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  • The Orchestra Now To Perform At Jazz At Lincoln Center

    The Orchestra Now (TŌN), an esteemed Bard College ensemble, will perform at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on Sunday, October 16.

    The concert will be guest conducted by JoAnn Falletta, the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), who is making her fourth appearance with TŌN.

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    Joanne Falletta conducting TŌN during a previous performance.

    The five act concert will open with Fandangos, a Roberto Sierra piece inspired by Spanish dance. Next on the list are Ernest Chausson’s Poème and Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane, which will feature guest violin performances from Nikki Chooi, former Metropolitan Opera Orchestra concertmaster and current concertmaster of the BPO.

    Also on the program are Albert Roussel’s Bacchus and Ariane Suite No. 2 and Paul Hindemith’s “Metamorphosis” of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.

    TŌN is a graduate-level training orchestra comprising 62 musicians from 13 different countries. Students are sourced from conservatories such as Yale School of Music, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Royal Academy of Music, and the New England Conservatory of Music. Bard College president Leon Botstein, who is also a conductor, educator, and music historian founded the orchestra in 2015.

    After Lincoln Center, The Orchestra Now will next perform at Carnegie Hall on November 3.

    Information regarding tickets and more for the event can be found here.

  • The Orchestra Now to Present New Voices From The 1930s at Carnegie Hall

    The Orchestra Now (TŌN) will soon host their final performance in their Carnegie Hall season on Thursday, May 12. This musical night will include the renowned director of this orchestra, Leon Botstein, along with pianists Gilles Vonsattel and Frank Corliss. This night will also present mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel.

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    Corliss is the director of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, while Vonsattel is a Swiss soloist and Bard Conservatory faculty member. Furthermore, being apart of The Metropolitan Opera as a mezzo-soprano, Nansteel has landed the role of Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor for this season. 

    New Voices From the 1930s will take place in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage of Carnegie Hall. Corliss will perform William Grant Still’s Dismal Swamp, which is a portrayal of captive peoples seeking freedom. Nansteel will perform, Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Symphony No. 1, Essay for a Requiem, regarding conditions under the Nazi regime. Lastly, Vonsattel’s performance is based on Mexican Symphonic Orchestra music director and composer, Carlos Chávez’s virtuosic Piano Concerto.

    Tickets for this event are available on the Carnegie Hall website. It is essential for ticket holders to adhere to the venue’s safety protocols.

    In addition to TŌN’s show at Carnegie Hall, on May 7 and 8 this same program will be performed at the Fisher Center at Bard. To accommodate viewers this event will be live streamed for free on both dates; those attending must RSVP to attend the concert.

    Towards the end of May on the 22, TŌN will provide a free concert performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, called Liszt & Bartók. Led by TŌN resident conductor Zachary Schwartzman, Hungarian composers Franz Liszt, Béla Bartók, Emmerich Kálmán, and Zoltán Kodály will have the spotlight during this event. Advance RSVP is suggested and those in attendance must comply with the venue’s health and safety requirements.