WEEKEND ONE
August 9–11, 2002 Bard College

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2002

PROGRAM 1
Gustav Mahler: An Introduction
Festival Tent

8:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Leon Botstein

8:30 p.m. Performance: Diane Chaplin, cello; Melvin Chen, piano; Jeremy Denk, piano; Marka Gustavsson, viola; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; Julie Rosenfeld, violin; Leon Williams, baritone; Bard Festival Chamber Players

Gustav MAHLER (1860–1911): From Five Songs on Poems by Friedrich Rückert (1901–04); from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1892–98); Piano Quartet Fragment in A minor (1876)

Sigismond THALBERG (1812–1871): Fantasia on Themes from Bellini’s Norma, Op. 12

Anton BRUCKNER (1824–1896), GUSTAV MAHLER: From Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, arr. for piano four-hand (1872–73; arr. 1878)

J. S. BACH (1685–1750), GUSTAV MAHLER: Suite from the Orchestral Works (1909)

Gustav MAHLER: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1884–85; rev. 1891–96; arr. Schoenberg, 1919)

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2002

PANEL 1
Images of Gustav Mahler
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Room 141, First Floor

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Panel: Karen Painter, chair; Stanley Cavell; Carl Schorske; Michael P. Steinberg

PROGRAM 2 SOLD OUT
Crossing Boundaries and Genres: The Tradition of the German Art Song
Olin Auditorium

1:30 p.m. Performance with Commentary by Christopher Gibbs
Participants: Colorado Quartet; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Julie Rosenfeld, violin; singers Elisabeth Canis, mezzo-soprano and Stephen Salters, baritone

Franz SCHUBERT (1797–1828): From String Quartet in D Minor, D810 (1824), "Der Tod und das Mädchen"

SELECTED SONGS BY Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), Carl Loewe (1796–1869), Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)

Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897): From Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 (1886)

PROGRAM 3
A Premiere in Retrospective: The Pairing of Das Lied von der Erde and Symphony No. 2
Festival Tent

4:30 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Stephen McClatchie

5:00 p.m. Performance: Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; John Horton Murray, tenor; American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor, Karen and David Kates Chair, Bard Music Festival

Gustav MAHLER (1860–1911): Das Lied von der Erde (1908) (poems adapted from the Chinese by H. Bethge)

PROGRAM 4
A Premiere in Retrospective: The Pairing of Das Lied von der Erde and Symphony No. 2
Festival Tent

8:30 p.m. Performance: Elisabeth Canis, mezzo-soprano; Jane Jennings, soprano; New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director; American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor, Karen and David Kates Chair, Bard Music Festival

Gustav MAHLER (1860–1911): Symphony No. 2 (1888–94)

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002

PROGRAM 5
Folk Tradition
Olin Auditorium

10:00 a.m. Performance with Commentary by Michael Beckerman
A special narrated performance of folk and popular songs in German and Czech will illustrate the various styles of music that surrounded Mahler in his youth. In this concert listeners will become acquainted with the issues of appropriation, borrowing, and assimilation from the written and oral traditions.
Performers: Ritornello

PROGRAM 6
Bruckner and the Circle around Brahms
Olin Auditorium

1:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: William Carragan

1:30 p.m. Performance: Melvin Chen, piano; Jeremy Denk, piano; Marka Gustavsson, viola; Erica Kiesewetter, violin; Jasmine Lin, violin; Francesca Martin, viola; Robert Martin, cello; Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano; Nardo Poy, viola; Sophie Shao, cello; Laurie Smukler, violin; Patricia Sunwoo, violin

SELECTED SONGS BY Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), Ignaz Brüll (1846–1907)

Robert FUCHS (1847–1927): From Sieben Phantasiestücke, Op. 57, for violin, viola, and piano (1897)

ROBERT VOLKMANN (1815–1883): Piano Trio in B-flat Minor, Op. 5

ANTON BRUCKNER (1824–1896): Quintet in F Major, Op. 112 (1878–79)

PROGRAM 7
Mahler and Friends
Olin Auditorium

4:30 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Robert Martin

5:00 p.m. Performance: Dean Elzinga, bass-baritone; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Jane Jennings, soprano; John Horton Murray, tenor; Hugo Wolf Quartet

HANS ROTT (1858–1884): String Quartet in C Minor (1879–80); world premiere of selected songs

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911): Drei Lieder, for tenor and piano (1880); Fünf Lieder, for voice and piano (1880–87)

HUGO WOLF (1860–1903): String Quartet in D Minor (1878–84)

Programs and artists are subject to change.

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WEEKEND TWO
August 16–18, 2002 Bard College

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2002

SYMPOSIUM
Mahler's Vienna
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Room 141, First Floor

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Speakers: Gregory Moynahan, chair; John Maciuika; Stuart Feder

1:30–3:00 p.m. Speakers: Gregory Moynahan, chair; Morten Solvik; Stephen Koja

MAHLER IN FILM
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema

12:30 p.m. Death in Venice (Visconti)

3:00 p.m. Mahler (Russell)

5:00 p.m. Bride of the Wind (Beresford)

PROGRAM 8
The Composer's Own Context: Framing Symphony No. 6
Festival Tent

7:30 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Vera Micznik

8:00 p.m. Performance: Todd Crow, piano; Elisabeth Canis, mezzo-soprano; American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor, Karen and David Kates Chair, Bard Music Festival

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949): Burleske, for piano and orchestra (1885–86)

Orchestral Songs by Richard Strauss (1864–1949), Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), and Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911): Symphony No. 6 in A Minor (1903–05; rev. 1906–07)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2002

PANEL 2
Mahler and the Jewish Question
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Room 141, First Floor

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Panel: Stuart Feder, chair; Philip Bohlman; Charles S. Maier; Carl Niekerk

ILLUSTRATED TALK
Mahler in New York
Olin Language Center, Room 115

5:00–6:00 p.m. Barbara Haws

PROGRAM 9 SOLD OUT
Mahler’s Contemporaries
Olin Auditorium

1:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Erik Ryding

1:30 p.m. Performance: Colorado Quartet; Mariko Kaneda, piano; Siiri Schütz, piano; Sophie Shao, cello; Imani Winds

JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957): Kyllikki, Op. 41, for piano (1904)

BRUNO WALTER (1876–1962): From String Quartet

JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTER (1859–1951): Wind Quintet, Op. 95 (1909)

FRANZ SCHMIDT (1874–1939): Drei kleine Fantasiestücke for cello and piano after Hungarian National Melodies (1892)

HANS PFITZNER (1869–1949): Piano Quintet, Op. 23 (1908)

PROGRAM 10 SOLD OUT
Popular Music in Vienna at the Turn of the Century
Olin Auditorium

8:00 p.m. Performance with Commentary by Morten Solvik
One of the hallmarks of Mahler’s musical language is its propensity to emulate the popular style. This program will present a wide variety of this music, allowing us to experience firsthand the incredibly rich assortment of musical types, melodies, and sonorities that so often inspired Mahler. We turn to the popular music of Vienna at the turn of the century. Here, in the marches, operettas, Wienerlieder, waltzes, landler, Schrammelmusik, and part songs heard on the street, in cafés, at wine taverns ("Heuriger"), in military parades, at barracks, and in the dance halls, we find the sounds of everyday life that Mahler incorporated in so many of his works. More than this, of course, popular music in Vienna at the turn of the century is not only historically revealing, it’s also great fun!
Performers: Heather Buck, soprano; Mnozil Brass; Die Tanzgeiger; Neuwirth Extremschrammeln

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2002

PANEL 3
Mahler and 20th-Century Music
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Room 141, First Floor

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Panel: Richard Wilson, chair; Martin Bresnick; Bernard Rands; Augusta Read Thomas

PROGRAM 11 SOLD OUT
Modernism in Vienna
Olin Auditorium

1:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Marilyn McCoy

1:30 p.m. Performance: Courtenay Budd, soprano; Laura Flax, clarinet; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Hsin-yun Huang, viola; Robert Martin, cello; Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano; Siiri Schütz, piano; Sophie Shao, cello Laurie Smukler, violin; Patricia Sunwoo, violin; Leon Williams, baritone

ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY (1871–1942): Fantasien über Gedichte von Richard Dehmel, Op. 9, for piano (1898)

SELECTED SONGS BY Joseph Marx (1882–1964), Conrad Ansorge (1862–1930), and Alma Mahler (1879–1964)

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911): From Five Songs on Poems by Friedrich Rückert (1901–04)

ALBAN BERG (1885–1935): Four Pieces, Op. 5, for clarinet and piano (1913)

ANTON WEBERN (1883–1945): Drei kleine Stücke, Op. 11, for cello and piano (1914)

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951): String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (1907–08)

PROGRAM 12
Mahler's Grand Vindication: Symphony No. 8
Festival Tent

4:30 p.m. Preconcert Talk: Karen Painter

5:00 p.m. Performance: Heather Buck, soprano; Janice Chandler, soprano; Dean Elzinga, bass-baritone; Turid Karlsen, soprano; John Horton Murray, tenor; Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano; Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano; Leon Williams, baritone; Newark Boys Chorus, Donald C. Morris, music director; New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director; American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor, Karen and David Kates Chair, Bard Music Festival

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911): Symphony No. 8 ("Symphony of a Thousand") (1906)

Programs and artists are subject to change.

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LINCOLN CENTER
Saturday, October 26, 2002

Symposium
Images of Gustav Mahler
Stanley Kaplan Penthouse, Samuel B. and David Rose Building, 165 West 65th Street, 10th Floor

10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Chamber Music Concert

Recreation of January 29, 1905 Concert at the Kleiner Musikvereins-Saal
Alice Tully Hall

2:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk

2:30 p.m. Performance

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911): From Zehn Wunderhorn-Lieder, for voice and orchestra (1892–98); from Zwei Wunderhorn-Lieder, for voice and orchestra (1899–1901); Kindertotenlieder, for voice and orchestra (Rückert) (1901–04); Vier Rückert-Lieder, for voice and orchestra (1901)

Orchestra Concert
A Mahler Rarity: The Composer as Arranger
Alice Tully Hall

7:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk

8:00 p.m. Performance: (Soloists to be announced); American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor

Carl Maria von WEBER (1786–1826) and GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911): Die drei Pintos, comic opera in three acts (1887–88)

The Bard Music Festival in New York is presented by the Great Performers series at Lincoln Center. For tickets and information, call 212-721-6500 or visit the website www.lincolncenter.org

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