Opening Night at Tanglewood, Friday, July 6, 2012: Boston Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor – Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 and the Leonore Overture No. 3, by Michael Miller

by  • JULY 10, 2012 • PRINT-FRIENDLY

Christoph von Dohnanyi leading the BSO on Tanglewood Opening Night. Photo Hilary Scott.

Friday, July 6, 2012, 8:30 pm Shed
Opening Night at Tanglewood

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor

All-Beethoven Program
Leonore Overture No. 3
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Symphony No. 5
(Program of August 5, 1937)

Quite a lot has already transpired at Tanglewood, from James Taylor and Diana Krall to Mark Morris and the Emerson Quartet, but with Saturday evening’s reprise of the inaugural concert, which took place under the direction of Serge Koussevitzky on August 5, 1937, the 75th anniversary season of the Tanglewood (Berkshire until 1986) Music Festival has begun. The shed was quite well populated, even in the farther reaches of the Shed, and the lawn also looked fairly full. Critics and public alike seemed excited by the prospect of another Tanglewood summer, especially in this anniversary year. And of course there were the fireworks to look forward to!

Read the full review on the Berkshire Review, an International Journal for the Arts!