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As usual, Beethoven ushers out the Boston Symphony season at Tanglewood

Earl Lee conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra
© Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
Earl Lee, soloists, Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Boston Symphony Orchestra
© Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
James Burton conducts the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
© Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
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“its declaration of friendship and brotherhood serving as an unofficial end to summer”
Reviewed at Tanglewood, Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox on 24 August 2025
Simon, Words and Prayers of My Fathers (World premiere)
Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Federica Lombardi, Soprano
Isabel Signoret, Mezzo-soprano
Pene Pati, Tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, Bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Burton, Conductor
Earl Lee, Conductor
Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow
***11
Herbert Blomstedt conducts Brahms with the Boston Symphony
*****
An earthbound Missa Solemnis from Boston Symphony Orchestra
***11
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony perform Debussy and Mahler
***11
A galactic adventure at Tanglewood: Kazuki Yamada and The Planets
****1
Yo-Yo Ma luxuriates in warm Saint-Saëns at Tanglewood
****1
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