JEREMY YUDKIN’S PRE-CONCERT LECTURES FOR THE TANGLEWOOD SEASON

2010 SEASON

AT THE LENOX LIBRARY

ALL LECTURES TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS FROM 2:30 TO 4 AT THE WELLES GALLERY, LENOX LIBRARY, 18 MAIN STREET, LENOX, MA

$25 PER DAY, $40 FOR THE WEEKEND

$245 for the entire season
(Season passes entitle you to a 20% discount on all Tanglewood concert tickets!)

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Saturday, July 3

A TANGLEWOOD PREVIEW. Free and open to the public.

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Weekend I

Friday, July 9

OPENING NIGHT AT TANGLEWOOD: MAHLER’S MAGNIFICENT SYMPHONY NO. 2 (“Resurrection”)

Saturday, July 10

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH SYMPHONY AND THIRD PIANO CONCERTO: THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES THEM GREAT

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Weekend II

Friday, July 16

MOZART’S REQUIEM: HIS LAST GREAT WORK. BUT WHO WAS IT WRITTEN FOR?

Saturday, July 17

THE GREAT MAHLER THIRD SYMPHONY: MUSIC FOR THE CREATION OF THE WORLD

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Weekend III

Friday, July 23

MOZART’S WONDERFUL COMIC OPERA: THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO

Saturday, July 24

ALL BRAHMS: THE FIRST PIANO CONCERTO AND THE SECOND SYMPHONY

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Weekend IV

Friday, July 30

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!: TCHAIKOVSKY, PROKOFIEV, AND GLINKA

Saturday, July 31

RICHARD STRAUSS AND HIS GREATEST MASTERPIECE: THE FOUR LAST SONGS, PLUS ELGAR’S GORGEOUS CELLO CONCERTO

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Weekend V

Friday, August 6

TCHAIKOVSKY’S SIXTH SYMPHONY (“PATHETIQUE”), TOGETHER WITH MENDELSSOHN AND MOZART

Saturday, August 7

TWO VIOLIN CONCERTOS, TWO VIOLINISTS, TWO COMPOSERS: BEETHOVEN AND SIBELIUS

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Weekend VI

Friday, August 13

MUSIC FOR THE INCAS: ROBLES, FRANK, AND GOLIJOV

Saturday, August 14

A LITTLE JAZZ MUSIC: CONCERT JAZZ BY GERSHWIN, BERNSTEIN, AND SCHULLER

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Weekend VII

Friday, August 20

MOZART, MORLOT, AND MOTHER GOOSE!

Saturday, August 21

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: BEETHOVEN AND MENDELSSOHN

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Weekend VIII

Friday, August 27

MUSIC OF THE SPHERES: HOLST’S THE PLANETS

Saturday, August 28

MUSIC FROM THE NEW WORLD: DVORAK’S “NEW WORLD” SYMPHONY

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