A Bernstein Celebration (PS21 SEASON GALA)
July 7, 2007 8:00 pm
The COLUMBIA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA is coming together again after four years of dormancy to perform an all-Bernstein concert featuring excerpts and orchestral suites from West Side Story and Candide. 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening on Broadway of West Side Story and the 51st anniversary of Candide.
“A Bernstein Celebration”
Saturday, July 7 at 8 pm (PS21 GALA)
$75 general admission/$150 includes reserved seating & reception
Sunday, July 8 at 2 pm (MATINEE)
$40/$35 members of PS21
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The Tent at PS21
Rte 66, Chatham, NY
Directions
Columbia Festival Orchestra
Gwen Gould, conductor
Amanda Boyd, soprano
Mary Deyerle Hack, mezzo-soprano
Alan Schneider, tenor
Vocal Ensemble Members:
Barbara Eckhaus, mezzo-soprano
John Davey, tenor
Steve Dahlin, bass
Steven Marking, bass
PROGRAM
From Candide:
Overture
Orchestral Suite
Make our Garden Grow
I Am Easily Assimilated
Glitter and Be Gay
From West Side Story:
Maria
One Hand, One Heart
Somewhere
Balcony Scene
Symphonic Dances
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The appearance of Nancy Allen Lundy, Amanda Boyd and Mary Deyerle Hack is funded (in part) by Diamond Opera Theater through a grant from the Decentralization Program of NYSCA, administered through the Twin Counties Cultural Fund in Columbia County by CCCA.
August 6th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
(Her letter was published in the Independent and the Register Star)
To the editor:
After last weekend’s incredible performance by the Columbia Festival Orchestra at PS/21 in Chatham, I just have to thank everyone who played a role in bringing that amazing event to us:
Gwen Gould and all her musicians, including of course the extraordinary vocalists;
Judy Grunberg and all the volunteers who helped make the event come off;
Everyone who’s helped support the CFO and PS/21 in any way, shape, or form;
Leonard Bernstein (why not?) and whatever energies conspired to compel him to create that magical music; and
The authors, traditionally acknowledged and otherwise, who brought us the stories behind Candide and West Side Story.
What a gift that evening was. I was humbled by it. Thanks, many times over, to all of you. Encore!
Virginia Martin, Claverack