Charles Ives’ America

  • Nov 21, 2024 at 7 PM
  • Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Program & Artists

All-Ives Program
The Fourth of July from the Holidays Symphony
Central Park in the Dark
Orchestral Set No. 2
Symphony No. 2
Plus performances of songs quoted in Ives’ music

Leon Botstein conductor
William Sharp baritone
Donald Berman piano
J. Peter Burkholder host

Tickets

  • From $29 ($25 + $4 fee)

Part of TŌN’s Carnegie Hall series
Part of the festival Charles Ives at 150

6 PM Pre-concert talk with Leon Botstein, J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Berman, and William Sharp
7 PM Performance

Leon Botstein and TŌN celebrate the sesquicentennial of one of the most quintessential American composers, Charles Ives. With baritone William Sharp and preeminent Ives scholar J. Peter Burkholder, this program explores the way the composer created unique works from familiar tunes. Before each piece, Sharp and the orchestra will highlight these classic songs, including “Bringing in the Sheaves” and “Wake Nicodemus”. The concert is preceded by a 6 PM talk with Botstein, Sharp, Burkholder, and Berman, free for all ticket holders.

Charles Ives at 150 constitutes one of four Ives sesquicentenary celebrations supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Music Unwound is a consortium of orchestras and educational institutions directed by Joseph Horowitz.

Concert Details

6 PM: Pre-concert panel discussion with Leon Botstein, William Sharp, J. Peter Burkholder, and Donald Berman

>Read the concert program

Remarks throughout by Ives scholar J. Peter Burkholder

Performances of songs quoted in Ives’ music performed before each piece by baritone William Sharp and pianist Donald Berman

Charles Ives The Fourth of July from the Holidays Symphony
6 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN tuba player Tyler Woodbury

Central Park in the Dark
8 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Haley Maurer Gillia

Orchestral Set No. 2
16 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Haley Schricker

Intermission
20 min

Symphony No. 2
38 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Emerie Mon

All timings are approximate. 

Sample the Music

Charles Ives The Fourth of July from the Holidays Symphony

Charles Ives Central Park in the Dark

Charles Ives Orchestral Set No. 2

Charles Ives Symphony No. 2

Photo: The Orchestra Now by David DeNee

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