON AUGUST 5 LORIN MAAZEL AND BSO GIVE WORLD PREMIERE OF MICHAEL GANDOLFI S NIGHT TRAIN TO PERUGIA, INSPIRED BY THE RECENT EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT AT THE CERN PARTICLE ACCELERATOR; PROGRAM TO FEATURE JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET IN SAINT-SAËNS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5 AUGUST 7 TANGLEWOOD ON PARADE SHOWCASES PERFORMANCES BY TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FELLOWS THROUGHOUT THE DAY; DAY OF FESTIVITIES IS CAPPED OFF BY MEGA CONCERT FEATURING THE BOSTON SYMPHONY, BOSTON POPS, AND TMC ORCHESTRAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHN WILLIAMS, KEITH LOCKHART, STÉPHANE DENÈVE, CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI, AND LORIN MAAZEL CHRIS BOTTI BRINGS JAZZ TO OZAWA HALL AUGUST 5 HIGHLIGHTS OF TANGLEWOOD 75 FREE STREAMS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1-7 AT TANGLEWOOD.ORG INCLUDE THE BSO IN BERLIOZ S THE DAMNATION OF FAUST LED BY CHARLES MUNCH (1960); MAHLER S SYMPHONY NO. 8 AND VARÈSE S AMÉRIQUES LED BY JAMES LEVINE (2005); ANJO, ICHIYANAGI, AND YAMAMOTO S THREE SPACES TEN, CHI, AND JIN: HEAVEN, EARTH, AND HUMANKIND LED BY SEIJI OZAWA (1975); AND ELLIOTT CARTER S CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA WITH THE TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA LED BY OLIVER KNUSSEN (2008) 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

2 FOR SEASON PRESS RELEASES, DOWNLOADABLE CURRENT AND ARCHIVAL PHOTOS, AND TANGLEWOOD HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY, VISIT TANGLEWOOD.ORG/PRESSKIT FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 GERALD FINLEY JOINS LORIN MAAZEL AND BSO FOR MUSIC BY MOZART AND RAVEL Following his August 2 recital, baritone Gerald Finley moves from Ozawa Hall to the Shed Friday, August 3, at 8:30 p.m., to join revered maestro Lorin Maazel, a TMC fellow in 1951 and 52, and the BSO for Ravel s Don Quichotte à Dulcinée the last work Ravel completed before succumbing to the debilitating neurological condition that silenced him in his final few years and arias from Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, and Don Giovanni by Mozart, a composer in whose music Mr. Finley is especially respected. The program also includes Ravel s colorful Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 a BSO specialty and a work that was performed in the first Tanglewood season in 1937 as well as Mozart s Symphony No. 38, Prague. SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI CONDUCTS SCHUMANN AND IS JOINED BY YEFIM BRONFMAN FOR BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 The BSO welcomes conductor Christoph von Dohnányi and dynamic pianist Yefim Bronfman on Saturday, August 4, at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Bronfman takes center stage in Brahms s sweeping Piano Concerto No. 2, a prototypically Brahmsian work in its combination of formal mastery and expressive ingenuity, as well as typically monumental in scale and scope, stretching to almost an hour and requiring four movements instead of the typical three. To conclude the program, the orchestra shows its muscle in Schumann s Symphony No. 4, originally composed in 1841 during one of the happiest periods of his life, but only completed in its final revision ten years later. SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 MAAZEL AND BSO GIVE WORLD PREMIERE OF GANDOLFI S NIGHT TRAIN TO PERUGIA Mr. Maazel once again takes the podium Sunday, August 5, at 2:30 p.m., to lead the BSO in a program featuring the world premiere of Night Train to Perugia, a new BSO-commissioned work by Michael Gandolfi, who was a TMC Fellow in 1986 and has been a member of the TMC Faculty since The elegant and engaging French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is soloist in Saint-Saëns s Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian, nicknamed for the fact that it was written in that country and was influenced by the music of its region. The concert concludes in thrilling fashion with Berlioz s Symphonie fastastique, another work at the heart of the BSO repertoire and which the orchestra first performed in The title for Michael Gandolfi s brief and fast-paced Night Train to Perugia came to him with the assistance of Boston-based writer Dana Bonstrom, who suggested a number of titles based on experiments carried out at the CERN particle accelerator. Mr. Gandolfi said that the image of a neutrino beam traveling at light-speed underground from Switzerland through Perugia, Italy, among a host of cities, and ultimately to the Gran Sasso laboratory, to empirically test the boundaries of physics, aligned perfectly with the abstract imaginings of my piece. Upon further investigation, Mr. Gandolfi says he became awestruck by humankind s ability to conceive of and then construct the equipment required to realize the CERN experiments. He also notes that while he believes the creativity and ingenuity exhibited in the scientific community intersects with the creative requirements of musical composition, there is one major difference: if a scientific experiment is not construed and executed with absolute precision, it simply fails, whereas a musical composition doesn t fail under similar conditions; it wobbles, and sometimes the wobble produces results that outshine those of the original design! I don t intend for Night Train to Perugia to run off the track, but if it does, the piece will exist; albeit with a few surprises and perhaps, unforeseen improvements. The BSO was involved in the commissioning of his

3 Impressions from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players premiered his Plain Song, Fantastic Dances in He is currently composing a work for organ and orchestra a BSO commission to be premiered in TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 TANGLEWOOD ON PARADE Tanglewood on Parade, Tuesday, August 7, one of the festival s most beloved traditions and a chance to see all its orchestras perform in a single extended concert. The festivities begin at 2 p.m. when gates open to brass fanfares. Chamber, piano, and vocal music performances by the young musicians of the Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and members of the BSO, take place around the grounds throughout the afternoon. Face painters and chair massagers will be located on the lawn, and Bonaparte, Boston s premier magician, will roam the grounds providing impromptu family entertainment. At 8:30 p.m., Mr. Maazel, Mr. Dohnányi, Stéphane Denève in his Tanglewood debut, Keith Lockhart, and John Williams share the podium for a program that will include Beethoven s Overture to Egmont, Stravinsky s Suite from The Firebird, Ravel s Mother Goose Suite, and recent film scores by Mr. Williams, as well as the traditional TOP finale, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. This lively evening features performances by the BSO, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and the Boston Pops, culminating in a dazzling fireworks display. PERFORMANCE IN OZAWA HALL ON AUGUST 5 SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 CHRIS BOTTI RETURNS TO TANGLEWOOD Three-time Billboard chart-topper and five-time Grammy Award nominated trumpeter Chris Botti who last performed at Tanglewood in 2009 with the Boston Pops brings his crack ensemble and trademark populist style of jazz to Ozawa Hall Sunday, August 5 at 8 p.m. The program will feature a selection of Botti and his band s favorite jazz standards. 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, JUNE 20-SEPTEMBER 2 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

4 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. Tanglewood 75 Free Streams available August 1-7, at tanglewood.org: Wednesday, August 1 BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust. BSO/Munch/Steber, McCollum, Singher (August 4, 1960) Thursday, August 2 MAHLER Symphony No. 8 and VARÈSE Amériques. BSO/Levine (July 8 and 17, 2005) Friday, August 3 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1, BSO/Monteux/Fleisher (July 20, 1958) Saturday, August 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, BSO/Koussevitzky/Vreeland, Kaskas (August 4, 1938) Sunday, August 5 ANJO, ICHIYANAGI, YAMAMOTO Three Spaces - Ten, Chi, and Jin: Heaven, Earth, and Humankind. BSO/Ozawa (August 22, 1975) Monday, August 6 MOZART G minor Piano Quartet and KIRCHNER Music for 12. BSCP/Previn/Volkov (1980 and 2001) Tuesday, August 7 CARTER Concerto for Orchestra. TMCO/Knussen (July 23, 2008) 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 CONCERTS 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 3 will feature brass, timpani, and percussion of the Boston Symphony performing Britten s Fanfare for St. Edmunsbury; Tippett s Sonata for Four French Horns; Stravinsky s Fanfare for a New Theatre; Kreines arrangement of Bach s Chorale Variations, Jesu meine Freude; Vierdanck s Capriccio; and Tomasi s Fanfare liturgigues. On Saturday, August 4, Tanglewood Music Center Fellows present a 6 p.m. prelude concert of music of Brahms and Fauré. The Friday- and Saturday-evening Prelude Concerts are open to all ticket holders for the evening s Shed concert. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEK OF AUGUST On Friday, August 10, 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.

5 Zukerman and guest harpsichordist John Gibbons, BSO principal flutist Elizabeth Rowe, principal oboist John Ferrillo, and concertmaster Malcolm Lowe take solo turns in a 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 Yo-Yo Ma returns to the Shed stage Saturday, August 11, as soloist in Elgar s cathartic Cello Concerto, with conductor Stéphane Denève, who also leads the orchestra in the world premiere of Music for Boston, a BSO-commissioned new work by André Previn, and Shostakovich s riveting Symphony No. 5. Christoph von Dohnányi takes the podium once again Sunday, August 12, for a program spanning almost 200 years of the Austro-German music tradition. Widely acclaimed pianist Paul Lewis makes his BSO and Tanglewood debuts as soloist in Mozart s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488, bracketed by Beethoven s Symphony No. 4 and Strauss s Till Eulenspiegel s Merry Pranks. 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. 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, and Tchaikovsky s Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11, then changing gears with jazz selections arranged by the ensemble members and filled with improvisation. 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 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

6 Gandolfi, John Harbison, André Previn, Gunther Schuller, and Edgar Meyer, as well as composers new to the BSO and its audiences. 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 selected exclusively for Tanglewood. This Week at Tanglewood is sponsored by Harvard University Extension School.

7 # # # 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 3-7 All programs and artists are subject to change *connotes Tanglewood debut Friday, August 3, 8:30 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Lorin Maazel, conductor Gerald Finley, baritone MOZART Symphony No. 38, Prague MOZART Arias from Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, and Don Giovanni RAVEL Alborada del gracioso RAVEL Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, for baritone and orchestra RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2+ +Performed on the program of August 7, 1937 Sunday, August 5, 2:30 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Lorin Maazel, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano GANDOLFI Night Train to Perugia (world premiere; BSO commission) SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Sunday, August 5, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall Chris Botti, trumpet and his band Saturday, August 4, 9:30 a.m. Shed Pre-Rehearsal Talk Saturday, August 4, 10:30 a.m. Shed Rehearsal, Sunday program Saturday, August 4, 8:30 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 Tuesday, August 7, 8:30 p.m. Shed Tanglewood on Parade Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Stéphane Denève*, Keith Lockhart, Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnányi, and John Williams, conductors Program to include BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) Recent film scores by John WILLIAMS TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture Fireworks to follow the concert