Press Releases by Date
November 2006
11-05-2006
WORLD-RENOWNED COLORADO QUARTET WITH GUEST ARTIST MELVIN CHEN IN CONCERT AT BARD ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Free program features performance of works by Debussy, Bartók, and Shostakovich
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11-01-2006
BARD’S FISHER CENTER PRESENTS THE HARD NUT, THE MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP’S DELIGHTFUL TAKE ON E. T. A. HOFFMAN’S “NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING,” DECEMBER 15 –17 Only U.S. Presentation for 2006; Four Performances to be Staged in
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October 2006
10-29-2006
THE CAPITAL TRIO PERFORMS A CONCERT FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, AT BARD COLLEGE Full Story
10-20-2006
“YOUNG GENIUS” KICKS OFF THE
WOODSTOCK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’S 28TH SEASON Concert at Bard College on Friday, October 20
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10-19-2006
AMY HOLLYWOOD SPEAKS ON CHRISTIANITY AND MYSTICISM AT BARD
“Traumatic Devotions: Mysticism and Memory in Late Medieval Mysticism” is the topic of a free lecture on November 2 Full Story
10-15-2006
BARD THEATER PRESENTS CARYL CHURCHILL’S SERIOUS MONEY DIRECTED BY ROGER BENINGTON FROM OCTOBER 12–15 Full Story
10-13-2006
“THE GNOSTIC JESUS” TOPIC OF INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED THEOLOGY 2006 FALL LUNCHEON LECTURE SERIES AT BARD COLLEGE Weekly series with the Rev. Dr. Bruce Chilton runs October 13 through November 3
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10-12-2006
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, RENOWNED LATIN AMERICAN WRITER, IN RESIDENCE AT BARD COLLEGE DURING OCTOBER
AS PART OF THE CONTEMPORARY MASTERS SERIES Vargas Llosa gives public talk on October 12; teaches open class on October 14
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10-12-2006
BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC OFFERS MASTER CLASS WITH PIANIST RICHARD GOODE ON OCTOBER 12 Full Story
10-12-2006
THE BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC PRESENTS PIANISTS RICHARD GOODE AND MARTA GARCÍA RENART IN A PIANO FOUR-HAND CONCERT ON OCTOBER 12
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10-11-2006
FREE CONCERT BY THE DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS AT BARD COLLEGE ON OCTOBER 11 Program features works by three contemporary composers:
Chinary Ung, Philippe Bodin, and Chandler Carter
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10-08-2006
BARD’S FISHER CENTER ANNOUNCES FALL 2006 SEASON OF MUSIC, THEATER, DANCE, AND FILM Programs include a Beckett Centenary Celebration, featuring Wating for Godot with the Gate Theatre of Dublin; the Opening Program of the American Full Story
10-05-2006
25TH ANNIVERSARY OF BARD COLLEGE’S CONJUNCTIONS TO BE CELEBRATED WITH THREE-DAY LITERARY FESTIVAL AT BROWN UNIVERSITY Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Lethem, William H. Gass, and John Ashbery Among Leading Writers and Poets Taking Pa Full Story
10-05-2006
THE BARD CENTER’S FALL 2006 CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS VIOLINIST LAURA HAMILTON WITH PIANIST WARREN JONES ON OCTOBER 5 Full Story
10-04-2006
BARD COLLEGE TO HOST “MEET THE CANDIDATES” NIGHT ON OCTOBER 4 FOR STATE AND FEDERAL RACES IN NORTHERN DUTCHESS AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES Bard College President Leon Botstein Will Moderate
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10-04-2006
BARD CONSERVATORY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, CONDUCTED BY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR XIAN ZHANG,
IN CONCERT AT BARD’S FISHER CENTER ON OCTOBER 4
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September 2006
09-22-2006
BARD COLLEGE PRESENTS A LECTURE BY NOTED AUTHOR LINDA R. HIRSHMAN ON SEPTEMBER 21 “Nothing but Your Chains: The Moral Argument for Working Women” will be followed by a panel discussion on September 22 Full Story
09-21-2006
BARD COLLEGE TO GATHER LEADING PHILOSOPHERS, POLITICAL THEORISTS, INTELLECTUALS, AND JOURNALISTS TO HONOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HANNAH ARENDT’S BIRTH Christopher Hitchens and Mark Danner to Deliver Addresses at Three-Day Conference, “T Full Story
09-20-2006
THIRD AND FINAL WEEKEND OF 2006 BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL, “FRANZ LISZT AND HIS WORLD,” TAKES PLACE OCTOBER 27–28 IN ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK FESTIVAL CONTINUES EXPLORATION OF MUSICAL WORLD OF THE PIANO VIRTUOSO, COMPOSER, MYSTIC AND VIS Full Story
09-05-2006
ACCLAIMED SHANGHAI QUARTET WITH SPECIAL GUESTS VIOLIST MICHAEL TREE AND CELLIST ROBERT MARTIN HEADLINE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE 2006–07
CONSERVATORY CONCERTS AND LECTURES ON SEPTEMBER 5
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August 2006
08-19-2006
BARD SUMMERSCAPE’S ONE-OF-A-KIND SPIEGELPALAIS EXTENDED TO AUGUST 20TH Full Story
08-11-2006
THE 17TH ANNUAL BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL FRANZ LISZT AND HIS WORLD THREE FASCINATING WEEKENDS OF DISCOVERY: AUGUST 11 – 13, AUGUST 18 – 20, AND OCTOBER 27 – 28 Full Story
08-04-2006
2006 SEASON OF ASTON MAGNA AT BARD OPENS ON JUNE 30 WITH AN
ALL-MOZART PROGRAM FEATURING SOPRANO DOMINIQUE LABELLE Series Celebrates Mozart’s 250th Birthday with Performances of His Music,
Along with Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and Monteverdi’ Full Story
July 2006
07-30-2006
GALA GRADUATION CONCERT PRESENTED BY THE CONDUCTORS INSTITUTE AT BARD ON SUNDAY, JULY 30 Free Concert Features Works by Beethoven, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Shostakovich, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky as well as Two World Premieres by the Candidates Full Story
07-28-2006
BARD SUMMERSCAPE PRESENTS U.S. PREMIERE OF FULLY-STAGED PRODUCTION OF ROBERT SCHUMANN’S ONLY OPERA, GENOVEVA, WITH KASPER BECH HOLTEN DIRECTING Full Story