BMF Program One

7:30 pm Preconcert Talk: Leon Botstein
8 pm Performance: John Hancock, baritone; Horszowski Trio; Miranda Cuckson, viola; Anna Polonsky, piano; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Orion Weiss, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players

Tickets: $25, 35, 45, 55

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Trio No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 (1864)          
From Mélodies persanes, Op. 26 (1870)
Danse macabre, for baritone and piano (1872)
Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 35 (1874)    
Wedding Cake Waltz, Op. 76 (1885)
Quartet, for piano and strings, Op. 41 (1875)
Africa, Op. 89 (1891; arr.)

Join us for the 2012 Bard Music Festival Opening Night Dinner.
Opening Night Dinner tickets include a 5 pm pre-performance dinner in the Spiegeltent and a premium seat for the evening’s concert.

For further information or to purchase tickets to the Opening Night Dinner, please contact the Box Office at 845-758-7900 or fishercenter@bard.edu.

Please note: The Spiegeltent will be closed for dining that evening to accommodate the dinner.

Running time for the concert is approximately two and a half hours, with one intermission.

All programs subject to change.