the richard b. fisher center for the performing arts at bard college
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA October 12–13, 2012
About The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, an environment for world-class artistic presentation in the Hudson Valley, was designed by Frank Gehry and opened in 2003. Risk-taking performances and provocative programs take place in the 800-seat Sosnoff Theater, a proscenium-arch space, and in the 220-seat Theater Two, which features a flexible seating configuration. The Center is home to Bard College’s Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program, and host to two annual summer festivals: SummerScape, which offers opera, dance, theater, operetta, film, and cabaret; and the Bard Music Festival, which celebrated its 23rd year in August with “Saint-Saëns and His World.” The 2013 festival will be devoted to Igor Stravinsky, with a special weekend focusing on the works of Duke Ellington. The Center bears the name of the late Richard B. Fisher, the former chair of Bard College’s Board of Trustees. This magnificent building is a tribute to his vision and leadership. The outstanding arts events that take place here would not be possible without the contributions made by the Friends of the Fisher Center. We are grateful for their support and welcome all donations.
The 2012 fall season at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts is made possible in part through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, as well as through the generous support of the Board of The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, the Board of the Bard Music Festival, and the Friends of the Fisher Center.
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Chair Jeanne Donovan Fisher President Leon Botstein
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American Symphony Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826) Bassoon Concerto, Op. 75 (1811; rev. 1822) Allegro ma non troppo Adagio Rondo–Allegro David Nagy, bassoon Serge Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (1912; rev. 1915) Péter Blága, tuba Carl Maria von Weber Andante and Rondo Ungarese, Op. 35 (1809; rev. 1813) David Nagy, bassoon Menachem Zur (1942– ) Tuba Concerto (1992; rev. 2008) Péter Blága, tuba Intermission Richard Strauss (1864–1949) Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 (1911–15)
Sosnoff Theater Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October 13 at 8 pm Preconcert talk at 7 pm by Peter Laki Running time for this evening’s concert is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, with one 20 minute intermission. The use of recording equipment or the taking of photographs during the performance is strictly prohibited.
Notes on the Program Carl Maria von Weber Born in Eutin, near Lübeck, Germany, on November 18, 1786 Died in London on June 5, 1826 Bassoon Concerto in F Major, Op. 75, composed 1811 (rev. 1822) Andante and Rondo Ungarese, Op. 35, composed 1809 (rev. 1813) Carl Maria von Weber is best known in the orchestral repertory today for the overtures to his operas Der Freischütz, Euryanthe, and Oberon. In these and less familiar compositions, his masterful use of orchestral colors helped to usher in a new Romantic sensibility. The three most famous operas date from the 1820s, shortly before Weber’s death at age 39, when he was at the height of his powers and fame. The previous decade had seen the gradual ascent of his reputation after a low point in February 1810, when Weber was arrested for embezzlement. (The charges were later dropped.) The 23-year-old composer sought to turn his life around and began to keep a diary to document his activities. He was prodigiously talented as a composer, pianist, conductor, and critic, bringing to mind Mozart, to whom he was related by marriage. He achieved considerable success in 1811 with a Clarinet Concertino he wrote for the celebrated virtuoso Heinrich Bärmann, which led to requests for other concertos. As Weber explained in a letter: The whole orchestra has been the very devil about demanding concertos from me. … I have orders for two Clarinet Concertos (of which one in F minor is almost ready), two large arias, a Cello Concerto for Legrand, a Bassoon Concerto. You see I’m not doing at all badly, and very probably I will spend the summer here [in Munich], where I am earning so much that I’ve something left over after all expenses. He wrote the Bassoon Concerto later that year for Georg Friedrich Brandt, soloist in the Munich Court orchestra. The first movement, in sonata form, features a brilliant opening theme that yields to a more lyrical second one. The brief slow movement features the bassoon in an operatic guise, complete with a vocal cadenza, before the piece concludes with a lively rondo finale. The work was published in a slightly revised version in 1822 as Weber’s First Bassoon Concerto, although in fact no second one was to follow. The closest thing—indeed, what might be thought of as a concerto missing its first movement— is the Andante and Rondo Ungarese. Weber originally composed that piece for viola and orchestra in 1809 and revised it four years later. The viola original was written for his brother and the bassoon version for Brandt, who premiered the piece in February 1813. Weber noted in his diary: “He blew the new Hungarian piece very well and to great applause; it all went well and made a great effect.”
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Serge Rachmaninoff Born in Semyonovo, Russia, on April 1, 1873 Died in Beverly Hills, California, on March 28, 1943 Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14, composed 1912 (rev. 1915) Composers often rue the day they wrote what was originally considered a trifling piece, but became something so popular that it drew public attention away from more substantial works. Beethoven resented how the success of his early Septet overshadowed much greater compositions; Saint-Saëns encountered a similar problem with “The Swan” from The Carnival of the Animals, Sibelius with his Valse triste, and Prokofiev with his march from The Love for Three Oranges. Serge Rachmaninoff was twice so confounded: audiences constantly demanded that he play his Prelude in C-sharp Minor (1892), which he had written as a teenager, and later one of his songs became equally popular. In 1912 he composed a set of 14 songs, Op. 34. The last of them, revised during the summer of 1915, is a wordless vocalise. The singer that he had in mind, soprano Antonina Nezhdanova (1873–1950), lamented not having a text, to which the composer responded: “What need is there of words when you will be able to convey everything better and more expressively than anyone could with words by your voice and interpretation?” Rachmaninoff orchestrated the piece, originally written for voice and piano, the following year in versions with and without voice. Others would later arrange the famous work for nearly every imaginable instrument.
Menachem Zur Born in Israel in 1942 Tuba Concerto, composed 1992 (rev. 2008) Israeli-born composer Menachem Zur has composed more than 100 works, including chamber, vocal, symphonic, and electronic music, and an opera. He is a graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and studied in the United States at Mannes College of Music, Sarah Lawrence College, and Columbia University, where he earned a D.M.A. in 1976. He was awarded the ACUM (Israeli ASCAP) prize in 2001 for life achievement, twice received the Prime Minister’s prize for composition, and won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981. His orchestral works have received numerous performances by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and most of his pieces have been published in the United States and Israel. He is a professor emeritus at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and has also taught at Queens College, CUNY, and New York University. From 1992 to 1994 and 2000 to 2003 he served as the chairperson of the Israel League of Composers.
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Zur composed the Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra in 1992; it was premiered in Romania under the baton of Dorel Pascu-Radulescu, with soloist Shmuel Adi Heshko, the tuba player of the Israeli Philharmonic, for whom the piece was written and dedicated. The composer has provided the following program note: The Concerto consists of three contrasting parts (fast-slow-fast) that are played consecutively. Out of over one hundred of my works, this concerto comes closest in style to neoclassical musical language. The novelty in this composition can be recognized in the harmonic vocabulary, which toys with the tonality of A minor in an ironic manner, presenting the asymmetric nature of the tonality alongside its symmetrical counterpart. In other words, the piece is not “in” A minor, but “on and about” A minor. In addition to this harmonic novelty, there is a contrast that relates to the domain of color. Through the tradition of classical music we have become accustomed to the convention that the main tune or leading part is played in a high register, while the underlying accompaniment exists in a low register. The Tuba Concerto challenges this convention. Interchanging the roles of “high,” “middle,” and “low” creates a certain tension. This tension between the different registers contains an additional facet, as even within the instruments of the lower registers themselves the tuba sounds deeper, and further distanced from the listener’s ear. This characteristic of the tuba can be attributed to its smooth and velvety timbre, which does not contain any roughness of white noise, in contrast to the sound of the double bass or bassoon, unless the player deliberately plays it in a loud manner, employing sounds that shake the brass, effectively causing the tuba to vibrate, thereby resulting in a “hoarse” tone. The sensation of distance and velvety smoothness is part of our natural acoustic world when we hear the tuba. Our perception of the instrument as remote, although unequivocally positioned at the front of the stage, is an additional source of tension and contrast. Each of my works relies on extensive, creative laboratory research (both acoustic and psycho-acoustic), which examines the relationship between different aspects of the piece (melody-harmony-color-register-orchestration-texture), and their trajectory on the domain of time-tempo. In its original version (1992) I wished for the listeners to grow familiar with the effect of the phenomena of distance as they gradually outgrow this effect. For the Israeli premiere of the Concerto in 2008 with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein, I made some changes in the orchestration. The hope is that by doubling some solo sections with various instruments and timbres, the listener’s ear will refrain from adjusting to the distant sound of the large instrument, thereby accentuating the sense of contrast and drama inherent in this “dimension of proximity versus the dimension of distance,” which becomes apparent when the soloist plays solo.
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Richard Strauss Born in Munich on June 11, 1864 Died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on September 8, 1949 Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, composed 1911–15 They were friends and rivals, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler, each promoting and performing the work of the other, meeting with some frequency, and maintaining a lively correspondence. But tensions always lurked as fundamental aesthetic differences existed between them. One of Mahler’s most famous quotes—“My time will come”—is even more revealing in context; the rest of the statement is “when his [Strauss’s] is past.” Strauss, who was four years Mahler’s junior, was deeply shaken when his friend died in 1911 at the age of 50—“Mahler’s death has affected me greatly,” he wrote. It was shortly afterward that Strauss took up a composition begun much earlier and that might ultimately be viewed as a tribute to Mahler’s spirit. Eine Alpensinfonie would turn out to be the last of Strauss’s tone poems. He had written his first, Macbeth, in 1888 and followed it with Don Juan (1888–89); Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration, 1888–89); Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, 1894–95); Also sprach Zarathustra (1896); Don Quixote (1897); Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life, 1897–98); and a large one he labeled a symphony: Symphonia domestica (Domestic Symphony, 1902–03). For the next decade Strauss concentrated on opera, composing Salome (1905), Elektra (1909), and Der Rosenkavalier (1911). Eine Alpensinfonie marked his return to instrumental music after a nearly decade, as he wrote one last tone poem that brought together philosophy and nature, as Mahler had done in so many of his symphonies. Strauss had toyed for decades with the idea of a nature symphony based on a boyhood experience of a mountain hike that he had made with some friends. The group got lost and was caught in a terrible storm. In a letter to his parents he mentioned a piece that “would begin with a sunrise in Switzerland.” Some sketches from around the turn of the century point toward a work in two movements with the title Tragedy of an Artist. He returned to the project 10 years later, this time for a four-movement work called The Alps. The idea, as musicologist Charles Youmans has observed, was to follow “an artist’s evolving perception of nature to the stage at which it could be used as a liberation from metaphysics.” Then Strauss heard of Mahler’s death. He noted in his diary: The death of this aspiring, idealistic, energetic artist is a grave loss. . . . As a Jew, Mahler was still able to find exaltation in Christianity. As an old man the hero Wagner returned to it under the influence of Schopenhauer. It is absolutely clear to me that the only way the German nation can regain its vitality is by liberating itself from Christianity. . . . I shall call my alpine symphony “The Antichrist” for it has: moral regeneration through one’s own efforts, liberation through work, adoration of eternal, magnificent Nature.
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Most of the composition of Eine Alpensinfonie took place in 1914 at Strauss’s home in Garmisch and the work was completed in February 1915. By this time he had dropped the “Antichrist” title drawn from Nietzsche (who had earlier inspired Also sprach Zarathustra), although he retained the idea of surmounting religion and all metaphysics through the adoration of nature. Strauss conducted the premiere, to mixed reviews, on October 28, 1915, in Berlin with the Dresden Hofkapelle Orchestra. The vast one-movement composition, which contains some of Strauss’s most vivid tonepainting, calls for an enormous orchestra and lasts longer than any of his other orchestral works. Strauss cast the piece in 22 continuous sections to which he gave titles. “Night” opens with a unison B-flat chord and a descending scale against which is intoned an ominous brass chorale theme; this leads to “Sunrise.” The main body of the work now begins with the vigorous theme of “The Ascent,” which features hunting horns sounded in the distance. “Entry into the Forest” offers some repose and magical orchestration reminiscent of Wagner’s “Forest Murmurs,” coupled with Mahlerian bird calls. Water sounds make an appearance in “Wandering beside the Brook” and then become a torrent with “At the Waterfall.” “Apparition” refers to a legendary Alp sprite and continues with “On the Flowering Meadows.” “The Alpine Pasture” opens with cowbells, such as Mahler had used in his Sixth and Seventh symphonies, as well as with yodeling effects. The climbers now get lost in “Through Thicket and Brush on Wrong Paths” before emerging at the magnificent “On the Glacier.” The following “Dangerous Moments” depicts the perils as they get higher and reach “On the Summit.” The destination has been achieved and there is now “The Vision,” “The Mists Rise,” “The Sun Gradually Darkens,” “Elegy,” and “Calm Before the Storm.” “Thunderstorm,” prominently featuring wind and thunder machines, breaks the mood to provide a violent climax. The climbers begin their “Descent” and themes heard on the way up pass in rather quick review on the way down. The final three sections are more nostalgic: “Sunset,” “Conclusion,” and “Night,” bringing us back to the music with which the entire symphonic poem began. —Christopher H. Gibbs, James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music, Bard College
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Who’s Who Leon Botstein Conductor
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This season, Leon Botstein celebrates his 20th anniversary as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra. He is co-artistic director of the acclaimed SummerScape and Bard Music Festivals, which take place at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry for Bard College. He is also Conductor Laureate of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, where he served as Music Director from 2003–2011. He has been president of Bard College in New York since 1975.
Upcoming guest engagements include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hawaii Symphony, and Taipei Symphony. Botstein may also be heard on numerous recordings, including operas by Strauss, Dukas, and Chausson, as well as works of Shostakovich, Dohnányi, Liszt, Bruckner, Bartók, Hartmann, Reger, Glière, Szymanowski, Brahms, Copland, Sessions, Perle, and Rands. Many of his live performances with the American Symphony Orchestra are now available for download on the Internet. Botstein is highly regarded as a music historian. He is the editor of The Musical Quarterly and the author of numerous articles and books. Last year he gave the prestigious Tanner Lectures in Berkeley, California. For his contributions to music he has received the award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Harvard University’s prestigious Centennial Award, as well as the Cross of Honor, First Class, from the government of Austria. In 2009 he received Carnegie Foundation’s Academic Leadership Award, and in 2011 was inducted into the American Philosophical Society. He is also the 2012 recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Award for the Elevation of Music in Society.
Péter Blága Tuba Péter Blága was born in Debrecen, Hungary, and began his musical studies on euphonium and then on tuba in elementary school. He attended the Zoltán Kodály music high school in Debrecen, studying with Márta Tör˝ oné Tóth, and completed his undergraduate work at the Ferenc Lizst Music Academy in Budapest, where he studied with László Szabó. Blága is currently a graduate performance certificate student at The Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he has studied with Alan Baer, principal tubist of the New York Philharmonic, and Derek Fenstermacher, principal tubist of New Jersey Symphony. Blága won the first and special prizes in a Hungarian national tuba competition for high school students in 2006; in 2010, as a freshman at the Liszt Academy, he won second prize in the International Brass and Percussion Competition in Debrecen, and the following year took first prize in the same competition. He won the Conservatory Concerto Competition at Bard College in 2012. He has received generous support for his studies at Bard College from Olivia and László Bitó. 9
David A. Nagy Bassoon David A. Nagy was born and raised in Hungary and moved to the United States at age 18 to pursue double degrees at The Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he is a Bitó Scholar. He is currently studying with Patricia Rogers, Mark Goldberg, and Luis GarciaRenart. Nagy has appeared in concerts on four continents, including solo recitals in Hungary, Venezuela, and the United States. He recently gave a marathon performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s two piano trios with his trio TNT. Other recent concert appearances include the world premiere of Dylan Mattingly’s single-movement concerto for bassoon and chamber ensemble, A Way a Lone a Last a Loved a Long the Riverrun, with Contemporaneous, and performances of J. S. Bach’s Flute Partita in A Minor as the prelude to Robert Kelly’s play Orpheus. Upcoming performances include a senior recital, Madness at the End, featuring his own arrangements of Debussy’s Sonata for Cello, and an evening of world premieres for solo bassoon written by young composers. He was named a distinguished visitor of Táchira County, Venezuela, while he was a teaching artist at the San Juan de Colòn Music Festival. Nagy was awarded the Kodály Prize in 2007 for his excellence in music and academics, and was the recipient of the 2003 “Student of the Year” cup. He is a passionate after-hours translator of literature, and a writer, photographer, and graphic designer. He plays on a 1976 Püchner Model 24, a gift from his mother upon his acceptance to the Bard Conservatory.
The American Symphony Orchestra Founded 50 years ago by Leopold Stokowski, the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) continues its mission to demystify orchestral music and make it accessible and affordable for everyone. Under music director Leon Botstein, the ASO has kept Stokowski’s mission intact, and has also become a pioneer in what the Wall Street Journal called “a new concept in orchestras,” presenting concerts curated around various themes drawn from the visual arts, literature, politics, and history, and unearthing rarely-performed masterworks for welldeserved revival. These concerts are performed in the Vanguard Series at Carnegie Hall. The orchestra also performs in the celebrated concert series Classics Declassified at Peter Norton Symphony Space, and is the resident orchestra of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, where it appears in a winter subscription series as well as Bard’s annual SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival. In 2010, the American Symphony became the resident orchestra of The Collegiate Chorale, performing regularly in the Chorale’s New York concert series. The orchestra has made several tours of Asia and Europe, and has performed in countless benefits for organizations, including the Jerusalem Foundation and PBS. ASO’s award-winning music education program, Music Notes, integrates symphonic music into core humanities classes in high schools across the tristate area. In addition to many albums released on the Telarc, New World, Bridge, Koch, and Vanguard labels, many live performances by the American Symphony are now available for digital download. In many cases, these are the only existing recordings of some of the rare works that have been rediscovered in ASO performances. 10
The American Symphony Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director Violin I Erica Kiesewetter, Concertmaster Yukie Handa Ellen Payne Diane Bruce Ragga Petursdottir Patricia Davis John Connelly Ashley Horne Elizabeth Nielsen Yana Goichman Mara Milkis Nazig Tchakarian Sebu Sirinian Lisa Tipton Alicia Edelberg David Steinberg Violin II Suzanne Gilman, Principal Wende Namkung Sophia Kessinger Lucy Morganstern Katherine Livolsi-Landau Elizabeth Kleinman Dorothy Strahl Alexander Vselensky Ann Gillette Sarah Zun Lisa Steinberg Laura Bald Kathryn Aldous Shinwon Kim Viola William Frampton, Principal Sally Shumway Rachel Riggs
Crystal Garner Shelley Holland-Moritz Adria Benjamin Louis Day Emily Basner Ah Ling Neu Ariel Rudiakov Cello Eugene Moye, Principal Sarah Carter Annabelle Hoffman Maureen Hynes Tatyana Margulis Elina Lang Lanny Paykin Anik Oulianine Bass Tony Flynt, Principal Jack Wenger Louis Bruno Peter Donovan Louise Koby Richard Ostrovsky William Sloat Richard Messbauer Flute Laura Conwesser, Principal Karla Moe Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Piccolo Sheryl Henze Oboe Alexandra Knoll, Principal Erin Gustafson Matthew Dine, English horn
Heckelphone Harry Searing Clarinet Laura Flax, Principal Marina Sturm Shari Hoffman Lino Gomez, Bass clarinet Bassoon Charles McCracken, Principal Marc Goldberg Gilbert Dejean, Contrabassoon Maureen Strenge Horn Zohar Schondorf, Principal David Smith Chad Yarbrough Kyle Hoyt Sara Cyrus, Assistant Adam Krauthamer Shelagh Abate Aaron Korn Ian Donald Trumpet Carl Albach, Principal John Dent Jason Covey Nathan Botts Trombone Richard Clark, Principal Kenneth Finn Jeffrey Caswell Mark Johansen
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Tuba Kyle Turner, Principal Daniel Peck Timpani Jonathan Haas, Principal Percussion Kory Grossman, Principal Javier Diaz Charles Descarfino Matthew Beaumont Harp Victoria Drake, Principal Lynette Wardle Keyboard Elizabeth Wright, Principal Organ Paolo Bordignon Offstage Horns Danielle Kuhlmann Leise Anschuetz-Ballou Theresa MacDonnell Alana Vegter Offstage Trombones Marc Donatelle David Read Personnel Manager Ann Yarbrough Guttman Assistant Conductor Zachary Schwartzman Orchestra Librarian Marc Cerri
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American Symphony Orchestra Patrons The American Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, staff, and artists gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies for their generosity and vital support. Stokowski Society Fund for the City of New York The Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation The Booth Ferris Foundation Leon Botstein Jeanne Donovan Fisher Michael Dorf The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Danny Goldberg and Rosemary Carroll The Faith Golding Foundation Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Rachel and Shalom Kalnicki Mary and Sam Miller Stuart K. Nelson New York State Council on the Arts Open Society Institute The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Felicitas S. Thorne Mrs. James P. Warburg Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson The Winston Foundation Sustaining Supporter The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Foundation Gary Giardina Peter Kennard Arthur Leonard Mimi Levitt Dr. Pamela F. Mazur JoAnne Meloccaro Lynne Meloccaro Shirley Mueller Bruce Slovin Joseph and Jean Sullivan David and Sylvia Teitelbaum Fund Benefactor Level II Miriam Berger Connie Chen Patricia Faber Karen and Mark Finkbeiner Irwin and Maya Hoffman IBM Corporation Erica Kiesewetter Jack Kliger Marcia H. Moor Richard and Joanne Mrstik Mr. and Mrs. David E. Schwab II David and Martha Schwartz Peter Sourian Irene Zedlacher
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Eleanor C. Kane Linda L. Kaumeyer Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kelly Martha Klein and David Hurvitz Robert J. Kurilla James Lack Robert la Porte Helena Lee Eric and Amala Levine Gerald F. Lewis Sara F. Luther and John J. Neumaier John P. Mackenzie Charles S. Maier Herbert Mayo Dr. Naomi Mendelsohn Edie Michelson and Sumner Milender Janet C. Mills David T. Mintz Roy Moses Doris Moss Joanne and Richard Mrstik Martha Nickels Jill Obrig Douglas Okerson and William Williams Elizabeth J. and Sevgin Oktay Robert M. Osborne Gary S. Patrik Debra Pemstein and Dean Vallas David Pozorski and Anna Romanski Susan Price Kenneth S. Recu George and Gail Hunt Reeke Susan Regis Dr. Siri von Reis Drs. M. Susan and Irwin Richman Peter and Linda Rubenstein Heinz and Klara Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Scott James E. Scott Dr. Alan M. Silbert Elizabeth A. Simon Peter Sipperley Dr. Sanford B. Sternlieb Dr. Michael A. Stillman Francis E. Storer Jr. Mark Sutton Taconic Foundation, Inc. Janeth L. Thoron Tiffany & Co. Mr. Randy J. Tryon Joan E. Weberman Robert Weiss Wendy and Michael Westerman Williams Lumber and Home Centers Albert L. Yarashus Mike and Kathy Zdeb Rena Zurofsky
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Donors to the Bard Music Festival Events in this year’s Bard Music Festival were underwritten in part by special gifts from Helen and Roger Alcaly Bettina Baruch Foundation Michelle R. Clayman Jeanne Donovan Fisher Mimi Levitt The Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts James H. Ottaway Jr. Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha Felicitas S. Thorne Festival Underwriters James H. Ottaway Jr. Opening Concert Mimi Levitt Preconcert Talks Guest Artists Films Furthermore: A Program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Festival Book Helen and Roger Alcaly Festival Book Festival Program Margo and Anthony Viscusi Guest Artists Joanna M. Migdal Panel Discussions Paula and Eliot Hawkins Christina A. Mohr and Matthew Guerreiro Between the Concerts Supper National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
Friends of the Bard Music Festival Leadership Support Mimi Levitt The Mortimer Levitt Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr. Bettina Baruch Foundation Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha Golden Circle Jeanne Donovan Fisher The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust
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Felicitas S. Thorne Millie and Robert Wise Benefactor Helen and Roger Alcaly American-Scandinavian Foundation The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Artek Banco Santander S.A. Barclays Bank Leonie F. Batkin Michelle R. Clayman Consulate General of Finland in New York Joan K. Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las Heras Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and Jonathan K. Greenburg FMH Foundation Eliot D. and Paula K. Hawkins Linda Hirshman and David Forkosh** Anne E. Impellizzeri The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Susan and Roger Kennedy Barbara Kenner Edna and Gary Lachmund Amy and Thomas O. Maggs Marstrand Foundation Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland The Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Jim and Talila O’Higgins Dimitri B. and Rania Papadimitriou Peter Kenner Family Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Dr. Gabrielle Reem** and Dr. Herbert J. Kayden Drs. M. Susan and Irwin Richman David E. Schwab II ’52 and Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52 H. Peter Stern and Helen Drutt English Dr. Sanford Sternlieb Allan and Ronnie Streichler Merida Welles and William “Chip” Holman The Wise Family Charitable Foundation Elaine and James Wolfensohn Patron ABC Foundation Constance Abrams and Ann Verber Edwin L. Artzt and Marieluise Hessel
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Atkins Kathleen and Roland Augustine Elizabeth Phillips Bellin ’00 and Marco M. S. Bellin Dr. Miriam Roskin Berger ’56 Helen ’48 and Robert Bernstein Helen and Robert Bernstein Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund Anne Donovan Bodnar and James L. Bodnar Sarah Botstein and Bryan Doerries Lydia Chapin Constance and David C. Clapp J. T. Compton Jane Cottrell and Richard Kortright Arnold J. ’44 and Seena** Davis Barbara and Richard Debs Michael Del Giudice and Jaynne Keyes Rt. Rev. Herbert A. and Mary Donovan Amy Knoblauch Dubin and David Dubin Robert C. Edmonds ’68 Ines Elskop and Christopher Scholz John Geller Helena and Christopher Gibbs Kim Z. Golden Alison Grannucci Alan Hilliker and Vivien W. Liu Jane and Robert Hottensen Frederic K. and Elena Howard Joan and Julius Jacobson Jasper Johns Drs. Harriette and Gabor** Kaley Rachel and Dr. Shalom Kalnicki Helene and Mark N. Kaplan Belinda and Stephen Kaye Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Keesee III Mr. and Mrs. George A. Kellner Klavierhaus, Inc. Seymour and Harriet Koenig Alison and John Lankenau Glenda Fowler Law and Alfred Law Eric and Amala Levine Barbara** and S Jay Levy Cynthia Hirsch Levy ’65 Patti and Murray Liebowitz Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation Stephen Mazoh and Martin Kline W. Patrick McMullan and Rachel McPherson Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Menken Metropolitan Life Foundation Matching Gift Program Andrea and Kenneth L. Miron Christina A. Mohr and Matthew Guerreiro Ken Mortenson Martin L. Murray and Lucy Miller Murray Alexandra Ottaway
Eve Propp Barbara B. Reis Blanche and Bruce Rubin Andrew Solomon and John Habich Solomon Sarah and Howard Solomon Martin T. and Toni Sosnoff Edwin A. Steinberg Stewart’s Shops Allan and Ronnie Streichler Elizabeth Farran Tozer and W. James Tozer Jr. Tozer Family Fund of the New York Community Trust Illiana van Meeteren Olivia van Melle Camp Rosemary and Noel Werrett Aida and Albert Wilder Irene Zedlacher William C. Zifchak and Margaret Evans Sponsor Anonymous Roland Augustine Ana Azevedo Margaret and Alec Bancroft Eva Thal Belefont ’49 Everett and Karen Cook Phillip S. Cooke Blythe Danner ’65 Dasein Foundation David G. Whitcomb Foundation Willem F. De Vogel and Marion Davidson Roberto De Azevedo John A. Dierdorff Cornelia Z. and Timothy Eland Timothy and Cornelia Eland Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Shepard and Jane Ellenberg Ellenberg Asset Management Corp. Phyllis Feder Field-Bay Foundation Francis Finlay and Olivia J. Fussell Laura Flax Martha Jane Fleischman Deborah and Thomas Flexner Donald C. Fresne Laura Genero Carlos Gonzalez and Katherine Stewart Samuel L. Gordon Jr. and Marylou Tapalla Mr. and Mrs. Jay M. Gwynne Marjorie Hart Nancy and David Hathaway Martin Holub and Karen Kidder** Lucas Hoogduin and Adriana Onstwedder Elizabeth D. and Robert Hottensen Pamela Howard John R. and Joyce Hupper
I.B.M. Matching Grants Program Susan Jonas Edith Hamilton Kean Fernanda Kellogg and Kirk Henckels Clara F. and David J. Londoner Marstrand Foundation Elizabeth I. McCann James and Purcell Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Payton Ellen and Eric Petersen John and Claire Reid Dr. Siri von Reis Alfred J. and Deirdre Ross Dr. Paul H. Schwartz and Lisa Barnes-Schwartz James and Sara Sheldon David and Sarah Stack Edwin Steinberg Art and Jeannette Taylor Barbara and Donald Tober Richard C. Strain and Eva Van Rijn Arete and William** Warren Jack and Jill Wertheim Robert and Melanie Whaley Maureen A. Whiteman and Lawrence J. Zlatkin Serena H. Whitridge Julia and Nigel Widdowson Peter and Maria Wirth Marina van Zuylen Supporter Munir and Susan Abu-Haidar Barbara J. Agren James Akerberg and Larry Simmons Saga M. Ambegaokar Leora and Peter Armstrong Irene and Jack Banning Didi and David Barrett Karen H. Bechtel Dr. Susan Krysiewicz and Thomas Bell Carole and Gary Beller Mr. and Mrs. Andy Bellin Beth and Jerry Bierbaum Mr. and Mrs. David Bova Mr. and Mrs. William B. Brannan Kay Brover and Arthur Bennett Madge Briggs Dan F. and Nancy Brown Kate Buckley and Tony Pell Phyllis Busell and James Kostell Peter Caldwell and Jane Waters Miriam and Philip Carroll Hugo M. J. Cassier and Sarah Buttrick David Clain Frederick and Jan Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Concagh Seth Dubin and Barbara Field Ema Dunch Joan and Wolcott Dunham Ruth Eng
Gail and John Eyler Harold Farberman Ingrid and Gerald Fields Emily Rutgers Fuller Michael H. Garrety Joseph W. and Joyce Geeb John Geller Donald Gellert and Elaine Koss Mims and Burton Gold Victoria and Max Goodwin Janine M. Gordon Richard Gottlieb Mary and Kingdon Gould Jr. Nan and David Greenwood Mortimer and Penelope C. Hall Sally S. Hamilton Juliet Heyer Susan Hoehn and Allan Bahrs William Holman Dalya Inhaber Jay Jolly Karen Bechtel Foundation of the Advisor Charitable Gift Fund Robert E. Kaus Erica Kiesewetter Charles and Katharine King Karen Klopp Dr. and Mrs. Vincent Koh Robert J. Kurilla Lowell H. and Sandra A. Lamb Debra I. and Jonathan Lanman Wayne Lawson E. Deane and Judith S. Leonard Brent Lewis ’09 Walter Lippincott Lynn Favrot Nolan Family Fund Jeanette MacDonald and Charles Morgan John P. Mackenzie Philip and Tracey Mactaggart Charles S. Maier Claire and Chris Mann Marilyn Marinaccio Elizabeth B. Mavroleon Mia McCully ’07 Charles Melcher Arthur and Barbara L. Michaels Samuel C. Miller John E. Morrison IV Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mudge Bernadette Murray and Randy Fertel Kamilla and Donald Najdek Anna Neverova ’07 Jay H. Newman and Elissa Kramer Mr. and Mrs. William T. Nolan Marta E. Nottebohm Elizabeth J. and Sergin Oktay Dr. Bernhard Fabricius and Sylvia Owen Louis Parker David B. and Jane L. Parshall Susan Heath and Rodney Paterson Ruth Plager
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John and Claire Reid Barbara Reis Emma Richter ’09 Susan F. Rogers Rosalie Rossi, Ph.D. John Royall Andrew and Ellen Santandra Dr. Gloria Schafer Dagni and Martin Senzel Denise and Lawrence Shapiro Dr. Scott and Alexis Small Nadine Bertin Stearns Mim and Leonard Stein Mary and Stephen Stinson Mila Tewell Carole Tindall John Tuke and Leslie Farhangi Dr. Elisabeth F. Turnauer-Derow Alan and Christine Vickery ’75 Monica Wambold Taki and Donald Wise John and Mary Young Friend Rev. Albert R. Ahlstrom Lorraine D. Alexander Arthur A. Anderson Anonymous Zelda Aronstein and Norman Eisner Artscope, Inc. John K. Ayling Phebe and George Banta James M. Barton Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Barton Saida Baxt Regina and David Beckman Dr. Howard Bellin Richard L. Benson Dr. Marge and Edward Blaine Clara Botstein Eric and Irene Brocks David and Jeannette T. Brown Mr. and Mrs. John C. D. Bruno Alfred M. Buff and Lenore Nemeth Michael Caola Pamela Chow and Ted Smith Robert and Isobel Clark Donald Cooney Joan Costa Millicent O. McKinley Cox Linda and Richard Daines Mary E. Davis Dana and Brian Dunn Abby and John Dux Peter Edelman Peter Elebash and Jane Robinson Jim and Laurie Niles Erwin Patricia Falk Arthur L. Fenaroli David and Tracy Finn Luisa E. Flynn Patricia and John Forelle Mary Ann Free Samantha Free 18
Stephen and Jane Garmey Anne C. Gillis Alysha Glenn ’09 Dr. Joel and Ellen Goldin Stanley L. Gordon Sandra Graznow and Jim Kearns Thurston Greene Andrea Gross Guido Ben-Ali and Mimi Haggin David A. Harris Sy Helderman Sharon and David Hendler Carol Henken Nancy H. Henze Gary Herman Martin Holub David Hurvitz and Martha Klein Rocco G. Ilardi Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Imber Rod and Caroline Keating Patricia H. Keesee Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kelly Joan Kend Diana Niles King Irving and Rhonda E. Kleiman Thea Kliros Sharon Daniel Kroeger Jeffrey Lang Prof. Edward C. Laufer Wayne Lawson Beth Ledy Leon and Fern Lerner Laurence and Michael Levin Gerald F. Lewis Ruthie and Lincoln Lyman M Group, LLC John P. MacKenzie Hermes Mallea and Carey Maloney Annette S. and Paul N. Marcus Harvey Marek The McGraw-Hill Companies Matching Gift Program Marcus Mello ’04 Dr. Naomi Mendelsohn Philip Messing Millbrook Real Estate, LLC Deborah D. Montgomery Kelly Morgan Doris Moss Debbie Ann and Christopher Morley Susan and Robert Murphy Nancy R. Newhouse Hugh and Marilyn Nissenson Harold J. and Helen C. Noah Douglas Okerson and William Williams James Olander Marilyn and Peter Oswald Gary S. Patrik Sarah Payden ’09 Peter and Sally V. Pettus Lucas Pipes ’08 Dr. Alice R. Pisciotto
Eleanor Pollak David Pozorski and Anna Romanski D. Miles Price Stanley A. Reichel ’65 and Elaine Reichel Dr. Naomi F. Rothfield ’50 and Lawrence Rothfield Harriet and Bernard Sadow Antonia Salvato Sheila Sanders Dr. Thomas B. Sanders Heinz and Klara Sauer Molly Schaefer Frederick W. Schwerin Jr. Mary Scott Danny P. Shanahan and Janet E. Stetson ’81 Muriel Simmons Betsy Covington Smith J. Kevin Smith Polly and LeRoy Swindell Jessica and Peter Tcherepnine Gladys R. Thomas Janeth L. Thoron Cynthia M. Tripp ’01 Leigh Beery and Jonathan Tunick ’58 Laurie Tuzo Ronald VanVoorhies Andrea A. Walton John Waldes Jacqueline E. Warren Peter Warwick Renee K. Weiss ’51 Barbara Jean Weyant Anne Whitehead Victoria and Conrad Wicher Mr. and Mrs. John Winkler Amy Woods Robert and Lynda Youmans Marvin Zelman
Major support for the Fisher Center’s programs has been provided by: Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation Helen and Roger Alcaly The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fiona Angelini and Jamie Welch The Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Anonymous Artek Bettina Baruch Foundation Bioseutica USA, Inc. Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Gregory Quinn Chartwells School and University Dining Services Michelle R. Clayman The Cultural Services of the French Embassy of the United States
Joan K. Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las Heras John A. Dierdorff Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and Jonathan K. Greenburg Estate of Richard B. Fisher Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby The Ettinger Foundation, Inc. Stefano Ferrari and Lilo Zinglersen Alexander D. Fisher MFA ’96 Catherine C. Fisher and Gregory A. Murphy Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander Jeanne Donovan Fisher R. Britton and Melina Fisher FMH Foundation Eliot D. and Paula K. Hawkins Linda Hirshman and David Forkosh** HSBC Philanthropic Programs Anne E. Impellizzeri Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation Jane’s Ice Cream Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Belinda and Stephen Kaye Susan and Roger Kennedy Barbara Kenner Mimi Levitt Chris Lipscomb and Monique Segarra Amy and Thomas O. Maggs Mansakenning LLC The Marks Family Foundation Marstrand Foundation Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation The Maurer Family Foundation, Inc. Joanna M. Migdal The Millbrook Tribute Garden Millbrook Vineyards & Winery The Mortimer Levitt Foundation Inc. Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces: Dance National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr. Dimitri B. and Rania Papadimitriou Peter Kenner Family Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund Dr. Gabrielle H. Reem** and Dr. Herbert J. Kayden Dr. Siri von Reis Richard B. Fisher Endowment Fund Drs. M. Susan and Irwin Richman Ingrid Rockefeller
David E. Schwab II ’52 and Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52 The Schwab Charitable Fund Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha Martin T. and Toni Sosnoff H. Peter Stern and Helen Drutt English Dr. Sanford Sternlieb Allan and Ronnie Streichler Thendara Foundation Felicitas S. Thorne True Love Productions Margo and Anthony Viscusi Bethany B. Winham Millie and Robert Wise The Wise Family Charitable Foundation **deceased All lists current as of September 13, 2012
Boards and Administration Bard College Board of Trustees David E. Schwab II ’52, Chair Emeritus Charles P. Stevenson Jr., Chair Emily H. Fisher, Vice Chair Elizabeth Ely ’65, Secretary Stanley A. Reichel ’65, Treasurer Fiona Angelini Roland J. Augustine Leon Botstein+ , President of the College David C. Clapp Marcelle Clements ’69* Melinda N. Donovan+ Asher B. Edelman ’61 Robert S. Epstein ’63 Barbara S. Grossman ’73* Sally Hambrecht George F. Hamel Jr. Marieluise Hessel Matina S. Horner+ Charles S. Johnson III ’70 Mark N. Kaplan George A. Kellner Murray Liebowitz Marc S. Lipschultz Peter H. Maguire ’88 James H. Ottaway Jr., Life Trustee Martin Peretz Stewart Resnick, Life Trustee Roger N. Scotland ’93* The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk, Honorary Trustee Martin T. Sosnoff Susan Weber Patricia Ross Weis ’52 + ex officio * alumni/ae trustee
Senior Administration Leon Botstein, President Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Executive Vice President Michèle D. Dominy, Vice President and Dean of the College Mary Backlund, Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Admission Norton Batkin, Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies Jonathan Becker, Vice President and Dean for International Affairs and Civic Engagement James Brudvig, Vice President for Administration John Franzino, Vice President for Finance Susan H. Gillespie, Vice President for Special Global Initiatives
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Max Kenner ’01, Vice President for Institutional Initiatives Robert Martin, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of The Bard College Conservatory of Music Debra Pemstein, Vice President for Development and Alumni/ae Affairs
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Advisory Board Jeanne Donovan Fisher, Chair Carolyn Marks Blackwood Leon Botstein+ Stefano Ferrari Harvey Lichtenstein Robert Martin+ Dimitri B. Papadimitriou+ Martin T. Sosnoff Toni Sosnoff Felicitas S. Thorne Administration Debra Pemstein, Vice President for Development and Alumni/ae Affairs Bob Bursey, Senior Producer Gideon Lester, Director, Theater and Dance Programming Mark Primoff, Director of Communications Susana Meyer, Producer, SummerScape Opera Mary Smith, Director of Publications Ginger Shore, Consultant to Publications Eleanor Davis, Media and Marketing Manager Joanna Szu, Marketing Associate Bonnie Kate Anthony, Assistant Production Manager Paul LaBarbera, Sound and Video Engineer Stephen Dean, Stage Operations Manager Vincent Roca, Technical Director Mark Crittenden, Facilities Manager Jeannie Schneider, Business Manager Andrea Gross, Community Relations Manager Patrick King ’12, House Manager Carley Gooley ’12, Assistant House Manager Roisin Taylor ’13, Assistant House Manager Nicholas Reilingh, Box Office Manager Caitlyn DeRosa, Assistant Box Office Manager Ray Stegner, Building Operations Manager
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Doug Pitcher, Building Operations Coordinator Daniel DeFrancis, Staff Assistant Robyn Charter, Staff Assistant
The Bard Music Festival Board of Directors Denise S. Simon, Chair Roger Alcaly Leon Botstein+ Michelle R. Clayman Robert C. Edmonds ’68 Jeanne Donovan Fisher Christopher H. Gibbs+ Paula K. Hawkins Susan Petersen Kennedy Barbara Kenner Gary Lachmund Mimi Levitt Thomas O. Maggs Robert Martin+ Kenneth L. Miron Christina A. Mohr James H. Ottaway Jr. Siri von Reis Felicitas S. Thorne E. Lisk Wyckoff Jr. Artistic Directors Leon Botstein Christopher H. Gibbs Robert Martin Executive Director Irene Zedlacher Associate Director Raissa St. Pierre ’87 Scholar in Residence 2013 Tamara Levitz Program Committee 2012 Byron Adams Leon Botstein Christopher H. Gibbs Robert Martin Jann Pasler Richard Wilson Irene Zedlacher Director of Choruses James Bagwell Vocal Casting Consultant Susana Meyer
The American Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors Danny Goldberg, Chair Thurmond Smithgall, Vice-Chair Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Treasurer Miriam Berger Joel I. Berson, Esq.** Michael Dorf Rachel Kalnicki
Jack Kliger Jan Krukowski Shirley A. Mueller, Esq. Eileen Rhulen L. Stan Stokowski** Felicitas S. Thorne Administration Lynne Meloccaro, Executive Director Oliver Inteeworn, General Manager Brian J. Heck, Director of Marketing Sebastian Danila, Library Manager Marielle Métivier, Operations Manager Katrina Herfort, Ticketing Services Coordinator Jennifer Luzzo, Development Manager Marc Cerri, Orchestra Librarian Ann Yarbrough Guttman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Ben Oatmen, Production Assistant James Bagwell, Principal Guest Conductor Geoffrey McDonald, Assistant Conductor Zachary Schwartzman, Assistant Conductor Richard Wilson, Composer-InResidence Leszek M. Wojcik, Concert Archival Recording ** honorary
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MEREDITH MONK &VOCAL ENSEMBLE Vocal Quartet I: Friday, November 9 at 8 pm Vocal Quartet II: Saturday, November 10 at 8 pm Two different programs from Musical America’s 2012 Composer of the Year Sosnoff Theater $15, 25, 35, 45
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Conservatory Sundays Concerts performed by the talented students of The Bard College Conservatory of Music, with faculty and special guests OCTOBER 14: Faculty/student chamber music OCTOBER 21: Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein OCTOBER 28: Music Alive! (new music presented by artistic directors Joan Tower and Blair McMillen) DECEMBER 9: Conservatory Orchestra, with guest conductor Marcelo Lehninger (MFA ’07) All concerts are at 3 pm.
Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble Produced by New Albion Records FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9: Vocal Quartet I SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10: Vocal Quartet II Two different programs from Musical America’s 2012 Composer of the Year All concerts are at 8 pm.
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American Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Works by Harold Farberman and Anton Bruckner FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 AND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 All concerts are at 8 pm and feature a preconcert talk at 7 pm.
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