Full Concert: Weber & “Laterna Magica”
In this April 6, 2025 concert livestreamed from the Fisher Center at Bard, TŌN and conductor Leon Botstein perform a program of dazzling and colorful music by three European composers. The concert begins with Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica, inspired by the autobiography of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Then the orchestra is joined by clarinetist Miles Wazni, a winner of the 2023 Bard Conservatory Concerto Competition, for Carl Maria von Weber’s virtuosic Clarinet Concerto No. 2. The program closes with the scintillating and revelatory third symphony of French composer Albéric Magnard.
0:24 Introductory remarks by TŌN cellist Sam Boundy
4:29 Kaija Saariaho: Laterna Magica
>Read concert notes by TŌN percussionist Philip Drembus
31:10 Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Miles Wazni, clarinet
>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Carlos Torres
55:51 Introductory remarks by TŌN bassoonist Miranda Macias
1:00:14 Albéric Magnard: Symphony No. 3
>Read concert notes by Adrian Corleonis