October
Music Highlights
Sa
10/13: Ralph Stanley at Club Helsinki, Great Barrington, Ma- Though
most true bluegrass aficionados are intimately familiar with the
much-revered Ralph Stanley [of the seminal Stanley Brothers], most
folks these days know him as the voice behind the performance of
“O Death” in the Coen Bros’ movie O, Brother,
Where Art Thou? A Library of Congress Living Legend, as well as
inductee into the Grand Old Opry, Stanley brings his regal demeanor
and legendary voice to Club Helsinki, ably backed by the Clinch
Mountain Boys for a rare club appearance. 284 Main St., Great Barrington
MA, www.clubhelsinki.com,
413.528.3394, 413.528.8418, 9 PM.
Fr
& Sa 10/26-27: Elgar and His World [weekend iii] wiTh The American
Symphony Orchestra, Fisher Center [Sosnof Theatre], Bard COllege-
The third and final weekend of the 18th Annual Bard Music Festival
[subtitled “Nostalgia, Patriotism, and Aesthetic Ideals”],
this year focusing on Edward Elgar [1857-1934], starts with “Absolute
and Program Music: English Music at the Turn of the Century.”
Students might be momentarily confused at the start, when the American
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, kicks in with Elgar’s
graduation classic Pomp and Circumstance Op. 39, No.1, in D Major,
followed by his The Sanguine Fan, Op.81, and Symphony No.1 in A-flat
Major, and Charles Villiers Stanford’s Violin Concerto in
D Major, Op.74, featuring Shawn Moore on violin. 7 PM [preconcert
talk], 8 PM performance. Saturday features Bard faculty and students,
with Elgar: Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84, John Ireland: Sonata
for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Frank Bridge: String Quartet No.1
in E Minor,”Bologna”, and Ralph Vaughan Williams: On
Wenlock Edge, for tenor, string quartet, and piano. 2:30 PM [pre-concert
talk], 3 PM performance. www.fishercenter.bard.edu,
845.758.7950, B.O. 845.758.7900.
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