Bard College Conservatory of Music
Innovation and Legacy
An Anniversary Celebration with the Bard Conservatory Orchestra
CONDUCTED BY LEON BOTSTEIN AND TAN DUN
Photography by Matt Dine
October 25–26
Bard College Conservatory of Music
CONDUCTED BY LEON BOTSTEIN AND TAN DUN
Photography by Matt Dine
October 25–26
Bard Conservatory of Music marks its twentieth anniversary season with three concerts in October, presented in both Upstate New York and New York City. The first two performances, held at the orchestra’s home in the Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater, inaugurate the series with a preview of rare dimension, offering Bard Family and Alumni/ae Weekend audiences an early opportunity to experience this fully formed program in a setting shaped by the Conservatory and Bard’s own community and creative context. The series concludes with a special gala performance concert at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall the following week.
Together, these October programs honor two historic milestones: the founding of the Conservatory in 2005 and Leon Botstein’s fiftieth year as President of Bard College.
Conducted by Leon Botstein and Tan Dun, the program features Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its enduring call for unity, and Tan Dun’s Choral Concerto: Nine, which receives its North American premiere at Alice Tully Hall. This new work offers a bold reimagining of Beethoven’s vision through a contemporary global lens.
Tan Dun
Choral Concerto: Nine
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”)
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Conducted by Leon Botstein and Tan Dun
Paulina Swierczek VAP ’19, soprano
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Jun Mo Yang VAP ’24, tenor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
Bard College Chorus
James Bagwell, Chorus Master
Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano
Tenor
Baritone
Chorus Master, Bard College Chorus
Please note: the livestream will feature a special rebroadcast of the following works in place of Tan Dun’s Choral Concerto: Nine.
Bedřich Smetana (1824-88)Vltava (The Moldau), No. 2 from Má vlast (My Country)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)Rhapsody for Saxophone and OrchestraEric Zheng ‘24, saxophone
Claire de Lune
Nearby villages and towns in the Hudson Valley boast a large selection of restaurants, as well as a variety of hotels, motels, inns, and bed & breakfasts.
Bard College’s main campus is located in Annandale-on-Hudson (a hamlet of Red Hook), New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston. The Taconic State Parkway and the New York State Thruway provide the most direct routes to our campus. Click the Google map below, or get directions by entering the following address into your GPS: 60 Manor Avenue, Red Hook, NY 12571.
From the East
If you are traveling from east of the Hudson River in New York State, take the Taconic State Parkway to the Red Hook / Route 199 exit, drive west on Route 199 through the village of Red Hook to Route 9G, turn right onto Route 9G, drive north 1.9 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
From the West
If you are traveling from west of the Hudson River, take the New York State Thruway (I-87) to exit 19 (Kingston), take Route 209 (changes to Route 199 at the Hudson River) over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to Route 9G, turn left onto Route 9G, drive north 3.5 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
Sosnoff Theater
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