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Great Performances: A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood

John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter Talk Composing and More

Watch legendary composer John Williams' and famed violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter discuss how Williams' new concerto came about, the power of music during the pandemic, and their special relationship with Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood.

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Great Performances: A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood

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Experience a concert of works by legendary composer John Williams from Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home at Tanglewood including Williams’ new violin concerto performed by virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter and other works conducted by Andris Nelsons.

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#PBSForTheArts Continues on Great Performances with Two New Classical Music Concerts

#PBSForTheArts Continues on Great Performances with Two New Classical Music Concerts Starring Composer-Conductor John Williams and Opera Divas Isabel Leonard, Nadine Sierra and Ailyn Pérez This Fall on PBS Features the Boston Symphony Orchestra and The Metropolitan Opera. This fall, Great Performances celebrates the resiliency ...

Jonas Kaufmann and Kristine Opolais

Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons' Concert

Jonas Kaufmann and Kristine Opolais: “Tu, tu, amore?”

Jonas Kaufmann and Kristine Opolais—both frequent collaborators with conductor Andris Nelsons, Opolais' husband—join Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra to perform the duet “Tu, tu, amore? Tu?” from Puccini’s opera Manon Lescaut. In an interview, Kaufmann jokes that performing a physically passionate duet on stage ...

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Andris Nelsons

Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons' Concert

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The start of BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons’ tenure with the orchestra features two of the conductor’s close colleagues: his wife, the acclaimed Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais, and the outstanding German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, each singing selections from the Wagnerian and Italian verismo repertoires. The ...

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Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration

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COPLAND - Fanfare for the Common Man BERNSTEIN - Three dance episodes from On the Town The Boston Pops Keith Lockhart, conductor Selections from The Great American Songbook James Taylor John Williams, conductor HAYDN - Piano Concerto in D, 2nd and 3rd movements Tanglewood Music ...