The Gilded Age: 
From Rags to Riches

Richard Chamberlain 
(special guest narrator)

Dvorák, Mahler, and Tchaikovsky paid visits 
to our young nation as Wharton, Twain, and Henry 
James chronicled the period's cultural currents 
and fashions in their novels. 

A celebration of the Berkshire link to this glittering 
age (1880-1920) when America began to assert 
musical independence from Europe,
and its first families built their palatial "cottages." 
An all-star evening featuring Dvorák's 
American Quartet, Mahler songs, Tchaikovsky's
Andante for Strings, and works by Zez Confrey, 
Amy Beach, the best of ragtime-and 
readings weaving it all together. 

Artists:  Cho-Liang Lin (violin), 
John Musto (piano), 
Amy Burton (soprano), 
Yehuda Hanani (cello).

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire brings to life the story
of a secluded kingdom, its relationship with the West, 
and the forging of a nation that would emerge as one of the 
most important countries in the world.

Monday  March 18, 2002. 
WORLD PREMIERE

Sheraton Waikiki Hotel February 21-23, 1999
Aaron Copeland’s "Lincoln Portrait" conducted by Doc Severinson and narrated by Richard Chamberlain.