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Bard Music Festival Weekend One
Program One: Liszt: Mirror of the 19th Century
Friday, August 11, 2006
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater8:00 pm Preconcert Talk: Leon Botstein
8:30 pm Performance: Nicole Cabell, soprano; John Hancock, baritone; Valentina Lisitsa, piano; Giora Schmidt, violin; Konstantin Scherbakov, piano; Peter Orth, piano; Sharon Bjorndal, piano; Rohan di Silva, piano; Christian van Horn, bass; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
Réminiscences de Don Juan
From Années de pèlerinage
From Etudes d'exécution transcendante
Am Grabe Richard Wagners
Rhapsodie hongroise (arr. Liszt/Joachim)
Transcription of Schubert's Erlkönig
Songs and Choral Works
Tickets: $20, 35, 45
Panel One: Liszt the Phenomenon
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Olin Hall10:00 am–noon
Christopher H. Gibbs, moderator; Kenneth Hamilton; Rena Mueller; Richard Wilson
Free and open to the public
Program Two: The Young Liszt: From Vienna to Paris
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Olin Hall1:00 pm Preconcert Talk: Anna H. Celenza
1:30 pm Performance: Simone Dinnerstein, piano; John Hancock, baritone; Martin Kasik, piano; Janice Weber, piano; Peter Orth, piano; Michael Abramovich, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players;
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
From Années de pèlerinage, première année, Suisse
From Etudes d'exécution transcendante
Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), Invitation to the Dance
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837), Septet in D Minor, Op. 74
John Field (1782–1837), Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor
Carl Czerny (1791–1857), String Quintet
Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870), Gigue, Op. 58
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–49), from Two Etudes, Op. 10; Mazurka
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–88), from Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique, Op. 15; Gigue et air de ballet dans le style ancien, Op. 24 (from Gigue)
Adolph von Henselt (1814–89), from Douze études caractéristiques, Op. 2
Clara Wieck (1819–96), Souvenir de Vienne, Op. 9
Songs by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) and Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
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Tickets: $35
Special Event: The Piano and the 19th Century
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Olin Hall5:00 pm Performance with commentary by Kenneth Hamilton
Franz Liszt (1811–86), Hexaméron, Variations on the March from I puritani
Free and open to the public
Program Three: Politics, Painting, Theater, and Poetry
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater7:00 pm Preconcert Talk:Jeffrey Kallberg
8:00 pm Performance: American Symphony Orchestra,conducted by Leon Botstein, music director; Arnaldo Cohen, piano; Alexander Markov, violin
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major
Heroïde funèbre, symphonic poem
Hunnenschlacht, symphonic poem
Die Ideale, symphonic poem after Schiller
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–65), Concerto pathétique in F-sharp Minor, Op. 23
Joachim Raff (1822–82), The Tempest, overture
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Tickets: $25, 40, 55
Program Four: Virtuosity Blow Out
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Olin Hall10:00 am Preconcert Talk: Dana Gooley
10:30 am Performance: Laura Flax, clarinet; Bard Festival Chamber Players; Melvin Chen, piano; Valentina Lisitsa, piano; Giora Schmidt, violin; Sara Cutler, harp; Michael Abramovich, piano
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
From Réminiscences de Robert le diable
Grand galop chromatique
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), from Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 23
Sigismond Thalberg (1812–71), Variations on Il barbiere di Siviglia, Op. 63
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–65), Le roi des aulnes, Op. 26
Anton Rubinstein (1829–94), from Six Studies, Op. 23
Carl Tausig (1841–71), Das Geisterschiff, Op. 1a
Works by David Popper (1843–1913); Sophie Menter (1846–1918); and Elias Parish Alvars (1808–49)
Tickets: $30
Program Five: Virtuosity Transfigured: In the Shadow of Paganini
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Olin Hall1:00 pm Preconcert Talk: Jim Samson
1:30 pm Performance: Martin Kasik, piano; Diane Walsh, piano; Alexander Markov, violin
Franz Liszt (1811–86), from Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini
Nicolò Paganini (1782–1840), from Twenty-four Caprices, Op. 1
Robert Schumann (1810–56), Six Etudes pour le pianoforte d'après les caprices de Paganini, Op. 3
Johannes Brahms (1833–97), Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35
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Tickets: $35
Program Six: Grand Opera before Wagner
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater4:30 pm Preconcert Talk: Heather Hadlock
5:30 pm Performance: Nicole Cabell, soprano; Philippe Castagner, tenor; Brandon Jovanovich, tenor; Olga Makarina, soprano; Christian van Horn, bass; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; members of the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Excerpts from operas by:
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782–1871)
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864)
Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
Fromental Halèvy (1799–1862)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801–35)
Tickets: $25, 40, 55
Bard Music Festival Weekend Two
Symposium: Music in 19th-Century Culture
Friday, August 18, 2006
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room10:00 am–noon and 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Michael P. Steinberg, moderator
Katherine Bergeron; Esther da Costa Meyer; Dana Gooley; Griselda Pollock
Cosponsered by The Cogut Center for the Humanities, Brown University, Michael P. Steinberg, Director
Free and open to the public
Program Seven: Liszt and National Aspirations
Friday, August 18, 2006
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater7:30 pm Preconcert Talk: Rainer Kleinertz
8:00 pm Performance: Jeremy Denk, piano; Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano; Chu-Fang Huang, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Piers Lane, piano; Sharon Bjorndal, piano; Bard Festival String Quartet; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral conductor
Franz Liszt (1811–86), Rákóczy March
Mikhail Glinka (1804–57), Cercassian March, from Ruslan i Lyudmila (trans. Liszt)
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–49), Polonaise in F-sharp Minor, Op. 44. "Frühling," from Six chants polonaise¸ Op. 74 (trans. Liszt)
Bedrich Smetana (1824–84), String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, T131
Modest Musorgsky (1839–81), The Nursery
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, for violin and piano
Edward MacDowell (1860–1908), from Erste moderne Suite, in E Minor, Op. 10
Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914), Mêlodie de Gluck
Choral music by Robert Schumann (1810–56) and Franz Liszt
Eugene d'Albert
(1864-1932), Serenata
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Tickets: $20, 35, 45
Program Eight: The "Gypsies," the Hungarians, and the Exotic in Music
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Olin Hall10:00 am Performance with commentary
by Jonathan Bellman
Chu-Fang Huang, piano; Orion Weiss, piano;
Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players
Franz Liszt (1811–86), from Hungarian Rhapsodies
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), from Trio No. 23, in G Major, HXV 25
Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Divertissement à l'hongroise, in G Minor, D818
Johannes Brahms (1833–97), from Hungarian Dances, WoO1
Works by Márk Rózsavölgyi (1789–1848) and Mihály Mosonyi (1815–70)
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Tickets: $30
Program Nine: Between Two Schools: Liszt and the Chamber Music Tradition
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Olin Hall1:00 pm Preconcert Talk: James Deaville
1:30 pm Performance: Bard Festival String Quartet; Sophie Shao, cello; Sharon Roffman, violin; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano; Jeremy Denk, piano; Andrew Garland, baritone; Marka Gustavsson, viola; Anna Polonsky, piano
Franz Liszt (1811–86), Piano Sonata in B Minor
Joachim Raff (1822–82), Sextett, Op. 178
Robert Volkmann (1815–83), Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 3
Songs by Peter Cornelius (1824–74); Robert Franz (1815–92); and Anton Rubinstein (1829–94)
Felix Draeseke
(1835–1914), Valse-Scherzo, Op. 5, No. 2 (1867)
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Tickets: $35
Special Event: Liszt the Transcriber
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Olin HallA selection of Liszt’s transcriptions of works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and others with Sergei Dreznin, piano
SpeigelPalais, 5:00PM
Free and open to the public.
Program Ten: Christ and Faust
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater7:00 pm Preconcert Talk: Alan Walker
8:00 pm Performance: Michael Hendrick, tenor; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
From Christus, oratorio
A Faust Symphony, after Goethe
Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Die Allmacht, Op. 79/2, D852 (arr. Liszt)
Hector Berlioz (1803–69), from L'enfance du Christ
Tickets: $25, 40, 55
Panel Two: Gender and Musical Culture: Stern, Sand, Sayn-Wittgenstein, Schumann, and Eliot
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Olin Hall 10 am–noon
Leon Botstein, moderator; Annegret Fauser; Nancy Reich; Marina van Zuylen; and others
Free and open to the public
Program Eleven: Late Liszt: Spirituality and Experimentation
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Olin Hall1:00 pm Preconcert Talk: Richard Wilson
1:30 pm Performance: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano; Arnaldo Cohen, piano; Philippe Castagner, tenor; Anna Polonsky, piano; Orion Weiss, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
Angelus, for string quartet
Psalm 23
Der traurige Mönch, melodrama
From Années de pèlerinage, troisième année
La lugubre gondola II
Nuages gris
Bagatelle sans tonalité
Richard Wagner (1813–83), "Isoldens Liebestod," from Tristan und Isolde (trans. Liszt)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924), from Elegien
Claude Debussy (1862–1918), from Preludes, Book I
Songs and choral works by Franz Liszt; Anton Bruckner (1824–96); Camille Saint-Sae¨ns (1835–1921); and César Franck (1822–90)
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Tickets: $35
Program Twelve: Liszt and Wagner
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater4:30 pm Preconcert Talk: Christopher H. Gibbs
5:30 pm Performance: Andrew Garland, baritone; Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano; Olga Makarina, soprano; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
Orpheus, symphonic poem
The Bells of Strasbourg
From the Cradle to the Grave
Missa solennis (Gran Mass)
Richard Wagner (1813–83), Prelude and Good Friday Music, from Parsifal
Tickets: $25, 40, 55
Bard Music Festival Weekend Three
Bard Music Festival: Weekend Three
Friday, October 27, 2006 - Saturday, October 28, 2006
Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts“Franz Liszt and His World.” Leon Botstein, Christopher H. Gibbs, and Robert Martin, artistic directors. Admission charged.
Fall Program One: The New German School and Musical Narrative
Friday, October 27, 2006
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater7:00 pm Preconcert Talk: Christopher H. Gibbs
8:00 pm Performance: Simone Dinnerstein, piano; Nardo Poy, viola; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
Les Préludes, after Lamartine
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
Totentanz
Richard Wagner (1813–83), Prelude and Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde
Hector Berlioz (1803–69), Harold en Italie, Op. 16
Please Note: This Performance will be repeated on Saturday evening, October 28, with a pre-concert talk at 7:00PM and an 8:00PM performance.
Tickets: $25, 40, 55
The Master Class: Liszt as Teacher
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Edith C. Blum Institute10 am–noon
Free and open to the public
Fall Program Two: The War of the Romantics: Weimar and Leipzig
Saturday, October 28, 2006
2:30 pm Preconcert Talk: Dana Gooley
3:00 pm Performance: Faculty and students of The Bard College Conservatory of Music: Melvin Chen, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Robert Martin, cello; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Allegra Chapman, piano; Luosha Fang, violin; Leah Gastler, viola; Liyan Liu, viola; Shuanshuang Liu, viola; Renata Rakova, clarinet; Xin Tong, piano; Tina Zhang, violin
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
From Années de pèlerinage
R.W.—Venezia
Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47), Piano Quartet No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 2
Märchenerzählungen, for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 132
Johannes Brahms (1833–97), String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
Robert Schumann (1810–56)
Tickets: $20, 35, 45
Fall Program One: The New German School and Musical Narrative, 2nd show
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater 7:00 pm Preconcert Talk: Christopher H. Gibbs
8:00 pm Performance: Simone Dinnerstein, piano; Nardo Poy, viola; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
Les Préludes, after Lamartine
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
Totentanz
Richard Wagner (1813–83), Prelude and Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde
Hector Berlioz (1803–69), Harold en Italie, Op. 16
Please Note: This Performance is a repeat of Friday, October 27th's Program 1 with a pre-concert talk at 7:00PM and an 8:00PM performance.
Tickets: $25, 40, 55
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