Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration

Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration concert. Here's the program and the performers:

Copland. Fanfare for the Common Man. Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
Leonard Bernstein. Three dance episodes from On the Town. Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
Selections from The Great American Song Book. James Taylor and John Williams with the Boston Pops.
Haydn Piano Concerto in D (excerpts). Emanual Ax with the Tanglewod Music Center Orchestra conducted by Stefan Asbury.
Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile. Yo-Yo Ma and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.
Pablo de Sarasate. Carmen Fantasy. Anne-Sophie Mutter with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra directed by Andris Nelsons.
Ravel La Valse. Boston Symphony Orchestra directed by Andris Nelsons.
Beethoven Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra. Peter Serkin plays piano with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Zinman and the Tangelwood Festival Chorus under John Oliver.

Directed for TV by Bill Cosel. Released 2013, disc has dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

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