{"id":1075,"date":"2024-07-01T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2024\/2024\/07\/01\/bard-music-festival-announces-2024-theme-berlioz-and-his-world\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:23:00","slug":"bard-music-festival-announces-2024-theme-berlioz-and-his-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2024\/2024\/07\/01\/bard-music-festival-announces-2024-theme-berlioz-and-his-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Bard Music Festival Announces 2024 Theme: &#8220;Berlioz and His World&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bard College announced the return of its Bard Music Festival, \u201cBerlioz and His World,\u201d a two-weekend concert event in the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Aug 9-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-8-3.jpg\" alt=\"Bard Music Festival Announces 2024 Theme: &quot;Berlioz and His World&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-514517\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival has been presented since 1990 and this summer will be its 34th season. Co-artistic director and founder of the festival, Leon Botstein will conduct The Orchestra Now <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/2023\/08\/11\/the-orchestra-now-at-bard-college-announces-2023-2024-season\/\">(T\u014cN<\/a>) on weekend one and the American Symphony Orchestra on weekend two. The Bard Festival Chorale is also featured in all vocal repertoire under the direction of James Bagwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As referenced in the title, the theme of this year&#8217;s festival is French composer, Hector Berlioz. He was a guitarist and flutist who toured all over Europe but surprisingly was not very popular in his home country. His most famous work is <em>Symphonie fantastique, <\/em>an orchestra piece inspired by an opium dream. Aside from larger orchestral pieces, Berlioz also wrote songs for guitar and voice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weekend one is titled \u201cRevolutionary Spectacle and Romantic Passion<strong>.\u201d<em> <\/em><\/strong>The first of these five concerts will be <em>Symphonie fantastique p<\/em>erformed by the T\u014cN. The last concert will pay homage to \u201cWomen Musicians in Berlioz\u2019s Time,\u201d with music from composers like Clara Schumann and Louise Bertin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6-22-768x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514520\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final weekend explores \u201cMusic and the Literary Imagination.\u201d<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>The first concert of the weekend will move to Rhinebeck, NY in Episcopal Church of the Messiah for the sound of its renovated organ.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the final concert, \u201cFaust and the Spirit of the 19th Century,\u201d on Aug 18, New York City residents have the opportunity to take a bus to and from the venue. The roundtrip can be ordered <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.fishercenter.bard.edu\/3208\/3213?_gl=1*1u0zm00*_ga*MTMyMzQ4NjI0MC4xNzEwOTMzODE0*_ga_MDV28M4C4N*MTcxMzI4ODUzNy4yMi4xLjE3MTMyODg3MjkuNTYuMC4w\">online.<\/a><br>Tickets for mainstage events are $25 per person and the live streams are $20. Patrons can purchase these tickets on the Fisher Center <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.fishercenter.bard.edu\/events\/?_gl=1*t8hc1y*_gcl_au*MjAzNzkzNzcxOS4xNzE5MTc1NDA1*_ga*OTY4NTQ1NDUwLjE3MTkxNzU0MDU.*_ga_MDV28M4C4N*MTcxOTQ1NDM3My41LjEuMTcxOTQ1NDQyMi4xMS4wLjA.\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-program-details-of-bard-music-festival-berlioz-and-his-world\"><strong>Program details of Bard Music Festival, \u201cBerlioz and His World\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WEEKEND ONE: <\/strong><strong><em>Revolutionary Spectacle and Romantic Passion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM ONE: Staging the Musical Imagination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friday, August 9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sosnoff Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7pm performance with commentary by Leon Botstein, with Joshua Blue, tenor; Alfred Walker, baritone; Bard Festival Chorale and James Bagwell, choral director; and The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director (<em>plus livestream<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Symphonie fantastique: Episode de la vie d\u2019un artiste<\/em>, Op. 14 (1830)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>L\u00e9lio, ou Le retour \u00e0 la vie, monodrame lyrique<\/em>, Op. 14b (1831\u201332, rev. 1855)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PANEL ONE: A Revolutionary Life in a Revolutionary Era<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, August 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olin Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10am\u201312 noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leon Botstein, moderator; Anna Celenza; Esther da Costa Meyer; Michael P. Steinberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free and open to the public<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM TWO: Anxieties of Influence: Models and Teachers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, August 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olin Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1pm preconcert talk: Jonathan Kregor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1:30pm performance: Jana McIntyre, soprano; Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, mezzo-soprano; Tyler Duncan, baritone; No\u00ebl Wan, harp; Michael Stephen Brown and Erika Switzer, piano; Balourdet Quartet; and others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Le montagnard exil\u00e9<\/em> (1822\u201323)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luigi CHERUBINI (1760\u20131842)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Etude No. 2 (1804)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anton REICHA (1770\u20131836)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">String Quartet in C minor, Op. 49, No. 1 (1803)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carl Maria von WEBER (1786\u20131826)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Invitation to the Dance<\/em>, Op. 65 (1819)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elias PARISH ALVARS (1808\u201349)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introduction and Variations on Themes from Bellini\u2019s <em>Norma<\/em>, Op. 36 (n.d.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arias by Jean-Fran\u00e7ois LE SUEUR (1760\u20131837), Gaspare SPONTINI (1774\u20131851), and Ambroise THOMAS (1811\u201396)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM THREE: The Sounds of a Nation: Patriotism and Antiquity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, August 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sosnoff Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6pm preconcert talk: Sarah Hibberd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 pm performance: with Jana McIntyre, soprano; Megan Moore, mezzo-soprano; Joshua Blue, tenor; Bard Festival Chorale and James Bagwell, choral director; and The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director (<em>plus livestream<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hymne des Marseillaise<\/em> (arr. 1830)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u201cTrojan March,\u201d \u201cNuit d\u2019ivresse et d\u2019extase infinie,\u201d and \u201cRoyal Hunt and Storm\u201d from <em>Les Troyens<\/em> (1856\u201358)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Te Deum<\/em> Op. 22\/H.118 (1849)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christoph Willibald GLUCK (1714\u201387)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overture to<em> Iphigenia in Aulis<\/em> (1774; arr. R. Wagner 1847)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel-Fran\u00e7ois-Esprit AUBER (1782\u20131871)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overture to <em>Fra Diavolo<\/em> (1830)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM FOUR: <\/strong><strong><em>Chansons, romances, et m\u00e9lodies<\/em><\/strong><strong>: Vocal Music from Cosmopolitan Paris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday, August 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olin Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11 am performance with commentary by Byron Adams; with Jana McIntyre, soprano; Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, mezzo-soprano; Maximillian Jansen, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; and Kayo Iwama and Erika Switzer, piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0From<em> Irlande, <\/em>Op. 2 (1830); songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Songs and arias by Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791\u20131864); Gioachino ROSSINI (1792\u20131868); Franz LISZT (1811\u201386); Richard WAGNER (1813\u201383); Pauline VIARDOT (1821\u20131910); Ernest REYER (1823\u20131909); Camille SAINT-SA\u00cbNS (1835\u20131921); Georges BIZET (1838\u201375); Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840\u201393); and Gabriel FAUR\u00c9 (1845\u20131924)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM FIVE: Women Musicians in Berlioz\u2019s Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday, August 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sosnoff Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2:30pm preconcert talk: Hilary Porris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3pm performance: Laquita Mitchell, Monica Yunus, and Camille Zamora, sopranos; Rebecca Ringle Kamarei and Adriana Zabala, mezzo-sopranos; Noah Stewart, tenor; Babatunde Akinboboye, baritone; Anna Polonsky and Lucy Tucker Yates, piano; Sharyn Pirtle, director of <em>Le dernier sorcier<\/em>; and others (<em>plus livestream<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Le mort d\u2019Oph\u00e9lie<\/em>, Op. 18, No. 2 (1842)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>La captive<\/em>, Op. 12 (1831\u201332)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pauline VIARDOT (1821\u20131910)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Le dernier sorcier<\/em> (1869)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Works by Gioachino ROSSINI (1792\u20131868); Louise BERTIN (1805\u201377); Clara SCHUMANN (1819\u201396); and others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WEEKEND TWO: <\/strong><strong><em>Music and the Literary Imagination<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM SIX: Sacred Music in France<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thursday, August 15 at 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friday, August 16 at 3pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Ren\u00e9e Anne Louprette, organ, and members of the Bard Festival Chorale and members of The Orchestra Now, conducted by James Bagwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Veni Creator Spiritus<\/em> (c. 1860-68)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>La fuite en \u00c9gypte: Myst\u00e8re en style ancien<\/em> (1850)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choral and organ works by Dmitry BORTNIANSKY (1751-1825), Luigi CHERUBINI (1760\u20131842), Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791\u20131864), Gioachino ROSSINI (1792\u20131868), Pierre-Louis DIETSCH (1808\u201365), Alfred LEF\u00c9BURE-W\u00c9LY (1817\u201369), C\u00e9sar FRANCK (1822\u201390), Camille SAINT-SA\u00cbNS (1835\u20131921), Gabriel FAUR\u00c9 (1845\u20131924), and Olivier MESSIAEN (1908\u201392)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM SEVEN: Berlioz: The Composer as Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friday, August 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sosnoff Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6:30pm preconcert talk: Peter Bloom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7pm performance: Jana McIntyre, soprano; Noah Stewart, tenor; Alfred Walker, bass-baritone; Luosha Fang, viola; Piers Lane and Orion Weiss, piano; and others (<em>plus livestream<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Harold en Italie<\/em>, Op. 16 (1834; arr. Liszt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niccol\u00f2 PAGANINI (1782\u20131840)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cantabile<\/em> (1823)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809\u201347)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 (1830)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Piano works and arias by Louis SPOHR (1784\u20131859), Fromental HAL\u00c9VY (1799\u20131862), Adolphe ADAM (1803\u201356), Mikhail GLINKA (1804\u201357), Michael BALFE (1808\u201370), Charles-Valentin ALKAN (1813\u201388)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PANEL TWO: Musical Romanticism and Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, August 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olin Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10am\u201312 noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Trudel, moderator; Francesca Brittan; Mark Pottinger; and others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free and open to the public<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM EIGHT: Literary Romantics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, August 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olin Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1pm preconcert talk: Dana Gooley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1:30pm performance: Jana McIntyre, soprano; Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, mezzo-soprano; Noah Stewart, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Piers Lane, Anna Polonsky, and Orion Weiss, piano; Balourdet Quartet; and others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Les nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em>, Op. 7 (1841)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fanny MENDELSSOHN (1805\u201347)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <em>Sechs Lieder<\/em>, Op. 1 (1846)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809\u201347)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">String Quintet No. 2, Op. 87 (1845)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert SCHUMANN (1810\u201356)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andante and Variations, Op. 46 (1843)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Piano works by Ferdinand HILLER (1811\u201385), Stephen HELLER (1813\u201388); and Louis Moreau GOTTSCHALK (1829\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUMMER SOIR\u00c9E<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, August 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blithewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM NINE: An Evening with the Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, August 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sosnoff Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6 pm preconcert talk: Christopher H. Gibbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 pm performance: American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director (<em>plus livestream<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Waverley <\/em>Overture, Op. 1 (1827)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gioachino ROSSINI (1792\u20131868)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overture to <em>William Tell <\/em>(1829)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louise FARRENC (1804\u201375)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36 (1847)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joachim RAFF (1822\u201382)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Symphony No. 10 in F minor, \u201cIn Autumn,\u201d Op. 213 (1879)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM TEN: Berlioz\u2019s Transformation of the World of Sound<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday, August 18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olin Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11 am preconcert talk: Richard Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:30am performance: Anna Polonsky, piano; New Hudson Saxophone Quartet; Bard Festival Wind Ensemble; and others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector BERLIOZ (1803\u201369)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Chant sacr\u00e9<\/em> (arr. 1844)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jean-Baptiste ARBAN (1825\u201389)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fantaisie and Variations on <em>The Carnival of Venice<\/em> (1861)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard STRAUSS (1864\u20131949)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andante, op. posth. 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