Bard Music Festival

The 34th Bard Music Festival will explore the life and work of Hector Berlioz, one of the defining Romantic composers of the 19th century. The festival, split over two weekends in August (Aug. 9–11 and Aug. 15–18) features a broad schedule of programs and panel discussions.

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Bard Music Festival 2024 Schedule

Aug. 9

“Staging the Musical Imagination,” performance, Sosnoff Theater, 7 p.m.

Aug. 10

“Revolutionary Life in a Revolutionary Era,” panel discussion, Olin Hall, 10 a.m.

“Anxieties of Influence: Models, Teachers, and Classmates,” pre-concert talk and performance, Olin Hall, 1 p.m.

“The Sounds of a Nation: Patriotism and Antiquity,” pre-concert talk and performance, Sosnoff Theater, 6 p.m.

Aug. 11

“Chansons, Romances et Melodies: Vocal Music from Cosmopolitan Paris,” performance with commentary, Olin Hall, 11 a.m.

“Women in Berlioz’s Circle,” pre-concert talk and performance, Sosnoff Theater, 2:30 p.m.

Aug. 15

“Sacred Music in France,” performance, Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, 7 p.m.

Aug. 16

“Sacred Music in France,” performance, Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, 3 p.m.

“Berlioz: The Composer as Writer,” pre-concert talk and performance, Sosnoff Theater, 6:30 p.m.

Aug. 17

“Romanticism and Literature,” panel discussion, Olin Hall, 10 a.m.

“Literary Romanticisms,” pre-concert talk and performance, Olin Hall, 1 p.m.

Summer Soiree, Blithewood, 3:30 p.m.

“An Evening with the Orchestra,” pre-concert talk and performance, Sosnoff Theater, 7 p.m.

Aug. 18

“Berlioz’s Transformation of the World of Sound,” pre-concert talk and performance, Olin Hall, 11 a.m.

“Faust and the Spirit of the 19th Century,” pre-concert talk and performance, Sosnoff Theater, 2 p.m.