JEREMY YUDKIN’S
TANGLEWOOD
PRE-CONCERT LECTURE SERIES
A short walk from Brook Farm Inn!
“The best teacher on any subject I’ve ever had!”
“Jeremy turns the BSO’s concerts into almost spiritual experiences”
“Informative and entertaining”
“He makes the Tanglewood concerts come alive!”
2010 LECTURE SEASON
THE LENOX LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
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
SEASON PASS $245
(SEASON PASS ENTITLES YOU TO 20% DISCOUNT ON TANGLEWOOD TICKETS!)
Saturday, July 3 Free and open to the public.
THE PROFESSOR’S PICKS OF THE TANGLEWOOD SEASON
Friday, July 9
OPENING NIGHT AT TANGLEWOOD: MAHLER’S MAGNIFICENT NO. 2
Saturday, July 10
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH SYMPHONY AND THIRD PIANO CONCERTO: THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES THEM GREAT
Friday, July 16
MOZART’S REQUIEM: HIS LAST GREAT WORK. BUT WHO WAS IT WRITTEN FOR?
Saturday, July 17
MUSIC FOR THE CREATION OF THE WORLD: THE GREAT MAHLER THIRD SYMPHONY
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
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
Friday, August 6
TCHAIKOVSKY’S SIXTH SYMPHONY (“PATHÉTIQUE”), TOGETHER WITH MENDELSSOHN AND MOZART
Saturday, August 7
TWO VIOLIN CONCERTOS, TWO VIOLINISTS, TWO COMPOSERS: BEETHOVEN AND SIBELIUS
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
Friday, August 20
MOZART, MORLOT, AND MOTHER GOOSE!
Saturday, August 21
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: BEETHOVEN AND MENDELSSOHN
Friday, August 27
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES: HOLST’S THE PLANETS
Saturday, August 28
MUSIC FROM THE NEW WORLD: DVORAK’S “NEW WORLD” SYMPHONY
TO SIGN UP, E-MAIL: yudkinjaf@gmail.com
Or send a check to:
Pre-Concert Lectures, POBOX 2007, Lenox MA, 01240
Jeremy Yudkin has been teaching at Tanglewood every summer since 1983. He is Professor of Music at Boston and Oxford universities, and his interests are wide and varied, including everything from medieval music to Bartok and the Beatles. Jeremy has written 8 books: on medieval music and manuscripts, on a sixteenth-century music primer, and on jazz. His most recent publications include The Lenox School of Jazz and Miles Smiles, Miles Davis, and the Invention of Post Bop. He is also the author of one of the most successful music-appreciation textbooks. It is entitled simply Understanding Music. Helping all people understand music is one of his greatest passions.
He founded the Pre-Concert Lecture Series to create a place for music listeners to learn. Every year his lectures illuminate all the concerts played at Tanglewood. He is a compelling, lively, and friendly speaker. No musical expertise required!
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