Adore the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams but can’t make it to this year’s Bard Music Festival? Some of the concerts will be made available via livestream. The lark ascends at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, August 4 -13. If you’re trapped in the Antarctic, watch online for a modest fee.
Please note the concerts can be viewed in real-time only, and not on demand. So reserve your tickets, and don’t be late!
https://fishercenter.bard.edu/whats-on/programs/upstreaming/
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, at 7 PM
PROGRAM ONE – VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: BECOMING AN ENGLISH COMPOSER
Down Ampney (Come Down, O Love Divine) from “The English Hymnal” (1906)
Quintet for piano and strings in C minor (1903)
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (1910)
Concerto in D minor for violin and strings (1925)
Serenade to Music (1938)
O taste and see (1953)
Songs
Selections from “Five English Folk Songs” (1913)
Old Hundredth Psalm Tune (1953)
Horszowski Trio and guests; William Ferguson, tenor; Theo Hoffman, baritone; Renée Anne Louprette, organ; Grace Park, violin; Sun-Ly Pierce, mezzo-soprano; Brandie Sutton, soprano; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, music director; The Orchestra Now (TŌN) conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, at 8 PM
PROGRAM THREE: THE SYMPHONY AND COMPOSING FOR THE STAGE
Job, A Masque for Dancing (1930)
Concerto in C, for two pianos and orchestra (1931, rev. 1947)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (1934)
Danny Driver & Piers Lane, pianos; The Orchestra Now (TŌN) conducted by Leon Botstein
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 at 5 PM
PROGRAM SIX: LONDON CALLING! FUN IN COCKAIGNE!
A celebration of Music Hall and pop traditions from Gilbert and Sullivan to the Beatles, including works by Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), Roger Quilter (1877–1953), Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Lord Berners (1883–1950), Eric Coates (1886–1957), Ivor Novello (1893–1951), Noël Coward (1899–1973), Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960), and others, with selections from Vaughan Williams’ “The Poisoned Kiss” (1927–29; rev.)
Martin Luther Clark, tenor; Theo Hoffman, baritone; Sun-Ly Pierce, mezzo-soprano; Ann Toomey, soprano; Bard Festival Ensemble; and others
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, at 8 PM
PROGRAM SEVEN – THE LARK ASCENDING: BRITISH MUSIC FOR SMALL ORCHESTRA
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” (1939)
Edward Elgar (1858–1934)
Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 (1896)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Flos Campi (1925)
Grace Williams (1906–77)
Elegy for String Orchestra (1936, rev. 1940)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
The Lark Ascending (1914, orch. 1921)
Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
Capriol Suite (1926)
Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
Two Aquarelles (1932)
Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No.2 (1913)
Luosha Fang, viola; Bella Hristova, violin; members of the Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; The Orchestra Now (TŌN) conducted by James Bagwell and Zachary Schwartzman
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, AT 8 PM
PROGRAM NINE: A NEW ELIZABETHAN AGE
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–94)
Proud Thames, coronation overture (1953)
William Walton (1902–83)
Partita for Orchestra (1957–58)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Symphony No. 8 in D Minor (1955)
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Andante Festivo (1922/1938)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
“Sinfonia Antartica” (Symphony No. 7) (1952)
Brandie Sutton, soprano; members of the Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, at 3 PM
PROGRAM ELEVEN – VAUGHAN WILLIAMS AND SHAKESPEARE
“Sir John in Love” (1928), after Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
In order of vocal appearance:
William Ferguson, tenor, as Robert Shallow
Theo Hoffman, baritone, as Sir Hugh Evans
Martin Luther Clark, tenor, as Master Slender
Maximillian Jansen VAP ’21, tenor, as Peter Simple
Troy Cook, baritone, as Page
Craig Colclough, bass-baritone, as Sir John Falstaff
Julius Ahn, tenor, as Bardolph
Tyler Duncan, baritone, as Corporal Nym
Kevin Thompson, bass, as Pistol
Brandie Sutton, soprano, as Anne Page
Ann Toomey, soprano, as Mrs. Page
Sarah Saturnino, mezzo-soprano, as Mrs. Ford
Joshua Blue, tenor, as Fenton
John Brancy, baritone, as Dr. Caius
Justin Hopkins, bass-baritone, as Rugby
Lucy Schaufer, mezzo-soprano, as Mrs. Quickly
Lucia Lucas, baritone, as Host of the Garter Inn
William Socolof, bass-baritone, as Ford
Pre-concert talks will be offered before some of the events. It’s unclear whether or not these will be included as part of the livestreams. It might be worthwhile to check-in a little early.
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