O’Connor has recorded for Arcadia, CRI, Koch International, and Bridge Records. She continues to perform regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Orpheus, Bargemusic, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, and Music from Angel Fire. O’Connor was the first wind player chosen to participate in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “Chamber Music Society Two” program for emerging artists. She is a founding member of the New Millennium Ensemble, which won the Naumburg Award in 1995, and flute soloist of the Bach Aria Group, following in the footsteps of Samuel Baron and Julius Baker. Tara Helen O’Connor was awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2001. He was the keyboard continuo player for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and has appeared with such conductors as Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan, Simon Rattle, Paul Hindemith, and Leon Botstein. He specializes in baroque continuo playing and has performed as continuo harpsichordist in more than 30 operas. For further information about the program, call The Bard Center at 84 or e-mail or Please note that no reservations are necessary seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.įrederick Hammond, the Irma Brandeis Professor of Romance Culture and Music History at Bard, performs widely in Europe and the United States as solo organist and harpsichordist. This concert is made possible, in part, through the generosity of the Homeland Foundation and the Leon Levy Endowment at Bard College. All programs are held in Bard College’s Olin Hall. 2, “The Knot,” as well as quartets by Beethoven and Schubert. with a program by the Colorado Quartet featuring Katherine Hoover’s String Quartet No. The free series concludes on Sunday, April 9, at 3:00 p.m. Mezzo-soprano Joan Fuerstman performs in recital with pianist Sharon Bjorndal and other Bard friends on Wednesday, March 15, at 8:00 p.m. with the Da Capo Chamber Players performing works by contemporary Russian composers. The Bard Center Concert Series continues on Sunday, March 5, at 3:00 p.m. Spencer and O’Connor will perform pieces for two flutes by Italian composers Antonio Vivaldi and Claudio Monteverdi, plus Italian-resonating works by François Couperin (L'apotheose de Corelli) Harvey Sollberger (Aurelian Echoes) Chester Biscardi (Tenzone) and Franz Doppler (Rigoletto Variations). THE BARD CENTER CONCERTS’ SPRING SERIES BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 15 WITH A DUO RECITAL, “ITALIAN ECHOES,” BY WORLD-ACCLAIMED FLUTISTS TARA HELEN O’CONNOR AND PATRICIA SPENCER JOINED BY HARPSICHORDIST FREDERICK HAMMOND AND PIANIĪNNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.-The Bard Center presents the first in a series of free spring concerts with a duo recital, “Italian Echoes,” on Wednesday, February 15, featuring world-acclaimed flutists Tara Helen O’Connor and Patricia Spencer, joined by harpsichordist Frederick Hammond and pianist Elizabeth Rodgers.
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