Friday, August 10, 2001

PROGRAM 1
Overview
Olin Auditorium

8:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Leon Botstein

8:30 p.m. Performance: Jonathan Biss, piano; Colorado Quartet; Jeremy Denk, piano; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Dominique Labelle, soprano; New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director; Karl Paulnack, piano

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918): Ariettes oubliées (Verlaine) (1903); L’isle joyeuse, for piano (1904); Estampes, for piano (1903); String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893); Printemps, for piano four-hands and female chorus (1887; 1904); En blanc et noir, for two pianos (1915)

Saturday, August 11, 2001

PANEL 1
French Nationalism and Music, 1870–1900
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Room 141, First Floor

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Panel: Jane Fulcher, chair; Edward Berenson; Steven Huebner; Carl Schorske

PROGRAM 2
The French Musical Establishment of the Third Republic
Olin Auditorium

1:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Robert Martin

1:30 p.m. Performance: Laura Ahlbeck, oboe; Melvin Chen, piano; Jeremy Denk, piano; Eugene Drucker, violin; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Karl Paulnack, piano; Sarah Pelletier, soprano; Steven Tharp, tenor; Leon Williams, baritone

GABRIEL FAUR´E (1845–1924): Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13 (1876)

SONGS AND ARIAS BY Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894), Georges Bizet (1838–1875), Charles Gounod (1818–1893), Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947), Jules Massenet (1842–1912), Edouard Lalo (1823–1892), Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937), Benjamin Godard (1849–1895), Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921): Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166 (1921)

GABRIEL FAUR´E: La bonne chanson (Verlaine), Op. 61 (1894)

SPECIAL SHOWING
Germaine Dulac Films
Weis Cinema, Bertelsmann Campus Center

4:30 p.m. Disque 957 (1928); Themes et Variations (1928); Etude cinematographique sur un arabesque (1929); La souriante Madame Beudet (1922)

GERMAINE DULAC (1882–1942) was an important avant-garde filmmaker and theorist of the 1920s whose work has been vastly underappreciated in this country. This program of silent films contains three short abstract works whose structure is based on musical models, one a Debussy arabesque. The fourth, The Smiling Madame Beudet, often considered her greatest film, is a probing psychological study of a married woman’s emotional and sexual frustrations. Debussy’s music is an actual element in the plot and takes on a crucial symbolic role.

PROGRAM 3
Debussy before Pelléas
Festival Tent

7:30 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Steven Huebner

8:00 p.m. Performance: John Aler, tenor; Jonathan Biss, piano; Dominique Labelle, soprano; François Le Roux, baritone; Sarah Pelletier, soprano; Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano; New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director; Bard Festival Orchestra; Leon Botstein, Karen and David Kates Chair, conductor

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918):La damoiselle élue (Rossetti; trans. G. Sarrazin) (1887–88); Fantasy for piano and orchestra (1889–90); L’enfant prodigue (Guinand) (1884)

Sunday, August 12, 2001

PROGRAM 4
The French Sacred Tradition: Catholicism and Mysticism
Chapel of the Holy Innocents

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Performance: James Bagwell, conductor; Christopher Creaghan, organ; New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director

CHORAL AND ORGAN WORKS BY César Franck (1822–1890), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), Charles Gounod (1818–1893), Erik Satie (1866–1925), Ernest Chausson (1855–1899), Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), Louis Vierne (1870–1937), Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)

PROGRAM 5
The Legacy of César Franck
Olin Auditorium

1:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Christopher Gibbs

1:30 p.m. Performance: Laura Ahlbeck, oboe; John Aler, tenor; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano; Randy Bowman, flute; Melvin Chen, piano; Laura Flax, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Juliette Kang, violin; Thomas Kraines, cello; Robert Martin, cello; Laurie Smukler, violin; Ira Weller, viola

C´ESAR FRANCK (1822–1890): Piano Trio No. 4 in B Minor, Op. 2 (1842)

SONGS AND ARIAS BY Ernest Chausson (1855–1899), Joseph Guy Ropartz (1864–1955), Henri Duparc (1848–1933), Pierre de Bréville (1861–1949), Charles Bordes (1863–1909)

ALB´ERIC MAGNARD (1865–1914): Quintet in D Minor, Op. 8, for piano and wind instruments (1894)

ALBERT ROUSSEL (1869–1937): Prelude and Fugue, Op. 46 (1932-34)

D´EODAT DE S´EV´ERAC (1872–1921): Les naïades et le faune indiscret, for piano (1908–19)

VINCENT D’INDY (1851–1931): String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 45 (1897)

PROGRAM 6
Debussy’s Allies and Admirers
Olin Auditorium

4:30 p.m. Preconcert Talk

5:00 p.m. Performance: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano; Randy Bowman, flute; Melvin Chen, piano; Colorado Quartet; Sara Cutler, harp; Jeremy Denk, piano; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Jeffrey Lang, horn; Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano; Nardo Poy, viola; Jonathan Spitz, cello; Steven Tharp, tenor; Eric Wyrick, violin

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918): Images, series 1, for piano (1901–05)

PAUL DUKAS (1865–1935): Villanelle, for horn (1906)

SONGS BY Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (1880–1965) and
André Caplet (1878–1925)

ERNEST CHAUSSON (1855–1899): Chanson perpétuelle (Cros),
Op. 37, for soprano and piano quintet (1898)

CHARLES KOECHLIN (1867–1950): Quintet Primavera, Op. 156, for flute, harp, violin, viola, cello (1936)

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937): Jeux d’eau, for piano (1901);
Sites auriculaires, for two pianos (1895–97)

FLORENT SCHMITT (1870–1958): Piano Quintet in B Major,
Op. 51 (1902–08)

Friday, August 17, 2001

SYMPOSIUM
Literature and Painting in Fin-de-siècle Paris
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Room 141, First Floor

10:00 a.m. –12:00 noon and 1:30–3:30 p.m. Robert Martin, chair; Mark Antliff; Carol Ockman; Jerrold Seigel; Deborah Silverman; Marina van Zuylen

SPECIAL SHOWING
Germaine Dulac Films
Weis Cinema, Bertelsmann Campus Center

4:30 p.m. Disque 957 (1928); Themes et Variations (1928); Etude cinematographique sur un arabesque (1929); La souriante Madame Beudet (1922)

PROGRAM 7
The Lure of the Exotic
Olin Auditorium

7:00 p.m. Introduction to the Javanese Gamelan; Sam Quigley, commentator

8:00 p.m. Performance with Commentary by James Parakilas; Todd Crow, piano; Jean-Louis Haguenauer, piano; I. M. Harjito and friends, gamelan; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano

This event will usher the audience into the exotic musical worlds–Oriental, Spanish, and ancient Greek–that Debussy encountered. There will be live performances of Javanese gamelan music like that presented at the Paris Universal Exposition in 1889, and the kind of Spanish music then heard in Paris salons and cabarets. Debussy's comments on music of cultures other than his own will accompany performances of some of his own works.

Saturday, August 18, 2001

PANEL 2
Wagnerism and Symbolism
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Room 141, First Floor

10:00 a.m. –12:00 noon Panel: David Grayson, chair; Lydia Goehr; Rosemary Lloyd; Michael P. Steinberg 

PROGRAM 8
Cosmopolitan Paris before the War
Olin Auditorium

1:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Jann Pasler

1:30 p.m. Performance: Randy Bowman, flute; Monique Duphil, piano; Steven Hartman, clarinet; Jay Humeston, cello; Juliette Kang, violin; François Le Roux, baritone; Robert Martin, cello; Sarah Pelletier, soprano; Sarah Rothenberg, piano; Laurie Smukler, violin; Marina Sturm , clarinet; Blanca Uribe, piano; Ira Weller, viola; Bard Festival Chamber Players

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971): Trois poésies de la lyrique
japonaise (1912–13)

ALFREDO CASELLA (1883–1947): Selected songs

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937): Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (1913)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918): Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (1913)

ENRIQUE GRANADOS (1867–1916): From Goyescas,
for piano (1912–14)

MANUEL DE FALLA (1876–1946): From Pièces espagnoles,
for piano (1902–08)

ISAAC ALB´ENIZ (1860–1909): From Iberia, book 4,
for piano (1908)

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882–1967): Cello Sonata, Op. 4 (1909–10)

DARIUS MILHAUD (1892–1974): String Quartet No. 1,
Op. 5 (1912)

PROGRAM 9
Stylistic Tensions in the Middle Years: Tradition and Innovation
Festival Tent

7:30 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Marie Rolf

8:00 p.m. Performance: Sara Cutler, harp; Laura Flax, clarinet; Bard Festival Orchestra; Leon Botstein, Karen and David Kates Chair, conductor

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918): Fanfare from Le roi Lear (1904); Danse sacrée et danse profane, for harp and strings (1904); Marche éccossaise sur un thème populaire (1894–96); Jeux (1912–13); Première rhapsodie, for clarinet and orchestra (1911); Images (1905–12)

Sunday, August 19, 2001

PANEL 3
Debussy and Music Today
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Room 141, First Floor

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Panel: Richard Wilson, chair; Richard Rodney Bennett; Betsy Jolas; Sarah Rothenberg  

PROGRAM 10
The War Years
Olin Auditorium

1:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Jane Fulcher

1:30 p.m. Performance: Randy Bowman, flute; Sara Cutler, harp; Monique Duphil, piano; Karen Gomyo, violin; Jean-Louis Haguenauer, piano; Dana Hanchard, soprano; Sarah Pelletier, soprano; Nardo Poy, viola; Sarah Rothenberg, piano; Bion Tsang, cello; New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918): Six épigraphes antiques, for piano four-hands (1914); Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison (1915)

ERIK SATIE (1866–1925): Trois mélodies (1916)

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937): Trois chansons, for a capella chorus (1914–15)

PAUL DUKAS (1865–1935): Variations, interlude et finale sur un thème de Rameau, for piano (1899–1902)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata (1915); Sonata for flute, viola, and harp (1915); Violin Sonata (1916–17)

PROGRAM 11
The Question of French Tradition
Festival Tent

4:30 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Roy Howat

5:00 p.m. Performance: Dana Hanchard, soprano; Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano; Leon Williams, baritone; New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director; Bard Festival Orchestra; Leon Botstein, Karen and David Kates Chair, conductor

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918): La plus que lente (1910; orch. 1912); Berceuse héroïque (1914); Le jet d’eau (1907); Trois ballades de Villon (1910); Khamma (1911–12); Ode à la France (Laloy) (1916–17); La mer (1903–5)

SYMPOSIUM
Debussy and France During the Dreyfus Affair: Music and Politics
Stanley Kaplan Penthouse
Samuel B. and David Rose Building
165 West 65th Street, 10th Floor
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Carl Schorske, chair
Edward Berenson
Jane Fulcher
Jerrold Seigel
Michael Stanislawski

2:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Richard Wilson

2:30 p.m. Performance

Program to include:
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

From Preludes, book 2 (1911-13)

• Général Lavine–eccentric

From Preludes, book 1 (1910)
Jeremy Denk, piano

• Voiles
• La fille au cheveux de lin
• La sérénade interrompue
• Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir
• Le vent dans la plaine
• Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest
• Minstrels

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1891-94),
arr. Benno Sachs (1921)
Festival Chamber Musicians

Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orleans (1898-1908)
New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

Chanson de Bilitis for voice and piano (1897-98)
Theodora Hanslow, mezzo, soprano; Jeremy Denk, piano

ALB´ERIC MAGNARD

String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 16 (1902-03)
Laurie Smukler, Caterina Szepes, violin; Ira Weller, viola, Robert Martin, cello

ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Alice Tully Hall

7:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Jane Fulcher

8:00 p.m. Performance: American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor

GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER (1860–1956)

• Act III, Scenes 2-3 from Louise (1889-96)
• "Couronnement de la Muse de Montmartre"
• Matthew Surapine, tenor; New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director

VINCENT D’INDY (1851–1931)

• Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 57 (1902)

ALB´ERIC MAGNARD (1865–1914

• Hymne à la justice, Op. 14 (1902)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

• Trois Nocturnes (1897-99)

The Bard Music Festival in New York is presented by the Great Performers series at Lincoln Center. For tickets and information, call 212-721-6500 or visit the Web site www.lincolncenter.org.