The Orchestra Now Presents
Stephanie Blythe Sings Brahms
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Leon Botstein conductor
Stephanie Blythe mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue tenor
Bard Festival Chorale
James Bagwell choral director
Johannes Brahms
Rinaldo
Alto Rhapsody
Symphony No. 1
Award-winning mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, artistic director of Bard Conservatory’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program, joins TŌN for an all-Brahms concert.
She performs his profound and dramatic Alto Rhapsody, based on a Goethe poem, which he composed as a wedding gift for the daughter of Robert and Clara Schumann, for whom he once carried a torch. The program also includes the sweeping cantata Rinaldo, inspired by another Goethe poem about a knight who has been enchanted by a cunning sorceress. The program concludes with Brahms’ masterful First Symphony, which the composer toiled over for 14 years before its debut performance.
For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/stephanie-blythe-sings-brahms/.
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater