Summerscape 2017 Brochure

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Friday, August 18

program nine

special event

The Polish National Opera: Halka

The Romantic Wind Symphony sosnoff theater 5 pm performance: New York Wind Symphony

sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcert talk: Halina Goldberg 8 pm performance: Amanda Majeski, soprano; Teresa Buchholz, mezzo-soprano; Miles Mykkanen, tenor; Aubrey Allicock, baritone; Liam Moran, bass-baritone; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director;

The works in this program showcase the vast range of timbre and aesthetic of which the modern wind

American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director; directed by Mary Birnbaum; scenic

orchestra is capable. From the elegant, almost serenade-like sensibility of Gounod to the raw emotion and

design by Grace Laubacher; lighting design by Anshuman Bhatia

power of Berlioz, listeners are in for a rare treat. Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819–72), Halka (1858) Charles Gounod (1818–93), Petite Symphonie for Winds, Op. 216 (1885); Hector Berlioz (1803–69), Grande

Tickets: $25–75

Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15 (1840) Tickets: $25–40

Sunday, August 20 program seven

Chopin and the Piano sosnoff theater 7:30 pm preconcert talk: Jonathan Bellman 8 pm performance: Charlie Albright, Michael Brown, Danny Driver, Piers Lane, Anna Polonsky, piano; and

program ten

From the Sacred to the Revolutionary: Choral Music from Poland and France

others

olin hall 10 am performance: Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director

Fryderyk Chopin (1810–49), from Études, Op. 10 (1830) and Op. 25 (1832–34); Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 (1839);

Works by Bartlomiej Pe˛kiel (d.1670), Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (c. 1665–1734), Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842),

Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 (1842); Scherzo in E Major, Op. 54 (1842); Bacarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60

Józef Elsner (1769–1854), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834), Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782–1871),

(1845–46); and other works

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), Fromental Halévy (1799–1862), Louis Lefébure-Wély (1817–69), and others

Tickets: $25–60

Tickets: $40

program eleven

Saturday, August 19

Chopin’s Influence

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Chopin’s Place in 19th-Century Performance Culture olin hall 10 am – noon

olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Richard Wilson 1:30 pm performance: Michael Brown, piano; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Simon Ghraichy, piano; Monika Krajewska, mezzo-soprano; Piers Lane, piano; and others

Free and open to the public

Fryderyk Chopin (1810–49), Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 65 (1846); works by Robert Schumann (1810–56), Johannes Brahms (1833–97), Henryk Wieniaswski (1835–80), Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Gabriel Fauré

program eight

(1845–1924), Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925), Ignacy Paderewski (1860–1941), Claude Debussy (1862–1918),

Chopin and the Salon

Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Serge Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), and Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)

olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Byron Adams 1:30 pm performance: Michael Brown, piano; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Monika Krajewska, mezz0-soprano; Anna Polonsky, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players; members of The Orchestra Now; and others Fryderyk Chopin (1810–49), Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op. 3 (1829–30); Ballade No. 2, Op. 38 (1839); waltzes; Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838), Concerto No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 55 (1812); Louis Spohr (1784–1859), Octet, Op. 32 (1814); works by John Field (1782–1837), Auguste Franchomme (1808–84), Pauline Viardot (1821–1910), and Clara Wieck (1819–96) Tickets: $40

Tickets: $40

program twelve

Shared Passions, Different Paths sosnoff theater 3:30 pm preconcert talk: Christopher H. Gibbs 4:30 pm performance: Danny Driver, piano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein; and others Fryderyk Chopin (1810–49), Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 (1830–35); Hector Berlioz (1803–69), Roméo et Juliette, symphonie dramatique, Op. 17 (1839) Tickets: $25–75

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