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SAT 4/14/18 at 8 PM & SUN 4/15/18 at 2 PM Performances #87 & #88: Season 3, Concerts 24 & 25 The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Sosnoff Theater

Leon Botstein, conductor The concert will last approximately 2 hours and 5 minutes

Brief remarks by Caleb Wong, viola

Igor Stravinsky Born: 6/17/1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia Died: 4/6/1971 at age 88 in New York City

12 min Funeral Song “This tender lament was written by a young Stravinsky in tribute to the passing of his teacher, Rimsky-Korsakov.” –Coline Berland, TŌN violinist Written 1908, at age 26 Premiered 1/17/1909 at the Great Hall in Saint Petersburg Count Sheremetev’s Orchestra Felix Blumenfeld, conductor

Requiem Canticles “In typical Stravinsky fashion, this piece is totally out there. It’s made up of dark, short vignettes with a sharp, crisp quality.” –Omar Shelly, TŌN violist

Katherine Pracht, mezzo-soprano Jonathan Beyer, baritone with the Bard College Chamber Singers & Bard Festival Chorale Written 1965–66, at ages 83–84 14 min Premiered 10/8/1966 at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ Robert Craft, conductor Movements Prelude Exaudi Dies irae Tuba mirum Interlude Rex tremendae Lacrimosa Libera me Postlude

Turn over for more info Brief remarks by Jiyoung Moon, violin

Symphony of Psalms “Stravinsky uses unusual instrumentation to create dark resonance and complexity. All of this leads to an incredible, thought-provoking musical experience” –Micah Candiotti-Pacheco, TŌN clarinetist

with the Bard College Chamber Singers & Bard Festival Chorale Written

20 min 1930, at age 48 Revised in 1948 Premiered 12/13/1930 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels Société Philharmonique de Bruxelles Ernest Ansermet, conductor Movements Psalm 38: 13–14 Psalm 39: 2–4 Psalm 150 (no pause between movements)

Intermission 20 min

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WiFi: BardWireless Restrooms located on either side of the lobby.

Brief remarks by Adam Romey, bassoon

The Rite of Spring “Rhythmic and primal, yet very beautiful. There’s an electricity that you feel as a performer and as an audience member.” –Adam Romey, TŌN bassoonist with musicians from the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra

33 min Written 1911–13, in Stravinsky’s early 30s Revised in 1947

Premiered 5/29/1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris Pierre Monteaux, conductor Movements Part I: The Adoration of the Earth Part II: The Sacrifice

All timings are approximate.

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