Upcoming Events and Performances
Piano Etudes Project
Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 2:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space; Other Conservatory students perform works by Chopin, Debussy, Kapustin, Ligeti, Rachmaninoff, C. Schumann, and Scriabin. Contact: Ann GablerPhone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
BENEFIT CONCERT FOR UKRAINE: Music by Polish and Ukrainian Composers
Denis Savelyev TŌN ’20, flute
Radoslawa Jasik, piano
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5 | Olin Hall; Other Works by Chopin, Lysenko, Kolodub, Skoryk, Kilar, Hayvoronsky, Lyatoshinsky, and others.
TŌN alum Denis Savelyev, flute, performs a concert of music by Polish and Ukrainian composers with pianist Radoslawa Jasik.This concert previews an upcoming album release on Sheva Collection.
While the concert is free, donations to Razom for Ukraine are encouraged.
https://www.razomforukraine.org/donate/
Free. No tickets or RSVP necessary. Contact: Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://ton.bard.edu/events/savelyev/?occurrence=2023-02-22
Signs, Games & Messages
A three-day festival inspired by the musical explorations of György Kurtág.
Friday, February 24, 2023 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5 | Olin Hall; Other Concert One: KURTÁG & SCHUBERT
Guest artists Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, and Tony Arnold, soprano
Conceived and curated by pianist Shai Wosner, this annual three-day, four-concert festival explores the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926), as well as that of composers who influenced or were influenced by him. Using Kurtág as a point of departure into music regardless of century or style, the Festival places different pieces and composers in a dialogue outside of time.PROGRAM
Short solo piano works by Schubert and Kurtág, including US premieres of Kurtág works written during the pandemic
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
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KURTÁG The Sayings of Peter Bornemisza Op. 7: Concerto for Soprano and Piano (1963-1968)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Tony Arnold, soprano
Free and open to the public. Contact: Shai Wosner
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Signs, Games & Messages Concert Two: Piano Mini-Marathon – Bartók, Ravel, Bizet, and More
Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space; OtherSecond day of musical explorations inspired by György Kurtág.
This concert revolves around Bartók's Mikrokosmos (which inspired Kurtag's Games), performed by Bard Preparatory Division students, interspersed with other related 'game'-like pieces including Bizet’s Jeux d'enfants, Chick Corea’s Children’s Songs, Ravel’s Ma mère l'Oye, and selections by Bach, Chopin, Fauré, and Beethoven, performed by faculty pianists including Frank Corliss, Kayo Iwama, Blair McMillen, Vica Schwartzman, Susanne Son, Terrence Wilson, and Shai Wosner.PROGRAM
BARTÓK Selections from Mikrokosmos
BACH selections
CHOPIN selections
BIZET Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22
FAURÉ selections
COREA Children’s Songs
RAVEL Ma mère l'Oye
BEETHOVEN selection of bagatelles
Free and open to the public. Contact: Shai Wosner
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Signs, Games & Messages Concert Three: Spiritual Quartets – Beethoven, Kurtág, de Morales
Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5 | Chapel of the Holy Innocents; Other This concert centers on spirituality, juxtaposing Kurtág’s quartet Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky with Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15, both works which confront the reality of death and the possibility of renewed life. The pieces are interposed with movements from Cristobal de Morales' 16th century Officium Defunctorum. Performers on this program include a Conservatory Vocal Ensemble, conducted by James Bagwell, and Conservatory String Quartet, and faculty musicians from the Orion, Guarneri, and Borromeo quartets — violinists Daniel Phillips and Carmit Zori, violist Melissa Reardon, and cellist Peter Wiley —coming together for special performance of the Beethoven String Quartet. Contact: Shai WosnerPhone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Signs, Games & Messages Concert Four: Great Song Cycles – Schumann and Kurtág
Sunday, February 26, 2023 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space; Other With Kayo Iwama, piano; Francesca Lionetta '23, Sarah Nalty '24, Abagael Cheng '23, sopranos; Bard Contemporary Ensemble, conducted by Benjamin Hochman, and guest musicians on cimbalom and madolin.PROGRAM
SCHUMANN Frauenliebe- und leben Op. 42 (A woman's love and life)
Francesca Lionetta '23, Sarah Nalty '23, sopranos
Kayo Iwama, piano
KURTÁG The Messages of the Late Miss R.V. Troussova Op. 17 (1981)
Bard Contemporary Ensemble with three soprano soloists
Benjamin Hochman, conductor Contact: Shai Wosner
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Bard College Conservatory Orchestra
Saturday, March 11, 2023 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterBard Conservatory Orchestra
Leon Botstein, music director
Robert Schumann
Konzertstück for Four Horns
Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-23/
Graduate Conducting Program: Degree Recital
Sunday, March 19, 2023 | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterWITH THE ORCHESTRA NOW
Phone: 845-758-7900The Degree Recital is the culminating project of the Graduate Conducting Program. Given during the second year of study, students have the opportunity to conduct the repertoire of their choice on this concert.
Led by Conducting Students
Gordon Cheung
Yu Liu
Andrés Peltier-Salazar
Brian Reynolds
Colin Roshak
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/gcp-23/