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Yellow Barn Summer Music Festival 2023

Arts and Entertainment

July 22, 2023

From: Yellow Barn Summer Music Festival

Schedule of Events:

Saturday, June 17, 2023

8:00pm: SPECIAL EVENT: YAP CONCERT + ALEXI KENNEY, VIOLIN

Young Artists Program composers Six world premiere performances of new works by YAP composers given by their performer colleagues

Intermission

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Allemande from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV1004 (1717-20)

Paul Wiancko (b.1983) Allemande from X Suite for Solo Violin (2019)

Angélica Negrón (b.1981) The Violinist for violin and electronics (2023)
Story by Ana Fabrega

Johann Sebastian Bach Grave from Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV1003 (1720)

Nicola Matteis (1650-1714) Alla Fantasia (c.1700)

Salina Fisher (b.1993) Komorebi for violin and vibraphone (2014)
Ayano Kataoka, vibraphone

Matthew Burtner (b.1971) Elegy/Muir Glacier, 1889-2009 (violin and sound installation) (2017/2020)

Johann Sebastian Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV1004

Alexi Kenney, violin

Monday, June 19, 2023

8:00pm: YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM: COMPOSER PORTRAIT

Ana Sokolovi? (b.1968)
 
Prélude (2006)
      Oriana Hawley, viola
 
Sesta danze per violino solo (1998/2021)
      Katya Moeller, Darwin Chang, Kristy Chen, Anais Feller, Erin Nishi,
      Benjamin Davies Hudson, violin
 
Vez (2005)
      Bethany Bobbs, Alice Lee, Zanipolo Lewis, cello
 
Ghost I from Commedia dell’Arte IV (2015)
      Jessica Kartawidjaja, Lily Sullivan, violins; Jackson Hill, viola; Starla Breshears, cello
 
Ghost II from Commedia dell’Arte IV (2015)
      Nathaniel Strothkamp, Caroline Smoak, violins; Harry Graham, viola; Colin Guan, cello
 
Danses et interludes (2005)
      Emmanuel Dugal, Alex Nam, Daniel Wang, piano
 
Mesh (2004)
      Noah Jung, Alice McDonald, clarinet

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

8:00pm: YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM CONCERT

Works by Applebaum, Beethoven, Brahms, Reger, Schumann, and Weber, performed by Young Artists Program musicians

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

8:00pm: SPECIAL EVENT: SOME FAVORED NOOK

Eric Nathan (b.1983) Solo and ensemble works performed by Young Artists Program musicians

Intermission

Eric Nathan Some Favored Nook (2017)
Texts by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) and Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911)

Tony Arnold, soprano; William Sharp, baritone; Seth Knopp, piano

Thursday, June 29, 2023

3:00pm: YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM CONCERT

Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Coleridge-Taylor, Debussy, Dvo?ák, Schoenberg, and Takemitsu, plus an additional six works by Young Artists Program composers premiered by their performer colleagues

8:00pm: YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM CONCERT

Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Coleridge-Taylor, Debussy, Dvo?ák, Schoenberg, and Takemitsu, plus an additional six works by Young Artists Program composers premiered by their performer colleagues

Friday, July 7, 2023

8:00pm: OPENING NIGHT CONCERT

Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) Il Pleut (It is raining) (1985)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Music for a While (1679)

Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Charles Overton, harp

Brett Dean (b.1961) I Starred Last Night, I Shone (2023)
American Premiere

Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; Rosemary Nelis, viola

György Ligeti (1923-2006) Öt Arany-dal (Five Arany songs) (1952)

Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Trio in G Major, K.496 (1786)

Gilbert Kalish, piano; Alice Van Leuven, violin; Leland Ko, cello

Intermission

Claude Vivier (1948-1983) Pièce pour violoncelle et piano (1975)

Mon Puo Lee, cello; Seth Knopp, piano

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) Chants de terre et de ciel (Songs of earth and sky) (1938)

Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Anna Han, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Minuet in D Major, K.355 (1789/90?)
Gérard Pesson (b.1958) À la manière d’Olivier Messiaen from Transformations du Menuet K.355 de Mozart (2009)

Gilbert Kalish, piano
Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Levke Schulte-Ostermann, piccolo; Nathan Amaral, violin; Edgar Francis, viola; Mon Puo Lee, cello

John Cage (1912-1992) Aria (1958)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) Catalogue de Fleurs, Op.60 (1920)

Daniel McGrew, tenor; Lucy Shelton, soprano; Chaeyoung Park, piano

Saturday, July 8, 2023

10:30am: MASTERCLSS: GILBERT KALISH, PIANO

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Gerald Barry (b.1952) Jabberwocky (2012)

Daniel McGrew, tenor; David Alexander, French horn; Dominic Cheli, piano

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) Serenade (1968)

Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Çi?dem Tunçelli Sinangil, violin; Sam Suggs, double bass; Jessie Chiang, percussion; Itamar Prag, piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Violin Sonata (Op. posth.)

Donald Weilerstein, violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

George Gershwin (1898-1937) Summertime (1934)

Donald Weilerstein, violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

György Ligeti (1923-2006) Ramifications (1968)

Maria W?oszczowska, SoYoung Choi, Evan Hjort, K.J. McDonald, Julia Mirzoev, Ayla Sahin, Yixiang Wang, violins; Lilli Maijala, Alexander McFarlane, violas; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Madelyn Kowalski, cellos; Cécile-Laure Kouassi, double bass

Intermission

Charles Ives (1874-1954) Sonata No. 1 (1954)

Gilbert Kalish, piano

Thursday, July 13, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Franco Donatoni (1927-2000) Lumen (1975)

Levke Schulte-Ostermann, piccolo; Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Itamar Prag, celeste; Jessie Chiang, vibraphone; Hanna Burnett, viola; Nina Kiva, cello

Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) New Gates (1996)

Levke Schulte-Ostermann, flute; Charles Overton, harp; Anuschka Cidlinsky, viola

Georges Lentz (b.1965) Caeli Enarrant (The Heavens Tell) IV (1991/1998)

Maria W?oszczowska, Astrid Nakamura, violins; Edgar Francis, viola; Eliza Millett, cello; Jessie Chiang, Zoey Cobb, Eduardo Leandro, Matthew Overbay, percussion

Intermission

Thomas Adès (b.1971) Les eaux (Water) from Lieux retrouvés (Rediscovered places), Op.26 (2009)

Macintyre Taback, cello; Dominic Cheli, piano

Gérard Grisey (1946-1998) Stèle (1996)
Lei Liang (b.1972) New Ice from Six Seasons (2022)
Rebecca Saunders (b.1967) Blue and Gray (2005)
Lei Liang Migration from Six Seasons
Hans Abrahamsen (b.1952) “Light and Airy” from String Quartet No. 4 (2012)
Lei Liang Earth from Garden Eight (1996, rev. 2004)
Lei Liang Darkness from Six Seasons
Lei Liang Heaven from Garden Eight

Jessie Chiang, Matthew Overbay, percussion
Sam Suggs, Cécile-Laure Kouassi, double basses
Katherine Yoon, Julia Mirzoev, violins; Alexander McFarlane, viola; Jakyoung Huh, cello
Charles Overton, harp

Friday, July 14, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

György Ligeti (1923-2006) Musica Ricercata (1951-53)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) Capriccio cromatico con ligature al contrario (1624)

Chaeyoung Park, Itamar Prag, Dominic Cheli, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Po-Wei Ger, Anna Han, Alasdair Beatson, Seth Knopp, piano

Intermission

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1741)

Alasdair Beatson, Po-Wei Ger, piano
Maria W?oszczowska, SoYoung Choi, violins; Ami-Louise Johnsson, Lilli Maijala, violas; Edward Luengo, Natasha Brofsky, cellos

Saturday, July 15, 2023

10:30am: MASTERCLASS: DONALD WEILERSTEIN, VIOLIN

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942) Two Movements for String Quintet in D Minor (1894)

Curtis Macomber, Ayla Sahin, violins; Rosemary Nelis, Alexander McFarlane, violas; Mon Puo Lee, cello

Pavel Haas (1899-1944) Vyvolena (Die Auserkorene) (The Chosen One), Op.8 (1927)
Gérard Grisey (1946-1998) Accord perdu from Accords Perdus (Lost Chords) (1987)
Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972) Anna Blume von Kurt Schwitters (1929)

Daniel McGrew, tenor; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano; K.J. McDonald, violin; Levke Schulte-Ostermann, flute; Stephen Stirling, French horn
David Alexander, Stephen Stirling, French horns
Daniel McGrew, tenor; Po-Wei Ger, piano

Thierry Tidrow (b.1986) Die alten, bösen Lieder (The old angry songs) (2016)

Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Matthew Overbay, percussion

Intermission

Pascal Dusapin (b.1955) Two Walking (1994)

Melissa Wimbish, Rebecca Printz, mezzo-sopranos

Gérard Pesson (b.1958) Version glissée from Transformations du Menuet K.355 de Mozart (2008)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Minuet in D Major, K.355 (1789/90?)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, K.379 (1781)

Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Julia Mirzoev, violin; Edward Luengo, cello; Seth Knopp, piano
Seth Knopp, piano; Katherine Yoon, violin

Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942) Waldgespräch (A Forest Dialogue) (1895-96)

Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Stephen Stirling, French horn, David Alexander, French horns; Maria W?oszczowska, solo violin; Nathan Amaral, Valerie Kim, violins; Ami-Louise Johnsson, solo viola; Edgar Francis, viola; Jakyoung Huh, cello; Sam Suggs, double bass; Charles Overton, harp

Thursday, July 20, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Isang Yun (1917-1995) Gagok for soprano and harp (1985)

Lucy Shelton, soprano; Charles Overton, harp

Lei Liang (b.1972) Serashi Fragments (2005)

Julia Mirzoev, Katherine Yoon, violins; Alexander McFarlane, viola; Jakyoung Huh, cello

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7 (1914)

Yixiang Wang, violin; Mon Puo Lee, cello

Charles Ives (1874-1954) Piano Trio (1904-11)

Dominic Cheli, piano; Valerie Kim, violin; Nina Kiva, cello

Intermission

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) String Sextet in G Major, Op.36 (1864-65)

Donald Weilerstein, Nathan Amaral, violins; Edgar Francis, Ami-Louise Johnsson, violas; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Jakyoung Huh, cellos

Friday, July 21, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Gérard Grisey (b.1946) Mouvement from Accords perdus (1987)

David Alexander, Stephen Stirling, French horns

Elliott Carter (1908-2012) Epigrams (2012)

Curtis Macomber, violin; Madelyn Kowalski, cello; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020) Sextet (2000)

Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Stephen Stirling, French horn; Çi?dem Tunçelli Sinangil, violin; Lilli Maijala, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Itamar Prag, piano

Intermission

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Sonata for Double Bass and Piano (1949)

Cécile-Laure Kouassi, double bass; Alasdair Beatson, piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Trio in C Minor, Op.101 (1886)

Chaeyoung Park, piano; Astrid Nakamura, violin; Eliza Millett, cello

Gérard Grisey Chute from Accords perdus
Lois Vierk (b.1951) Red Shift (1989)

David Alexander, Stephen Stirling, French horns
Nico Couck, electric guitar; Eliza Millett, cello; Chaeyoung Park, synthesizer; Jessie Chiang, percussion

Saturday, July 22, 2023

10:30am: Masterclass: Laurence Lesser, Cello

8:00pm: Yellow Barn Concert

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in D Major, Op.20 No.4 (1772)

Donald Weilerstein, Ying Xue, violins; Hannah Burnett, viola; Edward Luengo, cello

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Contrapunctus VII and XIIIb from Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080 (1742-49)

K.J. McDonald, Ayla Sahin, violins; Lilli Maijala, viola; Leland Ko, cello

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Sonata for Piano and Cello in E Minor, Op.38 (1862-65)

Laurence Lesser, cello; Dominic Cheli, piano

Intermission

Chou Wen-Chung (1923-2019) String Quartet No. 2 “Streams” (2003)

Yixiang Wang, Nathan Amaral, violins; Anuschka Cidlinsky, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello

Johann Sebastian Bach Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal (We must enter through much sorrow), BWV146 (c.1826)

Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; Daniel McGrew, tenor; William Sharp, baritone; Levke Schulte-Ostermann, flute; Mark Hill, Daniel Bates, oboe/oboe d’amore; Alice Van Leuven, Evan Hjort, violins; Hannah Burnett, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, continuo; Dominic Cheli, piano and continuo

Cost: $35 ($30 seniors, $17 students)

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

György Ligeti (1923-2006) Three Pieces for Two Pianos (1976)

Anna Han, Chaeyoung Park, Alasdair Beatson, pianos

Hilda Paredes (b.1957) Rainy Days, for two toy pianos (2019)

Seth Knopp; Stephen Coxe, toy pianos

Hilda Paredes Wolis T’an (Ball of voice) from Códice de advinanzas (Codex of riddles) for speaker and viola (2017)

Hilda Paredes, speaker; Rosemary Nelis, viola

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op.1 No.1 (1795)

Alasdair Beatson, piano; Julia Mirzoev, violin; Macintyre Taback, cello

Intermission

Hilda Paredes Papalote (Kite) for voice and string quartet (2007)

Daniel McGrew, tenor; Anthony Marwood, Nathan Amaral, violins; Hannah Burnett, viola; Mon Puo Lee, cello

Antonín Dvo?ák (1841-1904) Piano Quartet in D Major, Op.23 (1875)

Po-Wei Ger, piano; Ayla Sahin, violin; Anuschka Cidlinsky, viola; Madelyn Kowalski, cello

Cost: Free

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

8:00pm: Composer Portrait: Hilda Paredes

An evening of music and conversation with composer in residence Hilda Paredes

Cost: $25 ($21 seniors, $12 students)

Thursday, July 27, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Hilda Paredes (b.1957) Papalote (Kite) for voice and violin (2000)
Hilda Paredes Xik’nal ju’un (Paper flight) and Síit’ suum (Jumping rope) from Códice de advinanzas (Codex of riddles) (2017)

Daniel McGrew, tenor; Astrid Nakamura, violin
Hilda Paredes, speaker; Guy Ben Ziony, Hannah Burnett, violas

Hilda Paredes Juegos prohibidos (Forbidden games) (2019)

Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Nina Kiva, cello; Anna Han, piano

Philippe Hersant (b.1948) Porqué llorax (Why do you cry?) (2012)

Alice Van Leuven, violin; Michael Kannen, cello

Intermission

Morton Feldman (1926-1987) Intermission 6 for two pianos (1953)
Hilda Paredes Las Estrellas (The Stars) (2003)
Hilda Paredes Nana de la luna (Moon’s Lullaby) (1998)

Anna Han, Seth Knopp, pianos
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Seth Knopp, piano

Beat Furrer (b.1954) Poemas (1984)

Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; Nico Couck, guitar; Matthew Overbay, marimba; Po-Wei Ger, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98 (1816)

William Sharp, baritone; Seth Knopp, piano

Cost: Free

Friday, July 28, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Hilda Paredes (b.1957) Na’ate ba’ala’, aja’an na’at (Guess, little one) from Códice de advinanzas (Codex of riddles) (2017)
Hilda Paredes Celular (2016)
Hilda Paredes Celular from Códice de advinanzas (Codex of riddles)

Hilda Paredes, speaker; Edgar Francis, viola
Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Valerie Kim, K.J. McDonald, violins; Edgar Francis, viola; Macintyre Taback, cello
Hilda Paredes, speaker; Anuschka Cidlinsky, viola

Gérard Pesson (b.1958) En hoquet et notes répétées from Transformations du Menuet K.355 de Mozart, (2011)

Levke Schulte-Ostermann, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet; Nico Couck, guitar; Ying Xue, violin; Eliza Millett, cello

Hilda Paredes Hacia una Bitácora capilar (Towards a Capillary Logbook) (2014)

Curtis Macomber, Evan Hjort, violins; Alexander McFarlane, viola; Leland Ko, cello

Stephen Coxe (b.1966) The Good Morrow (2023)
World Premiere

William Sharp, baritone; Cécile-Laure Kouassi, double bass

Intermission

Hanns Eisler (1934-47) Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben (14 Ways of Describing Rain), Op. 70 (1941)

Levke Schulte-Ostermann, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet; Çi?dem Tunçelli Sinangil, violin; Michael Kannen, cello; Po-Wei Ger, piano

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) Sextet in C Major, Op.37 (1935)

Alan Kay, clarinet; David Alexander, French horn; Anthony Marwood, violin; Rosemary Nelis, viola; Eliza Millett, cello; Dominic Cheli, piano

Cost: $35 ($30 seniors, $17 students)

Saturday, July 29, 2023

10:30am: Masterclass: Kim Kashkashian, Viola

Cost: $10

Saturday, July 29, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

György Kurtág (b.1926) In Nomine-all'ongherese from Signs, Games and Messages (2001)
Julia Mirzoev, violin

John Taverner (ca.1490-1545) In Nomine from the Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas (ca.1578)

Hilda Paredes (b.1957) Recuerdos del Porvenir (Memories of the Future) (2005)
Gérard Pesson (b.1958) In Nomine (2001)

Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Melissa Wimbish, mezzo-soprano; Daniel McGrew, tenor; William Sharp, baritone
Levke Schulte-Ostermann, flute; Daniel Bates, English horn; Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Ayla Sahin, violin; Ami-Louise Johnsson, viola; John Myerscough, cello; Stephen Coxe, piano; Jessie Chiang, percussion

Hilda Paredes Páramo de voces (Voices of a Bare Landscape) (2006)

Dominic Cheli, piano

Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012) Death of Light/Light of Death (1998)

Daniel Bates, oboe; Curtis Macomber, violin; Rosemary Nelis, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Charles Overton, harp

Intermission

Hilda Paredes Zuhuy Kak (New Fire) (2005)

Edward Luengo, cello

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” (1805)

Anthony Marwood, violin; Chaeyoung Park, piano

Cost: $35 ($30 seniors, $17 students)

Sunday, July 30, 2023

5:00pm: Summer Gala: Harriet, Scenes From The Life Of Harriet Tubman

A gala performance to support musician fellowships at Yellow Barn

Program:

Spritual; arr. Stephen Andrew Taylor (b.1965) Deep River and Give Me Jesus from Four Spirituals (2014)

Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Julia Mirzoev, Yixiang Wang, violins; Alexander McFarlane, viola; Nina Kiva, cello

Hilda Paredes (b.1957 Harriet, Scenes from the life of Harriet Tubman (2018)
Libretto based on poems by Mayra Santos-Febres and dialogues by Lex Bohlmeijer
American Premiere

Claron McFadden, soprano; Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Nico Couck, guitar; SoYoung Choi, violin; Eduardo Leandro, percussion; Monica Gil Giraldo, electronics

Monday, July 31, 2023

8:00pm: Harriet, Scenes From The Life Of Harriet Tubman

Spritual; arr. Stephen Andrew Taylor (b.1965) Deep River and Give Me Jesus from Four Spirituals (2014)

Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Julia Mirzoev, Yixiang Wang, violins; Alexander McFarlane, viola; Nina Kiva, cello

Hilda Paredes (b.1957 Harriet, Scenes from the life of Harriet Tubman (2018)
Libretto based on poems by Mayra Santos-Febres and dialogues by Lex Bohlmeijer

Claron McFadden, soprano; Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Nico Couck, guitar; SoYoung Choi, violin; Eduardo Leandro, percussion; Monica Gil Giraldo, electronics

Cost: Free

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Variations in G Major for Piano Trio on “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu” by Wenzel Müller, Op.121a (1824)

Itamar Prag, piano; Astrid Nakamura, violin; Jakyoung Huh, cello

Charles Ives (1874-1954) String Quartet No. 2 (1907-13)

Evan Hjort, K.J. McDonald, violins; Rosemary Nelis, viola; Macintyre Taback, cello

Intermission

Charles Ives Hymn: Largo cantabile (1904)

Nathan Amaral, Julia Mirzoev, violins; Edgar Francis, viola; Madelyn Kowalski, cello

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Piano Trio in A Minor (1914)

Anna Han, piano; Katherine Yoon, violin; Leland Ko, cello

Cost: $25 ($21 seniors, $12 students)

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Jörg Widmann (b.1973) Fünf Bruchstücke (Five Fragments) (1997)

Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Po-Wei Ger, piano

Sándor Veress (1907-1992) String Trio (1954)

Julia Mirzoev, violin; Anuschka Cidlinsky, viola; John Myerscough, cello

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Wehmut (Sadness) from Liederkreis, Op.39 (1840)

Daniel McGrew, tenor; Chaeyoung Park, piano

György Ligeti (1923-2006) Horn Trio, Hommage à Brahms (1982)

David Alexander, French horn; Valerie Kim, violin; Itamar Prag, piano

Intermission

György Ligeti Három Weöres-dal (Three Songs on Poems by Sándor Weöres) (1946-47)

Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Seth Knopp, piano

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) String Quartet No. 5, Sz.102 (1934)

Çi?dem Tunçelli Sinangil, Alice Van Leuven, violins; Hannah Burnett, viola; Edward Luengo, cello

Cost: $25 ($21 seniors, $12 students)

Thursday, August 3, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Luciano Berio (1925-2003) Chamber Music (1953)

Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; Alan Kay, clarinet; Michael Kannen, cello; Charles Overton, harp

Georges Aperghis (b.1945) Les Sept Crimes de l'Amour (1979)

Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Alan Kay, clarinet; Eduardo Leandro, percussion

Leoš Janá?ek (1854-1928) String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata" (1923)

Astrid Nakamura, Ying Xue, violins; Alexander McFarlane, viola; Nina Kiva, cello

Intermission

George Crumb (1929-2022) Madrigals (1965-69)

Lindsay McIntyre, Lucy Shelton, Rebecca Printz, sopranos; Levke Schulte-Ostermann, flute; Cécile-Laure Kouassi, double bass; Charles Overton, harp; Jessie Chiang, percussion

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente (1958)

Daniel McGrew, tenor; Chaeyoung Park, piano

Cost: Free

Friday, August 4, 2023

8:00pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Contrapunctus XIV from Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080 (1742-49)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) In Nomine à6, Z.746 (1680)

Nathan Amaral, Çi?dem Tunçelli Sinangil, violins; Anuschka Cidlinsky, viola; Michael Kannen, cello
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, John Myerscough, Nina Kiva, Mon Puo Lee, Eliza Millett, Macintyre Taback, cellos

John Tavener (1944-2013) Akhmatova Songs for soprano and string quartet (1994)

Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Ayla Sahin, Katherine Yoon, violins; Guy Ben Ziony, viola; Leland Ko, cello

Gérard Pesson (b.1958) Le Gel, par jeu (The frost, at its play) (1991)

Levke Schulte-Ostermann, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet; David Alexander, French horn; Ying Xue, violin; Eliza Millett, cello; Matthew Overbay, marimba

György Kurtág (b.1926) Six Moments Musicaux, Op.44 (1999-2005)

Alice Van Leuven, Yixiang Wang, violins; Nicholas Mann, viola; Jakyoung Huh, cello

Intermission

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Fantasia upon One Note, Z.745 (ca.1680)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet in F Major, Op.135 (1826)

Edward Luengo, Jakyoung Huh, Leland Ko, Madelyn Kowalski, Michael Kannen, cellos
SoYoung Choi, Yixiang Wang, violins; Ami-Louise Johnsson, viola; John Myerscough, cello

Cost: $35 ($30 seniors, $17 students)

Saturday, August 5, 2023

12:30pm: YELLOW BARN CONCERT

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Trio in E-flat Major, K.498 “Kegelstatt” (1786)

Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Hannah Burnett, viola; Po-Wei Ger, piano

Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op.84 (1918)

Anna Han, piano; Nathan Amaral, Valerie Kim, violins; Nicholas Mann, viola; Madelyn Kowalski, cello

Intermission

Valentin Silvestrov (b.1937) Epitaphium (L.B.) (1999)

Rosemary Nelis, viola; Seth Knopp, piano

Valentin Silvestrov 8.VI. 1810…zum Geburtstag R.A. Schumann (1937)

Mon Puo Lee, Macintyre Taback, cellos

Ana Sokolovi? (b.1968) dawn always begins in the bones (2017)

Daniel McGrew, Lindsay McIntyre, Rebecca Printz, Lucy Shelton, Melissa Wimbish, voices; Dominic Cheli, piano; Matthew Overbay, percussion

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Mondnacht (Moonlit Night) from Liederkreis, Op.39 (1840)

Daniel McGrew, tenor; Dominic Cheli, piano

Cost: $25 ($21 seniors, $12 students)

8:00pm: SEASON FINALE CONCERT

Anton Webern (1883-1945) Rondo for string quartet (1906)

Evan Hjort, Ayla Sahin, violins; Ami-Louise Johnsson, viola; Edward Luengo, cello

Brett Dean (b.1961) Imaginary Ballet (2021)

K.J. McDonald, violin; Guy Ben Ziony, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Chaeyoung Park, piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) (1908)

Dominic Cheli, Itamar Prag, pianos

György Ligeti (1923-2006) Három lakodalmi tánc (Three Wedding Dances) (1950)

Itamar Prag, Dominic Cheli, pianos

Intermission

Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008) Dressur (1977)

Eduardo Leandro, Jessie Chiang, Matthew Overbay, percussion

Fred Lerdahl (b.1943) Waltzes (1981)

Katherine Yoon, violin; Edgar Francis, viola; Mon Puo Lee, cello; Cécile-Laure Kouassi, double bass

Gérard Pesson (b.1958) En valse tyrolienne from Transformations du Menuet K.355 de Mozart (2010)

Katherine Yoon, violin; Edgar Francis, viola; Mon Puo Lee, cello

Cost: $35 ($30 seniors, $17 students)

Fest Date: July 7 - August 5, 2023

Location: Yellow Barn, 49 Main Street, Putney, VT 05346

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