Description
Each Wednesday, for as long as live performances are not possible, the ASO will release a recording of a past performance from our archives. Content will alternate weekly between live video recordings of SummerScape operas and audio recordings from previous ASO concerts that you can enjoy in your home.
We are grateful to the ASO’s orchestra committee, the American Federation of Musicians, Bard’s SummerScape festival, and the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts who worked with us to make this content available.
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Recordings will remain available for free streaming for 45 days after their release date during the current pandemic
Recent Performances
Africa, Suite For Orchestra
May 27, 2020
Online
Operas, symphonies, concerti, chamber music, art songs, film scores, popular music—William Grant Still embraced all of America’s music, and ranks among the greatest American composers. Rivaled only by Leonard Bernstein…
The Miracle of Heliane
May 27, 2020
Online
Set in an unnamed totalitarian state, The Miracle of Heliane (Das Wunder der Heliane) features an intricate, erotic triangle between a ruthless despot, The Ruler; his beautiful and neglected wife, Heliane; and…
Symphony No. 6
May 20, 2020
Online
Although Nikolai Miaskovsky is among the most unknown and rarely performed composers today, he was regarded as leading a Russian symphonist during his lifetime. After an early education in the…
Composer in Context: Sergey Taneyev
May 13, 2020
Online
A highly gifted pianist and composer, Taneyev was a protégé and champion of Tchaikovsky’s, serving as a soloist in early performances of the older composer’s piano concertos. Taneyev was one…
Violin Concerto No. 1
May 6, 2020
Online
Nowadays unjustly neglected, Neoclassical composer Walter Piston is often praised for his individuality and disciplined handling of material, which is highly evident in Violin Concerto No. 1. In his youth, Piston taught himself how to…
The Love of Danae
April 29, 2020
Online
In this unjustly neglected late opera by Richard Strauss, the powerful god Jupiter and King Midas compete for the love of the beautiful Danae. The story of The Love of…
Symphony No. 1
April 22, 2020
Online
Roger Sessions, a composer with a profound impact on the American musical scene post-World War II, completed his first symphony in 1927, at the age of thirty. This early three-movement…
Recent Performances
Africa, Suite For Orchestra
May 27, 2020
Online
Operas, symphonies, concerti, chamber music, art songs, film scores, popular music—William Grant Still embraced all of America’s music, and ranks among the greatest American composers. Rivaled only by Leonard Bernstein…
The Miracle of Heliane
May 27, 2020
Online
Set in an unnamed totalitarian state, The Miracle of Heliane (Das Wunder der Heliane) features an intricate, erotic triangle between a ruthless despot, The Ruler; his beautiful and neglected wife, Heliane; and…
Symphony No. 6
May 20, 2020
Online
Although Nikolai Miaskovsky is among the most unknown and rarely performed composers today, he was regarded as leading a Russian symphonist during his lifetime. After an early education in the…
Composer in Context: Sergey Taneyev
May 13, 2020
Online
A highly gifted pianist and composer, Taneyev was a protégé and champion of Tchaikovsky’s, serving as a soloist in early performances of the older composer’s piano concertos. Taneyev was one…
Violin Concerto No. 1
May 6, 2020
Online
Nowadays unjustly neglected, Neoclassical composer Walter Piston is often praised for his individuality and disciplined handling of material, which is highly evident in Violin Concerto No. 1. In his youth, Piston taught himself how to…
The Love of Danae
April 29, 2020
Online
In this unjustly neglected late opera by Richard Strauss, the powerful god Jupiter and King Midas compete for the love of the beautiful Danae. The story of The Love of…
Symphony No. 1
April 22, 2020
Online
Roger Sessions, a composer with a profound impact on the American musical scene post-World War II, completed his first symphony in 1927, at the age of thirty. This early three-movement…
