Added on 07/04/09
One of the most highly anticipated guests at Tanglewood this season is Michael Tilson Thomas, who returns to the festival for the first time in two decades, showcasing his remarkable versatility in three very different programs. The first features...
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One of the most highly anticipated guests at Tanglewood this season is Michael Tilson Thomas, who returns to the festival for the first time in two decades, showcasing his remarkable versatility in three very different programs. The first features Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with Yefim Bronfman (August 14). His next program—to receive two performances in Ozawa Hall—is a special evening of musical theater he developed in celebration of his grandparents, The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater (August 19 & 20). Conducting, narrating, and playing piano, Thomas shares the stage with four singer/actors to recount the lives of Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, important artistic figures in the American Yiddish theater in the 1920s and ’30s. This entertaining, multi-faceted exploration of his heritage, which enjoyed successful runs in New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco, is especially close to Mr. Thomas’s heart. For... See less 
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