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CANDIDE feb 25/26 2017 The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Enjoying The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College the concert? Sosnoff Theater Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 8 PM Help keep the Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 2 PM Performances #45 & #46: Season 2, Concerts 16 & 17 music going! James Bagwell, conductor This new generation of musicians is creating and Leonard Bernstein Candide (1956; rev. 1973, 82, 89) presenting music education programs in libraries, (1918–90) schools, and community centers in the Hudson Valley. Act I Intermission Act II Support their work Book by Hugh Wheeler and John Wells Cast Voltaire/Pangloss/Martin.........................................................................Nathaniel Sullivan* by making a gift of any size. Candide........................Eric Finbarr Carey* (Saturday), Christopher Remkus* (Sunday) Cunegonde.....................................Danika Felty* (Saturday), Natalie Trumm* (Sunday) Maximilian/Captain.....................................................................................Luke MacMillan* The Old Lady......................................................................................Mary Elizabeth O’Neill* Paquette............................................................................................................Elaine Daiber* Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski...........................................................Olivier Gagnon* Alchemist/Inquisitor/Sultan Achmet/Crook........................................Daniel Castellanos Junkman/Inquisitor/Hermann Augustus..........................................................Theo Lowrey Doctor/Inquisitor/Stanislaus............................................................................Jamal Sarikoki Cosmetic Merchant/Inquisitor/Charles Edward.......................................Andrew Burger or Bear-keeper/Inquisitor/Tsar Ivan...........................................................................Muir Ingliss TEXT VISIT *member of the Bard College Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program TON TO 41444 THEORCHESTRANOW. Bard College Symphonic Chorus Director: Michael Hofmann VAP ’15 ORG/SUPPORT Bard College Chamber Singers Producer: Kristin Roca James Bagwell, director The concert will run approximately 3 hours, including one 20-minute intermission. No beeping or buzzing, please! Silence all electronic devices. For more info on The TŌN Fund, see page 16. Photos and videos are encouraged, but only before and after the music. | THEORCHESTRANOW.ORG 3 2 @TheOrchNow #TheOrchNow | THE THE PROGRAM PROGRAM Leonard Bernstein 20-Minute Intermission at approx. 9:30 Sat, 3:30 Sun Meet some of the musicians in the lobby! Born: 8/25/1918 in Lawrence, MA Share a selfie! @TheOrchNow #TheOrchNow Died: 10/14/1990 at age 72 in NYC WiFi: BardWireless Refreshments available in the lobby. Restrooms located on either side of the lobby. Candide Written 1956, at ages 37–38; revised in 1989, at ages 70–71 Act II Premiered “My Love”...................................................................................................Governor, Cunegonde Original Broadway version: 12/1/1956 in NYC at the Martin Beck Theatre; “We Are Women”..............................................................................Cunegonde, The Old Lady “The Pilgrims’ Procession”..........................................Maximilian, Paquette, Candide, Chorus Samuel Krachmalnick, conductor “Quiet”.............................................................................The Old Lady, Cunegonde, Governor Final revised version: 12/13/1989 in London at the Barbican Centre; Introduction to Eldorado Leonard Bernstein, conductor “Ballad of Eldorado”...........................................................................................Candide, Chorus “Words, Words, Words”...........................................................................................................Martin On Stage “Bon Voyage”............................................................................................Vanderdendur, Chorus “The King’s Barcarolle” .................................Charles Edward, Candide, Hermann Augustus, 22 violins 1 E-flat clarinet timpani 1 gourd 1 tenor drum Pangloss, Sultan Achmet, Tsar Ivan, Stanislaus 8 violas 1 bass clarinet 1 bass drum hand drums 1 triangle “Money, Money, Money”...................................................................................Croupier, Chorus 7 cellos 1 bassoon bongos 1 hi-hat 1 whip “What’s the Use”......................................The Old Lady, Ragotski, Maximilian, Crook, Chorus 6 double basses 2 French horns castanets maracas 2 woodblocks “The Venice Gavotte”..................................The Old Lady, Candide, Cunegonde, Pangloss 2 flutes 1 trumpet chimes 1 ratchet 1 xylophone “Nothing More than This”..................................................................................................Candide 1 piccolo 1 cornet 1 cowbell 1 snare drum 1 harp “Universal Good”...................................................................................................................Chorus 1 oboe 1 trombone crash cymbals 1 steel drum chorus “Make our Garden Grow”.......................................................................................Full Company 1 English horn 1 tenor trombone 1 glockenspiel 1 suspended cymbal 12 vocal soloists 2 clarinets 1 tuba 1 gong 1 tambourine Act I Synopsis Overture by Michael Hofmann VAP ’15, director “Westphalia Chorale”...........................................................................................................Chorus ACT 1 “Life is Happiness Indeed”...............................Candide, Maximilian, Cunegonde, Paquette “The Best of All Possible Worlds”....Pangloss, Cunegonde, Paquette, Candide, Maximilian In the German province of Westphalia, Candide, the illegitimate nephew of Baron “Universal Good”..............................................Cunegonde, Paquette, Candide, Maximilian Thunder-ten-Tronck, lives in the Baron’s castle. Scorned by the Baroness and her son, “Oh, Happy We”........................................................................................Candide, Cunegonde Maximilian, Candide finds himself in love with Cunegonde, the Baron’s daughter. Together “It Must Be So”.....................................................................................................................Candide with Paquette, a servant, Candide, Cunegonde, and Maximilian are tutored by Pangloss. “Westphalia Chorale”...........................................................................................................Chorus Pangloss professes the philosophy of optimism to the impressionable youths, explaining Battle Music that the world they live in is the best of all possible worlds. “Candide’s Lament”.........................................................................................................Candide “Dear Boy”............................................................................................................Pangloss, Chorus “Auto-da-fé”....................................................Candide, Pangloss, Inquisitors, Judges, Chorus Professing their love to each other, Candide and Cunegonde fantasize about marriage. “It Must Be Me”...................................................................................................................Candide Maximilian oversees this exchange and exiles Candide from the castle. The rival Bulgar Paris Waltz Scene army later attacks Westphalia, brutally killing all within the castle. Candide searches the “Glitter and Be Gay”...................................................................................................Cunegonde ruins for Cunegonde. “You Were Dead, You Know”..................................................................Candide, Cunegonde “I Am Easily Assimilated”....................................................The Old Lady, Cunegonde, Chorus “Quartet Finale”...............................Candide, Cunegonde, The Old Lady, Captain, Chorus Synopsis continued on page 6 4| Text TON to 33233 for email updates THEORCHESTRANOW.ORG | 5 THE MEET THE PROGRAM CONDUCTOR Candide, now a beggar, gives the last of his coins to another beggar who reveals himself James Bagwell maintains an active to be Pangloss, miraculously revived. The two set off to Lisbon, but as they arrive, a volcano international schedule as a conductor erupts and results in the death of thirty thousand people. Pangloss and Candide are of choral, operatic, and orchestral music. blamed for the disaster, arrested as heretics and publicly tortured. He was most recently named associate conductor of The Orchestra Now (TŌN) Narrowly escaping death, Candide travels to Paris. He discovers Cunegonde, who now and in 2009 was appointed principal shares her favors with wealthy Jew Don Isaachar and the city’s Cardinal Archbishop. guest conductor of the American Shortly after reuniting, the Old Lady, Cunegonde’s companion, forewarns Cunegonde Symphony Orchestra. From 2009–15 he and Candide of Issachar and the Archbishop’s arrival. Candide inadvertently stabs them served as music director of The Collegiate to death. Chorale. Some of the highlights of his tenure with them include conducting The three flee to Cadiz. The French police arrive, intending to arrest Candide for murder. a number of operas-in-concert at In a desperate attempt to shake off the police, Candide accepts an offer to fight for the Carnegie Hall, including Bellini’s Beatrice Jesuits