The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

Boston Symphony Orchestra*

Andris Nelsons, conductor

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Keith Lockhart, conductor

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

John Williams, conductor

Audra McDonald, host and vocalist

Midori, violin

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Kian Soltani - Cellist, cello

Nadine Sierra, soprano

Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano

Thomas Hampson, baritone

Jessica Vosk and Tony Yazbeck, vocalists

James Darrah, director

Tanglewood Festival Chorus,

James Burton, conductor

Reflecting the season-long theme, "The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood" will spotlight Leonard Bernstein's wide-ranging talents as a composer, his many gifts as a great interpreter and champion of other composers, and his role as an inspirer of a new generation of musicians and music lovers across the country and around the globe. The gala concert will feature a kaleidoscopic array of artists and ensembles from the worlds of classical music, film, and Broadway. The entire first half of the program is dedicated to selections from such brilliant Bernstein works as "Candide", "West Side Story", "Mass", and "Serenade".

Music from the classical canon very dear to Bernstein's heart-selections from Mahler's "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" and music by Copland-plus a new work by John Williams, makes up a good portion of the program's second half; the finale of Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony brings the program to a dramatic close.

*Joined by members of the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic - התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival, and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.