Berkshire Tour Company Presents Summer Sundays at Tanglewood 2019

Boston Pops Orchestra
Across the Stars: Music of John Williams

Koussevitzky Music Shed - Lenox, MA 

Artist & Program Information

Boston Pops Orchestra
David Newman, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Across the Stars: Music of John Williams
Join the Boston Pops for the first of three programs this summer, celebrating the art of John Williams. Drawing from her recent recording “Across the Stars,” the great violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs selections from Mr. Williams’ iconic scores, in brilliant new arrangements created especially for her. The program includes music from Star Wars and Memoirs of a Geisha, as well as the haunting melodies of Schindler’s List.

PACKAGE INCLUDES: 

Round Trip Luxury Motorcoach Transportation 

Tanglewood Ticket Inside the Shed 

Professional Escort 

ITINERARY:

9:00 AM   Pick up at Park St. T Station in Boston

9:30 AM   Pick up at Riverside T Station 

12:30 PM Approximate arrival at Tanglewood 

2:30 PM   Tanglewood Concert 

4:30 PM   End of Concert and walk back to bus 

7:30 PM   Approximate Arrival at Riverside T Station 

8:00 PM  Approximate Arrival at Park St. T Station

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven, HK Gruber and Strauss featuring Håkan Hardenberger

Koussevitzky Music Shed - Lenox, MA 

Artist & Program Information

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
HK GRUBER Aerial, Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
STRAUSS “Dance of the Seven Veils”
from Salome

PACKAGE INCLUDES: 

Round Trip Luxury Motorcoach Transportation 

Tanglewood Ticket Inside the Shed 

Professional Escort 

ITINERARY:

9:00 AM   Pick up at Park St. T Station in Boston

9:30 AM   Pick up at Riverside T Station 

12:30 PM Approximate arrival at Tanglewood 

2:30 PM   Tanglewood Concert 

4:30 PM   End of Concert and walk back to bus 

7:30 PM   Approximate Arrival at Riverside T Station 

8:00 PM  Approximate Arrival at Park St. T Station

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons conducts Gershwin and Stravinsky featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Koussevitzky Music Shed - Lenox, MA 

Artist & Program Information

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
GERSHWIN Variations on “I Got Rhythm,”
     for piano and orchestra
STRAVINSKY Petrushk14

PACKAGE INCLUDES: 

Round Trip Luxury Motorcoach Transportation 

Tanglewood Ticket Inside the Shed 

Professional Escort 

ITINERARY:

9:00 AM   Pick up at Park St. T Station in Boston

9:30 AM   Pick up at Riverside T Station 

12:30 PM Approximate arrival at Tanglewood 

2:30 PM   Tanglewood Concert 

4:30 PM   End of Concert and walk back to bus 

7:30 PM   Approximate Arrival at Riverside T Station 

8:00 PM  Approximate Arrival at Park St. T Station

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
WAGNER Die Walküre, Act II

Koussevitzky Music Shed Lenox MA

Artist & Program Information

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Amber Wagner, soprano (Sieglinde)
Christine Goerke, soprano (Brünnhilde)
Simon O’Neill, tenor (Siegmund)
James Rutherford, bass-baritone (Wotan)
Ain Anger, bass (Hunding)
WAGNER Die Walküre, Acts II
Concert performance sung in German with
English supertitles

2:30pm
Act II Performance (only)

PACKAGE INCLUDES: 

Round Trip Luxury Motorcoach Transportation 

Tanglewood Ticket Inside the Shed 

Professional Escort 

ITINERARY:

9:00 AM   Pick up at Park St. T Station in Boston

9:30 AM   Pick up at Riverside T Station 

12:30 PM Approximate arrival at Tanglewood 

2:30 PM   Tanglewood Concert 

4:30 PM   End of Concert and walk back to bus 

7:30 PM   Approximate Arrival at Riverside T Station 

8:00 PM  Approximate Arrival at Park St. T Station 

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk conducts Rachmaninoff and Sibelius featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman

Koussevitzky Music Shed Lenox MA

Artist & Program Information

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1

PACKAGE INCLUDES: 

Round Trip Luxury Motorcoach Transportation 

Tanglewood Ticket Inside the Shed 

Professional Escort 

ITINERARY:

9:00 AM   Pick up at Park St. T Station in Boston

9:30 AM   Pick up at Riverside T Station 

12:30 PM Approximate arrival at Tanglewood 

2:30 PM   Tanglewood Concert 

4:30 PM   End of Concert and walk back to bus 

7:30 PM   Approximate Arrival at Riverside T Station 

8:00 PM  Approximate Arrival at Park St. T Station

Boston Symphony Orchestra 
Thomas Adès conducts Ives and Beethoven featuring pianist Inon Barnatan

Koussevitzky Music Shed Lenox MA

Artist & Program Information

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
IVES Three Places in New England
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

PACKAGE INCLUDES: 

Round Trip Luxury Motorcoach Transportation 

Tanglewood Ticket Inside the Shed 

Professional Escort 

ITINERARY:

9:00 AM   Pick up at Park St. T Station in Boston

9:30 AM   Pick up at Riverside T Station 

12:30 PM Approximate arrival at Tanglewood 

2:30 PM   Tanglewood Concert 

4:30 PM   End of Concert and walk back to bus 

7:30 PM   Approximate Arrival at Riverside T Station 

8:00 PM  Approximate Arrival at Park St. T Station

 HIDDEN GARDENS TOUR OF BEACON HILL. Beacon Hill is the most sought after address in Boston where some of the most prestigious families of today and yesteryear have resided. The gardens are on view this ONE DAY ONLY and are located at the private residences of Beacon Hill families who graciously open their doors to you. Each garden is uniquely different and the home owner will be there to talk to you and to  show off their personal creations.     

PACKAGE INCLUDES:  

2 night of accommodations  

2 full breakfast at the hotel  

2 dinners 

Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill  

Boston City Tour  

Faneuil Hall  

Italian Market Tour 

Shear Madness Evening Performance 

Boston Pops Evening Performance 

 All applicable taxes and gratuities   

See the  FIELDS OF LUPINES.  "This deep purple, pink or white wildflower carpets fields of New Hampshire... set against a majestic backdrop of the Franconia, Presidential, and Kinsman Mountain ranges. ” Quote excerpted from internet site.   Take a HORSE DRAWN WAGON RIDE THROUGH a CHRISTMAS TREE FARM  and an  EVENING MOOSE TOUR to see these gentle giants in their natural habitat.  

 PACKAGE INCLUDES: 

 3 nights of accommodations 

3 breakfasts

1 Brunch or Elegant Buffet Lunch

2 dinners 

American Whiskey Presentation (New for 2020)

Rock’s Estate Garden’s Tour 

Horse Drawn Wagon Ride through the Christmas Tree Farm at the Rock’s Estate 

Lupine Fields Photo Stops 

White Mountains Canning Co. (New for 2020)

Kancamagus Highway Tour with stops  

Village of North Conway 

New Hampshire Scenic Touring

Cannon Mountain Tramway  

Evening Moose Tour 

Fadden’s General Store 

Take a BEHIND THE SCENES CRANBERRY BLOSSOM TOUR. You are welcomed to the largest cranberry operation in the world  at the height of the blossom season!  An  experienced grower gives the history of  cranberry making and SPRING BOG POLLINATION. There are 2 ½ hives per acre and there are 2000 acres!  Did you  know they hire bees, which get flown (on an airplane!) in and pollinate the bogs?   When they are done, all the bees get collected up and flown  to  some other place to start the pollination cycle all over again.  There will be  plenty of time for questions and discussion.  

 PACKAGE INCLUDES:    

2 nights of accommodations  

2 continental breakfasts 

2 Dinners (including Plimoth Plantation theme dinner)  

Whale Watch Cruise  

Guided Tour of Plymouth 

Behind the Scenes Cranberry Bog tour 

 Photo Stop at Plymouth Rock 

 Bakery Tour and Tasting  

All applicable taxes and gratuities

Round trip baggage handling   

 Whale Watching.  Spot Humpback, Minke, and Fin Whales going about their daily business. An onboard naturalist will introduce you to everything you see and will answer any of your questions about the whales, birds, fish and lighthouses. For anyone not wishing to go on a whale watch you can enjoy a Dune Tour. Ride along the shoreline of the protected lands of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Your guide will point out the “dune shacks” where famous artists and writers became inspired to create their art.  

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

3 Nights of Accommodations on Cape Cod

3 Extended Continental Breakfasts

3 Dinners

Guided Tour to Provincetown 

along Scenic Route 6A

Cape Cod National Seashore Visitor’s Center

Admission on a Whale Watch Excursion 

OR a Dune Tour

Guided Tour of Plymouth

Admission on a Lobster Tales Cruise

Admission to the Pilgrim Hall Museum

Meal Taxes, Meal Gratuities and Room Taxes

Round Trip Luggage Handling

This is a Classic Tour that includes everything your group would want to do in and around Boston.  Chock full of our nation's history, delicious dining, Salem History, a Lobsterbake and a Whale Watch, this tour is sure to make you popular among your guests! 

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

Overnight room for 5 nights 

5 breakfasts 

4 dinners 

Lobster Dinner 

Colonial Character Interactive Dinner

JFK Library and Museum 

Historic Boston Tour and Photo Stop at Cheers 

Old North Church  

Paul Revere House 

Quincy Market 

Faneuil Hall 

Charlestown Navy Yard

 USS Constitution Tour 

Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum

New England Aquarium including 

Whale Watch 

Salem Tour 

House of Seven Gables 

Salem Witch Museum 

Rockport 

Gloucester 

Fenway Park Tour 

Harvard and Cambridge Driving Tour 

Lexington and Concord Tour 

Round trip baggage handling 

All taxes and gratuities 

This is a best-seller!  Visit Boston, Maine, New Hampshire and Cape Cod and ride a different train in each state!   You are guaranteed to see fall colors and everyone LOVES A TRAIN! 

PACKAGE INCLUDES 

5 nights of accommodations 

5 breakfasts

2 box lunches 

4 dinners 

1 Evening of entertainment at Lobster Dinner 

Boston Tour 

Faneuil Hall 

Quincy Market 

Old North Church 

USS Constitution 

Maine Touring 

MS Mount Washington Lake Cruise 

Old Fashioned Country Store 

Wright Museum 

Wydah Pirate Museum 

All touring and Local Step On Guides

Amtrak’s Downeaster Train to Maine 

Conway Scenic Railway Notch Train 

OR Cog Railway 

Winnepausekee Turkey Dinner Train

Cape Cod Central Railroad  

All applicable taxes and gratuities 

Round trip baggage handling 

This tour is similar to our Coastal Trains of NE but this version includes takes you inland and though the MOUNTAINS.  Ride four different TRAINS! 

PACKAGE INCLUDES   

5 nights of accommodations 

5 breakfasts

2 lunches 

4 dinners 

1 Evening of entertainment at Lobster Dinner 

Boston Tour 

Faneuil Hall 

Quincy Market 

Old North Church 

USS Constitution 

Maine Touring 

MS Mount Washington Lake Cruise 

Fadden’s General Store and Maple Tour 

Hemmings Automobilia 

Apple Orchard Tour 

Apple Orchard Store and Apple Pie a la mode 

Norman Rockwell Tour 

Berkshire Fall Foliage Leaf Peeper Tour 

Amtrak’s Downeaster Train to Maine 

Conway Scenic Railway Notch Train 

OR Cog Railway 

Winnepauseke Turkey Dinner Train

All applicable taxes and gratuities (except customary driver and guide tips) 

Round trip baggage handling  

This tour is a favorite anytime from spring to fall.  Take an EVENING MOOSE TOUR and see these gentle giants in their natural habitats.  Did you know moose are born knowing how to swim?  They can swim up to 6 mph for as long as two hours!  Learn more fun facts with a specially licensed guide.

For an added flair, visit us during the LUPINE FESTIVAL and include a HORSE DRAWN WAGON RIDE through the fields of lupines! 

PACKAGE INCLUDES

 Three Nights of Accommodations

Three Breakfasts

One Lunch

Two Dinners

Evening Moose Tour

WhiteMountains National Forest Kancamagus Highway

Bear Notch Road Scenic Ride

Crawford Notch State Park

Silver  Cascade and Elephant Head

Tour of Mount Washington Hotel Franconia Notch Narrative Touring Cannon Mountain Aerial Tram

MS Mount Washington Lake Cruise Turkey Dinner Train

Budweiser Factory Tour

All applicable taxes and gratuities, (Except customary guide gratuities) Round trip baggage handling
 

 

If you want to include the Cape in your fall program then this it the tour for you!  Cape Cod is quintessential New England and this tour has it all; the Berkshires, Vermont, New Hampshire with a dinner-train, as well as the Cape. Travel through centuries of Cape Cod history and see fishermen’s villages, sand dunes and wind mills along Old King's Highway.  Visit the Cape Cod Seashore.  On an included Cranberry Bog tour you may even  see a WET HARVEST just like you see on television and the Ocean Spray  commercials!   

  PACKAGE INCLUDES 

5 nights of accommodations  

5 breakfasts  

1 box lunch  

5 dinners  

Norman Rockwell Museum  

Berkshires Leafpeeper Tour

Bennington Museum

Grandma Moses Schoolhouse  

Narrative driving tour of Bennington

Hemmings Automobilia  

Vermont Country Store  

MS Mount Washington Lake Cruise

  Wright Museum  

Winn Turkey Dinner Train 

Cranberry Bog Tour  

Wydah Pirate Museum  

Cape Cod Touring along Old Kings Highway  Photo stop at Cape Cod Lighthouse  

Provincetown  

Truro Vineyards Tour and wine tasting

Souvenir glass

Cranberry wine in a Lighthouse Bottle 

Pairpoint Glass with Glassblowers  

Cape Cod Canal Visitor’s Center  

Round trip baggage handling  

Applicable taxes   

This tour reflects quintessential New England from the NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM to AUTHENTIC FIRESIDE FEAST.  Experience the crisp autumn weather, warm sun and bright colors of fall as you travel through New England.   This tour exemplifies the best of New England including an APPLE ORCHARD TOUR, TRAIN RIDES, APPLE PIE DEMO and those things that make New England such a popular destination in the fall.  

PACKAGE INCLUDES:  

4 nights of accommodations 

4 breakfasts

2 lunches 

4 dinners including an Historic Fireside Feast and Apple Pie Making Demo 

Fall Foliage Leaf Peeper Tour and Berkshire Cottages 

Stockbridge Tour 

Norman Rockwell Museum 

Hemmings Automobilia 

Visit to the Apple Barn and Apple Pie Making and Apple Orchard Tour 

Vermont Country Store 

Pepi Herman Crystal 

Kellerhaus Candies 

MS Mount Washington Lake Cruise 

Wright Museum 

Fall Foliage Special Train 

Winnipesaukee Turkey Dinner Train

Taxes 

Round Trip Baggage Handling

What can we say?  If you really want to spend some time in New England on an affordable vacation, then this is the trip for you!  It sells itself!  See all of the special inclusions below. 

PACKAGE INCLUDES:  

7 nights of accommodations  

7 breakfasts  

3 lunches   

6 dinners (including one dinner at Optimist Café; a ship captain’s home and a lobster dinner and Turkey Dinner Train) 

Wydah Pirate Museum  

Cape Cod Touring along Old Kings Highway  

Photo stop at Cape Cod Lighthouse

Provincetown  

Truro Vineyards Tour and Wine Tasting

Souvenir Glass 

Cranberry Wine in Lighthouse Bottle

Hyannis Tour  

Historic Boston Tour  

Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall  

Maine Tour of Kennebunkport 

Seashore Trolley Museum  

Pepi Hermman Crystal  

MS Mount Washington Lake Cruise

Wright Museum  

Vermont Country Store  

Hemmings Automobilia  

Berkshires Leafpeeper Tour including Stockbridge Main Street 

and Berkshire Cottages 

Norman Rockwell Museum  

Cape Cod Central Railroad  

Amtrak Downeaster Train  

New Hampshire Special Foliage Train

Ashland Vintage Railway Station Commemorative Book  

Winn Turkey Dinner Train   

Round trip baggage handling  

Applicable taxes