My long visit with Uncle Ralph is winding down. But still two concerts to go!
The final chamber concert of this year’s Bard Music Festival will commence at 11:00 this morning (with a pre-concert talk at 10:30). “Vaughan Williams’ Legacy” will include works by Ruth Gipps, Michael Tippett, Samuel Barber (who Vaughan Williams met while lecturing at Bryn Mawr), Peggy Glanville-Hicks, and Constant Lambert. RVW himself will be represented by his last major instrumental work, the Violin Sonata in A minor.
The festival will conclude this afternoon with a semi-staged performance of the Falstaff opera “Sir John in Love,” after Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” That’s the one for which RVW set “Greensleeves.” The opera begins at 3:00 (with a pre-concert talk at 2:00). “Sir John” will be livestreamed. If you’re interested, you’ll find information at the link.
More thoughts soon. Last night’s concert, with the “Sinfonia Antartica” [sic], was a stunner!
Fisher Center at Bard
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