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2023

Sunday, March 19, 2023
WITH THE ORCHESTRA NOW
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The 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


Thursday, March 16, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  3:30 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Monday, March 13, 2023
Works for piano, violin, viola, guzheng, and percussion performed by students in an hour-long program
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: March 13 Noon Concert Program.pdf

Sunday, March 12, 2023
  With collaborative pianists Nhi Huynh and Leonard Gurevich, violinist Laura Perez Rangel, percussionists Juan Mora and Rodney Clark, and Vigilance Brandon, trumpet.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Michael Knox is in his final year at the Bard College Conservatory of Music where he is studying double-bass performance with Jeremy McCoy. His other teachers include Leigh Mesh, Bradley Aikman, and Ira Coleman. Michael is currently writing his senior project for his second major in anthropology. Throughout his five years at Bard College, Michael has been a member of the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, Chinese Ensemble, Contemporary Jazz Composers Ensemble, The Latin Ensemble, and The Collective, a group of musicians from both the Conservatory and the College who perform both on and off campus.
 


Sunday, March 12, 2023
Performing works by Verracini, Brahms, Kriesler, Debussy, Ravel, and more
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  3:30 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Program:
Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768)
Largo for Violin and Piano in F Sharp Minor                                     

Johannes Brahms (1822-1897)
Scherzo in C Minor, WoO 2
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
                    
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta

Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)
 from Spanish Dances, Op.26, No.1, Vito

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)        
 "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges" (transcribed by Joseph Achron)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
  "Clair de Lune" (transcribed by A. Roelens)

Frédéric Chopin 91810-1849)
Nocturne in E minor, Op.posth.72, No.1 (transcribed by Leopold Auer)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Lensky's Aria from Eugene Onegin (arr. by Leopold Auer)

Carl Engel (1883-1944)
The Sea-shell (arr. Efrem Zimbalist)

Marice Ravel (1875-1937)
Tzigane

Violinist Yi-Wen Jiang was born into a musical family in Beijing where both parents were professional musicians – his father a concertmaster for over 35 years and his mother a soprano soloist. After hearing Beethoven's violin concerto at the age of three, Jiang understood his life’s path: to become a professional violinist. He made his concerto debut at the age of 17 in Beijing and studied at the Central Conservatory of Music, before enrolling at the St. Louis Conservatory in 1985 to study with Taras Gabora and Michael Tree. Later he studied at Rugers University with Arnold Steinhardt. In 1994 Jiang joined the Shanghai Quartet, and over the next 26 years performed more than 3000 concerts in 37 countries. 
Jiang is Artist-in-Residence at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University and a faculty member at The Bard College Conservatory of Music.

Frank Corliss is the director of the Bard College Conservatory of Music. For many years he was a staff pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and the director of music at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts. He frequently performed on the Boston Symphony Prelude Concert series and throughout the United States as a chamber musician and collaborative pianist. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, he received his MM from SUNY at Stony Brook, where he studied with Gilbert Kalish.  . 

Concert free and open to vaccinated members of the public.


Download: Recital Yi-Wen Jiang, violin Frank Corliss, piano.

Saturday, March 11, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Leon Botstein, music directorRobert Schumann
Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra
with Erik Ralske, Javier Gándara, Hugo Valverde, and Barbara Jöstlein Currie, hornsRichard Strauss
Death and TransfigurationRalph Vaughan Williams
A London Symphony


Thursday, March 9, 2023
  Vocal Arts Program singers and collaborative pianists present new works by Bard composers Manar Hashmi, Faisal Jones, Josh Krienke, Oga Li, Santiago Mieres, Zeke Morgan, and Artemy Mukhin
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Free and open to vaccinated members of the public.

Program includes:
MANAR HASHMI
Sadie Spivey, soprano
Viktoria Sarkadi, piano


FAISAL JONES: 
Francesca Lionetta, soprano
Bat-Erdene (Baghi) Batbileg, piano

JOSH KRIENKE 
Jun Mo Yang, tenor
Neilson Chen, piano

OGA LI 
Jonathan Lawlor, baritone
Nomin Samdan, piano

ZEKE MORGAN
Katie Lerner Lee, soprano
Nomin Samdan, piano


ARTEMY MUKHIN
Montana Smith, soprano
Bat-Erdene (Baghi) Batbileg, piano


SANTIAGO MIERES RAUSSEO
Teryn Kuzma, soprano
Abbagael Greene, mezzo
Neilson Chen, piano


Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Sébastien Cornut holds a doctorate in musical arts in piano performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music – University of Rochester, a master’s degree in music and musicology from the Université de Paris-Sorbonne, and is a graduate of the Paris Conservatory.
He studied with Aldo Ciccolini and Barry Snyder, and has performed solo recitals, chamber music, and concerts with orchestras in France, the US, Lebanon, and Ukraine. He specializes in French repertoire and believes deeply in making classical music more accessible. He teaches piano and chamber music at New Jersey City University and privately in NYC. He also provides lecture recitals introducing musical works and their creators for a broader public.


Monday, March 6, 2023
Bach's GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (arranged for string trio) and the world premiere of Dustin Carlson's ABSURD PRACTICES
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Free and open to vaccinated members of the public.
Faculty Recital 
with 
Melissa Reardon, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
 and guest musicians 
Dustin Carlson, guitar/composer
Siwoo Kim, violin
Program:
Absurd Practices for viola and cello (2022)                                                        Dustin Carlson (b. 1985)
              (world premiere - commissioned by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music)

Improvisations for Voice/Guitar (2022)                                                                                         Carlson
                                                                    
Goldberg Variations                                                                                                  J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
 (transcription for string trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky) 

Livestreaming at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9owU3gvL0A


Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Edward Carroll's Brass Studio Ensembles with collaborative piano fellow Bat-erdene Batbileg
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Download: , March 1 Bard Brass.pdf PROGRAM

Monday, February 27, 2023
  Conservatory students perform short works and selected movements for guqin, horn, clarinet, violin, percussion, and piano in an hour-long program.
 

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  12:00 pm – 1:10 pm EST/GMT-5
Free and open to vaccinated members of the public.
Live-streamed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K68yOFs2paI
Program includes:
Ancient Dance (2011)                                                                                      Jianmin Wang (b. 1956)

The Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47, in A major                              Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Adagio sostenuto – Presto

Asventuras (2011)                                                                                    Alexej Gerassimez (b.1934)

Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622                                        Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)
Six Études pour Hautbois (1997)                                                               Gilles Silvestrini, (b. 1961)
Etude No. III, Boulevard des Capucines

Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, K.417                            Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)
              I. Allegro
             II. Andante
          
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Minor, Op.75                              Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
III. Allegretto moderato
IV. Allegro molto                                         
                                          


Sunday, February 26, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5
With Kayo Iwama, piano; Francesca Lionetta '23, Katherine Lerner Lee '23, Abagael Cheng '23, sopranos; Bard Contemporary Ensemble, conducted by Benjamin Hochman, and guest musicians on cimbalom and mandolin.

PROGRAM
SCHUMANN Frauenliebe- und leben Op. 42 (A Woman's Love and Life)
Francesca Lionetta '23, soprano
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

Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vBU8knE6c8

This program contrasts two song cycles about women: Schumann’s Frauenliebe- und Leben and Kurtág’s Messages of the Late Miss R.V. Troussova, performed by pianist Kayo Iwama, three sopranos in the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, and the Bard Contemporary Ensemble, conducted by Benjamin Hochman.

Schumann’s piece is based on a male-written text that reflects outdated views on women of the time, while Kurtág's cycle is set to 15 poems by Rimma Dalos that are far more current in their sensibility. Heard side by side, the contrasting cycles explore both how the fragmentation in Schumann's music greatly influenced Kurtág's work, and how male-created art has perceived and portrayed a woman’s experiences through time.

Bard Contemporary Ensemble
Benjamin Hochman, conductor
Yuchen Yao, violin
Marka Gustavsson, viola
John Woodward, double bass
William Anderson, mandolin
Nathaniel Sanchez, oboe
David Keringer, clarinet
Liri Ronen, horn
Tammam Odeh, harp
Chester Englander, cimbalom
Shao-Chu Pan, Yi-Fen Cheng, piano/celeste
Jonathan Collazo, Esteban Ganem, percussion

Francesca Lionetta, soprano (Part I)
Katherine Lerner Lee, soprano (Part II)
Abagael Cheng, soprano (Part III)

Download: BCOM_ConcertProgram 2_15 (1) copy.pdf Program

Saturday, February 25, 2023
Chapel of the Holy Innocents  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5
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.  Performers on this program include Conservatory student string quartet, and a faculty string quartet with 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.

PROGRAM
KURTÁG Officium Breve in memoriam Andreae Szervanszky Op. 28 
Bard Conservatory String Quartet:
Christopher Nelson, Blanche Darr, violins;
Rowan Swain, viola; Nathan Francisco, cello

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in A minor Op. 132  
Faculty String Quartet:
Daniel Phillips, violin
Carmit Zori, violin
Melissa Reardon, viola
Peter Wiley, cello
Free and open to the public; limited seating.

Saturday, February 25, 2023
Second day of musical explorations inspired by György Kurtág.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST/GMT-5
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.

Signs, Games, and Messages is an annual new music festival celebrating the compositions and musical legacy of the great  Hungarian composer György Kurtág. Kurtag’s compositions speak with a radically new voice, and yet they draw deeply and broadly on the standard musical repertoire. Similarly, Signs, Games, and Messages celebrates both the new and the old. It aims to revitalize the connections between the standard repertoire and the innovative compositions of our own time, with Kurtág’s music as the focal point.

This festival has been permanently endowed through the generous support of the László Z. Bitó and Olivia Cariño Foundation.

Friday, February 24, 2023
Concert One: KURTÁG and SCHUBERT
Guest artists Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, and Tony Arnold, soprano

Olin Hall  8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5
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.

Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time and a close collaborator with many leading composers including Ligeti, Stockhausen, George Benjamin, and Pierre Boulez. Praised by The Guardian as “one of the best Messiaen interpreters around“, Aimard has had a close association to the composer himself and with Yvonne Loriod, with whom he studied at the Paris Conservatoire. Recent seasons included the release of the Messiaen’s opus magnum Catalogue d’oiseaux on Pentatone, which was honored with multiple awards including the prestigious German music critic’s award “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.” Aimard has performed the world premieres of piano works by Kurtág at Teatro alla Scala; Carter’s last piece Epigrams, which was written for Aimard, Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s works Responses; Sweet disorder and the carefully careless and Keyboard Engine. An innovative curator and uniquely significant interpreter of piano repertoire from every age, Aimard has directed and performed in ground-breaking projects at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Konzerthaus Vienna, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Brussels’ Palais des Beaux Arts, Lucerne Festival, Mozarteum Salzburg, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Tanglewood Festival, and Edinburgh Festival. He performs throughout the world each season with major orchestras under conductors including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Peter Eötvös, Sir Simon Rattle and Vladimir Jurowski. 

Tony Arnold is internationally acclaimed as a leading proponent of contemporary music in concert and recording. Arnold’s extensive chamber music repertory includes major works written for her voice by Georges Aperghis, George Crumb, Brett Dean, Jason Eckardt, Gabriela Lena Frank, Josh Levine, George Lewis, Philippe Manoury, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Christopher Theofanidis, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, John Zorn, and numerous others. She is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble and enjoys regular guest appearances with leading ensembles, presenters, and festivals worldwide. With more than 30 discs to her credit, Arnold has recorded a broad segment of the modern vocal repertory with esteemed chamber music colleagues.

Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Denis Savelyev TŌN ’20, flute, and Radoslawa Jasik, piano
Olin Hall  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5
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.


Saturday, February 11, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  2:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Conservatory pianists perform etudes by Chopin, Debussy, Ligeti, Moszkowski, Prokofiv, Rachmaninoff, and Clara Schumann.

Free and open to vaccinated members of the public. No advance registration necessary.
Live-streamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vHeMnzlJ0s


Download: Etude Extravaganza Program.pdf

Saturday, January 28, 2023
A Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now, Presented by the US-China Music Institute
Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, The Shops at Columbus Circle, NYC  3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
The Sound of Spring returns to Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City for an authentic Chinese New Year concert to welcome in the year ot the Rabbit.

Jindong Cai conducts The Orchestra Now in a program featuring the beloved Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and other works of Chinese symphonic music. 

For tickets and program information visit barduschinamusic.org/events/the-sound-of-spring-jalc-2023.

This program will also be performed at the Fisher Center at Bard on January 27. 
 



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Friday, January 27, 2023
with The Orchestra Now
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Celebrate Chinese New Year with The Orchestra Now, conducted by Jindong Cai, offering a symphonic program featuring the beloved Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, along with other festive works to welcome in the year of the Rabbit.Chinese New Year is of one of the most important holidays in the lunar calendar—a time for enjoying friends and family and looking ahead to the coming of Spring. Now in its fourth year, The Sound of Spring is a truly authentic Chinese New Year concert showcasing the wonderful diversity and artistry of Chinese symphonic music. 


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