1/2 bmf 1/2 ss ad:Layout 1 6/3/10 4:28 PM Page 1 july 8 – august 22, 2010 2010 10 - july BARDSUMM ERSCAPE 10 Bard SummerScape presents seven Opera Bard Music Festival Twenty-first Season Tickets and information: 845-758-7900 | june weeks of opera, dance, music, 35 THE DISTANT SOUND (Der ferne Klang) BERG AND HIS WORLD fishercenter.bard.edu drama, film, cabaret, and the 21st July 30, August 1, 4, 6 August 13–15 and 20–22 vol. vol. annual Bard Music Festival, this year Sung in German with English supertitles Two weekends of concerts, panels, and Music and libretto by Franz Schreker other events bring the musical world of exploring the works and world of American Symphony Orchestra Alban Berg vividly to life. CREATIVE LIVING IN THE HUDSON VALLEY composer Alban Berg. SummerScape Conducted by Leon Botstein Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger Operetta takes place in the extraordinary Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. The first fully-staged North American Richard B. Fisher Center for the THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER production of an important but rarely August 5 – August 15 Performing Arts and other venues performed opera bearing a gripping story Music by Oscar Straus and a stunning, melodic musical score. on Bard College’s stunning Mid- Conducted by James Bagwell Hudson River Valley campus. Dance Directed by Will Pomerantz Straus's delightful 1908 operetta is an TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's July 8, 9, 10, 11 Arms and the Man. Choreography by Trisha Brown Twelve Ton Rose (excerpt), Foray Forêt, Theater You can see us, L’Amour au théâtre JUDGMENT DAY Film Festival July 14 –25 By Ödön von Horváth THE BEST OF G. W. PABST Directed by Caitriona McLaughlin Thursdays and Sundays A runaway hit of last fall’s theater season in July 15 – August 19 London, Judgment Day is a riveting drama Spiegeltent whose compelling characters are divided by deceit, lust, bloodshed, and injustice.. CABARET and FAMILY FARE July 8 – August 22 VALLEY weekend one Berg and Vienna twenty-first season Friday, August 13 program one Alban Berg: The Path of Expressive Intensity the bard music festival Chamber works by Berg Saturday, August 14 program two The Vienna of Berg’s Youth HUDSON Chamber works by Zemlinsky, Webern, and others program three Mahler and Beyond THE American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor Orchestral works by Berg, Mahler, Korngold, and others FOR Sunday, August 15 program four Eros and Thanatos Chamber works by Berg, Schreker, Mahler, and others program five Teachers and Apostles Chamber works by Berg, Schöenberg, Wellesz, and others LISTINGS program six The Orchestra Reimagined Members of the American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor Orchestral works by Berg, Busoni, Hindemith, and others CINEMA weekend two Berg the European & Friday, August 20 program seven “No Critics Allowed”: The Society for Private Performances Chamber works by Berg, Debussy, Reger, and others and His World Saturday, August 21 program eight You Can’t Be Serious! Viennese Operetta and Popular Music berg THEATRE Works by Berg, Sullivan, Lehár, Kálmán, and others august 13–15 and 20–22 program nine Composers Select: New Music in the 1920s The Bard Music Festival presents two | Chamber works by Berg, Toch, Gershwin, and others extraordinary weeks of concerts, panels, ART program ten Modernism and Its Discontent and other special events that will explore | American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor the musical world of Alban Berg. Orchestral works by Berg and Schmidt Sunday, August 22 program eleven Between Accommodation and Inner Emigration: Tickets and information: MUSIC The Composer’s Predicament 845-758-7900 music | art | theatre & cinema listings for the hudson valley Works by Berg, Schoeck, Hartmann, and others fishercenter.bard.edu program twelve Crimes and Passions Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor Orchestral works by Berg, Hindemith, and Weill Alban Berg in the Atelier Madame D’Ora, Wien, 1909. © ÖNB/Wien, 203481-D Sat. Jul. 3 “Red, White and Bluegrass” 8pm Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Plus Fireworks Sat. Jul. 10 Broadway Superstar 8pm Patti LuPone Fri. Jul. 16 Joseph Arthur 8pm and Meghan Wolf Sat. Jul. 17 Festival Orchestra 8pm John Covelli conductor/soloist Sat. Jul. 24 Country Legend 8pm Charlie Daniels Band Fri. Jul. 30 Javon Jackson 8pm Quintet Sat. Jul. 31 Regina Carter's 8pm "Reverse Thread" Fri. Aug. 6 John Scofield/ 8pm Joe Lovano Quartet Sat. Aug. 7 Patti Austin 8pm “For Ella” Sat. Aug. 14 America—the 40th 8pm Anniversary Tour Sat. Aug. 21 “The Day the 8pm Music Died” Music of Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens Sat. Aug. 28 Festival Opera Rossini’s 8pm Cinderella (La Cenerentola) Sun. Aug. 29 FREE Children’s Opera 1pm “Three Little Pigs” Belleayre Mountain, Rt. 28, Highmount, NY Sat. Sept. 4 Aaron Neville Quintet (800) 942-6904, ext.1344 • [email protected] 8pm featuring www.belleayremusic.org Charles Neville dear readers, ike many of you, I am not a happy camper right now. This absolute catastrophe in the Gulf makes me sick just seeing and hearing about it; the massive scale of l devastation to living creatures, the inconceivable wreckage of coastlines from not only the oil, but from the millions of gallons of chemical dispersants, the decimation of the fishing and tourist industries, lifestyles of good, decent folks ruined. Some of them are people I know. It’s just frustrating because there’s little any of us can do to stop the oil, and the people responsible are unfortunately the most qualified and able to fix the problem. Once again, we’ve trusted the industry to police itself, believing it will act wisely in its own best interests and do the right thing. Once again, we learn the hard way that business often skips the “do the right thing” and “wisely” parts of the previous sentence to help boost the “best interests” part. When will we ever learn? One good thing to come out of this is the increased awareness of our addiction to fossil fuels, and the danger of it. But another one—which may be even more important—is the awareness of the importance of our waters, fresh and salt. Very often it seems we are being given a choice: cheap(er) energy or fresh (unpolluted) water. Both hydrofracturing to capture natural gas, and mountaintop removal to get coal, despoil enormous amounts of fresh water, never to be reclaimed. Is it really worth it? I’ve got water on the brain, that’s for sure, and it’s become a big part of this month’s issue. Our featured artist Christy Rupp has much to say on the subject, and she does so with verve, eloquence, and some arresting imagery. We had a great chat with Manna Jo Greene and Jeff Rumpf of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, who gave us the rundown on what’s going on with their ongoing mission, to create more awareness about the importance of our living waterways. And the absolute highlight: meeting the indomitable Pete Seeger. It was a lot like meeting a beloved family patriarch who happens to be a folk hero. It meant the world to me and my son, Dylan, to spend some time talking with him, and he just could not have been more gracious to us. RENOVATIONS, Since then, I think of Pete when I get upset about this whole oil spill, and it helps. 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