Thanks to our loyal friends and some welcome newcomers, our Annual Fall Benefit Concert at Joan Davidson’s beautiful Germantown estate was a great success! It was a beautiful day, the Bard Conservatory musicians organized by our estimable Advisory Director Joan Tower were spectacular, and we trust all enjoyed their performance and the after-concert refreshments.
The Benefit Concert was produced by Golden Baton recipient Joan Tower and featured talented Bard Conservatory students performing the following program:
String Duo No.1 in G Major, K423 (1783) . . . Mozart
Gitta Marko, violin
Joe Burke, viola
Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita BWV 1008 (1720) . . . Bach
Joe Burke, viola
Duos for Two Violins (1931) . . . Bartok
Gitta Marko and Nina Wong Sin, violins
String Quartet No. 12 in F Major- “American” (1893) . . . Dvorak
ii. Lento
iv. Finale: vivace ma non troppo
Nina Wong Sin, violin
Yinglin Zhou, violin
Joe Burke, viola
Clare Bradford, cello