7 21, 2011 july – august 2011 | june 47 Bard SummerScape presents seven OperaSUMMER Theater SCAPEBard Music Festival BARD vol. weeks of opera, dance, music, drama, DIE LIEBE DER DANAE THE WILD DUCK Twenty-Second Season film, cabaret, and the22 nd annual Bard By Richard Strauss By Henrik Ibsen SIBELIUS AND HIS WORLD Music Festival, this year exploring the American Symphony Orchestra Directed by Caitriona McLaughlin works and world of composer Jean Twelve concert performances, as well as Conducted by Leon Botstein panel discussions, preconcert talks, and films, Sibelius. Staged in the extraordinary theater two July 13 –24 Directed by Kevin Newbury examine the music and world of Finnish Richard B. Fisher Center for the Production design by Rafael Viñoly Operetta composer Jean Sibelius. Performing Arts and other venues on and Mimi Lien CREATIVE LIVING IN THE HUDSON VALLEY Bard’s stunning Mid Hudson River BITTER SWEET August 12–14 and 19–21 sosnoff theater July 29 – August 7 Valley campus, SummerScape brings Music and libretto by Noël Coward Film Festival to audiences a dazzling season of Dance Conducted by James Bagwell world-class performances you won’t Directed by Michael Gieleta BEFORE AND AFTER BERGMAN: see anywhere else. TERO SAARINEN COMPANY theater two August 4 – 14 THE BEST OF NORDIC FILM Choreography by Tero Saarinen Thursdays and Sundays A “hotbed of intellectual and aesthetic Westward Ho! July 14 – August 18 adventure.” (New York Times) Wavelengths HUNT Spiegeltent sosnoff theater July 7 – 10 CABARET and FAMILY FARE BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW 845-758-7900 July 8 – August 21 fishercenter.bard.edu PHOTO ©Peter Aaron ‘68/Esto Annandale-on-Hudson, New York presents the bard music festival PHOTO ©Peter Aaron ‘68/Esto VALLEY Sibelius and His World august 12–14 and 19–21 Twelve concert performances, as well as panel discussions, preconcert talks, and films, examine the HUDSON music and world of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. weekend one Imagining Finland THE Friday, August 12 program one Jean Sibelius: National Symbol, International Iconoclast American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor FOR Orchestral works by Sibelius Saturday, August 13 program two Berlin and Vienna: The Artist as a Young Man Chamber works by Sibelius, Goldmark, Fuchs, Busoni program three Kalevala: Myth and the Birth of a Nation American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor LISTINGS Orchestral works by Sibelius and Kajanus Sunday, August 14 program four White Nights—Dark Mornings: Creativity, Depression, and Addiction Chamber works by Sibelius, Grieg, Peterson-Berger, Delius program five Aurora Borealis: Nature and Music in Finland and Scandinavia Chamber works by Sibelius, Grieg, Stenhammar, Kuula CINEMA program six To the Finland Station: Sibelius and Russia & Chamber works by Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Rachmaninov weekend two Sibelius: Conservative or Modernist? Friday, August 19 program seven Nordic Purity, Aryan Fantasies, and Music Chamber works by Sibelius, Bruckner, Atterberg, Kilpinen THEATRE | Saturday, August 20 program eight From the Nordic Folk Chamber works by Sibelius, Grieg, Grainger, Ravel, Kuula ART program nine Finnish Modern Chamber works by Sibelius, Melartin, Madetoja, Merikanto | program ten The Heritage of Symbolism American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor 845-758-7900 Orchestral works by Sibelius and Raitio MUSIC fishercenter.bard.edu Sunday, August 21 program eleven Nostalgia and the Challenge of Modernity Chamber works by Sibelius, Strauss, Respighi Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York program twelve Silence and Influence American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor music | art | theatre & cinema listings for the hudson valley PHOTO: Jean Sibelius at his house “Ainola” in Järvenpää, Finland, 1907. ©akg-images Orchestral works by Sibelius, Barber, Vaughan Williams Jul. 3 Singing Sensation 8pm k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang with special guests The Belle Brigade Jul. 8 Broadway Dance Soiree 8pm Jim Caruso’s Cast Party Jul. 9 Legendary Song & Dance Man 8pm Tommy Tune in “Steps in Time” Jul. 16 Classic Rockers 8pm Creedence Clearwater Revisited Jul. 23 Belleayre Festival Opera 8pm Verdi’s “La Traviata” Jul. 29 Belleayre Jazz Club 8pm KJ Denhert Jul. 30 Belleayre Jazz Club 8pm Global Noize Aug. 5 Belleayre Jazz Club 8pm Ravi Coltrane Quartet Aug. 6 Music of Miles Davis 8pm Jimmy Cobb's “So What Band” featuring: Larry Willis, Vince Herring, Buster Williams, Javon Jackson & Eddie Henderson Aug. 13 Country Music Superstar 8pm Clint Black Aug. 20 Pop & Country Hit-Maker BELLEAYRE MUSIC FESTIVAL 8pm Mary Chapin Carpenter Belleayre Mountain Aug. 27 Punch Brothers 8pm with special guest Route 28, Highmount, NY Jessica Lea Mayfield 800.942.6904 ext.1344 Sept. 3 Banjo Wizard/Original Band [email protected] 8pm Bela Fleck & www.belleayremusic.org The Flecktones dear readers, hough there’s really no point in paying attention to it until next year, it’s been an amusing pre-season for would-be GOP Presidential contenders. From t the hey-looka-me birther-ism of Donald Trump, to the not-very nimble verbal tacking of Newt Gingrich, there’s been no shortage of political Grill it comedic gold lately. Indeed, watching Trump’s stone face while Obama and comedian Seth Myers lit him up at the White House Correspondents and they will come. Dinner—the President clearly relishing the dish-back after months of taking it—was much more fun than I’d care to admit, as I don’t usually Warren Kitchen & Cutlery. The Hudson Valley’s best enjoy watching somebody being the unwilling butt of jokes. Dadgumit, how I cackled with glee, even guffawed! And I actually wondered later: selection of fine cutlery, professional cookware, appliances, why did I enjoy this—admittedly richly deserved—humiliation of this guy serving pieces, culinary tools— and the area’s exclusive so much? dealership for Primo US-Made Ceramic Grill and Smokers. I guess it’s really the utter lack of humility and genuine compassion exhibited by Trump, and so many others of his ilk, that kindles this cheap mirth of mine. Humility has apparently become a sign of weakness in the world of luxury and high finance in this country, unlike Japan. People like Trump operate completely in their own reality, getting pampered and kowtowed to, and start believing themselves to be invincible, even armored. The self-delusion can be psychically crippling: Trump pulled out of the Presidential race actually claiming that he had no doubt that had he decided to stick with it, he would become President in 2012! Of course, Your Food Here! nobody except his immediate family and “apprentices” believes that for a nanosecond. But The Donald obviously does, or at least wants us to think he does. And that stone face of his on YouTube that made me giggle so revealed not armor, but wafer-thin skin. Almost feel sorry for him. He he, almost. Such hubris… Nope, no humility in the U.S.A. It’s like American Gladiator never went off the air. It’s the whole ‘roided-up We’re-Number-One mentality our culture embraces, even a drug-fueled flameout like Charlie Sheen. Meanwhile folks who work hard doing good things for society find— through no fault of their own—their wages stagnant or reduced, their collective bargaining rights under fire, their salaries eliminated to cover the shortfall created by state governments lowering corporate taxes, ostensibly to “lure in business.” On certain cable “news” channels, those workers who protest these doings get to be labeled as “freeloaders,” “parasites,” and “Un-American.” And the banks and hedge fund folks who sank the ship in 2008? Why they need even less regulation nowadays, they’re “job creators,” don’t you know? Just like the major corporations create jobs. Well, in other countries anyway. And there won’t be much humility to come, because that actually requires being willing to take responsibility for our actions, especially when they are wrong. And when was the last time you saw that done on the national stage, except for when a politician goes public with an infidelity? (Hi, Arnold!) We don’t do “I’m sorry” round here pal. Besides, country singers have trouble finding rhymes for “sorry.” Try it yourself sometime, it’s pretty hard! So, we turn to the respite of the arts. We humbly present encaustics artist Nadja Petrov who draws from her father’s experience in the fabled Dadaist • Unique and rare knives from around the world. movement to create multi-textured abstracts of her own. Similarly, playwright/novelist/educator Carey Harrison draws from his unique • Expert sharpening on premises. upbringing (as son of actors Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer) to produce a • A serious selection of grilling utensils and accessories. treasure trove of literary and stage-worthy gems, a brand new one to be performed at Woodstock’s Byrdcliffe Theatre. Maverick Concerts starts it’s new season of great classical, world, and jazz music, Jamaican sound system RoyalHeartSound cranks the vinyl “riddims,” and we give you a heads up on the June festival scene. Plus, all that other good stuff we bring you every month. Hey, It’s why we made this magazine, to give you a break from the national media circus, and help you connect or reconnect with the good things people are doing around here. And I promise that other than this 6934 Route 9 Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Just north of the 9G intersection here rant, Roll is not just free, it’s delightfully and deliciously Trump-free, 845-876-6208 Mon–Sat 9:30–5:30, Sun 11–4:30 and going to stay that way. Hope you enjoy. And if not…well hey. Visit us on the web, or order on-line, at www.warrenkitchentools.com I apologize. Cheers, Ross Rice, editor 2 | rollmagazine.com wkc_roll_hp-vert_grill_jun11.indd 1 5/18/11 12:44 PM 3 | rollmagazine.com table of contents 2 editor’s note— 8 roll art & image— encaustics on deadline: Nadja Petrov’s perpetual state of grace (under pressure), by Jay Blotcher 11 roll on stage & screen— Midget in a Catsuit Reciting Spinoza, or why you should never suggest a title to novelist/playwright Carey Harrison, by Ross Rice 14 roll the music— a musical “cathedral in the pines”: the 96th season at Maverick Concerts, by Tad Wise 16 from Kingston to Kingston: sound system RoyalHeartSound, by M.