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Andris Nelsons Conducts at Tanglewood
Tanglewood
July and August

Tanglewood broadcasts can be heard in July and August on Classical NEPM. Our Saturday broadcast starts at 1 p.m. and the live Sunday broadcast at 2:30 p.m..

From September through June, we regularly broadcast the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Sunday afternoons at 1 p.m..

Tentative 2025 Tanglewood broadcast schedule:

Sunday, July 6 at 2:30
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

All Beethoven Program
Leonore Overture #2
Piano Concerto #3
Symphony #5

Saturday, July 12 at 1 p.m.
(recorded on July 5)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano

All Rachmaninoff Program
Piano Concerto #3
Symphonic Dances

Sunday, July 13 at 2:30 p.m.
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin

Gabriella Smith, Tumblebird Contrails
Sibelius, Violin Concerto
Sibelius, Symphony #5

Saturday, July 19 at 1 p.m.
(recorded on July 12)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano

Debussy, Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
Ravel, Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Debussy, La Mer

Sunday, July 20 at 2:30 p.m.
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra 
Andris Nelsons, conductor 
Yuja Wang, piano 

Prokofiev, Piano Concerto #2
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique

Saturday, July 26 at 1 p.m.
(recorded on July 19)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Kristine Opolais, soprano
Seok Jong Baek, tenor
Bryn Terfel, baritone,
Patrick Carfizzi, bass-baritone
Neal Ferreira, tenor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor

Pccini, Tosca

Sunday, July 27 at 2:30 p.m.
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Lang Lang, piano

Gabriela Ortiz, La Calaca for string orchestra
Saint-Saens, Piano Concerto #2
Beethoven, Symphony #6

Saturday, Aug. 2 at 1 p.m.
(recorded on July 26)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Emmanuel Ax, piano

John Williams, Piano Concerto (World Premiere)
Mahler, Sympphony #1

Sunday, Aug. 3 at 2:30 p.m.
Emmanuel Ax, piano
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Antoine Tamestit, viola

All Beethoven Program
Leonore Overture #3
Trio #4 in B-flat for piano, violin & cello op.11
Symphony #3

Saturday, Aug. 9 at 1 p.m.
(recorded on August 2)
Elim Chan, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

Korngold, Violin Concerto
Rachmninoff, Symphony #2

Sunday, Aug. 10 at 2:30 p.m.
Samy Rachid, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Camille Pepin, Un Monde nouveau (American premiere)
Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto #1
Mendelssohn, Symphony #3, Scottish

Saturday, Aug. 16 at 1 p.m.
(recorded on August 8)
Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin

Lalo, Symphonie espagnole
Dvorak, Symphony #9, From the New World

Sunday, Aug. 17 at 2:30 p.m.
Dima Slobodenjouk, conductor

Still, Threnody (In Memory of Jan Sibelius)
Liszt, Piano Concerto #2
Sibelius, Valse triste
Sibelius, Symphony #3

Saturday, Aug. 23 at 1 p.m.
(recorded on August 15)
Dima Slobodenjouk, conductor

Caroline Shaw, Ent’acte for string orchestra
Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello & orchestra
Beethoven, Symphony #4

Sunday, Aug. 24 at 2:30 p.m.
Zubin Mehta, conductor
James Burton, conductor (Simon) & Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Fedrica Lombardi, soprano
Isabel Signoret, mezzo-soprano
Pene Pati, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Carlos Simon, New work for Tanglewood Festival Chorus (World premiere & BSO commission)
Beethoven, Symphony #9

Saturday, Aug. 30 at 1 p.m.
(recorded on August 23)
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor

Poulenc, Gloria
Host, The Planets