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Jörg Widmann At Yellow Barn

"The very thought, that sound is a living thing that needs to be enlivened and animated,
that is what all music has in common."
—Jörg Widmann, Composer in Residence (2015, 2017, 2019)

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"The Seven Last Words"

Poetry by Mark Strand to accompany Haydn's profound composition

Beethoven Sonatas Opus 102

Welcoming a new CD from faculty cellist Natasha Brofsky

Oliver Knussen (1952-2018)

Yellow Barn pays tribute to a towering figure in contemporary music

YB Radio

Enjoy performances from last week in the Big Barn. More listening
  • Ars Moriendi

    Steven Mackey (b.1956). Ars Moriendi, nine tableaux on the art of dying well (2000). Claire Bourg, Jennifer Liu, violins; Jesse Morrison, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello—July 24, 2018 | Program Note
    1. “Don’t trouble trouble.”: 0'
    2. First Lament Fragment: 6.03'
    3. “Speak like the people, write like the king.”: 7.14'
    4. Second Lament Fragment: 11.24'
    5. A Peculiar Spice: 12.58'
    6. “Everything in moderation, including moderation.”: 14.39'
    7. Third Lament: 18.28'
    8. Fibrillation: 25.0'
    9. Londonderry Air: 27.55'

  • Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer

    Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer “Ballad of the queen who died of love” (1893). Melanie Henley Heyn, soprano; Alice Chenyang Xu, piano—July 24, 2018

  • String Quartet in F Major, Op.135

    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). String Quartet in F Major, Op.135 (1826). Zenas Hsu, Claire Bourg, violins; Emily Brandenburg, viola; Annie Jacobs-Perkins, cello—July 26, 2018
    Allegretto: 0'
    Vivace: 7.09'
    Assai lento, contante e tranquillo: 10.52'
    Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß. Grave, ma non troppo tratto—Allegro: 18.55'