Full Concert: Charles Ives’ America
In this November 17, 2024 performance livestreamed from the Fisher Center at Bard, conductor Leon Botstein and TŌN celebrate the sesquicentennial of one of the most quintessential American composers, Charles Ives. With host and preeminent Ives scholar J. Peter Burkholder, baritone William Sharp, and pianist Donald Berman, this program explores the way the composer created unique works from familiar tunes. Before each piece, Sharp and the orchestra highlight these classic songs, including “Bringing in the Sheaves” and “Wake Nicodemus”.
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2:20 “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”
9:49 Charles Ives The Fourth of July from the Holidays Symphony
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17:41 Remarks by conductor Leon Botstein
20:51 Charles Ives Central Park in the Dark
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32:20 “Bringing in the Sheaves”
33:19 “I Hear They Welcome Voice”
37:27 “In the Sweet By and By”
38:54 Charles Ives Orchestral Set No. 2
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58:49 “Pigtown Fling”
1:02:07 “Wake Nicodemus”
1:04:33 “Where, O Where Are the Verdant Freshmen?”
1:09:34 “Old Black Joe”
1:12:32 “The Circus Band”
1:15:38 Remarks by conductor Leon Botstein
1:19:55 Charles Ives Symphony No. 2
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