Donald Berman's deep exploration of Charles Ives' piano works started when he was still in college, as he spent three years studying with the great John Kirkpatrick. Berman was the last person Kirkpatrick took on as a student. It was Kirkpatrick who gave the New York premiere of Ives' Concord Sonata at Town Hall in New York City in 1939, and who assembled all of Ives' manuscripts to be housed at the Yale Music Library, where they now reside.
Donald Berman has a new recording out of the Concord Sonata of Charles Ives and is part of a week-long festival celebrating the Ives Sesquicentennial at Bard College, and he spoke with us about all of that and more.
EVENTS
IVES AND THE PIANO
Sat, Nov 9 at 6 PM at Olin Hall on the Bard College campus
Recital, readings, artwork, and discussion
Featuring Donald Berman, Leon Botstein, Kyle Gann, and Joseph Horowitz
Free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary.
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CHARLES IVES: A LIFE IN MUSIC
Sat, Nov 16 at 5 PM and Sun, Nov 17 at 12 PM at Olin Hall on the Bard College campus
Scripted playlet with songs and commentary
Featuring William Sharp, Donald Berman, Richard Aldous, J. Peter Burkholder, Kyle Gann, and Joseph Horowitz
Free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary.
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CHARLES IVES’ AMERICA
Sat, Nov 16 at 7 PM and Sun, Nov 17 at 2 PM at the Fisher Center at Bard
Orchestral concert including performances of songs quoted in Ives’ music, followed by a discussion
Featuring The Orchestra Now (TŌN), Leon Botstein, William Sharp, J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Berman, and Joseph Horowitz
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