Karen Kamensek conducts the world premiere of a Philip Glass symphony at Tanglewood
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT TANGLEWOOD
PHILIP GLASS' SYMPHONY NO. 15 "LINCOLN"
5 JULY, 2:30 pm KOUSSEVITZKY MUSIC SHED
Karen Kamensek will conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood on July 5 for the world premiere of Philip Glass's Symphony No. 15 "Lincoln" . In a program dedicated to the 16th President of the United States and commemorating the nation's bicentennial, Kamensek will also conduct John Williams' Suite from Lincoln and Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait .
With this concert, Kamensek continues her long-standing and close connection to the music of Philip Glass , whose works she now represents as one of the world's leading interpreters. At the beginning of this season, she conducted a concert performance of Glass's Akhnaten at the Concertgebouw with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. She has previously conducted the work at the Metropolitan Opera, the English National Opera, and the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
The performance at Tanglewood follows Kamensek's recent debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. The concert is part of a series of major orchestral engagements in North and South America .
Later in the summer, Kamensek returns to the UK to conduct Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel at the Longborough Festival Opera. The series of performances begins on July 30 .
