the richard b. fisher center

for the performing arts at bard college

AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAFebruary 24 and 25, 2012

About The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, an environment for world-classartistic presentation in the Hudson Valley, was designed by Frank Gehry and opened in2003. Risk-taking performances and provocative programs take place in the 800-seatSosnoff Theater, a proscenium-arch space, and in the 220-seat Theater Two, which fea-tures a flexible seating configuration. The Center is home to Bard College’s Theater andDance Programs, and host to two annual summer festivals: SummerScape, which offersopera, dance, theater, film, and cabaret; and the Bard Music Festival, which celebrates its23rd year in August with “Saint-Saëns and His World.” The 2013 festival will be devoted toIgor Stravinsky, with a special weekend focusing on the works of Duke Ellington.

The Center bears the name of the late Richard B. Fisher, the former chair of Bard College’sBoard of Trustees. This magnificent building is a tribute to his vision and leadership.

The outstanding arts events that take place here would not be possible without the con-tributions made by the Friends of the Fisher Center. We are grateful for their support andwelcome all donations.

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Chair Jeanne Donovan Fisher

President Leon Botstein

presents

American Symphony Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)La valse, poème chorégraphique (1919–20)

Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953)Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63 (1935)

Allegro moderato Andante assai Allegro, ben marcato

Jiazhi Wang ’13, violin

Intermission

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)The Rite of Spring (1911–13)

Part I: The Adoration of the Earth Part II: The Sacrifice

Sosnoff TheaterFriday, February 24, and Saturday, February 25 at 8 pm Preconcert talk at 7 pm by Christopher H. Gibbs

Notes on the Program

Maurice RavelBorn in Ciboure, France, on March 7, 1875

Died in Paris on December 28, 1937

La valse, poème chorégraphique, composed 1919–20

“I feel this work a kind of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, linked in my mind with theimpression of a fantastic whirl of destiny.” So Maurice Ravel wrote of La valse, which he com-posed in the wake of the First World War, after a period of poor health, compositional inac-tivity, and the death of his mother. He initially entitled it Wien (Vienna) and intended thework for Sergey Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Ravel played it through for the impresario (in thepresence of Igor Stravinsky and Francis Poulenc) in his own two-piano version. Poulenc laterrecalled that Diaghilev’s response was: “Ravel, it is a masterpiece, but it is not a ballet.” InOctober 1920 Ravel, together with Alfredo Casella, gave the premiere of the work in thepiano version in Vienna, and later that year the first orchestral performance took place inParis. A choreographed version appeared some years after that, presented in Antwerp withthe Royal Flemish Ballet and Ida Rubinstein.

In an autobiographical sketch, Ravel states that when he wrote the piece he had in mind amid-19th-century era: “Eddying clouds allow glimpses of waltzing couples. The clouds gradu-ally disperse, revealing a vast hall filled with a whirling throng. The scene grows progressivelybrighter. The light of chandeliers blazes out: an imperial court around 1855.” Others haveheard in the work more apocalypse than apotheosis. Historian Carl Schorske opens hisPulitzer Prize–winning Fin-de-siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture (1980) by arguing that La valseis a celebration of “the destruction of the world of the waltz.” We hear the catastrophemount, beginning “with an adumbration of the individual parts, which will compose thewhole: fragments of waltz themes, scattered over a brooding stillness. Gradually the partsfind each other—the martial fanfare, the vigorous trot, the sweet obligato, the sweepingmajor melody. Each element is drawn, its own momentum magnetized, into the wider whole.. . . Through to the very end, when the waltz crashes in a cataclysm of sound, each theme con-tinues to breathe its individuality, eccentric and distorted now, in the chaos of totality.”

Sergey ProkofievBorn in Sontsovka, Ukraine, on April 23, 1891

Died in Moscow on March 5, 1953

Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63, composed in 1935

Sergey Prokofiev enjoyed a pampered childhood molded by parents who were eager to cul-tivate his obvious musical gifts. By the age of 10 he was already writing an opera, and was

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soon studying at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with some of the leading Russian com-posers of the day. The foreign languages he had learned at home from his family and ser-vants served him well when he began to travel abroad in his early 20s. Like otherprominent composers from similarly privileged backgrounds, such as Stravinsky andRachmaninoff, Prokofiev left Russia after the October Revolution in 1917. He made the longtrek through Siberia, stopped off in Tokyo, and finally arrived in New York City in earlySeptember 1918. He lived in America, Paris, and other Western cities for nearly 20 years. In1927 he visited the Soviet Union and began to spend an increasing amount of time in hisnative country. In 1936, with timing that today boggles the mind, he moved back perma-nently with his wife and their two young sons.

The Violin Concerto No. 2 was the last major work Prokofiev composed before his return. Ashe recalled in his memoirs, “The variety of places in which the Concerto was written is areflection of the nomadic concert-tour existence I led at that time. The principal theme ofthe first movement was written in Paris, the first theme of the second movement inVoronezh (Russia), the orchestration was completed in Baku, and the first performance wasgiven in Madrid, in December 1935.” The commission had come from a group of patrons ofthe French violinist Robert Soetens, who wanted a concerto for his sole use for the periodof one year.

A principal objective in writing the work, Prokofiev stated, was that it be “altogether dif-ferent” from his First Violin Concerto (1916–17) in “both music and style.” The SecondConcerto moves at a slower pace in its first two movements and its orchestration is sparer.The composer’s great melodic gifts are fully evident in the lyricism of the second move-ment (recalling his ballet Romeo and Juliet, composed around the same time), and are pre-sented more straightforwardly, consistent with what Prokofiev called his “new simplicity.”The third-movement finale provides a contrast in tempo and a particularly imaginative useof percussion instruments, with a Spanish flavor provided by the castanets.

Igor StravinskyBorn in Lomonosov, Russia, on June 17, 1882

Died in New York City on April 6, 1971

The Rite of Spring, composed 1911–13

Music connected with dance long held a special place in French culture, especially duringthe reign of Louis XIV. There was a later efflorescence in Paris during the 19th century withcomposers such as Adolphe Adam (Giselle from 1841) and his pupil Léo Delibes (Coppélia in1870 and Sylvia in 1876). After that the most brilliant scores came from Russia withTchaikovsky, who achieved new heights with his Swan Lake (1875–76), The Sleeping Beauty(1889), and Nutcracker (1892).

In the first decade of the 20th century dance returned to Paris when the legendary impre-sario Sergey Diaghilev began exporting Russian culture. He started in 1906 with the visual

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arts, presented symphonic music the next year, then opera, and finally, in 1909, addedballet. Music historian Richard Taruskin has remarked on the paradox:

The Russian ballet, originally a French import and proud of its stylistic heritage, now had to become stylistically “Russian” so as to justify itsexportation back to France. Diaghilev’s solution was to commission,expressly for presentation in France in 1910, something without precedentin Russia: a ballet on a Russian folk subject, and with music cast in a con-spicuously exotic “Russian” style. He cast about for a composer willing tocome up with so weird a thing.

Diaghilev had some difficulty finding that composer. After being refused by several oth-ers, he engaged the 27-year-old Igor Stravinsky, who achieved great success with TheFirebird in 1910. A second ballet, Petrushka, followed the next season. And then came thereal shocker that made history: The Rite of Spring.

The Russian artist and archeologist Nicholas Roerich, a specialist in Slavic history andfolklore, devised the scenario for Rite together with Stravinsky and eventually created thesets and costumes. Subtitled “Pictures of Pagan Russia,” the ballet offers ritual dancesculminating in the sacrifice of the “chosen one” in order “to propitiate the god of spring.”Stravinsky composed the music between September 1911 and March 1913, after which thework went into an unusually protracted period of rehearsals. The final dress rehearsal onMay 28, 1913, the day before the premiere, was given before a large audience and wasattended by various critics. All seemed to go smoothly.

An announcement in the newspaper Le Figaro on the day of the premiere promised

the strongly stylized characteristic attitudes of the Slavic race with anawareness of the beauty of the prehistoric period. The prodigious Russiandancers were the only ones capable of expressing these stammerings ofa semi-savage humanity, of composing these frenetic human clusterswrenched incessantly by the most astonishing polyrhythm ever to cometo the mind of a musician. There is truly a new thrill which will surely raisepassionate discussions, but which will leave all true artists with an unfor-gettable impression.

The premiere was devised to be a big event. Ticket prices at the newly built Théâtre desChamps-Élysées were doubled and the Parisian cultural elite showed up. What exactlyhappened that evening, however, is not entirely clear. Conflicting accounts quicklyemerged, expounded by people who were not even in attendance. From the very begin-ning there was laughter and an uproar among the audience, but whether this was prin-cipally in response to the music or to the dancing is still debated. One critic observed that“past the Prelude the crowd simply stopped listening to the music so that they mightbetter amuse themselves with the choreography.” That choreography was by Diaghilev’slover, the 23-year-old dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, who had presented a provocative staging of

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Debussy’s Jeux with the company just two weeks earlier. Although the music was inaudi-ble at times through the din, conductor Pierre Monteux pressed on and saw the balletthrough to the end.

Five more performances of Rite were given over the next two weeks and then the com-pany took the ballet on tour. Within the year the work was triumphantly presented as aconcert piece, again with Monteux conducting, and ever since the concert hall has beenits principal home. Yet it is well worth remembering that this extraordinary composition,which some commentators herald as the advent of modern music, was originally a the-atrical piece, a collaborative effort forging the talents of Stravinsky, Roerich, Diaghilev,Nijinsky, Monteux, and a large ensemble of musicians and dancers.

The Rite of Spring calls for an enormous orchestra deployed to spectacular effect. The bal-let is in two tableaux—“The Adoration of the Earth” and “The Sacrifice”—each of whichhas an introductory section, a series of dances, and a concluding ritual. The opening min-utes of the piece give an idea of Stravinsky’s innovative style. A solo bassoon, playing at anunusually high register, intones a melancholy melody. This is the first of at least nine folkmelodies that the composer adapted for the piece, although he later denied doing so.

Order eventually emerges out of chaos as the “Dances of the Young Girls” roars out mas-sive string chords punctuated by eight French horns. In the following dances, unex-pected and complicated metrical innovations emerge. At various points in the pieceStravinsky changes the meter every measure, a daunting challenge for the orchestra in1913 that musicians now handle with much greater ease. If Arnold Schoenberg famously“liberated the dissonance” a few years before Rite, Stravinsky seems to liberate rhythmand meter.

Although the scenario changed over the course of composition, a basic “Argument” wasprinted in the program at the premiere, which reads:

First Act: “The Adoration of the Earth.” Spring. The Earth is covered withflowers. The Earth is covered with grass. A great joy reigns on the Earth.Mankind delivers itself up to the dance and seeks to know the future byfollowing the rites. The eldest of the Sages himself takes part in theGlorification of Spring. He is led forward to unite himself with the abun-dant and superb Earth. Everyone stamps the Earth ecstatically.

Second Act: “The Sacrifice.” After the day: After midnight. On the hills arethe consecrated stones. The adolescents play the mystic games and seethe Great Way. They glorify, they proclaim Her who has been designatedto be delivered to the God. The ancestors are invoked, venerated wit-nesses. And the wise Ancestors of Mankind contemplate the sacrifice.This is the way to sacrifice Iarilo the magnificent, the flamboyant.

—Christopher H. Gibbs, James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music, Bard College

Who’s Who

Leon Botstein ConductorLeon Botstein has been music director and principal con-ductor of the American Symphony Orchestra since 1992,and is conductor laureate of the Jerusalem SymphonyOrchestra, where he served as music director from2003–11. He is also the founder and artistic codirector ofthe SummerScape Festival and the Bard Music Festival,now in its 23rd year. He has been president of Bard Collegesince 1975.

Botstein maintains an active schedule as a guest conduc-tor throughout the world. Recent engagements include the Russian NationalPhilharmonic and the Melos-Ethos Contemporary Music Festival in the Slovak Republic.Upcoming engagements include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hawaii Symphony, andTaipei Symphony, among others. He may also be heard on numerous recordings, includ-ing operas by Strauss, Dukas, and Chausson, as well as works of Shostakovich, Dohnányi,Liszt, Bruckner, Bartók, Hartmann, Reger, Glière, Szymanowski, Brahms, Copland, Sessions,Perle, and Rands. Many live recordings with the American Symphony Orchestra are nowavailable for download on the Internet.

Leon Botstein is the editor of The Musical Quarterly and the author of numerous articlesand books. This year he gave the prestigious Tanner Lectures in Berkeley, California. Forhis contributions to music he has received the award of the American Academy of Artsand Letters and Harvard University’s prestigious Centennial Award, as well as the Crossof Honor, First Class, from the government of Austria. He is a 2009 recipient of theCarnegie Foundation’s Academic Leadership Award, and was recently inducted into theAmerican Philosophical Society.

Jiazhi Wang ’13, ViolinJiazhi Wang, from Beijing, China, has been playing violinsince the age of 4. Her father, who is a noted violinist inChina, was her first teacher. In 2002, she began her studiesat the music school attached to the Central Conservatoryof Music in Beijing, where she studied with professors Ti-Zhang and Wei Zhao and performed with chamber groupsand orchestras. She received a scholarship for violin stud-ies every semester, and was ranked as the best violinist ofher class at the Central Conservatory’s matriculation audi-

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tions in 2008. That same year she entered The Bard College Conservatory of Music, whereshe is currently studying with Weigang Li. Her second major is Asian studies. Wang hasparticipated in numerous master classes and music festivals, including the Kneisel HallChamber Music Festival and the New York String Orchestra Seminar, which culminated inperformances at Carnegie Hall.

The American Symphony OrchestraFounded in 1962 by legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski, the American SymphonyOrchestra continues its mission to demystify orchestral music, and make it accessible andaffordable to everyone. Under music director Leon Botstein, the ASO has pioneered whatthe Wall Street Journal called “a new concept in orchestras,” presenting concerts curatedaround various themes drawn from the visual arts, literature, politics, and history, andunearthing rarely performed masterworks for well-deserved revival. These concerts areperformed in the Vanguard Series at Carnegie Hall.

The orchestra also performs in the celebrated concert series Classics Declassified at PeterNorton Symphony Space, and is the resident orchestra of The Richard B. Fisher Center forthe Performing Arts at Bard College, where it appears in a winter subscription series aswell as Bard’s annual SummerScape Festival and the Bard Music Festival. In 2010, theAmerican Symphony became the resident orchestra of The Collegiate Chorale, perform-ing regularly in the Chorale’s New York concert series. The orchestra has made severaltours of Asia and Europe, and has performed in countless benefits for organizationsincluding the Jerusalem Foundation and PBS. ASO’s award-winning music education pro-gram, Music Notes, integrates symphonic music into core humanities classes in highschools across the tristate area.

In addition to many albums released on the Telarc, New World, Bridge, Koch, andVanguard labels, live performances by the American Symphony are now available for dig-ital download. In several cases, these are the only existing recordings of some of the rareworks that have been rediscovered in ASO performances.

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Violin IErica Kiesewetter,

ConcertmasterSuzanne GilmanEllen PayneSophia KessingerDiane BruceRobert ZubryckiElizabeth NielsenAshley HorneRagga PetursdottirWende NamkungAnn LabinKatherine HannauerMara MilkisNazig Tchakarian

Violin IIRichard Rood, PrincipalYukie HandaPatricia DavisHeidi StubnerKatherine Livolsi-LandauElizabeth KleinmanLucy MorgansternAlexander VselenskyDorothy StrahlAnn GilletteDavid SteinbergLisa Steinberg

ViolaNardo Poy, PrincipalCrystal GarnerShelley Holland-MoritzMartha BrodyAdria BenjaminLouis DayAh Ling NeuArial RudiakovHelena BaillieDavid Fallo

CelloEugene Moye, PrincipalRoberta CooperAnnabelle Hoffman

Sarah CarterMaureen HynesDiane BarereTatyana MargulisElina LangLanny PaykinAnik Oulianine

BassJohn Beal, PrincipalJack WengerLouis BrunoLouise KobyRichard OstrovskyWilliam SloatWilliam EllisonTony Flynt

FluteLaura Conwesser, PrincipalTanya WitekDiva Goodfriend-Koven,

PiccoloElizabeth BrownKarla Moe

OboeAlexandra Knoll, PrincipalErin GustafsonMelanie Feld, English hornLaura CoveyKaren Blundell

ClarinetMarina Sturm, PrincipalSarah SommerShari HoffmanChristopher CullenLino Gomez

BassoonCharles McCracken, PrincipalMarc GoldbergGilbert Dejean,

ContrabassoonMaureen StrengeDamian Primis

HornZohar Schondorf, PrincipalChad YarbroughLawrence DiBelloKyle HoytWilliam DeVosRachel DrehmannTheodore PrimisAdam KrauthamerRonald Sell, Assistant

TrumpetCarl Albach, PrincipalJohn DentThomas HoytDominic DerasseKeith Green, Bass trumpet

TromboneRichard Clark, PrincipalKenneth FinnDean Plank

TubaKyle Turner, PrincipalDaniel Peck

TimpaniBenjamin Herman, Principal

PercussionJonathan Haas, PrincipalKory GrossmanJavier DiazCharles Descarfino

HarpSara Cutler, PrincipalGrace Paradise

Contractor/Personnel ManagerRonald Sell

Assistant ConductorGeoffrey McDonald

Orchestra LibrarianMarc Cerri

The American Symphony OrchestraLeon Botstein, Music Director

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American Symphony Orchestra PatronsThe American Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, staff, and artists gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies for their generosity and vital support.

Stokowski Society Fund for the City of New York and

the Open Society FoundationsThe Frank and Lydia Bergen

FoundationLeon BotsteinMichael DorfThe Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels

Foundation, Inc.Robert A. Fippinger and

Ann F. KaplanThe Ann and Gordon Getty

Foundation Danny Goldberg and

Rosemary CarrollThe Faith Golding FoundationHome Box Office, Inc.Christian A. Johnson Endeavor

Foundation, Inc.Rachel and Shalom KalnickiMr. and Mrs. Jan KrukowskiThe Lanie and Ethel FoundationMary and Sam MillerNew York State Council on the Arts Open Society InstituteDimitri B. PapadimitriouThurmond SmithgallFelicitas S. ThorneThe Vidda FoundationMrs. James P. WarburgMr. and Mrs. Richard WilsonThe Winston Foundation, Inc.

Sustaining Supporter Page AshleyThe Atlantic PhilanthropiesJoel and Ann BersonNabil ChartouniConnie ChenDoctorow Family FoundationThe Donner Canadian FoundationJeanne Donovan FisherGideon GartnerGary GiardinaIBM CorporationArthur S. LeonardMimi LevittDr. Pamela F. MazurJoAnne MeloccaroLynne MeloccaroShirley MuellerMartin PeretzPatricia E. SaigoBruce SlovinDavid and Sylvia Teitelbaum FundLeszek Wojcik

Benefactor Level II Miriam BergerKaren and Mark FinkbeinerErica KiesewetterJohn D. KnoernschildJeanne MalterMarcia H. MoorJoseph and Jean SullivanWayne and Dagmar YaddowIrene Zedlacher

Benefactor Level I David C. BeekThomas CassillyRhea Graffman-Cohen, in honor of

Miriam BergerJames and Andrea NelkinThe New School (Institute for

Retired Professionals)Lawrence NylenJames H. and Mary OttawayMr. and Mrs. David E. Schwab IIDavid and Martha SchwartzHarriet Solomon-SchonRoberta E. Tarshis

Orchestra Club Level II Harold AllenCarol K. BaronRuth BaronYvette and Maurice BendahanAdria BenjaminMr. and Mrs. Albert BenoistGail BlottSidney BreslerStephen M. BrownMarjorie BurnsIsabelle CazeauxRichard C. CellerTheresa CerutiDr. Barton CohenBette R. Collom and

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Donors to the Fisher CenterLeadership SupportEmily H. Fisher and

John AlexanderJeanne Donovan FisherMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationRichard B. Fisher Endowment FundMartin T. and Toni SosnoffRobert W. Wilson

Golden CircleAnonymousThe Barbro Osher Pro Suecia

FoundationFalconwood Foundation, Inc.FMH FoundationLinda Hirshman and

David ForkoshJane and Aatos Erkko FoundationMillbrook Tribute Garden, Inc.Thendara FoundationIn honor of Oakleigh B. Thorne

from Felicitas S. ThorneTrue Love Productions

Friends of the Fisher CenterProducerFiona Angelini and Jamie WelchArtekArthur F. and Alice E. Adams

FoundationAssociation of Performing Arts

PresentersBioseutica USA, Inc.Carolyn Marks BlackwoodChartwells School and University

Dining ServicesConsulate General of Finland in

New YorkBarbara Ettinger and Sven HusebyThe Ettinger Foundation, Inc.Stefano Ferrari and Lilo Zinglersen

Alexander Fisher MFA ’96

Catherine C. Fisher and Gregory A. Murphy

R. Britton and Melina FisherKey Bank FoundationHarvey and Phyllis LichtensteinChris Lipscomb and

Monique SegarraMansakenning LLCThe Marks Family FoundationThe Maurer Family

Foundation, Inc.Mid Atlantic Arts FoundationMillbrook Vineyards and WineryMinistry for Foreign Affairs of

FinlandNational Endowment for the Arts

(NEA)New York State Council on the

Arts (NYSCA)Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Drs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanIngrid RockefellerDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and Ruth

Schwartz Schwab ’52

Bethany B. Winham

PatronHelen and Roger AlcalyAmerican-Scandinavian

FoundationKathleen and Roland AugustineMary I. Backlund and Virginia CorsiSandra and A. John Blair IIIAnne Donovan Bodnar and

James L. BodnarStuart Breslow and Anne MillerAnne and Harvey BrownBarbara and Richard DebsMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasElizabeth de LimaTambra DillonDirt Road Realty, LLCInes Elskop and

Christopher Scholz Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. GreenburgFinlandia FoundationAlan and Judith FishmanSusan Fowler-GallagherGE FoundationGideon and Sarah Gartner

Foundation of the FidelityCharitable Gift Fund

Bryanne and Thomas Hamill The Harkness Foundation for

Dance, Inc.HSBC Philanthropic ProgramsJohn Cage TrustDr. Harriette Kaley ’06

Mr. and Mrs. George A. KellnerDr. Barbara KennerRuth Ketay and Rene SchnetzlerLaura KuhnJane and Daniel LindauLow Road FoundationStephen Mazoh and Martin KlineElizabeth I. McCannW. Patrick McMullan and

Rachel McPhersonAlexandra OttawayPleasant Valley Animal HospitalQuality Printing CompanyDavid A. SchulzDenise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da Cunha Andrew Solomon and John HabichSarah and Howard SolomonDarcy StephensAllan and Ronnie StreichlerBarbara and Donald ToberIlliana van Meeteren and

Terence C. Boylan ’70

Margo and Anthony Viscusi Aida and Albert Wilder

SponsorSarah Botstein and Bryan Doerries

We honor the late Richard B. Fisher for his generosity and leadership in building and supportingthis superb center that bears his name by offering outstanding arts experiences. We recognizeand thank the following individuals, corporations, and foundations that share Dick’s and ourbelief in presenting and creating art for the enrichment of society. Help us sustain the FisherCenter and ensure that the performing arts are a part of our lives. We encourage and need youto join our growing list of donors.

Music plays a special part in thelives of many New York residents.The American Symphony Orchestragratefully acknowledges the sup-port of the following governmentagencies that have made a differ-ence in the culture of New York:

The National Endowment for the ArtsMr. Rocco Landesman,Chairman

New York State Council on the ArtsThe Honorable Andrew M.Cuomo, Governor

The New York City Department of Cultural AffairsThe Honorable Michael R.Bloomberg, MayorThe Honorable Kate D. Levin,Commissioner

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Caplan Family FoundationRichard D. CohenThe Eve Propp Family FoundationCarlos Gonzalez and

Katherine StewartEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsRachel and Dr. Shalom Kalnicki Geraldine and

Lawrence LaybourneCynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Barbara L. and Arthur MichaelsAndrea and Kenneth L. MironMr. and Mrs. Frederick P. PaytonSamuel and Ellen PhelanCatherine M. and

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Home CentersAlbert L. YarashusMike and Kathy ZdebRena Zurofsky

Donors to the Bard Music FestivalEvents in this year’s Bard MusicFestival were underwritten in partby special gifts from:

Helen and Roger AlcalyBettina Baruch Foundation Michelle R. ClaymanJeanne Donovan FisherMimi LevittThe Mrs. Mortimer Levitt

Endowment Fund for thePerforming Arts

James H. Ottaway Jr.Denise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da CunhaAllan and Ronnie StreichlerFelicitas S. ThorneFestival UnderwritersJames H. Ottaway Jr.Opening Concert

Mimi LevittPreconcert TalksGuest ArtistsFilms

Homeland FoundationBard Music Festival Preview at

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Helen and Roger AlcalyFestival BookFestival Program

Margo and Anthony ViscusiSymposium

Joanna M. MigdalPanel Discussions

Paula and Eliot HawkinsChristina A. Mohr and

Matthew GuerreiroBetween the Concerts Supper

National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)

New York State Council on the Arts(NYSCA)

Leadership SupportMimi LevittThe Mortimer Levitt FoundationMr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.

Golden CircleBettina Baruch FoundationJeanne Donovan FisherThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationJane W. Nuhn Charitable TrustDenise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da CunhaFelicitas S. ThorneMillie and Robert Wise

Friends of the Bard Music FestivalBenefactorAmerican-Scandinavian

FoundationThe Ann and Gordon Getty

FoundationArtekBanco Santander S. A.Barclays Bank Leonie F. BatkinConsulate General of Finland in

New YorkJoan K. DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasJohn A. Dierdorff Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. Greenburg FMH Foundation Furthermore: A Program of the

J. M. Kaplan FundEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsLinda Hirshman and David Forkosh Homeland Foundation, Inc. HSBC Philanthropic ProgramsAnne E. Impellizzeri The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.Susan and Roger KennedyBarbara Kenner

Amy and Thomas O. MaggsMarstrand FoundationMinistry for Foreign Affairs of

FinlandThe Mrs. Mortimer Levitt

Endowment Fund for thePerforming Arts

National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)

New York State Council on the Arts(NYSCA)

Dimitri B. and Rania PapadimitriouPeter Kenner Family Fund of the

Jewish Communal Fund Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc.Dr. Gabrielle Reem** and

Dr. Herbert J. KaydenDr. Siri von ReisDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and Ruth

Schwartz Schwab ’52

H. Peter Stern and Helen Drutt English

Dr. Sanford SternliebMerida Welles and

William Holman The Wise Family Charitable

Foundation Elaine and James WolfensohnBetsey and E. Lisk Wyckoff Jr.

PatronABC Foundation Constance Abrams and Ann VerberEdwin L. Artzt and

Marieluise HesselMr. and Mrs. Ronald AtkinsKathleen and Roland Augustine Gale and Sheldon Baim Elizabeth Phillips Bellin ’00 and

Marco M. S. Bellin Dr. Miriam Roskin Berger ’56

Helen ’48 and Robert Bernstein Helen and Robert Bernstein

Philanthropic Fund of theJewish Communal Fund

Anne Donovan Bodnar and James L. Bodnar

Sarah Botstein and Bryan DoerriesLydia Chapin Constance and David C. Clapp J. T. Compton Jane Cottrell and Richard KortrightArnold J. ’44 and Seena** DavisBarbara and Richard DebsMichael Del Giudice and

Jaynne KeyesRt. Rev. Herbert A. and

Mary Donovan Amy Knoblauch Dubin and

David DubinRobert C. Edmonds ’68

Ines Elskop and Christopher Scholz John GellerHelena and Christopher Gibbs

Kim Z. GoldenCarlos Gonzalez and

Katherine Stewart Jane and Robert HottensenFrederic K. and Elena Howard Joan and Julius JacobsonJasper JohnsDrs. Harriette and Gabor KaleyRachel and Dr. Shalom KalnickiHelene and Mark N. Kaplan Belinda and Stephen KayeMr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Keesee IIIMr. and Mrs. George A. Kellner Klavierhaus, Inc.Seymour and Harriet KoenigEdna and Gary LachmundAlison and John LankenauGlenda Fowler Law and Alfred LawBarbara and S Jay Levy Cynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Patti and Murray LiebowitzMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationStephen Mazoh and Martin KlineW. Patrick McMullan and

Rachel McPhersonDr. and Mrs. Arthur MenkenMetropolitan Life Foundation

Matching Gift ProgramAndrea and Kenneth L. MironChristina A. Mohr and

Matthew GuerreiroKen MortensonMartin L. Murray and

Lucy Miller Murray Alexandra OttawayEve ProppDrs. Morton and Shirley Rosenberg Blanche and Bruce RubinAndrew Solomon and

John Habich SolomonSarah and Howard Solomon Martin T. and Toni Sosnoff Edwin A. SteinbergDr. S. B. Sternlieb Stewart’s ShopsElizabeth Farran Tozer and W.

James Tozer Jr. Tozer Family Fund of the New York

Community TrustIlliana van MeeterenRosemary and Noel WerrettAida and Albert WilderIrene ZedlacherWilliam C. Zifchak and

Margaret Evans

SponsorAnonymousAna AzevedoMargaret and Alec BancroftEverett and Karen CookPhillip S. Cooke Blythe Danner ’65

Dasein Foundation

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Willem F. De Vogel and Marion Davidson

Cornelia Z. and Timothy Eland Timothy and Cornelia Eland Fund of the Fidelity Charitable

Gift FundShepard and Jane Ellenberg Ellenberg Asset Management

Corp. Field-Bay FoundationFrancis Finlay and Olivia J. FussellLaura FlaxMartha Jane FleischmanDeborah and Thomas Flexner Donald C. FresneLaura GeneroSamuel L. Gordon Jr. and

Marylou TapallaMr. and Mrs. Jay M. GwynneMarjorie HartNancy and David HathawayMartin Holub and Karen KidderLucas Hoogduin and

Adriana OnstwedderPamela HowardJohn R. and Joyce Hupper I.B.M. Matching Grants Program Susan JonasEdith Hamilton KeanFernanda Kellogg and

Kirk HenckelsClara F. and David J. LondonerJames and Purcell Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. PaytonEllen and Eric PetersenJohn and Claire ReidAlfred J. and Deirdre RossDr. Paul H. Schwartz and

Lisa Barne-Schwartz James and Sara SheldonDavid and Sarah StackRichard C. Strain and Eva Van RijnBarbara and Donald ToberArete and William** Warren Jack and Jill WertheimRosalind Whitehead Serena H. WhitridgeJulia and Nigel WiddowsonPeter and Maria Wirth

SupporterMunir and Susan Abu-HaidarBarbara J. AgrenJames Akerberg and

Larry SimmonsLeora and Peter ArmstrongIrene and Jack BanningDidi and David Barrett Karen H. Bechtel Dr. Susan Krysiewicz and

Thomas Bell Carole and Gary Beller Mr. and Mrs. Andy BellinBeth and Jerry BierbaumMr. and Mrs. David Bova

Mr. and Mrs. William B. BrannanKay Brover and Arthur Bennett Dan F. and Nancy BrownKate Buckley and Tony Pell Phyllis Busell and James KostellPeter Caldwell and Jane Waters Miriam and Philip CarrollFrederick and Jan CohenSeth Dubin and Barbara FieldJoan and Wolcott DunhamRuth EngIngrid and Gerald FieldsEmily Rutgers Fuller Donald Gellert and Elaine Koss Mims and Burton Gold Victoria and Max GoodwinJanine M. GordonMary and Kingdon Gould Jr. Nan and David GreenwoodMortimer and Penelope C. HallSally S. HamiltonJuliet HeyerSusan Hoehn and Allan BahrsWilliam HolmanDalya InhaberJay JollyKaren Bechtel Foundation of the

Advisor Charitable Gift FundRobert E. KausErica KiesewetterCharles and Katharine KingKaren KloppDr. and Mrs. Vincent KohLowell H. and Sandra A. LambDebra I. and Jonathan LanmanE. Deane and Judith S. LeonardWalter LippincottLynn Favrot Nolan Family FundJeanette MacDonald and

Charles MorganPhilip and Tracey MactaggartCharles S. MaierClaire and Chris MannMarilyn MarinaccioElizabeth B. MavroleonCharles MelcherArthur and Barbara L. MichaelsSamuel C. MillerJohn E. Morrison IVMr. and Mrs. Alfred MudgeBernadette Murray and

Randy FertelKamilla and Donald NajdekJay H. Newman and Elissa KramerMr. and Mrs. William T. NolanMarta E. NottebohmElizabeth J. and Sergin OktayDr. Bernhard Fabricius and

Sylvia OwenDavid B. and Jane L. ParshallSusan Heath and Rodney PatersonJohn and Claire ReidBarbara ReisSusan F. Rogers

Rosalie Rossi, Ph.D.John RoyallDagni and Martin SenzelDenise and Lawrence ShapiroNadine Bertin StearnsMim and Leonard SteinCarole TindallJohn Tuke and Leslie FarhangiDr. Elisabeth F. TurnauerMarina van ZuylenMonica WamboldTaki and Donald WiseJohn and Mary Young

FriendRev. Albert R. AhlstromLorraine D. AlexanderArthur A. AndersonAnonymousZelda Aronstein and

Norman EisnerArtscope, Inc.John K. AylingPhebe and George BantaJames M. BartonMr. and Mrs. Francis D. BartonSaida BaxtRegina and David BeckmanDr. Howard BellinRichard L. BensonDr. Marge and Edward BlaineEric and Irene BrocksDavid and Jeannette T. BrownMr. and Mrs. John C. D. BrunoAlfred M. Buff and Lenore NemethDavid ClainIsobel and Robert ClarkDonald CooneyMillicent O. McKinley CoxLinda and Richard DainesDana and Brian DunnAbby and John DuxPeter EdelmanPeter Elebash and Jane RobinsonJim and Laurie Niles ErwinPatricia FalkHarold FarbermanArthur L. FenaroliDavid and Tracy FinnLuisa E. FlynnPatricia and John ForelleMary Ann FreeSamantha FreeStephen and Jane GarmeyMichael GarretyJoyce and Joseph W. GelbAnne C. GillisMr. and Mrs. Harrison J. GoldinDr. Joel and Ellen GoldinStanley L. GordonThurston GreeneAndrea Gross GuidoBen-Ali and Mimi HagginDavid A. Harris

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Sy HeldermanSharon and David HendlerCarol HenkenNancy H. HenzeGary HermanDavid Hurvitz and Martha KleinDr. and Mrs. Gerald ImberPatricia H. KeeseeMr. and Mrs. John W. KellyJoan Kend Diana Niles KingThea KlirosSharon Daniel KroegerRobert J. KurillaJeffrey LangProf. Edward C. LauferWayne LawsonBeth LedyLaurence and Michael LevinGerald LewisLongy School of MusicRuthie and Lincoln LymanM Group, LLCJohn P. MacKenzieHermes Mallea and Carey MaloneyAnnette S. and Paul N. MarcusHarvey MarekThe McGraw-Hill Companies

Matching Gift ProgramMarcus Mello ’04

Dr. Naomi MendelsohnPhilip MessingMillbrook Real Estate, LLCDeborah D. MontgomeryKelly Morgan Debbie Ann and

Christopher MorleySusan and Robert MurphyAnna Neverova ’07

Nancy R. NewhouseHugh and Marilyn NissensonHarold J. and Helen C. NoahDouglas Okerson and

William WilliamsJames OlanderMarilyn and Peter OswaldGary S. PatrikSarah Payden ’09

Peter and Sally V. PettusLucas Pipes ’08

Dr. Alice R. PisciottoDavid Pozorski and Anna RomanskiD. Miles PriceStanley A. Reichel ’65 and

Elaine ReichelDr. Naomi F. Rothfield ’50 and

Lawrence RothfieldHarriet and Bernard SadowAntonia SalvatoSheila SandersDr. Thomas B. SandersHeinz and Klara SauerMolly SchaeferFrederick W. Schwerin Jr.Mary Scott

Danny P. Shanahan and Janet E. Stetson ’81

J. Kevin SmithPolly and LeRoy SwindellJessica and Peter TcherepnineGladys R. ThomasJaneth L. ThoronCynthia M. Tripp ’01

Laurie TuzoOlivia van Melle KampRonald VanVoorhiesAndrea A. WaltonJacqueline E. WarrenPeter WarwickRenee K. Weiss ’51

Barbara Jean WeyantAnne WhiteheadVictoria and Conrad WicherMr. and Mrs. John WinklerAmy WoodsRobert and Lynda Youmans

Major support for theFisher Center’s programshas been provided by:Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams

FoundationHelen and Roger Alcaly American-Scandinavian

FoundationThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationFiona Angelini and Jamie WelchThe Ann & Gordon Getty

FoundationAnonymousArtekThe Barbro Osher Pro Suecia

FoundationBarclays BankLeonie F. BatkinBettina Baruch FoundationBioseutica USA, Inc.Carolyn Marks Blackwood and

Gregory QuinnChartwells School and University

Dining ServicesMichelle R. ClaymanConsulate General of Finland in

New YorkJoan K. DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasJohn A. DierdorffElizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. GreenburgBarbara Ettinger and Sven HusebyThe Ettinger Foundation, Inc.Stefano Ferrari and Lilo ZinglersenFinlandia FoundationAlexander D. Fisher MFA ’96

Catherine C. Fisher and Gregory A. Murphy

Emily H. Fisher and John AlexanderJeanne Donovan Fisher

R. Britton and Melina FisherFMH FoundationEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsLinda Hirshman and David ForkoshHomeland Foundation, Inc.HSBC Philanthropic ProgramsAnne E. ImpellizzeriJane and Aatos Erkko FoundationJane’s Ice CreamJane W. Nuhn Charitable TrustThe J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.Belinda and Stephen KayeSusan and Roger KennedyBarbara KennerMimi Levitt Chris Lipscomb and

Monique SegarraAmy and Thomas O. MaggsMansakenning LLCThe Marks Family FoundationMarstrand FoundationMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationThe Maurer Family Foundation, Inc.Mid Atlantic Arts FoundationJoanna M. MigdalThe Millbrook Tribute GardenMillbrook Vineyards & WineryMinistry for Foreign Affairs in

FinlandThe Mortimer Levitt Foundation

Inc.Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Endowment

Fund for the Performing ArtsNational Dance Project of the New

England Foundation for the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts

American Masterpieces: DanceNational Endowment for the Arts

(NEA)New England Foundation for the

Arts (NEFA)New York State Council on the Arts

(NYSCA)Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Dimitri B. and Rania PapadimitriouPeter Kenner Family Fund of the

Jewish Communal FundDr. Gabrielle H. Reem** and

Dr. Herbert J. KaydenDr. Siri von ReisRichard B. Fisher Endowment FundDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanIngrid RockefellerDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

The Schwab Charitable FundDenise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da CunhaMartin T. and Toni SosnoffH. Peter Stern and

Helen Drutt EnglishDr. Sanford SternliebAllan and Ronnie Streichler

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Thendara FoundationFelicitas S. ThorneTrue Love ProductionsMargo and Anthony ViscusiBethany B. Winham

Millie and Robert WiseThe Wise Family Charitable

FoundationWolfensohn Family FoundationElizabeth and E. Lisk Wyckoff Jr.

**deceasedAll lists current as of February 6, 2012

Board and Administration

Bard CollegeBoard of TrusteesDavid E. Schwab II ’52,

Chair EmeritusCharles P. Stevenson Jr., ChairEmily H. Fisher, Vice ChairElizabeth Ely ’65, SecretaryStanley A. Reichel ’65, Treasurer

Fiona AngeliniRoland J. Augustine+ Leon Botstein,

President of the CollegeDavid C. Clapp*Marcelle Clements ’69

Asher B. Edelman ’61

Robert S. Epstein ’63

*Barbara S. Grossman ’73

Sally HambrechtGeorge F. Hamel Jr.Ernest F. Henderson III, Life TrusteeMarieluise HesselCharles S. Johnson III ’70

Mark N. KaplanGeorge A. KellnerCynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Murray LiebowitzMarc S. LipschultzPeter H. Maguire ’88

James H. Ottaway Jr.Martin PeretzStewart Resnick*Roger N. Scotland ’93

The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk, Honorary Trustee

Martin T. Sosnoff Susan WeberPatricia Ross Weis ’52

AdministrationLeon Botstein, PresidentDimitri B. Papadimitriou,

Executive Vice PresidentMichèle D. Dominy, Vice President

and Dean of the CollegeRobert Martin, Vice President for

Academic Affairs and Director of The Bard College Conservatoryof Music

Mary Backlund, Vice President forStudent Affairs and Director ofAdmission

Norton Batkin, Vice President andDean of Graduate Studies

Jonathan Becker, Vice President and Dean for InternationalAffairs and Civic Engagement

James Brudvig, Vice President forAdministration

John Franzino, Vice President forFinance

Susan H. Gillespie, Vice Presidentfor Special Global Initiatives

Max Kenner ’01, Vice President forInstitutional Initiatives

Debra Pemstein, Vice President forDevelopment and Alumni/aeAffairs

Peter Gadsby, Associate VicePresident for Enrollment andRegistrar

Erin Cannan, Dean of StudentAffairs

Jeffrey Katz, Dean of InformationServices and Director of Libraries

Mark Primoff, Director ofCommunications

Mary Smith, Director ofPublications

Ginger Shore, Consultant toPublications

Kevin Parker, Controller

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing ArtsAdvisory BoardJeanne Donovan Fisher, ChairLeon Botstein+Stefano FerrariHarvey LichtensteinRobert Martin+James H. Ottaway Jr.Dimitri B. Papadimitriou+Martin T. SosnoffToni SosnoffFelicitas S. Thorne

AdministrationSusana Meyer, Associate DirectorRobert Airhart, Production

ManagerDebra Pemstein, Vice President for

Development and Alumni/aeAffairs

Mark Primoff, Director ofCommunications

Mary Smith, Director ofPublications

Ginger Shore, Consultant toPublications

Joanna Szu, Marketing Associate

Kimberly Keeley-Henschel, BudgetDirector

Bonnie Kate Anthony, AssistantProduction Manager

Paul LaBarbera, Sound and VideoEngineer

Stephen Dean, Stage OperationsManager

Vincent Roca, Technical DirectorMark Crittenden, Facilities ManagerJeannie Schneider, Business

ManagerCarley Gooley ’12, Assistant House

ManagerRoisin Taylor ’13, Assistant House

ManagerNicholas Reilingh, Box Office

ManagerCaitlyn DeRosa, Assistant Box Office

ManagerRay Stegner, Building Operations

ManagerDoug Pitcher, Building Operations

CoordinatorDaniel DeFrancis, Staff AssistantRobyn Charter, Staff Assistant

The Bard Music FestivalBoard of DirectorsDenise S. Simon, ChairRoger AlcalyLeon Botstein+Michelle R. ClaymanJohn A. DierdorffRobert C. Edmonds ’68

Jeanne Donovan FisherChristopher H. Gibbs+Jonathan K. GreenburgPaula K. HawkinsLinda HirshmanSusan Petersen KennedyBarbara KennerGary LachmundMimi LevittThomas O. MaggsRobert Martin+Kenneth L. MironChristina A. MohrJames H. Ottaway Jr.Siri von ReisFelicitas S. ThorneE. Lisk Wyckoff Jr.

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Artistic DirectorsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsRobert Martin

Executive DirectorIrene Zedlacher

Associate DirectorRaissa St. Pierre ’87

Scholar in Residence 2012

Jann Pasler

Program Committee 2012

Byron AdamsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsRobert MartinJann PaslerRichard WilsonIrene Zedlacher

DevelopmentDebra Pemstein

PublicationsMary SmithGinger Shore

Public RelationsMark PrimoffEleanor Davis21C Media

Director of ChorusesJames Bagwell

Vocal Casting ConsultantSusana Meyer

Stage ManagersStephen DeanMatthew Waldron

+ ex officio * alumni/ae trustee** honorary

The American Symphony OrchestraBoard of DirectorsDanny Goldberg, ChairThurmond Smithgall, Vice ChairDimitri B. Papadimitriou, Treasurer

Miriam BergerJoel I. Berson**Michael DorfRachel KalnickiJack KligerJan KrukowskiShirley A. MuellerEileen RhulenL. Stan Stokowski*Felicitas S. Thorne

AdministrationLynne Meloccaro, Executive DirectorOliver Inteeworn, General ManagerBrian J. Heck, Director of MarketingSebastian Danila, Library ManagerMarielle Métivier, Operations

ManagerKatrina Herfort, Ticketing Services

CoordinatorJennifer Luzzo, Development

ManagerMarc Cerri, Orchestra LibrarianRonald Sell, Orchestra Personnel

ManagerAnn Gabler, Manager, Music

Education and School OutreachLeszek M. Wojcik, Concert Archival

RecordingJames Bagwell, Principal Guest

ConductorTeresa Cheung, Resident ConductorGeoffrey McDonald, Assistant

ConductorRobin Thompson, Artistic

ConsultantRichard Wilson, Composer-in-

Residence

About Bard College

Founded in 1860, Bard is an independent, nonsectarian, residential, coeducational college offer-ing a four-year B.A. program in the liberal arts and sciences and a five-year B.S./B.A. degree in eco-nomics and finance. The Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a five-year program in whichstudents pursue a dual degree—a B.Music and a B.A. in a field other than music—and offers anM.Music in vocal arts and in conducting. Bard and its affiliated institutions also grant the fol-lowing degrees: A.A. at Bard High School Early College, a public school with campuses in New YorkCity (Manhattan and Queens) and Newark, New Jersey; A.A. and B.A. at Bard College at Simon’sRock: The Early College, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and through the Bard PrisonInitiative at five penal institutions in New York State; M.A. in curatorial studies, and M.S. in envi-ronmental policy and in climate science and policy at the Annandale campus; M.F.A. and M.A.T. atmultiple campuses; M.B.A. in sustainability in New York City; and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in thedecorative arts, design history, and material culture at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan.Internationally, Bard confers dual B.A. degrees at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St.Petersburg State University, Russia (Smolny College), and American University of Central Asia inKyrgyzstan; and dual B.A. and M.A.T. degrees at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem.

Bard offers nearly 50 academic programs in four divisions. Total enrollment for Bard College andits affiliates is approximately 3,900 students. The undergraduate college has an enrollment ofmore than 1,900 and a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1. For more information about Bard College,visit www.bard.edu.

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BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSICMARCH 9 AND 11An Opera Double BillJean-Philippe Rameau’s Nélée et Myrthis and Elena Langer’s Four Sisters (world premiere)

MARCH 21Percussion Ensemble ConcertThe Conservatory Percussion Ensemble in concert

MARCH 25Conservatory Sundays–Music Alive!20th- and 21st-century music, performed by students of the Conservatory

AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAConducted by Leon Botstein, music director

APRIL 27 AND 28Works by Lutosławski, Brubeck, Shore, and Bartók

BARDSUMMERSCAPE 2012

DANCE JULY 6–8

Compagnie fêtes galantesTaking Baroque dance into the 21st century

THEATER JULY 13–22

Molière’s

The Imaginary InvalidThe last play by a comic master

OPERA JULY 27 – AUGUST 5

Emmanuel Chabrier’s

The King in Spite of HimselfA classic comic opera with a brilliant score

FILM FESTIVAL JULY 12 – AUGUST 12

France and the Colonial ImaginationThe legacy of French rule in Africa and Southeast Asia

SPIEGELTENT JULY 6 – AUGUST 19

Cabaret, music, fine dining, and moreand

THE 23RD ANNUAL BARD MUSIC FESTIVALSaint-Saëns and His WorldAUGUST 10–12 and 17–19

The 2012 SummerScape season is made possible in part through the generous support of the Board of The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, the Board of the Bard Music Festival,and the Friends of the Fisher Center, as well as grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.