Program Eight: The Lure of Neoclassicism

1:00 p.m. Preconcert Talk Rodney Lister
1:30 p.m. Performance Randolph Bowman, flute; Philippe Castagner, tenor; Bard Conservatory Woodwind Quintet; Bard Festival String Quartet; Laura Flax, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Ani Kavafian, violin; Kevin Murphy; piano; Diane Walsh, piano

Aaron Copland (1900–90), Violin Sonata (1943)
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Suite from L’histoire du soldat (1918–19)
Walter Piston (1894–1976), Three Pieces, for flute, clarinet, and bassoon (1925)
David Diamond (b.1915), String Quartet No. 1 (1940)
Elliott Carter (b.1908), Woodwind Quintet (1948)
Irving Fine (1914–62), Partita for Wind Quintet (1948)
Songs by Paul Bowles (1910–99) and William Schuman (1910–92)