Mozart’s Serenade No. 12

Bard College Conservatory of Music, May Releases, Music

Mozart’s Serenade No. 12 Dance & Music – 7 min When composing his serenade between 1781 and 1782, Mozart wanted to tackle the genre in his own way. There is no definitive reason why he might have composed this one the way he did, one possibility was to...

Thinking Like a Mountain by the Shanghai Symphony in China

Music, Planet Classroom

Thinking Like a Mountain by the Shanghai Symphony in China Dance & Music – 17 min Thinking Like a Mountain combines Aldo Leopold’s reflections on nature with Victoria Bond’s evocative composition. Filmed during a performance by the Shanghai Symphony in...

Prokofiev Violin Duo with Ida Kavafian and Luosha Fang

Bard College Conservatory of Music, Music

Prokofiev Violin Duo with Ida Kavafian and Luosha Fang Music – 6 min The duo of Ida Kavafian (left) and Luosha Fang (right) bring us a piece from Russian composer and pianist, Sergei Prokofiev, the Sonata for Two Violins. The piece was written for an inaugural...

Handel Aria Project

Bard College Conservatory of Music, Dance & Music, Music

Handel Aria Project Dance & Music – 2 hrs The Bard Baroque Ensemble and Graduate Vocal Arts Program present music from Baroque composer, George Frideric Handel. 14 solo vocalists exquisitely take the audience through a selection of Handel’s beloved Arias,...

Etude in B Minor, No. 10 Op. 25 – Chopin

Bard College Conservatory of Music, Dance & Music, Music

Etude in B Minor, No. 10 Op. 25 – Chopin Music – 4 min This short, solo piano etude from Frédéric Chopin should not be ignored despite its 4 minute length. This study focuses on legato octave phrases played in multiple tempos, and requires expert knowledge...

Schubertiade: “Im Frühling”

Bard College Conservatory of Music, Dance & Music, Music

Schubertiade: “Im Früling” Dance & Music – 14 min  “Im Frühling”, which translates to “In Spring”, is a Lied from early-17th century German composer Franz Schubert, and is set to Ernst Schulze’s poem “On the 31st of March 1815”.  This...

Trois Ballades de Francois Villon – Debussy

Dance & Music, Music

Trois Ballades de Francois Villon – Debussy Dance & Music – 13 min  Claude Debussy’s “Trois Ballades de François Villon” is a 13 minute voice and piano ballad in three parts about a fictional French poet. The first part is his reaction to the anger...

Le Charme, Ernest Chausson

Bard College Conservatory of Music, Music

Le Charme, Ernest Chausson Music – 3 min In this musical cover, opera singer Hailey McAvoy sings the composition Le Charme by French composer Ernest Chausson. Singing this French melody accompanied by pianist Bethany Pietronire, this composition beautifully...

Sous le Ciel de Paris

Bard College Conservatory of Music, Music

Sous le Ciel de Paris Music – 4 min From Bard alumni comes a beautiful rendition of a classic song. Alums AddieRose and Edward Forstman perform Sous le Ciel de Paris (Under the Sky of Paris)  by Hubert Giraud and Jean Dréjac. The song originates from a 1951...

Eternal Sorrow of Lin’an

Bard College Conservatory of Music, Music

Eternal Sorrow of Lin’an Music – 2 min Bard alumna Yixin Wang of Bard College’s USChina Music institute performs Eternal Sorrow of Lin’an on the guzheng. The guzheng is the most commonly played instrument in China and can have up to 26 strings. Yixin’s beautiful...