Supported by the NEH as part of the “Music Unwound” consortium
Curated by Joseph Horowitz and J. Peter Burkholder
BREVARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
July 15 to 19, 2024
Monday, July 15: “Charles Ives: A Life in Music” with baritone William Sharp and pianist Steven Mayer
- Wednesday, July 17: The Concord Sonata with Michael Chertock
- Friday, July 18: Orchestra (Delta David Gier, conductor): Symphony No. 2, with source tunes
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Bloomington, IN
September 30 to October 8, 2024
Multiple events every day with many participating scholars; for a full schedule: go.iu.edu/ives
Highlights include:
- Monday, Sept. 30 at 8 pm: “Charles Ives: A Life in Music” with baritone William Sharp and pianist Steven Mayer
- Tuesday, Oct. 1 and 8 pm: Band Showcase
- Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 8 pm: The Four Violin Sonatas with Stefan Jackiw and Jeremy Denk
- Thursday, Oct. 3 at 5 pm: “Performing the Concord Sonata” with Jeremy Denk, Gilbert Kalish, and Steven Mayer
- Thursday, Oct. 3 at 8 pm: Chamber and Chamber Orchestra Works
- Friday, Oct. 4 at 8 pm: The Ives String Quartets with the Pacifica Quartet
- Saturday, Oct. 5 at 4 pm: Chamber Orchestra (Jeffery Meyer, conductor): Symphony No. 3, with source tunes; Piano Sonata No. 1 with Gilbert Kalish
- Saturday, Oct. 5 at 8 pm: Philharmonic Orchestra (Arthur Fagen, conductor): Three Pieces in New England (premiere of visual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff), Symphony No. 2, with source tunes
- Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2 pm: The Concord Sonata with Steven Mayer
- Monday, Oct. 7 at 8 pm: Ives Songs and the Music that Inspired Them
- Tuesday, Oct 8 at 8 pm: Ives Sacred Choral Music
TICKETS: All events free of charge but registration is recommended: go.iu.edu/ives
BARD COLLEGE/CARNEGIE HALL
Red Hook, NY
November 9 to 21, 2024
- Saturday, Nov. 9 at 6 pm (Bard College): The Concord Sonata and short piano pieces with Donald Berman, Leon Botstein, Kyle Gann, and Joseph Horowitz
- Saturday/Sunday, Nov. 16 at 5 pm and Nov. 17 at noon (Bard College): “Charles Ives: A Life in Music” with baritone William Sharp and pianist Donald Berman
- Saturday/Sunday, Nov. 16 at 7 pm and Nov. 17 at 2 pm (Bard College): The Orchestra Now (Leon Botstein, conductor): Symphony No. 2 and shorter pieces, with source tunes
- Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 pm (Carnegie Hall): The Orchestra Now (Leon Botstein, conductor): Symphony No. 2 and shorter pieces, with source tunes
TICKETS: Nov. 9 and “Charles Ives: A Life in Music” (Nov. 16 and 17): free of charge
Tickets for The Orchestra Now (TŌN) Bard College concerts (Nov. 16 and 17): ton.bard.edu/events/ives
Tickets for The Orchestra Now (TŌN) Carnegie Hall concert (Nov. 21): ton.bard.edu/events/america
CHICAGO SINFONIETTA/ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
Normal, IL
February 19 to 22, 2025
- Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7 pm (Normal Theater): Film screening: Charles Ives’ America
- Thursday, Feb. 20 at 11 am (Kemp Recital Hall, Centennial East, ISU): “Charles Ives: A Life in Music” with baritone Sidney Outlaw and pianist Steven Mayer; commentary by Peter Burkholder, Joseph Horowitz, and Alan Lessoff
- Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 pm (Kemp Recital Hall): “Ives, Transcendentalism, and the Concord Sonata” with pianist Steven Mayer, readings by Sidney Outlaw, and commentary by Peter Burkholder, Joseph Horowitz, and Alan Lessoff
- Friday, Feb. 21 at 11 am (Kemp Recital Hall): “Charles Ives and the Gilded Age,” lecture by Joseph Horowitz, with commentary by Alan Lessoff
- Saturday, Feb. 22 at 6 pm (Mandel Hall, University of Chicago): Pre-concert Ives recital by baritone Sidney Outlaw and pianist Steven Mayer
- Saturday, Feb. 22 at 7 pm (Mandel Hall): “Charles Ives’s America,” Chicago Sinfonietta, conducted by Mei-Ann Chen, with visual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff
TICKETS: All ISU events free of charge
Tickets for Chicago Sinfonietta: chicagosinfonietta.org/february-2025-charles-ives-america