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FESTIVAL 2009 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

June 21 Sunday -- 8:00 p.m.
Guest Ensemble: So Percussion
Big Barn, Putney, VT

Program:

ERGUN Proximity
LIZEE Dystopia Suite
--intermission--
CAGE Child of Tree
SO PERCUSSION
Imaginary City (selections)

So Percussion members Eric Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting

June 22 Monday --12:45 p.m.
So Percussion Children's Concert
Kurn Hattin Homes, Westminster, VT

June 23 Tuesday -- 10:00 a.m.
So Percussion Children's Concert
Mulberry Bush Daycare Center, Brattleboro, VT

June 23 Tuesday -- 6:30 p.m.
So Percussion
Evening Star Grange, East Dummerston, VT

June 27 Saturday -- 2:00 p.m.
Young Artist Program
Concert: MOUNTAINTOP MUSICALE
Gardens open at 2:00 pm, Concert begins at 4:00 pm
Mountaintop Musicale, Walpole, NH

Program:
SCHUMANN String Quartet in A major, Op. 41 no. 3
HAYDN String Quartet, Op. 74 no. 3 "The Rider"
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio, Op. 70 no. 2
MOZART Viola Quintet in G minor, K. 516
BRAHMS Piano Trio in C, Op. 87 RAVEL Piano Trio
THEOFANIDIS "Flow My Tears"

Thursday, July 2 -- 8:00 p.m.
Young Artist Program
Concert Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, VT

Program:
ELLIOT bird:cage
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66
COXE Memoria (1997)
FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, T. 116 "From My Life"
BLOOM Of Depth
ANTONSEN Fisticuffed Polyps
BEETHOVEN String Quartet, Op. 59 No. 2

Friday, July 3 -- 8:00 p.m.
Young Artist Program Concert
Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, VT

Program:
COXE Kaddish (2006)
BEHAR Catch and Release
SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major
WOODARD String Quartet
FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
SMITH Red Crow
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 2

This concert follows Brattleboro's monthly Gallery Walk.
Please join us for a post concert reception in the Parlor Room.


40TH SUMMER FESTIVAL SEASON: JULY 10 - AUGUST 8

Friday, July 10 -- 6:00 p.m.
Pre-concert supper
Sun Ledge Farm, Plowden Road, Putney, VT.

Friday, July 10 -- 8:00 p.m.
Opening Night Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT
Sponsored by Chittenden Bank

Program:

KAGEL For us: Happy birthday to you!
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Jonathan Lewis, Michael Haas, Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cellos

ZELENKA Trio Sonata in B flat major, No. 3, ZWV 181/3
Jennifer Curtis, violin; Mark Hill, oboe; Stephanie Corwin, bassoon; Alice Yoo, cello; Julio Elizalde, harpsichord

ENESCU Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25
Donald Weilerstein, violin; Teddy Robie, piano

--intermission--

DVOŘÁK Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65
The Peabody Trio: Violaine Melançon, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Seth Knopp, piano

Please join us for a Post concert reception on the Big Barn patio

Saturday, July 11 -- 10:30 a.m.
Master Class with Gilbert Kalish, piano
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Saturday, July 11 -- 7:00 p.m.
Pre-concert discussion at the Putney Public Library
Cellist Michael Kannen discusses the evening's program with the Ariel Quartet and other Yellow Barn musicians.

Saturday, July 11 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

MINCEK Nucleus, for saxophone and drumset
Travis LaPlante, saxophone; Ian Antonio, percussion

HARRISON String Trio
Francesca Anderegg, violin; Lisa Steltenpohl, viola; Sunny Yang, cello

BOWEN Quintet in C minor for Horn and String Quartet
Stephen Stirling, French horn; Tessa Lark, Grace Park, violins; Mariko Hara, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello

--intermission--

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
The Ariel Quartet: Alexandra Kazovsky, Gershon Gerchikov, violins; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello

Thursday, July 16 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program : SAARIAHO Je sens un deuxième coeur
Katherine Murdock, viola; Estelle Choi, cello; Hui Wu, piano

MOZART Piano and Wind Quintet in E flat major, K. 452
Peter Frankl, piano; Mark Hill, oboe; Alicia Lee, clarinet; Stephanie Corwin, bassoon; Stephen Stirling, French horn

--intermission--

BEETHOVEN Twelve Variations on "Se vuol ballare" from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
Tessa Lark, violin; Michael Bukhman, piano

FAURÉ Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Donald Weilerstein, violin; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Han Bin Yoon, cello; Julio Elizalde, piano

Friday, July 17 -- 6:00 p.m.
Pre-concert supper with special guest Peter Frankl
Location: Putney, VT

Friday, July 17 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

RASKATOV "Vor deinen Thron..."
Elissa Cassini, violin; Ian Antonio, percussion

KORNGOLD String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 16
Alexandra Kaovsky, Jennifer Curtis, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello

--intermission--

SCHUBERT Octet in F major, D. 803
Alicia Lee, clarinet; Stephanie Corwin, bassoon; Stephen Stirling, French horn; Robin Scott, Francesca Anderegg, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; Alice Yoo, cello; Aleksey Klyushnik, double bass

Please join us for a Post concert reception on the Big Barn patio

Saturday, July 18 -- 10:30 a.m.
Master Class with Donald Weilerstein, violin
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Saturday, July 18 -- 5:00 p.m.
Gala Dinner
Location: The Putney Inn

Saturday, July 18 -- 7:00 p.m.
Pre-concert discussion at the Putney Public Library
One generation after Mahler's Fourth Symphony was written, Erwin Stein, a student of Arnold Schoenberg, paid homage to this masterpiece by recasting it for large chamber ensemble. Join Yellow Barn musicians for a discussion of how composers celebrate the traditions that precede them.

Saturday, July 18 -- 8:00 p.m.
40th Anniversary Gala Performance
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G major (arr. Stein)
Susan Narucki, soprano; Sooyun Kim, flute; Mark Hill, oboe; Alicia Lee, clarinet; Violaine Melançon, Andrea Segar, violins; Itamar Ringel, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Aleksey Klyushnik, double bass; Julio Elizalde, piano; Seth Knopp, harmonium; Ian Antonio, percussion

--intermission--

BRAHMS Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 26
Kathrin ten Hagen, violin; Sophie Heaton, viola; Michael Kannen, cello; Peter Frankl, piano

Please join us for a 40th Anniversary Gala Reception at The Putney Inn

Thursday, July 23 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert dedicated to the Friends of Yellow
Barn Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

DESENNE Stchúpak the fish (world première)
Jennifer Curtis, violin; Nicholas Mann, viola; Sunny Yang, cello; Aaron Wunsch, piano

GINASTERA String Quartet No. 3, Op. 40
Jennifer Curtis, Marie-Ève Poupart, violins; Itamar Ringel, viola ; Michael Kannen, cello ; Susan Narucki, soprano

--intermission--

KIRCHNER String Quartet No. 4
Francesca Anderegg, Roseminna Watson, violins; Sophie Heaton, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello

SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Andrea Segar, violin; Mariko Hara, viola; Sunny Yang, cello; Sookkyung Cho, piano

Friday, July 24 -- 6:00 p.m.
Pre-concert supper
Location: Putney, Vermont

Friday, July 24 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

VERESS Trio for strings
Roseminna Watson, violin; Nicholas Mann, viola; Michael Kannen, cello

GOLIJOV Luce
Susan Narucki, soprano; Aaron Wunsch, Michael Bukhman, pianos

KIRCHNER Sonata Concertante for violin and piano
Grace Park, violin; Teddy Robie, piano

--intermission--

DVOŘÁK String Quartet in C major, Op. 61
Donald Weilerstein, Roseminna Watson, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; Michael Haas, cello

Saturday, July 25 -- 10:30 a.m.
Master Class with Steven Doane, cello
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Saturday, July 25 -- 7:00 p.m.
Pre-concert discussion at the Putney Public Library

Saturday, July 25 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

SCHOENBERG String Quartet in D major
Grace Park, Nicholas Mann violins; Lisa Steltenpohl, viola; Estelle Choi, cello

KIRCHNER Triptych
Kathrin ten Hagen, violin; Jonathan Lewis, cello

--intermission--

CRUMB Vox Balaenae
Alice Yoo, cello; Hui Wu, piano; Sooyun Kim, flute

MOZART Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448
Seth Knopp, Teddy Robie, piano

Please join us for a Post-Concert reception on the patio

Tuesday, July 28 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

COXE Dream
Sooyun Kim, flute; Julio Elizalde, piano and toy piano

BRAHMS String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 67
The Ariel Quartet: Alexandra Kazovsky, Gershon Gerchikov, violins; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello

--intermission--

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3
Elissa Cassini, violin; Amit Even-Tov, cello; Hui Wu, piano

DEAN some birthday... for 2 violas and cello
Margaret Dyer, Lisa Steltenpohl, violas; Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello

Wednesday, July 29 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Sweeney Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Sponsored by Smith College

Program:

DEAN some birthday... for 2 violas and cello
Margaret Dyer, Lisa Steltenpohl, violas; Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello

SCHUMANN Liederkreis, Op. 39
William Sharp, baritone; Seth Knopp, piano

--intermission--

HERSANT Eight Duos for viola and bassoon
Maria Lambros, viola; Stephanie Corwin, bassoon

BRAHMS String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 67
The Ariel Quartet: Alexandra Kazovsky; Gershon Gerchikov, violins; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello

Please join us for a reception during intermission

Thursday, July 30 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

HUYDTS Memento Amare, Op. 17
Mariko Hara, viola; Stephanie Corwin, bassoon; Sookkyung Cho, piano

SCHUMANN Liederkreis, Op. 39
William Sharp, baritone; Seth Knopp, piano

--intermission--

YUN "Together" for violin and double bass
Curtis Macomber, violin; Aleksey Klyushnik, double bass

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68
Anthony Marwood, Elissa Cassini, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; Sunny Yang, cello

Friday, July 31 -- 6:00 p.m.
Pre-concert supper with special guest Anthony Marwood

Friday, July 31 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert, Founders Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT
In honor of David and Janet Wells

Program:

KODÁLY Sérénade
Jennifer Curtis, Alexandra Kazovsky, violins; Roger Tapping, viola

BEETHOVEN String Trio in D major, Op. 9 No. 2
Marie-Ève Poupart, violin ; Sophie Heaton, viola ; Jonathan Lewis, cello

--intermission--

DEBUSSY Sonata for Cello and Piano
Michael Kannen, cello; Julio Elizalde, piano

SCHUMANN String Quartet in F major, Op. 41 No. 2
Violaine Melançon, Robin Scott, violins; Margaret Dyer, viola; Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello Please join us for a Post concert reception on the Big Barn patio.

Saturday, August 1 -- 10:30 a.m.
Master Class with Roger Tapping, viola
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Saturday, August 1 -- 7:00 p.m.
Pre-concert discussion at the Putney Public Library

Saturday, August 1 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

HUI Fred and John were having tea (when I dropped by)
The Peabody Trio: Violaine Melançon, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Seth Knopp,piano

MACMILLAN Tuireadh
Alicia Lee, clarinet; Anthony Marwood, Tessa Lark, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Michael Haas, cello

HAYDN String Quartet in G minor, Op. 20 No. 3, Hob III:33
Francesca Anderegg, Kathrin ten Hagen, violin; Itamar Ringel, viola; Michael Kannen, cello

--intermission--

BRAHMS Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
Gershon Gerchikov, violin; Han Bin Yoon, cello; Michael Bukhman, piano

Monday, August 3 -- 8:00 p.m.
Master Class with Paul Katz, cello
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Tuesday, August 4 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

LACHENMANN Trio Fluido
Alicia Lee, clarinet; Sophie Heaton, viola; Ian Antonio, percussion

SZYMANOWSKI String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56
Curtis Macomber, Francesca Anderegg, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Jonathan Lewis, cello

RAVEL Kaddisch
William Sharp, baritone; Julio Elizalde, piano

--intermission--

BRAHMS String Quintet in G major, Op. 111
Tessa Lark, Elissa Cassini, violins; Lisa Steltenpohl, Itamar Ringel, violas; Alice Yoo, cello

Wednesday, August 5 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Sweeney Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Sponsored by Smith College

Program: CHENDLER String Quartet No. 2
The Ariel Quartet: Gershon Gerchikov, Alexandra Kazovsky, violins; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello

HARTKE The Horse with the Lavender Eye
Alan Kay, clarinet; Robin Scott, violin; Teddy Robie, piano

BRITTEN Sonata in C major, Op. 65 for cello and piano
Han Bin Yoon, cello; Hui Wu, piano

--intermission--

SCHUBERT Piano Trio in E flat major, D. 929
Kathrin ten Hagen, violin; Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello; Sookkyung Cho, piano
Please join us for a reception during intermission

Thursday, August 6 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

DAVIDOVSKY Piano Septet
Julio Elizalde, piano; Sooyun Kim, flute; Alicia Lee, clarinet; Curtis Macomber, violin; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Alice Yoo, cello; Aleksey Klyushnik, double bass

MENDELSSOHN Piano Quartet in F minor, Op. 2
Jennifer Curtis, violin; Lisa Steltenpohl, viola; Sunny Yang, cello; Christina Dahl, piano

--intermission--

BARTÓK String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
Grace Park, Tessa Lark, violins; Mariko Hara, viola; Han Bin Yoon, cello

VIVALDI Chamber Concerto in F major, RV 100
Sooyun Kim, flute; Stephanie Corwin, bassoon; Francesca Anderegg, violin; Michael Haas, cello; Stephen Coxe, harpsichord

Friday, August 7 -- 6:00 p.m.
Pre-concert supper with special guest Eric Bass

Friday, August 7 -- 8:00 p.m.
Festival Concert Scholarship Benefit Concert in honor of John Burt
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT
Sponsored by Chittenden Bank

Program : UNG Grand Alap
Natasha Brofsky, cello; Ian Antonio, percussion

FAURÉ La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61
William Sharp, baritone; Violaine Melançon, Jennifer Curtis, violins; Mariko Hara, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello; Aleksey Klyushnik, double bass; Hui Wu, piano

--intermission--

MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Elissa Cassini, Marie-Ève Poupart, violins; Margaret Dyer, viola; Paul Katz, cello

GUBAIDULINA Dancer on a Tightrope*
*Performed in collaboration with Sandglass Theater
Andrea Segar, violin; Seth Knopp, piano

Saturday, August 8 -- 12:30 p.m.
Festival Concert Dedicated to the Memory of Toshiko Phipps
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT

Program:

HARVEY Round the Star and Back
Sooyun Kim, flute; Stephanie Corwin, bassoon; Gershon Gerchikov, Roseminna Watson, violins; Itamar Ringel, viola; Sunny Yang, cello; Aleksey Klyushnik, double bass; Michael Bukhman, piano; Ian Antonio, vibraphone

SCHNITTKE Sonata for cello and piano
Estelle Choi, cello; Michael Bukhman, piano

GOLIJOV Tenebrae
Violaine Melançon, Alexandra Kazovsky, violins, Sophie Heaton, viola; Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello

--intermission--

BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Alan Kay, clarinet; Roseminna Watson, Grace Park, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; Jonathan Lewis, cello

Saturday, August 8 --7:00 p.m.
Pre-concert discussion at the Putney Public Library
On this last day of the festival, Seth Knopp, Yellow Barn's Artistic Director, and other Yellow Barn musicians, consider the ideas of celebration and remembrance interwoven throughout the 2009 festival season.

Saturday, August 8 -- 8:00 p.m.
Season Finale
Big Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT
Sponsored by Douglas Cox Violins

Program:

BERIO Memory
Christina Dahl, Sookkyung Cho, pianos

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 (‘Rasumovsky')
Robin Scott, Andrea Segar, violins; Margaret Dyer, viola; Michael Haas, cello

--intermission--

RAVEL Piano Trio
Marie-Ève Poupart, violin; Estelle Choi, cello; Teddy Robie, piano

BACH Hier in meines Vaters Stätte Aria No. 3 from Cantata BWV 32
William Sharp, baritone; Kathrin ten Hagen, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Stephen Coxe, harpsichord

Please join us for a post concert reception on the Big Barn patio