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Boston Symphony Orchestra with Beethoven, Sibelius, and more

Jul 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM  ·  Tanglewood, Lenox, MA Tanglewood, Lenox, MA

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Boston Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1881, is a leading U.S. symphonic ensemble. Known for 20th-century RCA Victor recordings and for Koussevitsky’s premieres of Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, plus Tanglewood.
Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer and pianist from Bonn, bridged the Classical and Romantic eras with his innovative, emotionally intense music. Renowned for works like the "Moonlight Sonata," Fifth Symphony, and Ninth Symphony, he revolutionized instrumental music, elevating it to high art. He continued composing despite profound deafness.
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods, widely regarded as his country's greatest composer. He is known for his significant contributions to symphonic and orchestral music, including his set of seven symphonies, the violin concerto, and symphonic tone poems such as Finlandia. His music drew heavily on Finnish myths and legends, particularly the epic poem Kalevala, and played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity.
Richard Wagner, born in Leipzig, Germany, was a revolutionary Romantic composer. He is renowned for his music dramas, including "The Ring of the Nibelung" and "Tristan und Isolde," which feature his innovative use of leitmotifs and Gesamtkunstwerk ("total work of art"). His complex harmonies and dramatic orchestration profoundly influenced Western classical music.
Tashkent-born pianist Yefim Bronfman, an American citizen since 1989, is acclaimed for modern Russian repertoire, recording all Prokofiev piano concertos and sonatas. A 1997 Grammy winner, he debuted with the New York Philharmonic in 1978.
Esa-Pekka Salonen is Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Cofounder of the Baltic Sea Festival, he won the Grawemeyer Award for his Violin Concerto.

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