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Aston Magna 2009 Summer Festival:
Summer Festival:
Celebrating 37 Years of Great Music Making
Join us for a Series of 11 Concerts at Three Venues:
- The Daniel Arts Center, Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, MA
- The Olin Auditorium, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
- The Sterling And Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
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All concerts at all venues will have a pre-concert lecture one hour prior to concert time included in the price of the ticket.
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| IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION |
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- Tickets and information for the Olin Auditorium concerts are available by contacting Bard directly at 845-758-7425.
- Tickets and information for the Daniel Arts Center concerts and The Clark concerts are available by calling 413-528-3595 or 800-875-7156 or by purchasing online.
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| In addition to mail- and online-ordering, tickets
can be purchased at the following outlets:
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- Single tickets for The Daniel Arts Center (only)
will be on sale after June 15 at Bill’s Pharmacy,
362 Main Street, Great Barrington
- Tickets to The Clark may be purchased at The
Clark box office and gift shop
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| Ticket Prices: |
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For the Daniel Art Center, Single Tickets are $35.00 each. (Senior tickets are $25.00 and may be ordered in advance.) Subscriptions to all four concerts are $120.00. Subscriptions to two concerts are also available for $65.00.
- For the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Single Tickets are $35.00 each. (Senior tickets and Clark member tickets are $25.00 each and may be ordered in advance.) Subscriptions to all three concerts are $90.00.
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| Discount Ticket Prices for Children and Students: |
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Up to two children, ages 6 to 12, may attend The
Daniel Arts Center and the Clark concerts free
with each paid adult ticket.
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Student rush seats, priced at $10.00, are available
at the door 30 minutes before concert time on
performance days at the Daniel Arts Center and
the Clark.
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Celebrating Josef Haydn (1732-1809) and Bach
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Haydn: String Quartet Op. 33, No. 1
Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, Cantata for soprano and strings
J.S. Bach: Wedding Cantata
Heitor Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Dominique Labelle, soprano; Stephen Hammer, baroque oboe; String quintet and harpsichord
- June 26, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- June 27, 6:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
- June 28, 3:00 P.M.: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
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John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728) and selected Handel arias
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The satirical operetta in which 18th century political realities, economic meltdowns and Handel operas are royally skewered.
Nancy Armstrong, soprano; Kristen Watson, soprano; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; David Ripley, baritone and Robert Honeysucker, baritone; with a chamber ensemble led by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner
- July 3, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- July 4, 6:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
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Baroque Narratives
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Vivaldi: La Tempesta
Tartini: The Devil's Trill Sonata
Rameau: La Rameau, and other musical portraits
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
J.S. Bach: Cappricio on the departure of a beloved brother
John Gibbons, harpsichord; Christopher Krueger, baroque flute; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Jane Starkman, violin, Loretta O'Sullivan, cello
- July 10, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- July 11, 6:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
- July 12, 3:00 P.M.: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
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Music in the time of Goya (1746-1828)
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Spanish and Italian music in the late baroque, classical and early romantic world, with visual projections of paintings by Goya. Music of Fernando Sor, Luigi Boccherini, Rodriguez de Leon and Francois de Fossa.
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Richard Savino, guest director and guitarist; Jennifer Ellis, soprano; with a chamber ensemble led by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner
- July 17, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- July 18, 6:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
- July 19, 3:00 P.M.: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
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In 2009 Aston Magna presents its 37th season in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. This is the oldest annual summer festival in America devoted to music performed on period instruments. Under the direction of Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director, Aston Magna's performances aim to interpret the music of the past as the composer imagined it. Aston Magna has been recognized internationally for nearly three decades for its contributions to the popularization of early music performed using historically accurate instruments and performance practices.
All Saturday concerts take place at the air conditioned Daniel Arts Center at Simon's Rock College in Great Barrington, MA. at 6:00 pm. with a pre-concert lecture at 5:00 pm.
Each concert program is also performed on the previous Friday evening at Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY at 8:00 pm with a pre-concert lecture at 7:00 pm.
Aston Magna is pleased to announce an expansion of its summer offerings to northern Berkshire County with three Sunday afternoons at 3:00 pm at The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown with a pre-concert lecture at 2:00 pm. The Clark offers ample parking, air conditioning and full accessibility. It boasts an outstanding collection of French Impressionist, American, and Old Master paintings, in intimate galleries surrounded by 140 acres of lawns, woods and trails. The museum is open on Sundays prior to the concert time -- a perfect setting for making a day of it, with a stroll through the galleries, lunch at The Clark cafe and a concert.
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Aston Magna concerts are supported by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and the
Friends of Aston Magna.
Aston Magna at Bard is made possible by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts.
For additional information call 800-875-7156, or send mail to
Aston Magna (astonmagna@optonline.net)
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