Andris Nelsons conducts Berlioz, Tsontakis, Saint-Saëns and Prokofiev
Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in a program that includes three works inspired by Shakespeare and honors the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death. The overture to Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict (based on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing) opens the program, followed by American composer George Tsontakis's Sonnets, a Shakespeare-inspired tone poem for English horn and orchestra commissioned by the BSO and featuring BSO English horn player Robert Sheena. The Mr. Sheena and the BSO gave the world premiere of Sonnets earlier this year at Symphony Hall. Croatian pianist Dejan Lazic, making his BSO and Tanglewood debuts, joins Mr. Nelsons and the orchestra as soloist in Saint-Saens's Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian, and the program closes with a suite from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, one of the composer's most familiar and popular pieces.
PROGRAM:
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
TSONTAKIS Sonnets, Tone Poems for English Horn and Orchestra
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Robert Sheena, English horn
Dejan Lazic, piano
@ the Koussevitzky Music Shed
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21st @ 2:30 PM
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Andris Nelsons: BSO honors the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death.
First Preview: Aug 16, 2016
Opening Date: Aug 21, 2016
Closing Date: Aug 22, 2016
Running Time: 02:00
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Tanglewood Music Center
297 West St, Lenox, MA 01240
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
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