July 27 opens the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music with a program called Nordic Boomers. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in his own Cello Concerto (featuring Senja Rummukainen) plus works by fellow Scandinavians Hans Abrahamsen and Anders Hillborg. https://www.bso.org/events/july-27-tmco-fest-cont-music?performance=2026-07-27-20:00
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1 event, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,On Aug. 1 violinist Njioma Grevious will play a recital at Caramoor with pianist Andrew Goodridge. The wide-ranging program includes works by Bach, Prokofiev, Electra Perivolaris, Clarence Cameron White, and others. https://caramoor.org/event/njioma-grevious-andrew-goodridge-2026 At Tanglewood on Aug. 1, Andris Nelsons will conduct the Boston Symphony in a semi-staged performance of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Soloists include Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano (Countess); Nikola Hillebrand, soprano (Susanna); Eden Bartholomew, soprano (Barbarina); and Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano (Cherubino). https://www.bso.org/events/august-1-boston-symphony-orch?performance=2026-08-01-20:00 | 1 event,Robin Hood, a family-friendly opera by Ben Moore and Kelley Rourke, will be performed by Glimmerglass Aug. 2-7, giving local youth performers the opportunity to collaborate with Festival artists and creative teams. Kimberley-Ann Bartczak conducts. https://glimmerglass.org/events/robin-hood/ |
| 0 events, | 1 event,On Aug. 4, Nosky’s Baroque Band will play a free program in Central Park as part of the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts series. Two concertos by Torelli (one for trumpet with Steve Marquardt and one for violin with Aisslinn Nosky) will be joined by works from Corelli, Telemann, and J.S. Bach. https://naumburgconcerts.org/upcoming/noskysbaroqueband | 0 events, | 1 event,Vignettes Ellis Island is a song cycle by Alan Louis Smith inspired by real stories of early 20th-century immigrants. Performances at Glimmerglass take place Aug. 6 and 13. https://glimmerglass.org/events/vignettes-ellis-island/ | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The Bard Music Festival will focus on Viennese theatrical music during its Aug. 9 program. Besides works by Mozart, this season’s star, the lineup includes pieces by lesser-known composers such as Ferdinand Kauer (1751–1831), Johann Baptist Henneberg (1768–1822), and Emanuel Schikaneder (1751–1812). https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bmf26-p4/ |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The legacy of influential dancer/choreographer Martha Graham will be in the spotlight at Tanglewood Aug. 14 when the Martha Graham Dance Company is the guest of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Anna Handler. The program includes Rountree’s For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein), Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. https://www.bso.org/events/august-14-boston-symphony-orch?performance=2026-08-14-20:00 | 1 event,On Aug. 15, the Bard Music Festival will present a Mozart-centered program called Pinnacle of Achievement. It will include Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 (soloist to be announced), the String Quartet in G minor, K. 516, and a selection of songs, as well as a quartet by Haydn. https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bmf26-p8/ | 1 event,Mozart’s Legacy is the title of the Aug. 16 program at Bard Music Festival. A wide span of composers influenced by Mozart will be represented, including Süssmayr, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Richard Strauss. https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bmf26-p10/ |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,The final symphonic concert of the 2026 Tanglewood season on Aug. 23 finds Gustavo Gimeno conducting the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra and Chorus in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Soloists are Mané Galoyan, soprano; Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano; Ben Bliss, tenor; and Soloman Howard, bass. https://www.bso.org/events/august-23-boston-symphony-orch?performance=2026-08-23-14:30 As the culmination of a 10-day residency at I-Park’s annual artists’ retreat, Kaufmann Music Center will present six world premieres on Aug. 23. This year’s ensemble-in-residence is Latitude 49, a Canadian-American group consisting of piano, percussion, violin, cello, clarinet, and saxophone. https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/i-parks-composersmusicians-collaborative-residency/ |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,On Aug. 29, BargeMusic presents Dancing with Fauré. The program of chamber music Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, plus works by Bach, Bartók, and Sibelius. https://www.bargemusic.org/concert/mind-heart-and-soul-the-violin-concerto-across-three-centuries-with-mark-peskanov-and-semplice-players/ | 0 events, |
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