Bard Summerscape, Bard College, Fisher Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, www.fishercenter.bard.edu
Weekend One: A Musical Mirror of the 20th Century
August 8–10
Weekend Two: Against Uncertainty, Uniformity, Mechanization: Music in the Mid-20th Century
August 14–17
The Bard Music Festival returns with an intensive two-week exploration of Martinů and His World. In eleven themed concerts featuring its boldest and most adventurous programming to date, the festival’s 35th season examines the life and times of Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959), the 20th century’s foremost Czech composer, whose music is nonetheless largely unfamiliar to U.S. audiences today.
