Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
All Star Concert July 14
By: BSO - May 21, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
John Williams, Keith Lockhart, and Andris Nelsons*, conductors
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Emanuel Ax and Peter Serkin, pianos
James Taylor, vocalist
Special Guests
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
Program to include
COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
BERNSTEIN Three dance episodes from On the Town
Selections from the Great American Songbook
HAYDN Piano Concerto in D, 2nd and 3rd movements
TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile, for cello and strings
SARASATE Carmen Fantasy, for violin and orchestra
RAVEL La Valse
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy
On Saturday, July 14, the Boston Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the Tanglewood 75th Anniversary in grand style. To kick off the evening’s festivities, BSO patrons, friends, and trustees will gather at 5 p.m. for the Tanglewood 75th Gala Party in the style of the Art Deco period that was in vogue in the year Tanglewood was founded, 1937. The musical centerpiece of the evening will be the Tanglewood 75th Celebration Concert featuring performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, as well as the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, led by conductors John Williams, Keith Lockhart, and Andris Nelsons. These legendary Tanglewood ensembles will be joined on stage byseveral of today’s leading artists, including violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianists Emanuel Ax and Peter Serkin, and vocalist James Taylor, all of whom have a special and longstanding relationship to Tanglewood and its audiences. This wide-ranging concert will feature works by Beethoven, Bernstein, Copland, Haydn, Ravel, Sarasate, and Tchaikovsky (full concert listing at end of this press release), and will be filmed for PBS’s GREAT PERFORMANCES series, to air nationally on Friday, August 10 at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings); the program will also be made available to major international broadcasters as well, bringing Tanglewood’s 75th celebration to a world-wide audience.
The Gala Chairs for the Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration include Emanuel and Yoko Ax, Keith and Emiley Lockhart, Yo-Yo Ma and Jill Hornor, Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Oliver, Andris Nelsons and Kristine Opolais, Peter and Regina Serkin, Caroline and James Taylor, and John and Samantha Williams. These artists are expected to attend the post-concert festivities.
*Please note: Though lawn tickets are still available for the July 14 Tanglewood Anniversary Gala Celebration, the Shed is sold out, with no remaining seats available for purchase inside the Shed.
2012 TANGLEWOOD 75th ANNIVERSARY GALA PARTY AND POST-CONCERT RECEPTION
An Art Deco Celebration
The 75th Anniversary Gala Party will take place in the Hawthorne Tent, located on the hill overlooking Seiji Ozawa Hall on the magnificent Tanglewood grounds, beginning at 5:00 p.m., with a festive cocktail reception and celebratory dinner. Following the concert, there will be a reception with the guest artists at the Highwood Manor House for Gold and Silver Benefactors.
The room décor will represent a tribute to the Art Deco period and its designs, which were quite fashionable in 1937, the year of the founding of Tanglewood. The ornamental Art Deco style and its lavishness are attributed to a reaction against the forced austerity imposed by World War I. Its signature mathematical geometric shapes and use of materials such as aluminum and stainless steel will be reflected in the linens and flowers that will adorn the tent. Round dinner tables will be decorated with linens from Nuage Designs in shades of silver, khaki, and white and elegant china, crystal, and silver provided by Be Our Guest. Flowers designed by Winston Flowers evoke a night club feeling - large banana leaves, elegant white orchids, and milk glass vases. Mirrored tabletops and vessels will add additional sparkle to the festive room.
The 75th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE
Joining the Gala Chairs listed above, the event’s Benefactor Committee includes Roberta and George Berry; Jan Brett and Joseph Hearne; Gregory Bulger and Richard Dix; Susan and Gerald Cohen; Cynthia and Oliver Curme; Ginger and George Elvin; Nancy E. Feldman and Mike Chefetz; Sanford and Isanne Fisher; Nancy J. Fitzpatrick and Lincoln Russell; Susie and Stuart Hirshfield; Larry and Jackie Horn; Margery and Everett Jassy; Martin and Wendy Kaplan; Stephen B. Kay and Lisbeth L. Tarlow; Robert and Luise Kleinberg; Joyce Linde; Shirley and Jay Marks; Dr. Robert and Jane B. Mayer; Claudio and Penny Pincus; Eduardo Plantilla, M.D. and Lina S. Plantilla, M.D.; Robin S. Richman and Bruce S. Auerbach; Scott and Robert Singleton; Margery and Lewis Steinberg; Jacqueline and Albert Togut; and Stephen and Dorothy Weber. Jacqueline and Albert Togut have underwritten the gala dinner.
Boston-based companies involved in providing goods and services for the anniversary gala include Be Our Guest, Boston Gourmet, High Output, and Winston Flowers.