Bard SummerScape 2013 returns next week with “Stravinsky and His World” (July 5–Aug 18)
Friday, July 5 sees the curtain rise on the 2013 Bard SummerScape Festival, ushering in seven weeks of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret. The hub of these offerings – and the driving theme of SummerScape – is the 24th annual Bard Music Festival, which this year explores Stravinsky and His World over two weekends and comprises eleven programs of music by the great Russian composer and his contemporaries – three of them featuring the American Symphony Orchestra under Leon Botstein – alongside panel discussions and other supplementary events (Aug 9–11 & Aug 16–18). Other SummerScape highlights include A Rite (2013), a new dance-theater piece from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Company, which celebrates the centenary of The Rite of Spring (July 6 & 7); the first fully-staged American production of Sergey Taneyev’s opera Oresteia (July 26–Aug 4); the world premiere of an original stage adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s seminal novel The Master and Margarita (July 11–21); a film festival titled “Between Traditions: Stravinsky’s Legacy and Russian Émigré Cinema” (July 12–Aug 3); and entertainment ranging from cutting-edge cabaret to live music for dancing in Bard’s authentic Belgian Spiegeltent (July 5–Aug 18). Together, SummerScape’s offerings continue Bard’s yearlong tenth-anniversary celebrations for the Frank Gehry-designed Fisher Center on the college’s glorious Hudson Valley campus.
Past editions of SummerScape have inspired rave reviews. London’s Times Literary Supplement lauded SummerScape as “the most intellectually ambitious of America’s summer music festivals.” The New Yorker called it “one of the major upstate festivals,” and American Record Guide agreed that “Bard’s SummerScape has to be one of the New York area’s great seasonal escapes.” Travel and Leisure reported, “Gehry’s acclaimed concert hall provides a spectacular venue for innovative fare.” Newsday called SummerScape “brave and brainy,” Huffington Post dubbed it “a highbrow hotbed of culture,” Musical America judged it “awesomely intensive,” the New York Times pronounced it “ever a hotbed of intellectual and aesthetic adventure,” and GALO (Global Art Laid Out) magazine named it “one of the great artistic treasure chests of the tri-state area and the country.” As the New York Sun observed, “Bard … offers one of the best lineups of the summer for fans of any arts discipline.”
SummerScape 2013: key performance dates by genre
MUSIC
Bard Music Festival, Weekend One: “Becoming Stravinsky: From St. Petersburg to Paris” (Aug 9–11)
Bard Music Festival, Weekend Two: “Stravinsky Re-invented: From Paris to Los Angeles” (Aug 16–18)
Round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for certain performances on August 9, 11, 16, and 18. The round-trip fare is $40 and reservations are required; see further details below.
Complete program details follow below.
OPERA
Sergey Taneyev: Oresteia
Sosnoff Theater
July 26* and Aug 2 at 7 pm
July 28*, 31, and Aug 4* at 3 pm
Tickets: $30, 60, 70, 90
THEATER
Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita (adaptation)
Theater Two
July 11, 12, 13*, 18, 19, and 20 at 7:30 pm
July 14*, 17, 20, and 21* at 3 pm
Tickets: $45
DANCE
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Company: A Rite
July 6 at 8 pm and July 7* at 3 pm
Sosnoff Theater
Tickets: $25, 40, 45, 55
* Round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for this performance. The round-trip fare is $40 and reservations are required.
FILM FESTIVAL
“Between Traditions: Stravinsky’s Legacy and Russian Émigré Cinema”
July 12, 13, 19, 20, 26; Aug 2 and 3 at 7 pm
July 13, 20, 21, 27; Aug 3 at 2 pm
July 14 at 3pm
July 21 at 5:30 pm
July 27 at 6:30 pm
July 27 and Aug 2 at 9 pm
Ottaway Film Center
Tickets: $12
SPIEGELTENT
Cabaret, Live Music, Cabaret, Circus Performances, and Festival Salon
July 5 – Aug 18
Prices vary
Venues:
SummerScape opera, theater, and dance performances and most Bard Music Festival programs are held in the Sosnoff Theater or Theater Two in Bard’s Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and celebrated since its opening as a major architectural landmark in the region. Some chamber programs and other BMF events are in Olin Hall. The Spiegeltent has its own schedule of events, in addition to serving as a restaurant, café, and bar before and after performances. The Film Festival screenings are at the Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center in the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Center.
New York City Round-Trip Coach Transportation:
To make a reservation on the round-trip coach provided exclusively to ticket holders for specific performances indicated with an asterisk, call the box office at 845-758-7900. The round-trip fare is $40 and reservations are required. The coach departs from behind Lincoln Center, on Amsterdam Avenue between 64th and 65th Streets. Bus departure time will be included on the ticket order receipt or visit fishercenter.bard.edu/transportation.
Program details of Bard Music Festival, “Stravinsky and His World”
WEEKEND ONE: Becoming Stravinsky: From St. Petersburg to Paris
Friday, August 9
Program One*
The 20th Century’s Most Celebrated Composer
Sosnoff Theater
7:30 pm Pre-concert Talk: Leon Botstein
8 pm Performance: Andrey Borisenko, bass; John Hancock, baritone; Kiera Duffy, soprano; Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano; Melis Jaatinen, mezzo-soprano; Anna Polonsky, piano; Mikhail Vekua, tenor; Orion Weiss, piano; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; members of the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Les Noces (1914–17)
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920, rev. 1947)
Symphony of Psalms (1930)
Concerto for Two Pianos (1935)
Abraham and Isaac (1962–63)
Songs
Tickets: $25, 35, 50, 60
Saturday, August 10
Panel One
Who Was Stravinsky?
Olin Hall
10 am–noon
Christopher H. Gibbs, moderator; Leon Botstein; Marina Frolova-Walker; Stephen Walsh
Free and open to the public
Program Two
The Russian Context
Olin Hall
1 pm Pre-concert Talk: Marina Frolova-Walker
1:30 pm Performance: Matthew Burns, bass-baritone; Dover Quartet; Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano; Laura Flax, clarinet; Melis Jaatinen, mezzo-soprano; Piers Lane, piano; Orion Weiss, piano; and others
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Faun and Shepherdess, Op. 2 (1906–07)
Four Studies, for piano, Op. 7 (1908)
Three Movements from Petrushka, for piano solo (1921)
Mikhail Glinka (1804–57)
Trio Pathétique in D minor (1832)
Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
Five Novelettes, for string quartet, Op. 15 (1886)
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
Vers la flamme, Op. 72 (1914)
Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Preludes, Op. 23, Nos. 8 & 9 (1901–03)
Songs and piano works by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–81), Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–93), Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951), and Mikhail Gnesin (1883–1957)
Tickets: $35
SPECIAL EVENT
Film: A Soldier’s Tale
Lászlo Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building
A film by R. O. Blechman, with live musical accompaniment
Tickets: $12
Program Three
1913: Breakthrough to Fame and Notoriety
Sosnoff Theater
7 pm Pre-concert Talk: Richard Taruskin
8 pm Performance: American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Fireworks (1908)
The Rite of Spring (1913)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Suite from The Invisible City of Kitezh (c. 1907)
Anatoly Liadov (1855–1914)
From the Apocalypse, Op. 66 (1910–12)
Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946)
Metamorphosen, Op. 10 (1913)
Tickets: $30, 50, 60, 75
Sunday, August 11
Panel Two
The Ballets Russes and Beyond: Stravinsky and Dance
Olin Hall
10 am–noon
Kenneth Archer; Lynn Garafola; Millicent Hodson
Free and open to the public
Program Four
Modernist Conversations
Olin Hall
1 pm Pre-concert Talk: Byron Adams
1:30 pm Performance: Alessio Bax, piano; Lucille Chung, piano; Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano; Kiera Duffy, soprano; Benjamin Fingland, clarinet; Judith Gordon, piano; John Hancock, baritone; Melis Jaatinen, mezzo-soprano; Sharon Roffman, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Lance Suzuki, flute; Bard Festival Chamber Players
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Three Japanese Lyrics (1912)
Pribaoutki (1914)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
En blanc et noir (1915)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Pierrot lunaire (1912)
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (1913)
Maurice Delage (1879–1961)
Quatre poèmes hindous (1912–13)
Works by Erik Satie (1866–1925); Manuel de Falla (1876–1946); and Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Tickets: $35
Program Five*
Sight and Sound: From Abstraction to Surrealism
Sosnoff Theater
5 pm Pre-concert Talk: Mary Davis
5:30 pm Performance: Anne-Carolyn Bird, soprano; John Hancock, baritone; Melis Jaatinen, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Ann McMahon Quintero, contralto; Anna Polonsky, piano; Orion Weiss, piano; members of the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Ragtime (1918)
Mavra (1921–22)
Erik Satie (1866–1925)
Parade (1916–17; arr. piano four-hands)
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Le travail du peintre, song cycle for voice and piano (1956)
Georges Auric (1899–1983), Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), Francis Poulenc, and Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
Les mariés de la tour Eiffel (1921)
André Souris (1899–1970)
Choral, marche, et galop (1925)
Tickets: $25, 35, 50, 60
WEEKEND TWO: Stravinsky Re-invented: From Paris to Los Angeles
Friday, August 16
SPECIAL SHOWING
Filming Stravinsky: Preserving Posterity’s Image
Weis Cinema
5 pm: Commentary by Charles M. Joseph
Free and open to the public
Program Six*
Against Interpretation and Expression: The Aesthetics of Mechanization
Sosnoff Theater
7:30 pm Pre-concert Talk: Christopher H. Gibbs
8 pm Performance: Eric Beach, percussion; Judith Gordon, piano; Jonathan Greeney, percussion; Imani Winds; Piers Lane, piano; Peter Serkin, piano; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players and students of The Bard College Conservatory, conducted by Leon Botstein
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Concerto for Piano and Winds (1923–24)
Sonata for Two Pianos (1943–44)
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz 110 (1937)
Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)
Octandre (1923)
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2 (1922)
Olivier Messiaen (1908–92)
From Quatre études de rythme (1949–50)
Tickets: $25, 35, 50, 60
Saturday, August 17
Panel Three
Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini: Music, Ethics, and Politics
Olin Hall
10 am—noon
Tamara Levitz, moderator; Tomi Mäkelä; Simon Morrison; Richard Taruskin
Free and open to the public
Program Seven
Stravinsky in Paris
Olin Hall
1 pm Pre-concert Talk: Manuela Schwartz
1:30 pm Performance: Xak Bjerken, piano; Randolph Bowman, flute; Sara Cutler, harp; Jordan Frazier, double bass; Marka Gustavsson, viola; Robert Martin, cello; Jesse Mills, violin; Harumi Rhodes, violin; Sharon Roffman, violin; Laurie Smukler, violin; Bard Festival Chamber Players
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Les cinq doigts, for piano (1921)
Octet for Wind Instruments (1922–23)
Duo Concertant (1931–32)
Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
Sérénade, for flute, harp, and string trio, Op. 30 (1925)
Bohuslav Martinu (1890–1959)
String Quartet No. 4, H. 256 (1937)
Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56 (1932)
Arthur Lourié (1892–1966)
Sonata for Violin and Double Bass (1924)
Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
Sonatina for Flute and Piano (1925)
Tickets: $35
Program Eight
The Émigré in America
Sosnoff Theater
7 pm Pre-concert Talk: Leon Botstein
8 pm Performance: John Relyea, bass-baritone; Rebecca Ringle, mezzo-soprano; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Jeu de cartes (1936)
Symphony in Three Movements (1942–45)
Ode (1943)
Requiem Canticles (1965–66)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Kol Nidre, Op. 39 (1938)
Works by Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
Tickets: $30, 50, 60, 75
Sunday, August 18
Program Nine
Stravinsky, Spirituality, and the Choral Tradition
Olin Hall
10 am Performance with commentary by Klára Móricz, with the Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; Frank Corliss, piano
Choral works by Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971); Gesualdo da Venosa (1566–1613), Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750); Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873–1943); Francis Poulenc (1899–1963), Lili Boulanger (1893–1918), and Ernst Krenek (1900–91)
Tickets: $30
Program Ten
The Poetics of Music and After
Olin Hall
1 pm Pre-concert Talk: Richard Wilson
1:30 pm Performance: Rieko Aizawa, piano; Imani Winds; Alexandra Knoll, oboe; Piers Lane, piano; Jesse Mills, violin; Bard Festival Chamber Players
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Circus Polka, arranged for piano (1942, arr. 1944)
Septet (1952–53)
Anton Webern (1883–1945)
Variations for Piano, Op. 27 (1936)
Walter Piston (1894–1976)
Suite, for oboe and piano (1931)
Aaron Copland (1900–90)
Nonet (1960)
Elliott Carter (1908–2012)
Woodwind Quintet (1948)
Ellis Kohs (1916–2000)
Sonatina for Violin and Piano (1948)
Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
Fugas, for piano (1942)
Tickets: $35
Program Eleven*
The Classical Heritage
Sosnoff Theater
3:30 pm Pre-concert Talk: Tamara Levitz
4:30 pm Performance: Gordon Gietz, tenor; Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Sean Panikkar, tenor; John Relyea, bass-baritone; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director; and others
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Perséphone (1933–34, rev. 1948)
Oedipus Rex (1926–27, rev. 1948)
Tickets: $30, 50, 60, 75
Bard SummerScape ticket information
For tickets and further information on all SummerScape events, call the Fisher Center box office at 845-758-7900 or visit www.fishercenter.bard.edu.
Bard SummerScape: fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape/2013
Bard Music Festival: fishercenter.bard.edu/bmf/2013
Tickets: [email protected]; or by phone at 845-758-7900
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All program information is subject to change.
The 2013 SummerScape season is made possible in part through the generous support of the Board of The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, the Board of the Bard Music Festival, and the Friends of the Fisher Center, as well as grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.
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