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Aston Magna 2008 Summer Festival:
Summer Festival:
Celebrating 36 Years of Great Music Making
Join us for a Series of 15 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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| Children, Students, Seniors and "Make your own series" discounts: |
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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.
- Senior tickets for The Daniel Arts Center and The
Clark are $30.00, and may be ordered in advance.
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"Make your own series": If you purchase full-priced tickets to three, four or five different concerts at the Daniel Arts Center at Simon's Rock College in Great Barrington during the 2008 summer series you will receive a $2.50 discount per ticket which will be reflected at checkout.
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The Young Mendelssohn
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Early masterworks: The Octet for Strings, the String Quintet in A minor, and a String Symphony composed at age 12. Musicians will include Daniel Stepner, Linda Quan, and Julie Leven, violin; David Miller and Laura Jeppesen, viola; and Loretta O'Sullivan and Guy Fishman, violoncello.
- June 27, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- June 28, 5:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
- June 29, 3:00 P.M.: The Clark
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Fourth of July Celebration
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Music from Thomas Jefferson's Library including selections form the Beggar's Opera and works by American and European composers with soprano Sharon Baker; Daniel Stepner, violin; and John Gibbons, harpsichord.
- July 4, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- July 5, 5:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
- July 6, 3:00 P.M.: The Clark
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J. S. Bach: The Art of the Fugue, complete
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Performers will include Daniel Stepner, violin; David Miller, viola; Loretta O'Sullivan, violoncello; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Christopher Krueger, flute; Stephen Hammer, oboe; Michael McGraw, bassoon; and John Gibbons, harpsichord.
- July 11, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- July 12, 5:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
- July 13, 3:00 P.M.: The Clark
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"Awake, Sweet Love"
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English Consort songs. Music of Dowland, Byrd and Gibbons. Presented by Roberta Anderson, soprano, and Sarah Cunningham, Jane Hershey, Laura Jeppesen, and Emily Walhout, viol.
- July 18, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- July 19, 5:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
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Music from the Russian Baroque
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Guest artists Steven Fox and the Clarion Music Society.
Opera excerpts and chamber music.
- July 25, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- July 26, 5:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
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The Operatic art of Monteverdi's late madrigals
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Selections from Books 7 and 8 of Monteverdi's Concerted Madrigals, featuring a semi-staged mini-drama, II Combattimento di Tancredo e Clorinda.
Singers will include Kristin Watson and Dominique Labelle, soprano; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo soprano; Frank Kelley and William Hite, tenor; and David Ripley, bass. Daniel Stepner will lead an ensemble that will feature Julie Leven, violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola and viola da gamba; Loretta O' Sullivan, violoncello; Anne Trout, bass; Peter Sykes, harpsichord and organ; and Catherine Liddell, theorbo.
- August 1, 8:00 P.M.: Olin Auditorium
- August 2, 5:00 P.M.: The Daniel Arts Center
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In 2008 Aston Magna presents its 36th 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 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. 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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