YELLOW BARN 2010 FESTIVAL June 18 - August 7, 2010
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YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM
JUNE 18-JULY 2
This summer twenty-eight exceptional musicians between the ages of thirteen and nineteen will explore a range of repertoire, including new works by young composers created in collaboration with their performer colleagues. YAP musicians will present public events throughout the program, offering some of the most exciting concerts of the summer.
COMMUNITY CONCERTS AT THE BIG BARN
SATURDAY, JULY 3
Concert to Benefit Yellow Barn | 7:00 PM | FREE The Big Barn With The Peabody Trio and Yellow Barn Alumni Post-Concert Refreshments on the patio
Jay Greenberg | Quintet for Strings (2004) Charles Ives | Piano Trio (1911)
SUNDAY, JULY 4
Concert to Benefit the Vermont Jazz Center | 7:00 PM | FREE The Big Barn Featuring musicians associated with the Vermont Jazz Center performing works from Eugene Uman's new release, The Convergence Project. Howard Brofsky will appear as special guest on a jazz standard or two.
Post-Concert Refreshments on the patio
These two concerts are made free for the community through the McKenzie Family Foundation, a sponsor of both Yellow Barn and the Vermont Jazz Center. Programs will be approximately one hour in length and enjoyable for children and adults.
YELLOW BARN WEEK ONE
FRIDAY, JULY 9
YELLOW BARN Opening Night | 8:00 PM | $25 The Big Barn Post-Concert Reception at The Putney Inn
Alexander Raskatov | Circle of Singing I (1984) Susan Narucki, soprano; Zhou Yi, cello; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Alexandra Beliakovich, harpsichord; Hui Wu, celesta
Frédéric Chopin | Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17 No. 4 (1823) Gilbert Kalish, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542 (1788) Ariana Kim, violin; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Georg Philipp Telemann | Concerto in A Minor TWV 43:A3 (1738) Sooyun Kim, flute; Mark Hill, oboe; Yoon-Jung Yang, violin; Clara Lee, cello; Julio Elizalde, harpsichord
INTERMISSION
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 49 (1839) The Peabody Trio Violaine Melançon, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Seth Knopp, piano
SATURDAY, JULY 10
Masterclass | 10:30 AM | $10 The Big Barn With Donald Weilerstein, violin
Pre-Concert Discussion | 7:00 PM | FREE Putney Public Library
Artistic Director Seth Knopp gives a festival overview and pianist Gilbert Kalish takes a closer look at works on the evening’s program
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $22 The Big Barn
Alfred Schnittke | Hymn II for cello and double bass (1974–79) Estelle Choi, cello; Tony Flynt, double bass
Don Carlo Gesualdo Three Madrigals from Book VI (1611), performed on string instruments Francesca Anderegg, Alexander Sprung, violins; Itamar Ringel, Margaret Dyer, violas; Natasha Brofsky, cello
Charles Ives | Violin Sonata No. 3 (1914–17) Donald Weilerstein, violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
INTERMISSION
Antonin Dvořák | Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 (1887) Donald Weilerstein, Semion Gavrikov, violins; Raul Garcia, viola; Sunny Yang, cello; Gilbert Kalish, piano
YELLOW BARN WEEK TWO
THURSDAY, JULY 15
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $18 The Big Barn
Dmitri Shostakovich | String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp Minor, Op. 108 (1960) Li Lao, Liesl Schoenberger, violins; Margaret Dyer, viola; Clara Lee, cello
Maurice Ravel | Chansons madécasses (1925–26) Susan Narucki, soprano; Sooyun Kim, flute; Han Bin Yoon, cello; Boris Berman, piano
Edison Denisov | Ode in Memory of Che Guevara (1968) Rob Patterson, clarinet; Hui Wu, piano; Ian Rosenbaum, percussion
INTERMISSION
Sebastian Currier | Pulse (2002) Katherine Murdock, viola; Jaan Rannik, guitar
Franz Schubert | Rondo in B Minor for Piano and Violin, D. 895 (1826) Wanzhen Li, violin; Michael Bukhman, piano
FRIDAY, JULY 16
Pre-Concert Supper | 6:00 PM | $30 | View Menu The Putney Inn With violinist Donald Weilerstein
Founders’ Concert | 8:00 PM | $25 The Big Barn In honor of David and Janet Wells Post-Concert Reception on the patio
Felix Mendelssohn | Overture for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Op. 21 (1826) for piano four hands (arr. Mendelssohn) Yundu Wang, Seth Knopp, piano four hands
Hugo Wolf | Songs from “Italienisches Liederbuch” (1892, 1896) Susan Narucki, soprano; Julio Elizalde, piano
György Kurtág | Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28 (1988–89) Violaine Melançon, Tessa Lark, violins; Rose Hashimoto, viola; Ahrim Kim, cello
INTERMISSION
Johannes Brahms | String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 (1864–65) Ying Xue, Francesca Anderegg, violins; Katherine Murdock, Born Lau, violas; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Han Bin Yoon, cellos
SATURDAY, JULY 17
Masterclass | 10:30 AM | $10 With Boris Berman, piano The Big Barn
Pre-Concert Discussion | 7:00 PM | FREE Putney Public Library
Soprano Susan Narucki discusses Arlene Sierra’s Neruda Odes and Roger Tapping discusses Shostakovich’s last work
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $22 The Big Barn
Charles Wuorinen | Iridule (2006) Sooyun Kim, flute; Mark Hill, oboe; Rob Patterson, clarinet; Ariana Kim, violin; Michael Hass, cello; Julio Elizalde, piano; Ian Rosenbaum, percussion
Dmitri Shostakovich | Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147 (1975) Roger Tapping, viola; Yundu Wang, piano
INTERMISSION
Arlene Sierra | Two Neruda Odes for Soprano, Cello, and Piano (2004) Susan Narucki, soprano; Kacy Clopton, cello; Michael Bukhman, piano
Robert Schumann | Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 63 (1847) Grace Park, violin; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Boris Berman, piano
YELLOW BARN WEEK THREE
MONDAY, JULY 19 Family Concert | 1:00 PM | FREE Kurn Hattin Homes, Westminster, VT
Interactive program features works from the 2010 Festival performed by Yellow Barn musicians
TUESDAY, JULY 20 Composer Portrait | 8:00 PM | $18 The Greenwood School With Composer in Residence Melissa Hui
Program features an open discussion with Composer in Residence Melissa Hui, as well as performances of her music and the music that influences her
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21 Family Concert | 1:30 PM | FREE Agape Church, Brattleboro, VT
Interactive program features works from the 2010 Festival performed by Yellow Barn musicians
THURSDAY, JULY 22 Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $18 The Big Barn
Melissa Hui | Changes (1990) Sooyun Kim, flute; Mark Hill, oboe; Rob Patterson, clarinet; Francesca Anderegg, violin; Michael Haas, cello; Tony Flynt, double bass; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano; Ian Rosenbaum, percussion
Dmitri Shostakovich | Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 (1940) Omer Dor, Ying Xue, violins; Raul Garcia, viola; Estelle Choi, cello; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
INTERMISSION
Jacques Hétu | Incantation, Op. 28 (1978) Mark Hill, oboe; Hui Wu, piano
Franz Schubert | String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D. 804 “Rosamunde” (1824) Donald Weilerstein, Li Lao, violins; Paul Laraia, viola; Kacy Clopton, cello
FRIDAY, JULY 23
Pre-Concert Supper | 6:00 PM | $30 | View Menu The Putney Inn With Composer in Residence Melissa Hui
Scholarship Benefit Concert | 8:00 PM | $25 The Big Barn In honor of George Heller Post-Concert Reception on the patio
Robert Schumann | Six Etudes in canonic form for pedal organ, Op. 56 (1845) for two pianos (arr. Claude Debussy) Michael Bukhman, Peter Frankl, pianos
Melissa Hui | Map of Reality (2009) Wanzhen Li, Grace Park, violins; Rose Hashimoto, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
Johann Sebastian Bach | Trio Sonata in C Minor from the Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) Sooyun Kim, flute; Nicholas Mann, violin; Michael Kannen, cello; Stephen Coxe, harpsichord
INTERMISSION
Mario Davidovsky | Festino for guitar, viola, cello, and double bass (1994) Margaret Dyer, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Tony Flynt, double bass; Jaan Rannik, guitar
Gabriel Fauré | Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 45 (1885–86) Yoon-Jung Yang, violin; Paul Laraia, viola; Sunny Yang, cello; Alexandra Beliakovich, piano
SATURDAY, JULY 24
OPEN HOUSE AT YELLOW BARN | 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM | $20
Masterclass | 10:30 AM The Big Barn With Kim Kashkashian, viola
Lunch on Campus | 1:00 PM The Greenwood School With Yellow Barn faculty and participants
Open Rehearsals, Coachings, Conversations | 2:00–5:00 PM The Greenwood School
Pre-Concert Discussion | 7:00 PM | FREE Putney Public Library
Composer in Residence Melissa Hui and members of The Peabody Trio discuss the evening’s program
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $25 The Big Barn Post-Concert Reception at The Putney Inn
Wolfgang Rihm | Fremde Szene III (1983–84) The Peabody Trio Violaine Melançon, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Seth Knopp, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1 (1798) Grace Park, violin; Born Lau, viola; Han Bin Yoon, cello
INTERMISSION
Robert Schumann | Piano Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 44 (1842) Donald Weilerstein, Tessa Lark, violin; Maria Lambros, viola; Clara Lee, cello; Peter Frankl, piano
Melissa Hui | Trace (2006) Sooyun Kim, flute; Yundu Wang, piano
YELLOW BARN WEEK FOUR
TUESDAY, JULY 27 Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM ADMISSION WITH DONATION The Big Barn
Georges Aperghis | Graffitis (1980) for speaking percussionist Eduardo Leandro, percussion
James MacMillan | Fourteen Little Pictures (1997) Curtis Macomber, violin; Han Bin Yoon, cello; Peter Frankl, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach | “Welt, ade, ich bin dein müde” from Cantata BWV 158 (1730) Cordelia Tapping, soprano; William Sharp, baritone; Mark Hill,oboe; Semion Gavrikov, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Stephen Coxe, harpsichord
INTERMISSION
Edward Elgar | String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 83 (1918) Semion Gavrikov, Grace Park, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Zhou Yi, cello
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 Festival Gala | 8:00 PM | $50 The Big Barn Pianist Peter Frankl performs the last sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven Champagne Reception at The Putney Inn
Franz Joseph Haydn | Sonata in E flat Major, Hob. XVI:52 (1794–95)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sonata in D Major, K. 576 (1788)
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111 (1821–22)
THURSDAY, JULY 29 Family Concert | 12:00 PM | FREE Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
Steven Mackey | Troubadour Songs (1991) Ariana Kim, Yoon-Jung Yang, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Sunny Yang, cello; Jaan Rannik, electric guitar
Claude Debussy | String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893) Tessa Lark, Omer Dor, violins; Rose Hashimoto, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $25 The Big Barn In celebration of Bonnie Hampton’s 75th birthday Post-Concert Reception on the patio
Franz Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 20 No. 1 (1796–97) Nicholas Mann, Francesca Anderegg, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Michael Haas, cello
Stephen Coxe | BONNIE Variations (2010) World Premiere Ahrim Kim, Michael Kannen, cellos
Elliott Carter | Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948) Bonnie Hampton, cello; Julio Elizalde, piano
INTERMISSION
Erich Korngold | String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10 (1917) Yoon-Jung Yang, Alexander Sprung, violins; Itamar Ringel, Raul Garcia, violas; Zhou Yi, Ahrim Kim, cellos
FRIDAY, JULY 30 Pre-Concert Supper | 6:00 PM | $30 | View Menu The Putney Inn With baritone William Sharp
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $22 The Big Barn
Claude Debussy | String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893) Tessa Lark, Omer Dor, violins; Rose Hashimoto, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello
INTERMISSION
César Franck | Piano Quintet in F Minor (1880) Curtis Macomber, Liesl Schoenberger, violins; Nicholas Mann, viola; Estelle Choi, cello; Alexandra Beliakovich, piano
SATURDAY, JULY 31
Masterclass | 10:30 AM | $10 The Big Barn With Bonnie Hampton, cello
Pre-Concert Discussion | 7:00 PM | FREE Putney Public Library
Baritone William Sharp and other Yellow Barn musicians take a look at the different kinds of storytelling on the evening’s program
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $22 The Big Barn
Gabriel Fauré | Songs and movements from “Pièces brèves” (1899) William Sharp, voice; Michael Bukhman, piano
Steven Mackey | Troubadour Songs (1991) Ariana Kim, Yoon-Jung Yang, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Sunny Yang, cello; Jaan Rannik, electric guitar
Robert Schumann | Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132 (1853) Rob Patterson, clarinet; Maria Lambros, viola; Hui Wu, piano
INTERMISSION
Alban Berg | Four Pieces for clarinet and piano, Op. 5 (1913) Alan Kay, clarinet; Yundu Wang, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Quartet in E flat Major, K. 493 (1786) Li Lao, violin; Paul Laraia, viola; Kacy Clopton, cello; Yundu Wang, piano
YELLOW BARN WEEK FIVE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $18 The Big Barn
Ludwig van Beethoven | “An die Hoffnung” Op. 94 (1814) William Sharp, baritone; Seth Knopp, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 “Serioso” (1810) Ying Xue, Semion Gavrikov, violins; Raul Garcia, viola; Sunny Yang, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 (1812) Tessa Lark, violin; Alexandra Beliakovich, piano
INTERMISSION
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Trio in B flat Major, Op. 97 “Archduke” (1811) Liesl Schoenberger, violin; Ahrim Kim, cello; Michael Bukhman, piano
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $18 The Big Barn
Jonathan Harvey | Nataraja (1983) Sooyun Kim, flute and piccolo; Julio Elizalde, piano
Gabriel Fauré | Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 115 (1919–21) Anthony Marwood, Omer Dor, violins; Rose Hashimoto, viola; Clara Lee, cello; Yundu Wang, piano
INTERMISSION
Philippe Hersant | Onze Caprices pour deux violons (1994) Ying Xue, Curtis Macomber, violins
Felix Mendelssohn | String Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3 (1838) Curtis Macomber, Ariana Kim, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; Han Bin Yoon, cello
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $18 The Big Barn
Alexander Raskatov | Canzonetti for baritone and piano (2000) William Sharp, baritone; Yundu Wang, piano
Johannes Brahms | Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60 (1875) Wanzhen Li, violin; Rose Hashimoto, viola; Kacy Clopton, cello; Hui Wu, piano
INTERMISSION
Brett Dean | Carlo (1997) for strings, sampler, and tape Violaine Melançon, Francesca Anderegg, Omer Dor, Li Lao, Ariana Kim, Semion Gavrikov, Liesl Schoenberger, Alexander Sprung, violins; Margaret Dyer, Itamar Ringel, Born Lau, violas; Natasha Brofsky, Clara Lee, Estelle Choi, cellos; Tony Flynt, double bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quintet in B flat Major, K. 174 (1773) Grace Park, Yoon-Jung Yang, violins; Maria Lambros, Raul Garcia, violas; Estelle Choi, cello
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6
Pre-Concert Supper | 6:00 PM | $30 | View Menu With special guest Lawrence Weschler, grandson of Ernst Toch and former staff writer at The New Yorker (1981–2002)
Yellow Barn Concert | 8:00 PM | $22 The Big Barn
Thomas Adès | Catch, Op. 4 (1991) Alan Kay, clarinet; Tessa Lark, violin; Michael Kannen, cello; Hui Wu, piano
Osvaldo Golijov | K’vakarat (1994) Rob Patterson, clarinet; Yoon-Jung Yang, Li Lao, violins; Paul Laraia, viola; Ahrim Kim, cello
George Crumb | Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1962–68) William Sharp, baritone; Jaan Rannik, electric guitar; Tony Flynt, amplified double bass; Alexandra Beliakovich, amplified piano (electric harpsichord); Eduardo Leandro, Ian Rosenbaum, percussion
INTERMISSION
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet No. 12 in E flat Major, Op. 127 (1825) Alexander Sprung, Wanzhen Li, violins; Itamar Ringel, viola; Michael Haas, cello
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7
Matinée Concert | 12:30 PM | $18 The Big Barn
Ernst Toch | Tanz-Suite, Op. 30 (1923) Sooyun Kim, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet; Anthony Marwood, violin; Roger Tapping, viola; Tony Flynt, double bass; Ian Rosenbaum, percussion
Mauricio Kagel | Serenade for three players (1994–95) Sooyun Kim, flute; Jaan Rannik, guitar; Eduardo Leandro, percussion
INTERMISSION
Olivier Messiaen | Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (1940–41) Rob Patterson, clarinet; Francesca Anderegg, violin; Zhou Yi, cello; Michael Bukhman, piano
Pre-Concert Discussion | 7:00 PM | FREE Putney Public Library
Cellist Natasha Brofsky and other Yellow Barn musicians join Artistic Director Seth Knopp in taking a look back on the festival, and a closer look at Vinko Globokar's Freu(n)de.
FESTIVAL FINALE | 8:00 PM | $25 The Big Barn Post-Concert Reception on the patio
Béla Bartók | String Quartet No. 2 Op. 17 (1915-17) Anthony Marwood, Grace Park, violins; Paul Laraia, viola; Michael Kannen, cello
Magnus Lindberg | Related Rocks (1997) Julio Elizalde, Seth Knopp, pianos; Ian Rosenbaum, Eduardo Leandro, percussion
INTERMISSION
Antonín Dvorák | String Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 97 (1893) Violaine Melançon, Ying Xue, violins; Margaret Dyer, Born Lau, violas; Bonnie Hampton, cello
Vinko Globokar | Freu(n)de (1987) for six cellos Natasha Brofsky, Han Bin Yoon, Kacy Clopton, Michael Haas, Zhou Yi, Sunny Yang, cellos
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