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Attention Prefrosh!
Interested in learning more about the music scene at Harvard? Check out our Prefrosh section, complete with BachSoc FAQ and a guide to music at Harvard. In addition, if you're here for Prefrosh weekend, come find us at the Activities Fair from 3-5PM on Saturday, April 26th at the Student Organization Center at Hilles in the Quad.
Upcoming Concert
in conjunction with the Dunster House Opera Society
Saturday, May 10th, 2008, 8PM
Sunday, May 11th, 2008, 3PM
The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Copland The Tender Land, opera in 3 acts
Aram Demirjian '08, Music Director
Matt Coriel '05, Dramatic Advisor
Melinda Biocchi '08, Laurie Moss
Meghan McLoughlin '09, Ma Moss
Jonathan Roberts '09, Grandpa Moss
Noah Van Niel '08, Martin
Davone Tines '09, Top
Katie Schick '10, Beth Moss
James Onstad '09, Mr. Splinters
Megan Amram '10, Mrs. Splinters
Sam Linden '10, Mr. Jenks
Eva Schlitz '09, Mrs. Jenks
Featuring musicians from the Bach Society Orchestra
Commissioned in 1953 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Aaron Copland's masterpiece, The Tender Land, is one of the finest and most underrated works in the American repertoire. Set to Copland's delicate and beautiful score, it is the a touching and poignant story of a Depression Era rural Midwestern family, the Mosses. Laurie Moss, the eldest daughter, is on the eve of her high school graduation when her path is unexpectedly altered with the arrival of two drifters seeking work in her isolated farm town. The revelation of her romance with one of them, Martin, forces her family and neighbors to confront their prejudices against outsiders and Laurie to face the loss of innocence that comes with growing up. Composed at the height of the McCarthy Era, this opera is both an allegory of the xenophobia that every American generation seems to face and a love story of romance and family.
Tickets are $10/$5 students, and are available at the Harvard Box Office and at the door.
4.22.08 - Sneak Peeks at BachSoc's 2008-09 Season
BachSoc's 55th season, under the direction of music director John Sullivan '09, will feature an exciting range of Classical, Romantic and 20th century repertoire. Highlights of the season include Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 with violinist Rachel Lee '10; two masterpieces from Beethoven's middle period: the Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60, and the Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61, with BachSoc concertmaster Alex Shiozaki '09; and the final symphonies of Haydn (D major, No. 104, "London"), Mozart (C major, No. 41, "Jupiter"), and Brahms (E minor, No. 4, Op. 98). The season will also feature such diverse works as Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, and Finzi's Eclogue for piano and strings with Bach Soc pianist Jen Chen '11, as well as the winners of the annual composition and concerto competitions. Keep checking our website, as more details will come soon!
03.12.08 - New Music Director Announced
After interviews and podium auditions, the orchestra elected John Sullivan '09 to be the Music Director of BachSoc for the 2008-09 season. John, a native of Cambridge, has served as Music Director of the Dunster House Opera for the past two years and sings with the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir. You can read more about John here. Stay tuned for more updates about our 55th season!
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