By Dave Read, Aug. 4, 2026 performance – A miscellany of music and talk was on the bill tonight in a program called We, the People, an American Journey at Tanglewood. In addition to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on stage in the Koussevitzky Music Shed were conductors Teddy Abrams and Ken-David Masur, musicians and speakers Yo-Yo Ma, Aoife O’Donovan, Jennifer Kreisberg, James Taylor, Jon Batiste, Heather Cox Richardson, and Bryan Stevenson.
Whereas a typical Tanglewood concert includes the work of one, two, or three composers, the music tonight is the work of thirteen musicians; E pluribus unum to the max! Fittingly, Tanglewood Music Center founding father Aaron Copland had two compositions on the bill, the opening Fanfare for the Common Man and the closing fanfare from his Symphony No. 3.
In between were compositions by “music warrior for Native equity and parity,” Brent Michael David, Stephan Foster, Antonin Dvorak, Copland protege Leonard Bernstien, John Knowles Paine, and Julia Wolfe. Diana Wyenn was director and dramaturg, which Mr. Webster tells us is a specialist in the art or technique of dramatic composition and theatrical representation.
For Tanglewood tickets and other information, please visit the website of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Here is information on how to get to the Berkshires.
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