Bard College Conservatory of Music Presents

SIGNS, GAMES, AND MESSAGES 2025: A KURTÁG FESTIVAL
Program Two:
Piano Marathon,
Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos (Book 4, 5 and 6)

Program Two:
Piano Marathon

BARTÓK’S MIKROKOSMOS (BOOKS 4, 5, and 6)
PERFORMED BY STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF THE CONSERVATORY

Béla Bartok (1881-1945)
Selections from Mikrokosmos (Books 4, 5, and 6)

Book 4

Notturno
Honor Doran

Thumb Under
Hasti Safaei

Crossed Hands
Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni

In the Style of a Folk Song
Hongfan Su

Diminished Fifth
Francis Huang

Harmonics
Sophia Cornicello

Minor and Major
Linus Ramakrishnan

Through the Keys
Playsong
Ivy Chen

Children's Song
Evie Tourtelot

Melody in the Mist
Marcos Castilla

Wrestling
Juliette Benveniste

From the Island of Bali
Alexandra Balog

Clashing Sounds
Oskar Baron

Intermezzo
Andrew Altrock

Variations on a Folk Tune
Chelsea Yang

Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
Xinri Zhang

Theme and Inversion 
Yujia Yang

Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
Ivy Chen

Song
Bourrée
Triplets in 9/8 Time   
Marcos Castilla

Dance in 3/4 Time
Fifth Chords
Two-Part Study
Francis Huang

Book 5

Chords Together and Opposed
Staccato and Legato
Staccato
Juliette Benveniste

Boating
Fiona Boak-Kelly

Change of Time
Hasti Safaei

New Hungarian Folk Song
Hasti Safaei
Maggie Yang

Peasant Dance
Hasti Safaei

Alternating Thirds
Village Joke
Fourths
Andrew Altrock

Major Seconds Broken and Together
Syncopation
Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni

Studies in Double Notes
Perpetuum Mobile
Whole-tone Scale
Sophia Cornicello

Unison
Bagpipe
Merry Andrew
Ivy Chen

Book 6

Free Variations
Xinri Zhang

Subject and Reflection
Chelsea Yang

From the Diary of a Fly
Alexandra Balog

Divided Arpeggios
Frank Corliss

Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths
Francis Huang

Chromatic Invention
Yujia Yang

Ostinato
Saoirse Doran

March
Hongfan Su

Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm
Terrence Wilson

(Timing: Approximately 70-75 minutes, no intermission).


This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Live stream this event on the Conservatory YouTube channel HERE

This festival has been permanently endowed through the generous support of László Z. Bitó '60 and Olivia Cariño.
 

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Download: BCOM_Kurta?g 2025_ConcertProgram FINAL.pdf

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu.

Time: 2:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space

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