Concert Performances

Ives’ “Central Park in the Dark”

TŌN, conducted by Leon Botstein, performs Charles Ives’ Central Park in the Dark in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on November 17, 2024.

Charles Ives
Born: 10/20/1874 in Danbury, CT
Died: 5/19/1954 at age 79 in New York City

Written: c. 1909, at age 34; revised 1936
Premiered: c. 1907–08, as per Ives’ recollection
First documented performance: 5/11/1946 at the McMillin Theatre at Columbia University; Juilliard Graduate School student orchestra; Theodore Bloomfield conductor

>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Haley Maurer Gillia