Tanglewood’s 2019 season will include “a first for Tanglewood—a concert performance of Wagner’s complete Die Walkure with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and a star-studded cast,” led by Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons,” reads an unsigned Thursday (11/15) article in the Republican (Springfield, Mass.). “Tanglewood will also be the setting for the BSO’s Nelsons-led world premiere of … Kevin Puts’ The Brightness of Light … inspired by letters between Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz; it was written especially for Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry, who will be the featured soloists…. The 2019 Tanglewood season will see the launch of the Tanglewood Learning Institute … Tanglewood’s first year-round facilities…. [The] season … honors Tanglewood’s cherished musical traditions, among them concerts by the … Boston Pops, including the annual John Williams’ Film Night [and] frequent performances by the talented Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center…. The 2019 Festival of Contemporary Music, under the direction of BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Ades, Aug. 8-12, [will feature] nine American premieres, including works by Richard Ahers, Gerald Barry, Erica Fox, Gyorgy Kurtag, Hilda Paredes, Poul Ruders, and Nathan Shields, as well as a TMC-commissioned world premiere from Andrew Hamilton.”
Posted November 16, 2018
