THE BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC THE MOZART PROJECT Curated by Peter Serkin Sunday, October 2, 2016 | 3 pm László Z. Bitó ‘60 Conservatory Building THE BARD COLLEGE Blair McMillen, Raman Ramakrishnan Clarinet/Saxophone Megan Shumate CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Composition Da Capo Chamber Players Guitar David Temple Robert Martin, Director (in residence), Joan Tower, George Musicianship Shawn Jaeger, David Temple, Frank Corliss, Associate Director Tsontakis Amy Travis Performance Practice Advisers Composition Shawn Jaeger Eileen Brickner, Dean of Students Alexander Bonus, Raymond Erickson Early Childhood and Chorus Amy Travis Sebastian Danila, Orchestra Librarian Performance Studies Luis Garcia-Renart Chinese Language Class Yuejiao Wan Nick Edwards, Admissions Counselor Music Theory and History Leon Bot- Ann Gabler, Concert Office Coordinator stein, Christopher H. Gibbs, John Halle, Lauren Gerken, Business Manager Peter Laki PARTICIPATING BARD MUSIC Lisa Hedges, Production Coordinator Alexander Technique Alexander Farkas PROGRAM FACULTY Hsiao-Fang Lin, Administrative James Bagwell, Program Director Coordinator; Assistant Orchestra Manager Jazz Studies Thurman Barker, John Katherine Maysek, Admissions Counselor GRADUATE PROGRAMS Esposito, Erica Lindsay Marielle Metivier, Orchestra Manager Theory and Composition Kyle Gann Tricia Reed, Communications and VOCAL ARTS (M.M. degree) Chamber Music Luis Garcia-Renart, Special Projects Coordinator Dawn Upshaw, Artistic Director, Marka Gustavsson, Blair McMillen Kristin Roca, Graduate Program Vocal Coach Musicology Alexander Bonus, Coordinator Kayo Iwama, Associate Director, Christopher H. Gibbs, Peter Laki Vocal Coach Voice Rufus Müller BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY Erika Switzer, Coordinator of Extracurric- Composition Richard Teitelbaum ADVISORY BOARD ular Concerts Gonzalo de Las Heras, Chair Voice Edith Bers, Patricia Misslin, STUDENTS Alan D. Hilliker Lorraine Nubar, Sanford Sylvan Composition Susan B. Hirschhorn Alexander Technique Gwen Ellison, Daniel Castellanos, New Jersey (Classics) Belinda Kaye Elizabeth Reese Corey Chang, Connecticut* Stephen Kaye Opera Workshop Mary Birnbaum Joan Tower Composition Scholarship Y. S. Liu Acting Workshop Lynn Hawley Luke Haaksma, North Carolina* Don M. Randel Diction Erika Switzer Jackson Spargur, California* Maximiliaan Rutten Movement Amii LeGendre Obadiah Wright, California (Religion) Eric Wong Professional Development Workshop Shirley Young Lucy Dhegrae Piano Anna-Sofia Botti, Vermont* UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM Ana Felicia Doni, Oregon (Human Rights) FACULTY ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL CON- Bettina Baruch Foundation Scholarship Violin Shmuel Ashkenasi, Eugene Druck- DUCTING (M.M. degree) Alexander Hamme, New Jersey* er, Yi-Wen Jiang, Ani Kavafian (master James Bagwell, Codirector Harrison Jarvis, Canada* classes), Ida Kavafian, Honggang Li, Leon Botstein, Codirector Domantas Karalius, Lithuania* Weigang Li, Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, Harold Farberman, Codirector Martin & Toni Sosnoff Scholarship Laurie Smukler, Arnold Steinhardt Orchestral Conducting Leon Botstein, Anna Obbágy, Hungary (Psychology) Viola Marka Gustavsson, Honggang Li, Harold Farberman Bitó Scholarship Steven Tenenbom, Michael Tree, Choral Conducting James Bagwell Tomoki Park, Korea/Japan** Ira Weller Composition Joan Tower Fyodor Shiryaev, New York* Cello Sophie Shao, Peter Wiley Music History and Theory James Bag- Adam Zsolt Szokolay, Hungary* Double Bass Leigh Mesh well, Kyle Gann, Christopher H. Gibbs, Belinda and Stephen Kaye Scholarship Harp Sara Cutler, Bridget Kibbey Peter Laki Mengying Wei, China (German Studies) Piano Melvin Chen (master classes), Languages Bard College Faculty Yichun (Helen) Wu, China* Jeremy Denk, Richard Goode (master Secondary Instrument Bard College Jong Sun Woo, South Korea** classes), Benjamin Hochman, Peter Serkin Faculty Shao Xuan, China Flute Nadine Asin (master classes), Tara ChaoJun Yang, China* Helen O’Connor POSTGRADUATE COLLABORATIVE Oboe Elaine Douvas, Alexandra Knoll PIANO FELLOWSHIPS Violin Clarinet Laura Flax, David Krakauer, Frank Corliss, Director Tianpei Ai, China* Anthony McGill Benjamin Brashear, Minnesota* Bassoon Marc Goldberg, Patricia Rogers THE CONDUCTORS INSTITUTE Sebastian Carrasco, California* Horn Barbara Jöstlein Currie, Julie Harold Farberman, Founder and Director Helli Fang, Massachusetts* Landsman, Jeffrey Lang, Julia Pilant Tristan Flores, Massachusetts* Trumpet Carl Albach, Edward Carroll PREPARATORY DIVISION Anna Hallet, Pennsylvania* Trombone Demian Austin, Denson Paul Ryan Kamm and Susanne Son, Codirectors Valory Hight, Virginia* Pollard, Weston Sprott Voice Meredith Lustig, Amy Palomo, Amy Gigi Hsueh, Taiwan* Tuba Derek Fenstermacher Travis Bihan Li, China* Percussion Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Violin Helena Baillie, Jaram Kim Luis Garcia-Renart Scholarship Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting Cello Sean Katsuyama Xinran Li, China* (Sō Percussion) Double Bass Ryan Kamm Orchestral Studies Leon Botstein, Erica Percussion David Degge Zhen Liu, China* Kiesewetter Piano Erika Allen, Renana Gutman, Janara Gitta Markó, Hungary* Chamber Music Marka Gustavsson, co- Khassenova, Luba Poliak, Hiroko Sasaki, Bitó Scholarship ordinator; Edward Carroll, Robert Martin, Susanne Son, Cynthia Tobey Avery Morris, California (Mathematics) The Mozart Project Curated by Peter Serkin First in a series of five concerts October 2, 2016 3pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) Violin Sonata in G major, K. 379 Adagio-Allegro Andantino Cantabile (tema con variazioni) Allegretto Shuang Yang, violin Mengying Wei, piano Sonata in C major, K. 521 (arr. Serkin) Allegro Andante Allegretto Tara O’Connor, flute Daniel Phillips, violin Marka Gustavsson, viola Robert Martin, cello Julian Lampert, bass Intermission Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493 Allegro Larghetto Allegretto Daniel Phillips, violin Marka Gustavsson, viola Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Tomoki Park, piano Special Thanks The Bard College Conservatory of Music received generous financial support for The Mozart Project from Rosalind Seneca in honor of her teacher, mentor, and friend, the distinguished cellist Tobias Kühne. About the Performers Marka Gustavsson, violist, has performed chamber music across Europe, Canada, Japan, Israel, and the United States, and at festivals including Mostly Mozart, Skaneateles, Portland, Bennington, and Newport. She regularly col- laborates with living composers and holds teaching positions in both the Bard College Music Program and the Conservatory of Music. A native of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, double bassist Julian Lampert received a bachelor of arts degree in music from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He completed the Advanced Performance Studies program in spring 2015 at the Bard College Conservatory of Music where he studied with Leigh Mesh. He is in his second year at The Orchestra Now at Bard College. Robert Martin, cellist, is the founding director of the Bard College Conserva- tory of Music, vice president for policy and planning, and professor of philos- ophy and music at Bard College. He is also the co-artistic director of the Bard Music Festival and cellist of the Bard Festival Quartet. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a two-time Grammy nominee, flutist Tara Helen O'Connor performs as a soloist and chamber musician around the world and has premiered hundreds of works. She is on the faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, as well as an associate professor of flute, head of the wind department and coordinator of classical music studies at Purchase College Conservatory of Music, a member of the faculty for the contemporary program at Manhattan School of Music, and a visiting artist, teacher and coach at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Pianist Tomoki Park, from Yokohama, Japan, is a second-year student in the Advanced Performance Studies program of the Bard College Conservatory of Music where he studies with Peter Serkin. From age eleven he studied at the Purcell School of Music in London, and in 2015 he completed the Performance Diploma at the University of the Arts, Berlin. Violinist Daniel Phillips enjoys a versatile career as a chamber musician, solo artist, and teacher. He is professor of violin at the Aaron Copland School of Music of Queens College, and also teaches at Mannes College of Music and the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Cellist Raman Ramakrishnan is a member of the Horszowski Trio, perform- ing across the United States, Japan, and in Hong Kong. He is an artist mem- ber of the Boston Chamber Music Society, and is on the faculties of Columbia University and the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Pianist Mengying Wei, from Guangxi, China, is a fifth-year student at the Bard College Conservatory of Music where she studies with Peter Serkin. Her second major is German Studies. Violinist Shuang Yang, from China, is a fifth-year student at the Bard College Conservatory of Music where she studies with Yi-Wen Jiang, second violinist of the Shanghai Quartet. Her second major is German Studies. Notes on the Program Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, K. 379 (1781) Some of the earliest Mozart works to be printed were violin sonatas or, as they were then called, piano sonatas with violin accompaniment. Proficient amateur musicians—and there were many of these in Europe during Mozart’s life- time—loved to play such compositions in their homes to entertain their guests or for their own pleasure. Thus, publishers in Paris, London, and Amsterdam rushed to print the child Mozart’s