Water Spirits
From River to Ocean
with Tan Dun
May 13, 2023
“I have two goals in my heart: I don’t just want to establish a musical idea…. I want to develop a cross-cultural idea that brings nature and classical music, ancient and modern, together.”—Tan Dun
Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador, Tan Dun, has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions. His compositions often feature water as a musical instrument.
In this program, he conducts five works by Czech, French, Romanian, Japanese, and British composers who were inspired by the sounds of oceans, rivers, and flowing waters.
Program
Bedřich Smetana (1824-88)
Vltava (The Moldau), No. 2 from Má vlast (My Country)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Eric Zheng ‘24, saxophone
Claire de Lune
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
The Swan
Grigoraș Dinicu (1889-1949)
L’Alouette (The Lark)
Yida An ’24, violin
Tōru Takemitsu (1930–96)
I Hear the Water Dreaming
Jillian Reed ‘21, flute
Benjamin Britten (1913-76)
Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a, from the opera Peter Grimes
Dawn
Sunday Morning
Moonlight
Storm
Plan Your Visit
Eat & Stay
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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.
About the Venue
Sosnoff Theater
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