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2019 Summer Season

Yellow Barn Festival Concerts July 5-August 3
Jörg Widmann, Composer in Residence July 22-July 26
Brett Dean, Composer in Residence July 28-August 3
Masterclasses July 6, 13, 20, 24, and 27
Open House Saturday, July 20
Summer Gala Saturday, August 3

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Sunday, June 16, 2019

Beowulf

Sunday, June 16 | 7:30pm
Next Stage, Putney, VT
Benjamin Bagby, vocalist, harpist, and scholar

Monday, June 17, 2019

Young Artists Program Concert

Monday, June 17 | 8:00pm
The Big Barn, Putney, VT
Premiere performances of works by Young Artists Program composers Elisa Arancio, Ben Champion, Theo Haber, Hannah Ishizaki, Michelle Li, and Matthew Pinder

YELLOW BARN LISTENING

Browse audio recordings from Yellow Barn summer festival performances

YELLOW BARN VIDEOS

Browse videos from Yellow Barn summer festival performances

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)

YellowBarnBlog

Music No Boundaries: NYC 2019

Music Haul returns to Manhattan and Queens

2018 Yellow Barn videos

Watch performances from Yellow Barn's 2018 Summer Festival

YB Radio

With the opening of YB’s 50th Anniversary season fast approaching, we share the following performances from Opening Weekend 2018.
  • Concerto Grosso in D Major

    George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op.6 No.5, HWV 323 (1739). Zenas Hsu, YuEun Kim, Harriet Langley, Magdalena Filipczak, Brian Hong, Leonard Fu, Mélanie Clapiès, violins; Tegen Davidge, Emily Brandenburg, Yitong Guo, violas; Natasha Brofsky, Cristina Basili, cellos; Peter Walsh, double bass; Alice Chenyang Xu, harpsichord—July 6, 2018
    Larghetto e staccato: 0'
    Allegro: 1.42'
    Presto: 3.53'
    Largo: 7.36'
    Allegro: 9.44'
    Menuet. Un Poco larghetto: 12.18'

  • Ballad for Harp and Strings
    Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016). Ballad for Harp and Strings (1973/1981). Marion Ravot, harp; Violaine Melançon, Leonard Fu, violins; Lauren Siess, viola; Sein Lee, cello; Peter Walsh, double bass—July 7, 2018 | Composer Bio

  • Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

    Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen “Songs of a Wayfarer” (1883-85). Melanie Henley Heyn, soprano; Rosie Gallagher, flute; Yasmina Spiegelberg, clarinet; Emma Frucht, Juliette Roos, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Peter Walsh, double bass; EunAe Lee, piano; Pedro Borges, harmonium; Sam Seyong Um, percussion—July 7, 2018 | Program Note
    Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht: 0'
    Ging heut morgen übers Feld: 4.16'
    Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer: 8.26'
    Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz: 11.54'

  • Experiences No.2

    John Cage (1912-1992). Experiences No.2 (1948). William Sharp, voice—July 7, 2018