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Tanglewood Opening Night Gala Raises $475,700
Renowned violinist
Joshua Bell and conductor Jacques Lacombe perform at
Boston Symphony Orchestra's Opening Night concert
Tanglewood—the
summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the
Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts—held its Opening
Night Gala on Friday, July 8, 2016. The gala raised a total
of $475,700, surpassing its goal of $375,000. The proceeds
support many of the educational and artistic missions of the
orchestra.
Guests were treated
to a reception and a three-course Provencal-style dinner in
the elegantly decorated Hawthorne Tent, overlooking Seiji
Ozawa Hall. Following the meal, guests moved to the
Koussevitzky Music Shed for the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s
Opening Night concert. The orchestra was led by Canadian
conductor Jacques Lacombe, and the performance featured
renowned violinist Joshua Bell, who has performed at
Tanglewood every summer since 1989. The concert kicked off
with Maurice Ravel’sAlborada del gracioso, followed
by Camille Saint-Saëns’s Violin Concerto No. 3 and Sergei
Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5.
A post-concert
reception was held at Highwood Manor House, with Lacombe,
Bell, and various BSO musicians in attendance.
The gala was
co-chaired by Gregory E. Bulger and Richard J. Dix of Otis
and Dover, Mass., and Lina S. Plantilla, M.D. and Eduardo R.
Plantilla, M.D. of New York, N.Y. Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Laureate Seiji Ozawa and Boston Pops Laureate
Conductor John Williams served as honorary co-chairs of the
event.
Bill and Alli
Achtmeyer, Liliana and Hillel Bachrach, Robert and Elana
Baum, Bonnie and Terry Burman, Katie and Paul Buttenwieser,
Susan and Gerald Cohen, Charles Cooney and Peggy Reiser,
Ranny Cooper and David Smith, Cynthia and Oliver Curme,
Jerry and Joanne Dreher, Nancy Edman Feldman and Mike
Chefetz, Beth and Richard Fentin, Sanford and Isanne Fisher,
Cora and Ted Ginsberg, Martha and Todd Golub, Ronnie and
Jonathan Halpern, Nathan and Marilyn Hayward, Susie and
Stuart Hirshfield, Larry and Jackie Horn, Jill Hornor and
Yo-Yo Ma, Valerie and Allen Hyman, Carol and George
Jacobstein, Margery and Everett Jassy, Joyce Linde, Vicki
and Arthur Loring, Jay and Shirley Marks, Jane and Robert J.
Mayer, M.D., Cindy McCollum and John Spellman, Wilma and
Norman Michaels, Wendy Philbrick and Ed Baptiste, Claudio
and Penny Pincus, Mary Ann and Bruno A. Quinson, Dr. Robin
S. Richman and Dr. Bruce S. Auerbach, Dan Schrager and Ellen
Gaies, Arlene and Donald Shapiro, Hannah and Walter Shmerler,
Scott and Robert Singleton, Lynn and Ken Stark, Margery and
Lewis Steinberg, Jacqueline and Albert Togut, Stephen and
Dorothy Weber, and June Wu were in attendance.
2016 TANGLEWOOD
SEASON OVERVIEW
One
of the premier summer music festivals in the world and the
famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since
1937, Tanglewood is located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills
between Stockbridge and Lenox, Massachusetts. The
2016 Tanglewood season, June 17-September 3, offers visitors
a wide-ranging schedule of performances and events with some
of the biggest names in the classical music world and
beyond, including BSO
Music Director Andris Nelsons, who will lead
performances of Mahler’s
Symphony No. 9 (7/29),
Acts I and II of Verdi’s Aida (8/20), Prokofiev’s
Suite from Romeo
and Juliet (8/21), Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 7 (7/30),
and an all-Brahms
program with
pianist Paul
Lewis (7/31),
as well as works by John
Corigliano and George
Tsontakis. Other
artists to be featured with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra include Emanuel
Ax, Joshua
Bell, Yefim
Bronfman, Christoph
von Dohnányi, Charles
Dutoit, Renée
Fleming, Yo-Yo
Ma, Kristine
Opolais, Dawn
Upshaw, and Yuja
Wang. Additional
highlights include Ozawa
Hall performances by Jordi
Savall (7/7), Chanticleer (7/27),
and the Emerson
String Quartet (7/12
& 13), and favorite radio programs A
Prairie Home Companion (6/25)
and Wait
Wait…Don’t Tell Me! (9/1) live
from the Koussevitzky Music Shed. The 2016 Tanglewood season
also feature Fellows of the Tanglewood
Music Center—the BSO’s acclaimed summer music academy—in
orchestra, chamber music, and recital performances
throughout the summer; highlights include a semi-staged
performance of Kurt
Weill’s The
Seven Deadly Sins (8/8)
and the U.S. premiere of George
Benjamin’s Dream
of the Song (7/25),
part of the 2016
Festival of Contemporary Music, July 21-25, dedicated to
the memory of Steven Stucky.
The Boston Pops are featured in
eight performances during the 2016 Tanglewood season
including five concerts under the direction of Keith
Lockhart: Warren
Haynes for a Jerry
Garcia Symphonic Celebration (7/1); Seth
MacFarlane in
music from the Great American Songbook (7/10); the score to Raiders
of the Lost Ark, accompanied by a live showing of
the movie in celebration of its 35th anniversary
(8/26); The
B-52s (9/2);
and a program entitled “Dancing
Under the Stars” (9/3).
Boston Pops Laureate ConductorJohn
Williams and
conductor Richard
Kaufman will
join the Boston Pops for John
Williams’ Film Night (8/13); Mr.
Williams, along with guest
conductors Stéphane
Denève and Giancarlo
Guerrero, will
also lead the Boston Pops during the annual favorite,Tanglewood
on Parade (8/2).
The 2016 Tanglewood season features an all-star Popular
Artists lineup, with such legendary musicians as Dolly
Parton (6/17), Brian
Wilson (6/19), Bob
Dylan (7/2),
and James
Taylor (7/3 &
4). Returning to
Tanglewood this season are Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
inductees Earth,
Wind & Fire (6/18)
and Jackson
Browne (6/21),
as well as multi-platinum artists Train and Andy
Grammer (8/23).
Grammy-winning jazz artists Chris
Botti (6/24)
and the Chick
Corea Trio (7/31)
perform at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall. For
additional details, please visit www.tanglewood.org.
Beyond its
impressive lineup of near-daily performances throughout the
summer, June 17 through September 3, the 2016 Tanglewood
season also offers One
Day University (8/28), on-site
cafes and fine
dining venues, free
educational programs for children and adults designed
to enhance the concert experience, and discounted
ticket programs to
encourage newcomers to experience the great breadth and
scope of the many activities Tanglewood has to offer. Patrons
17 years of age and younger can
attend concerts throughout the summer free
of charge. Tanglewood also offers free
tours of the beautiful Tanglewood grounds, surrounded by
the Berkshire Hills and overlooking the Stockbridge Bowl.
New this year: Friday- and Saturday-evening concerts, as
well as Tanglewood on Parade, will now start at 8 p.m.
(previously started at 8:30 p.m.); this change was made in
response to a patron survey. Further information about these
programs and the performance schedule is available at www.tanglewood.org.
FURTHER DETAILS: OVERVIEW
OF TANGLEWOOD, THE BSO’S SUMMER HOME SINCE 1937
One of the most
popular and acclaimed music festivals in the world,
Tanglewood—the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home since
1937—is located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills between
Lenox and Stockbridge, MA. With an average annual attendance
of more than 300,000 visitors each season, Tanglewood has
a $60 million impact on the Berkshire economy each summer. Tanglewood
presents orchestra concerts by the Boston Symphony, Boston
Pops, and visiting ensembles, featuring many of the greatest
classical musicians of our time; recital and chamber music
concerts in the intimate setting of Ozawa Hall; programs
highlighting the young musicians of the Tanglewood Music
Center; and performances by some of today’s leading popular
artists. Introduced in 2013—$20
tickets for attendees under 40—will be available for BSO and
Boston Pops performances in the Shed. Tanglewood
is family-friendly, with free lawn tickets available for
children and young people age 17 and under, and a variety of
special programs for children, including Kids’ Corner, Watch
and Play, and the annual Family Concert, this year to take
place on July 9. Tanglewood is also the home of the
Tanglewood Music Center, the BSO’s preeminent summer music
academy for the advanced training of young professional
musicians, and Days in the Arts, a
multi-cultural arts-immersion program that gives 400 fifth-,
sixth-, and seventh-graders from communities across
Massachusetts the opportunity to explore the arts throughout
each week-long session of the summer. These are just two of
the BSO’s many educational and outreach activities, for
which more information is available at www.bso.org receiving
approximately 10 million visitors annually and generating
over $111 million in revenue since its launch in 1996.The
Boston Symphony Orchestra is online at www.bso.org.
Music lovers can follow the BSO on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bostonsymphony,
on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bostonsymphony and
on Instagram at http://instagram.com/bostonsymphony.
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