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