“We The People,” Part 1: Yo-Yo Ma and Renaud Capuçon perform Brahms at Tanglewood
About The Episode
In the first of three BSO concerts curated by Yo-Yo Ma, he and violinist Renaud Capuçon are the soloists in the Double Concerto by Brahms, part of a program led by BSO Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid that also includes an orchestral arrangement of Brahms's String Sextet No. 2 and Gabriel Fauré’s beautiful Cantique de Jean Racine, sung by Berkshire Lyric.
Friday, August 7, 2026
8:00 PM
Samy Rachid, conductor
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello and host
Emanuel Ax, piano
Berkshire Lyric
Jack Brown, conductor
Gabriel FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine
Olivier MESSIAEN “Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus” from Quartet for the End of Time
Johannes BRAHMS (arr. ATTERBERG) String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36
BRAHMS Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra
Also on this broadcast, from the Tanglewood Music Center:
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Bedřich SMETANA The Moldau