the richard b. fisher center

for the performing arts at bard college

AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAFebruary 21 and 22, 2014

About The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, an environment for world-classartistic presentation in the Hudson Valley, was designed by Frank Gehry and opened in2003. Risk-taking performances and provocative programs take place in the 800-seatSosnoff Theater, a proscenium-arch space, and in the 220-seat Theater Two, which fea-tures a flexible seating configuration. The Center is home to Bard College’s Theater &Performance and Dance Programs, and host to two annual summer festivals:SummerScape, which offers opera, dance, theater, film, and cabaret; and the Bard MusicFestival, which will celebrate its 25th year in August with “Schubert and His World.”

The Center bears the name of the late Richard B. Fisher, the former chair of Bard College’sBoard of Trustees. This magnificent building is a tribute to his vision and leadership.

The outstanding arts events that take place here would not be possible without the con-tributions made by the Friends of the Fisher Center. We are grateful for their support andwelcome all donations.

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Chair Jeanne Donovan FisherPresident Leon Botstein

presents

American Symphony Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director

Joan Tower (b. 1938)Stroke (2010)

Erkki Melartin (1875–1937)Concerto in D Minor, for violin and orchestra, Op. 60 (1913)

Allegro moderatoAndante assai tranquilloAllegro molto vivace

Dongfang Ouyang ’15, violin

Intermission

Robert Schumann (1810–56)

Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (1845–46)

Sostenuto assaiScherzo Adagio espressivo Allegro molto vivace

Sosnoff TheaterFriday, February 21 and Saturday, February 22 at 8 pmPreconcert talk at 7 pm by Christopher H. Gibbs

This evening’s concert will run approximately two hours, including one 20-minuteintermission.

Notes on the Program

Joan TowerBorn in New Rochelle, New York, September 6, 1938

Stroke (2010)

Even as she celebrated her 75th birthday this past September, Joan Tower continues to lookforward as much as she does back on a distinguished career that has spanned well over fivedecades. She began as a pianist and was a founding member of the Da Capo ChamberPlayers, but decided to devote herself full time to composition in the mid-1980s, althoughshe still occasionally performs at the piano and conducts.

Among many other prestigious prizes and honors, Tower was the first woman to receive theGrawemeyer Award in Composition, in 1990; she was inducted into the American Academy ofArts and Letters in 1998 and the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University in 2004.Her music has been performed by some of the world’s leading soloists, including CarolWincenc, David Shifrin, John Browning, Evelyn Glennie, and Cho-Liang Lin, and such eminentensembles as the Emerson and Tokyo quartets; the Chicago, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh sym-phonies; the New York Philharmonic; and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. She was composerin residence with the Pittsburgh and St. Louis symphonies and with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.Her orchestral work Made in America won three Grammy awards in 2008.

Since 1972, Joan Tower has taught at Bard College, where she is Asher B. Edelman Professorin the Arts. She has provided the following note about the deeply personal compositionperformed tonight:

Stroke was commissioned and premiered by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra(Manfred Honeck, conductor) and is dedicated to my younger brother George,who suffered a major stroke in 2008 at the age of 60 that left his body paralyzedon his entire left side.

The horrific journey of the aftermath of a serious stroke consists of many differentemotional stages: anger, anxiety, depression, and love. The huge adjustment of themind and the DNA of the body require a strong resilience of emotion and a largeamount of mental discipline to adapt to a body that can no longer do the thingsit did before. The positive side of this experience (and alternate meaning of the

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word “stroke”) is one of occasional but welcome rests of peace and deep lovethat become more pronounced as the stroke victim adjusts to his new reality.

I tried to depict these extreme emotions through the musical journey of my 17-minute piece. Inside a dramatic and often loud steady beat (of the heart)which shifts to faster beats (which veer between “anxious” and “joyful”), thereare five slower (and “softer”) solos for horn, bassoon, violin, clarinet, and trum-pet where more peaceful and lyrical surroundings come forward.

Stroke is a piece concerned with many emotions, one that hopefully offers aquiet “hope” at the end. With a stroke, it is hard to tell which way it will go.

Erkki MelartinBorn in Käkisalmi, Finland, February 7, 1875

Died in Pukinmäki, Finland, February 14, 1937

Concerto in D Minor, for violin and orchestra, Op. 60 (1913)

Until recently, at least when it came to classical music, popular associations with Finlandmeant Jean Sibelius for most American audiences. In the past few decades, however, thephenomenally active musical life of this small nation has made itself felt far beyond itsborders. Conductors, singers, and instrumentalists crowd the world stage, while promi-nent composers such as Einojuhani Rautavaara, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, and Esa-Pekka Salonen attract ever-greater acclaim. An added benefit of all this vitality has beenthe exploration and revival of earlier Finnish composers, such as Erkki Melartin, one ofSibelius’s preeminent contemporaries. As a key figure in Finnish music education, theprominent teacher of many leading composers in the first half of the 20th century,Melartin should be credited as one who helped elevate the musical stature of the country.

Although Melartin was nine years younger (and died 20 years earlier) than the long-livedSibelius, the two initially charted similar trajectories. Both were students at the HelsinkiMusic Institute (later the Helsinki Conservatory and now the Sibelius Academy), workingwith Martin Wegelius, and then both studied abroad, including with Robert Fuchs inVienna. Melartin returned to teach at the institute, of which he ultimately became direc-tor (1911–36). His large output is rather similar to that of Sibelius, with symphonies, theviolin concerto we hear tonight, and chamber and keyboard music. (He finished an opera,which Sibelius never did.)

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Despite all the inevitable comparisons, Melartin’s music sounds quite different from thatof his formidable countryman, usually looking more to the late Romantic mainstream ofEurope (as well as to St. Petersburg). He composed the Violin Concerto in D minor in 1913

and revised it later. The work was not published until after its rediscovery in the late 1990s.The piece is in three movements: the lengthy first one (Allegro moderato) opens softlywith a haunting theme, the soloist taking center stage from the outset. The second move-ment (Andante assai tranquillo) offers a lyrical interlude before the rousing finale (Allegromolto vivace), which revisits the noble principal theme of the first movement.

Robert SchumannBorn in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany, June 8, 1810

Died in Enderich, near Bonn, Germany, July 29, 1856

Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (1845–46)

As for most composers of his generation and the next, Robert Schumann confronted avexing musical challenge in the realm of the symphony: how to write one in the wake ofBeethoven’s Ninth. Schubert allegedly once remarked to a friend, “Secretly, in my heart ofhearts, I still hope to be able to make something out of myself, but who can do anythingafter Beethoven?” In a similar vein, Brahms later confessed to conductor Hermann Levi:“You don’t know what it is like to walk in the footsteps of a giant.”

Some composers shunned the genre of the symphony entirely or retreated to simpler,less imposing forms offering little that was new, such as the orchestral serenade. With afew exceptions, Schumann the composer and critic despaired about the state of thesymphony. The exceptions, however, are revealing. He felt Schubert offered a remarkablemodel in his “Great” C-Major Symphony, written in 1825, less than a year afterBeethoven’s Ninth. This work was unknown for more than a decade after Schubert’sdeath in 1828 at age 31, languishing unperformed in the house of his older brother.Schumann was amazed when he learned of its existence during a visit to Vienna in thewinter of 1838–39, and he promptly arranged for the premiere in Leipzig, with FelixMendelssohn conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra. If Beethoven inspired Schumannthrough the force of intimidation, Schubert, “my one and only Schubert,” apparently didso through the power of love.

Other composers, self-styled progressives such as Hector Berlioz and Franz Liszt, optedfor programmatic solutions to the symphonic problem. They no longer wrote a

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Symphony No. 1, but rather a Symphonie fantastique or a Faust Symphony. In the longestreview Schumann ever wrote, he praised Berlioz’s imaginative first symphony highly, butchose not to follow such a path in his own career. Only the title of Schumann’s FirstSymphony, “Spring,” has his authority (and then only at an early stage—it was notincluded on the title page). Rather than pursuing overt musical narratives, Schumanninclined toward the aesthetic Beethoven famously proclaimed in his “Pastoral”Symphony: “More an expression of feeling than painting.”

Throughout his career Schumann became intensely preoccupied with writing certainkinds of music and he would concentrate, sometimes for years at a time, on little else.Piano compositions dominated the 1830s and account for all of his first 23 publishedopuses. The year he married the young pianist and composer Clara Wieck, 1840, was his“Year of Song”; 1841 was his symphonic year; 1842 he devoted to chamber works; and1848–49 primarily to dramatic music.

Although Schumann had tentatively tried his hand at symphonies well before 1841, heincreasingly felt the need, as he approached age 30, to expand the scope of his musicalpalette. He wrote to a friend: “I often feel tempted to crush my piano; it is too narrow formy thoughts. I really have very little practice in orchestral music now; still I hope to mas-ter it.” And so Schumann set about acquiring those skills he felt he lacked, both in orches-tration and in constructing large-scale forms—gifts, it should be said, that his friendMendelssohn possessed in abundance. Years earlier Schumann had planned to recast anincomplete Piano Quartet in C minor (1829) into a symphony, and in 1832–33 hadsketched three movements of a Symphony in G minor, sometimes called the “Zwickau”after his hometown, where the first movement was performed in 1832.

Schumann’s discovery of Schubert’s C-Major Symphony was perhaps the principal impe-tus for him to focus more diligently on orchestral projects. After hearing Mendelssohnconduct the work, he wrote to Clara, “I was totally happy and wished only that youshould be my wife and that I also could write such symphonies.” Both wishes soonbecame a related reality: Clara heartily encouraged her new husband’s symphonic aspi-rations, telling him, “Your imagination and your spirit are too great for the weak piano.”

Schumann began his symphonic year in January 1841 by sketching his First Symphony,which he completed the next month. He then turned to a work that he at various timescalled a “Symphonette,” “Suite,” and Second Symphony, but which was eventually pub-lished as Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, Op. 52. In May he started composing hisSymphony in D minor, Op. 120, best known in its revised version as the Fourth Symphony.Schumann presented the score of that work to Clara on her 22nd birthday in September.

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By the end of 1841 he had also written a Fantasy for piano and orchestra, which four yearslater would become the first movement of his piano concerto. This is a lot of music for acomposer relatively new to deploying orchestral forces and negotiating large formalstructures.

By December 1845, when Schumann sketched his Second Symphony in C major, Op. 61, hewas more seasoned with orchestration and large forms. Once again, his biographer JohnDaverio speculates, Schubert’s C-Major Symphony may have been the catalyst for sym-phonic activity, as Schumann heard a Dresden performance early that month. Despiteincreasing health problems that would eventually lead to madness, the work is often joyousand ebullient, especially in the dazzling second-movement scherzo. Schumann’s new inter-est in Bach is apparent in the opening slow introduction, which combines a trumpet motto(heard in subsequent movements) with meandering string writing. The third movement isa true and profound slow movement preceding a triumphant conclusion, which reflectsSchumann’s relief at his return to health. (“In the finale I first began to feel like myselfagain.”) The work failed to please, however, when Mendelssohn conducted the premiere atthe Leipzig Gewandhaus in November 1846, and Schumann revised it for a performancelater that month. Four years later he composed his final essay in the genre, the ThirdSymphony in E-flat, Op. 97, known as the “Rhenish,” although that is not Schumann’s title.

—Christopher H. Gibbs, James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music, Bard College

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Who’s Who

Leon Botstein ConductorRecognized as much for his visionary zeal as his perform-ances, championing masterpieces unfairly ignored by his-tory and creating concert programs that engage the headas well as the heart, Leon Botstein recently celebrated his20th year as music director and principal conductor of theAmerican Symphony Orchestra. He is also artistic codirec-tor of the SummerScape and Bard Music festivals, whichtake place at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the PerformingArts, designed by Frank Gehry. He is also conductor laureate

of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, where he served as music director from 2003–11.He has been president of Bard College since 1975.

Botstein leads an active schedule as a guest conductor all over the world, and can beheard on many recordings with the London Symphony (their recording of Popov’s FirstSymphony was nominated for a Grammy), the London Philharmonic, NDR-Hamburg, andthe Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Many of his live performances with the AmericanSymphony Orchestra are available for download online. The Los Angeles Times called2013’s Los Angeles Philharmonic performance under Botstein “the all-around most com-pelling performance of anything I’ve heard all summer at the Bowl.” In fall 2013, he alsoconducted the Sinfónica Juvenil de Caracas in Venezuela and Japan, making him the firstnon-Venezuelan conductor invited by El Sistema to conduct on a tour.

Highly regarded as a music historian, Leon Botstein’s most recent book is Von Beethovenzu Berg: Das Gedächtnis der Moderne (2013). He is the editor of The Musical Quarterly andthe author of numerous articles and books. He is currently working on a book based onhis talks given at the prestigious Tanner Lectures in Berkeley, California. For his contribu-tions to music he has received the award of the American Academy of Arts and Lettersand Harvard University’s Centennial Award, as well as the Cross of Honor, First Class,from the government of Austria. In 2009 he received Carnegie Foundation’s AcademicLeadership Award, and in 2011 was inducted into the American Philosophical Society. Heis also the 2012 recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Award for the Elevation of Music inSociety. In 2013, following in the footsteps of Sir John Barbirolli, Otto Klemperer, and oth-ers, Botstein received the Bruckner Society’s Julio Kilenyi Medal of Honor for his inter-pretations of that composer’s music.

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Dongfang OuyangViolin soloist Dongfang Ouyang ’15 is a student at The BardCollege Conservatory of Music, where he studies withWeigang Li and Shmuel Ashkenasi. He began playing theviolin at age 4 in his hometown of Beijing, China. At age 10

he began violin studies at the Lysenko Music School inKiev, Ukraine. In 2004, he moved to the Central MusicSchool in Moscow. After meeting Li, who was on tour withthe Shanghai Quartet in Russia, he enrolled at BardCollege in 2009. His other major is Russian and Eurasian

studies. In 2013, he was one of the winners of the annual Bard College Conservatory ofMusic Concerto Competition. He has participated in many summer music festivals,including the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine and the Music MastersCourse Japan in Yokohama.

The American Symphony OrchestraThe American Symphony Orchestra was founded 50 years ago by Leopold Stokowski,with the avowed intention of making orchestral music accessible and affordable foreveryone. Under Music Director Leon Botstein, Stokowski’s mission is not only intact, butalso thriving. Beyond that, the ASO has become a pioneer in what the Wall Street Journalcalled “a new concept in orchestras,” presenting concerts curated around various themesdrawn from the visual arts, literature, politics, and history, and unearthing rarely per-formed masterworks for well-deserved revival. These concerts are performed in theVanguard Series at Carnegie Hall.

The orchestra also gives the celebrated concert series Classics Declassified at PeterNorton Symphony Space, and regularly performs at The Richard B. Fisher Center for thePerforming Arts at Bard College, where it appears in a winter subscription series as wellas Bard’s annual SummerScape festival and the Bard Music Festival. In 2010, the ASObecame the resident orchestra of The Collegiate Chorale, performing regularly in theChorale’s New York concert series. The orchestra has made several tours of Asia andEurope, and has performed in countless benefits for organizations including theJerusalem Foundation and PBS.

Many of the world’s most accomplished soloists have performed with the ASO, amongthem Yo-Yo Ma, Deborah Voigt, and Sarah Chang. In addition to CDs released by theTelarc, New World, Bridge, Koch, and Vanguard labels, many live performances by theAmerican Symphony are now available for digital download. In many cases, these are theonly existing recordings of some of the rare works that have been rediscovered in ASOperformances.

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The American Symphony OrchestraLeon Botstein, Music Director

Violin IErica Kiesewetter,

ConcertmasterYukie HandaDiane BrucePatricia DavisJohn ConnellyWende NamkungRagga PetursdottirAnn LabinSander StrengerMara MilkisAnn GilletteNazig Tchakarian

Violin IISuzanne Gilman, PrincipalRobert ZubryckiJames TsaoAshley HorneLucy MorgansternEllen PayneKatherine HannauerKathryn AldousShinwon KimLisa Steinberg

ViolaWilliam Frampton, PrincipalSally ShumwayJohn DexterShelley Holland-MoritzAdria BenjaminCrystal GarnerDebra Shufelt-DineLouis Day

CelloJonathan Spitz, PrincipalAnnabelle HoffmanSarah CarterMaureen HynesStephen FangTatyana MargulisAnik OulianineRubin Kodheli

BassJohn Beal, PrincipalJack WengerLouis BrunoRichard OstrovskyWilliam SloatLisa Chin

FluteKarla Moe, PrincipalRie SchmidtDiva Goodfriend-Koven,

Piccolo

OboeAlexandra Knoll, PrincipalMelanie Feld

ClarinetLaura Flax, PrincipalMaureen HurdLiam Burke

BassoonCharles McCracken, PrincipalMarc Goldberg

HornZohar Schondorf, PrincipalChad YarbroughLawrence DiBelloKyle Hoyt

TrumpetCarl Albach, PrincipalJohn DentJohn Sheppard

TromboneRichard Clark, PrincipalKenneth FinnJeffrey Caswell

TubaKyle Turner, Principal

TimpaniBenjamin Herman, Principal

PercussionJonathan Haas, PrincipalKory GrossmanCharles Descarfino

HarpVictoria Drake, Principal

KeyboardElizabeth DiFelice, Principal

Personnel ManagerAnn Yarbrough Guttman

Assistant ConductorZachary Schwartzman

Orchestra LibrarianMarc Cerri

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McAuliffe, in honor of Leon Botstein

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Ticket sales cover only a small percentage of the expenses for our full-size orchestral concerts.The American Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, staff, and artists gratefully acknowl-edge the following individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies whohelp us to fulfill Leopold Stokowski’s avowed intention of making orchestral music accessibleand affordable for everyone. While space permits us only to list gifts made at the Friends leveland above, we value the generosity and vital support of all donors.

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Boards and Administration

Board of DirectorsDimitri B. Papadimitriou, ChairThurmond Smithgall, Vice ChairKaren Zorn, Treasurer

Miriam BergerMichael DorfRachel KalnickiJack KligerShirley A. Mueller, Esq.Debra R. PemsteinEileen RhulenFelicitas S. Thorne

Honorary Members:Joel I. Berson, Esq.L. Stan Stokowski

AdministrationLynne Meloccaro, Executive

DirectorOliver Inteeworn, General ManagerBrian J. Heck, Director of MarketingNicole M. de Jesús, Director of

DevelopmentSebastian Danila, Library ManagerMarielle Métivier, Operations

ManagerKatrina Herfort, Ticketing Services

CoordinatorMarc Cerri, Orchestra LibrarianAnn Yarbrough Guttman,

Orchestra Personnel ManagerBen Oatmen, Production AssistantJames Bagwell, Principal Guest

ConductorGeoffrey McDonald, Assistant

ConductorZachary Schwartzman, Assistant

ConductorRichard Wilson, Composer-in-

Residence

Music plays a special part in the lives of many New York residents.The American Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges thesupport of the following government agencies that have made adifference in the culture of New York:

New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature

The City of New YorkThe Honorable Bill De Blasio, MayorNew York City CouncilNYC Department of Cultural Affairs

List current as of January 2, 2014

Donors to the Fisher Center

Leadership SupportThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationCarolyn Marks BlackwoodEmily H. Fisher and John Alexander Jeanne Donovan FisherThe Marks Family FoundationMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationMillbrook Tribute Garden, Inc.National Endowment for the Arts

(NEA)Martin T. and Toni SosnoffFelicitas S. ThorneTrue Love Productions

Golden CircleEstate of Richard B. FisherTricia and Foster Reed

DirectorMr. and Mrs. Lewis W. BernardSteven M. DawsonMichael J. Del Giudice and

Jaynne KeyesStefano Ferrari and Lilo ZinglersenBritton FisherFlorence & Robert Rosen Family

FoundationDr. Terry S. GotthelfDoris J. LockhartThe Maurer Family Foundation,

Inc.Stephen Mazoh and Martin KlineNew York State Council on the Arts

(NYSCA)Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Florence and Robert A. RosenDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

Thendara Foundation

ProducerKay Brover and Arthur BennettGoethe Institute New YorkBarbara Lemperly GrantRonald GuttmanKaren and Robert G. ScottAida and Albert WilderWilder Consolidated Enterprises

Inc.

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We honor the late Richard B. Fisher for his generosity and leadership in building and support-ing this superb center that bears his name by offering outstanding arts experiences. We rec-ognize and thank the following individuals, corporations, and foundations that share Dick’sand our belief in presenting and creating art for the enrichment of society. Ticket sales coverless than 15 percent of our extraordinary programs. Help us sustain the Fisher Center andensure that the performing arts are a part of our lives. We encourage and need you to join ourgrowing list of donors.

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Foundation of the FCGFAnn and Robert FreedmanDavid GableJames J. GebhardJoseph W. and Joyce GelbMr. and Mrs. Floyd GlinertDebby and Fred GlynnSusan and David GoldinSteven GoldsteinStanley and Anne GordonSheryl GriffithMatthew M. Guerreiro and

Christina MohrDr. Arthur A. GuffantiMs. Julio GuillenGilbert and Mary HalesJohanna Hecht and

Raymond SokolovDelmar D. HendricksHSBC Philanthropic ProgramsMark R. JoelsonDr. Eleanor C. KaneLinda L. KaumeyerMartin Kenner and Camilla SmithMarilyn KirchnerDr. Seymour and Harriet KoenigProf. Marina KostalevskyDaniel LabarMyron LedbetterMr. Maurice Dupont LeeRonald LeiblerJoan MackBarbara MansellMs. Phyllis MarstellerDenise MaynardJoy McManigalDr. Naomi MendelsohnMonsanto FundRoy MosesVernon MosheimEdmund M. MurphyDr. Abraham and Gail NussbaumLucille H. OrzachMarilyn and Peter OswaldSteven Pollak and

Robin TanenbaumNeila Beth RadinSandra RayMr. Douglas ReeserMs. Esther RosenfeldFred SagarinBarbara A. SchoenbergMarc SferrazzaDenise S. Simon and

Paulo VieiradacunhaAlice and Tim StroupKatrina ThomasTaun N. Toay ’05

Gerald and Grace Wapner

David and Meliza E. WoolnerDr. Herbert M. and

Audrey S. Wyman

Friends of the Bard Music Festival

Leadership SupportHelen and Roger AlcalyThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationBettina Baruch FoundationMichelle R. ClaymanEstate of John A. DierdorffJeanne Donovan FisherHSBC Philanthropic ProgramsSusan and Roger KennedyMrs. Mortimer LevittThe Mortimer Levitt Foundation

Inc.Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Denise S. Simon and

Paulo VieiradacunhaFelicitas S. Thorne

Golden CircleJane W. Nuhn Charitable TrustDr. Barbara KennerNational Endowment for the Arts

(NEA)The Wise Family Charitable

FoundationMillie and Robert Wise

DirectorThe Ann and Gordon Getty

FoundationJoan K. DavidsonElizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. GreenburgMatthew M. Guerreiro and

Christina MohrEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsThe J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.Edna and Gary LachmundAmy and Thomas O. MaggsMarstrand FoundationNew York State Council on

the Arts (NYSCA)Jim and Talila O’HigginsPeter Kenner Family Fund

of the JCFDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

Dr. Sanford B. SternliebCharles P. Stevenson Jr. and

Alexandra KuczynskiStewart’s ShopsMargo and Anthony ViscusiDr. Siri von Reis

ProducerHelen ’48 and Robert L. BernsteinAlison L. and John C. Lankenau

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Allan and Ronnie StreichlerDr. Elisabeth F. Turnauer-DerowMerida Welles and Chip HolmanIrene Zedlacher

PatronMary I. Backlund and Virginia CorsiLydia Chapin and David SoeiroBlythe Danner ’65

Amy K. and David DubinHelena and Christopher GibbsAlan Hilliker and Vivien LiuAnne E. ImpellizzeriBelinda and Stephen KayeJames KlostyAlfred J. Law and

Glenda A. Fowler LawThe McGraw-Hill Companies

Matching Gift ProgramMetLife FoundationSarah and Howard SolomonEdwin Steinberg

BenefactorDr. Miriam Roskin Berger ’56

Jane R. CottrellDavid G. Whitcomb FoundationMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de Las HerasEmily H. Fisher and John AlexanderJohn GellerMarieluise Hessel and

Edwin L. ArtztRachel and Dr. Shalom KalnickiHelene L. and Mark N. KaplanRichard KortrightMurray LiebowitzElizabeth R. and Gary J. MunchMs. Anna Neverova ’07

Barbara B. ReisElizabeth Farran Tozer and

W. James Tozer Jr.UBS Matching Gift ProgramRosemary and Noel WerrettMaureen A. Whiteman and

Lawrence J. Zlatkin

Sustainer Joshua J. AronsonKathleen AugustineAlexander and Margaret BancroftBarbara and Donald Tober

FoundationProf. Jonathan and

Jessica K. BeckerSandra BendfeldtSarah Botstein and Bryan DoerriesKay Brover and Arthur BennettFrederick and Jan CohenWillem F. De VogelLaura GeneroDavid and Nancy HathawayDr. Barbara K. HoganMartin Holub

Jack & Marion’s Fund of the JCFEdith and Hamilton F. KeanMr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Keesee IIIJohn R. and Karen KloppDr. Seymour and Harriet KoenigDr. and Mrs. Arthur MenkenAndrea and Kenneth L. MironMr. and Mrs. Frederick P. PaytonJohn and Claire ReidBlanche and Bruce Joel RubinBarbara and Donald ToberIlliana van MeeterenMr. Michael P. A. Winn ’59

SponsorAnonymousLinda BaldwinMarshall S. Berland and

John E. JohnsonMs. Joan CostaAna and J. Roberto De AzevedoRt. Rev. Herbert A. and

Mary DonovanPatricia FalkMr. Donald C. FresneElizabeth D. and Robert HottensenI.B.M. Matching Grants ProgramJohn and Mary KellyErica KiesewetterLucas Pipes ’08 and

Sarah Elizabeth Coe Paden ’09

Art and Jeannette TaylorOlivia van Melle KampProf. Marina van Zuylen

SupporterJamie AlbrightRoland AugustineMelva Bucksbaum and

Raymond J. LearsyMs. Katherine Burstein ’09

Phyllis Busell and James M. KostellPhilip and Mimi CarrollConstance and David C. ClappJennifer and Jonathan H. CohenMs. Elisabeth DerowSeth DubinJune and Peter FelixAnne Stewart FitzroyLaura FlaxDeborah and Thomas FlexnerLuisa E. FlynnFrancis Finlay and Olivia J. FussellJoseph W. and Joyce GelbMr. and Mrs. Harrison J. GoldinSamuel L. Gordon Jr.Lawrence and Lorna GraevAlison GranucciSandy Graznow and Jim KearnsSally S. HamiltonJames HaydenEmilie and William HenryFritz and Nancy Henze

Demetrios and Susan Karayannides

Mr. and Mrs. George A. KellnerFernanda Kellogg and

Kirk HenckelsCharles and Katherine KingDebra I. and Jonathan LanmanWayne LawsonBeth LedyCynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Catherine Anne LuiggiLynn Favrot Nolan Family FundClaire and Chris MannDon and Evelyn McLeanMr. and Mrs. Seth MelhadoJoanna M. MigdalMaury NewburgerMr. and Mrs. William T. NolanDavid B. and Jane L. ParshallGary S. PatrikEncarnita and Robert QuinlanEmma Richter ’09 and

Alex Gaudio ’10

Joseph M. Rinaldi and Elizabeth McClintock

Alfred J. and Deirdre RossMs. Phyllis RossBarbara A. SchoenbergPeter Schwalbe and Jody SoltanoffDagni and Martin SenzelJohn TancockJessica and Peter TcherepnineMila TewellRobert E. TullyJack and Jill WertheimBarbara Jean WeyantSerena H. WhitridgeMs. Chanel M. Wood ’08

FriendBarbara J. AgrenMr. and Mrs. Jack AuspitzHoward and Mary BellElizabeth Phillips Bellin ’00 and

Marco M. S. BellinKhurshed BhumgaraMadge BriggsJohn C. D. and Nancy BrunoMr. George CarrothersMr. & Mrs. Timothy DelaneyDavid and Tracy FinnFloyd and Phyllis Glinert

Foundation of the FCGFJohn ForemanMary Ann FreeSamantha R. J. FreeEmily Rutgers FullerMaxwell H. and Victoria GoodwinMs. Maureen W. GregoryAndrea E. GrossFrederick Fisher HammondTameka L. HarveyJuliet Heyer

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Susan HoehnJohn Cage TrustLinda L. KaumeyerRobert E. KausDiana Niles KingHarold and Raquel KleinfeldChloe A. KramerMs. Carol LeeMr. Maurice Dupont LeeE. Deane and Judith S. LeonardJohn Robert MassieCaroline MecartneyRoy MosesDr. Vanessa NeumannMichael NishballElizabeth J. and Sevgin OktaySusan Heath and Rodney PatersonDavid Pozorski and Anna RomanskiD. Miles PriceMr. Robert SchweichSusan ShineMr. and Mrs. Charles StukenborgAlexandra Tuller and Dean TempleArete B. S. Warren

List current as of January 2, 2014

Boards and Administration

Bard College

Board of TrusteesDavid E. Schwab II ’52, Chair EmeritusCharles P. Stevenson Jr., ChairEmily H. Fisher, Vice ChairElizabeth Ely ’65, Secretary;

Life TrusteeStanley A. Reichel ’65, Treasurer

Fiona AngeliniRoland J. AugustineLeon Botstein+ ,

President of the CollegeStuart Breslow+Mark E. BrossmanThomas M. Burger+James C. Chambers ’81

David C. ClappMarcelle Clements ’69*

The Rt. Rev. Andrew M. L. Dietsche, Honorary Trustee

Asher B. Edelman ’61, Life TrusteePaul S. Efron Robert S. Epstein ’63

Barbara S. Grossman ’73*Sally HambrechtGeorge F. Hamel Jr.Marieluise HesselMaja HoffmannMatina S. Horner+Charles S. Johnson III ’70

Mark N. Kaplan, Life TrusteeGeorge A. KellnerMurray Liebowitz, Life TrusteeMarc S. LipschultzPeter H. Maguire ’88

Fredric S. Maxik ’86

James H. Ottaway Jr., Life TrusteeMartin Peretz, Life TrusteeStewart Resnick, Life TrusteeRoger N. Scotland ’93*Martin T. Sosnoff Susan WeberPatricia Ross Weis ’52

Senior AdministrationLeon Botstein, PresidentDimitri B. Papadimitriou,

Executive Vice PresidentMichèle D. Dominy, Vice President

and Dean of the CollegeMary Backlund, Vice President for

Student Affairs and Director ofAdmission

Norton Batkin, Vice President andDean of Graduate Studies

Jonathan Becker, Vice President and Dean for InternationalAffairs and Civic Engagement

James Brudvig, Vice President forAdministration

John Franzino, Vice President forFinance

Susan H. Gillespie, Vice President forSpecial Global Initiatives

Max Kenner ’01, Vice President forInstitutional Initiatives

Robert Martin, Vice President forAcademic Affairs and Director of The Bard College Conservatoryof Music

Debra Pemstein, Vice President forDevelopment and Alumni/aeAffairs

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Advisory BoardJeanne Donovan Fisher, ChairCarolyn Marks BlackwoodLeon Botstein+Stefano FerrariHarvey LichtensteinRobert Martin+Dimitri B. Papadimitriou+Martin T. SosnoffToni SosnoffFelicitas S. Thorne

Administration and ProgrammingDebra Pemstein, Vice President for

Development and Alumni/aeAffairs

Bob Bursey, Senior ProducerGideon Lester, Director of Theater

ProgramsCaleb Hammons, Associate

ProducerJeannie Schneider, Business ManagerMarla Walker, Executive Assistant

ProductionVincent Roca, Production ManagerStephen Dean, Production

Coordinator, Concerts andLectures

Matthew Waldron ’07, ProductionCoordinator, Dance and Theater

Steven Michalek, Technical DirectorJosh Foreman, Lighting SupervisorMoe Schell, Costume Shop

SupervisorAdam Kushner, Audio/Video

Supervisor

CommunicationsMark Primoff, Director of

CommunicationsEleanor Davis, Media and

Marketing ManagerJoanna Szu, Marketing Associate

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PublicationsMary Smith, Director of

PublicationsGinger Shore, Consultant to

Publications

Audience ServicesDavid Steffen, Audience Services

Manager and CommunicationsCoordinator

Nicholas Reilingh, Box OfficeManager

Caitlyn DeRosa, Assistant BoxOffice Manager

Patrick King ’12, House ManagerAlec Newell ’15, Assistant House

ManagerKay Schaffer ’14, Assistant House

Manager

FacilitiesMark Crittenden, Facilities

ManagerRay Stegner, Building Operations

ManagerDoug Pitcher, Building Operations

CoordinatorDaniel DeFrancis, Building

AssistantRobyn Charter, Building AssistantKatie O’Hanlon, HousekeepingAnna Simmons, Housekeeping

The Bard Music Festival

Board of DirectorsDenise S. Simon, ChairRoger AlcalyLeon Botstein+Michelle R. ClaymanRobert C. Edmonds ’68

Jeanne Donovan FisherChristopher H. Gibbs+Paula K. HawkinsSusan Petersen KennedyBarbara KennerGary LachmundMimi LevittThomas O. MaggsRobert Martin+Kenneth L. MironChristina A. MohrJames H. Ottaway Jr.Felicitas S. ThorneSiri von Reis

Artistic DirectorsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsRobert Martin

Executive DirectorIrene Zedlacher

Associate DirectorRaissa St. Pierre ’87

Scholars in Residence 2014

Christoper H. GibbsMorten Solvik

Program Committee 2014

Byron AdamsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsRobert MartinRichard WilsonIrene Zedlacher

Director of ChorusesJames Bagwell

Vocal Casting/Producer, Staged ConcertsSusana Meyer

* alumni/ae trustee+ ex officio

Photo: Janos Sutyak ’13

The Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program

An Opera Double BillWorld Premiere

PAYNE HOLLOWby Shawn JaegerConducted by Carl Christian Bettendorf

THE TURN OF THE SCREWby Benjamin BrittenConducted by James Bagwell

Featuring the singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program with the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra

sosnoff theater

Friday, March 14 at 7 pmand Sunday, March 16 at 2 pmTickets: $15, 25, 35, 100**The $100 ticket includes premium seating and an invitation to a special champagne reception with the artists on Sunday, March 16 ($75 tax deductible). All ticket sales benefit the Scholarship Fund of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

Bard College Conservatory of Music

Photo: Cory Weaver

AMERICANSYMPHONY

ORCHESTRAconducted by leon botstein, music director

Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12, 2014johann strauss Emperor Waltz, Accelerations, The Blue Danube

julius conus Violin Concerto Zhi Ma ’15, violin

johannes brahms Symphony No. 2

sosnoff theater$25, 30, 35, 40

All concerts are at 8 pm and willfeature a preconcert talk at 7 pm.

BARDSUMMERSCAPEJUNE 27 – AUGUST 17, 2014For a complete list of events and to order tickets: 845-758-7900 | fishercenter.bard.edu

Image: Moritz von Schwind, n.d. ©Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY

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About Bard College

Founded in 1860, Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, is an independent,nonsectarian, residential, coeducational college offering a four-year B.A. program in theliberal arts and sciences and a five-year B.A./B.S. degree in economics and finance. TheBard College Conservatory of Music offers a five-year program in which students pursuea dual degree—a B.Music and a B.A. in a field other than music—and offers an M.Musicin vocal arts and in conducting. Bard also bestows an M.Music degree at Longy School ofMusic of Bard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bard and its affiliated institutionsalso grant the following degrees: A.A. at Bard High School Early College, a public schoolwith campuses in New York City (Manhattan and Queens) and Newark, New Jersey; A.A.and B.A. at Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The Early College, in Great Barrington,Massachusetts, and through the Bard Prison Initiative at six correctional institutions inNew York State; M.A. in curatorial studies, M.S. in economic theory and policy, and M.S. inenvironmental policy and in climate science and policy at the Annandale campus; M.F.A.and M.A.T. at multiple campuses; M.B.A. in sustainability in New York City; and M.A.,M.Phil., and Ph.D. in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture at the BardGraduate Center in Manhattan. Internationally, Bard confers dual B.A. degrees at theFaculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (SmolnyCollege); American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan; and Bard College Berlin: ALiberal Arts University; as well as dual B.A. and M.A.T. degrees at Al-Quds University in theWest Bank.

Bard offers nearly 50 academic programs in four divisions. Total enrollment for BardCollege and its affiliates is approximately 5,000 students. The undergraduate College hasan enrollment of more than 1,900 and a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1. For more infor-mation about Bard College, visit www.bard.edu.

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Nature Theater of OklahomaRomeo & JulietFebruary 21–23

musicAn Opera Double Bill Payne Hollowby Shawn Jaeger (world premiere)

The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin BrittenMarch 14 and 16

music

Conservatory SundaysSō Percussion and Bard PercussionApril 6

Conservatory Orchestra Works by by Martinů, Bartók, and CoplandMay 18

dance

Joanna Kotzeit happened it had happened it is happening it will happenApril 18–19

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Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da RequiemApril 25–26