Yellow Barn Concert

Saturday, August 6 | 12:30pm
Works by Dean, Gubaidulina, Rehnqvist, Schoenberg, and Spratlan

Lewis Spratlan (b.1940) When Crows Gather (1985)
Alan Kay, Graeme Steele Johnson, Barret Ham, clarinets; Sophia Anna Szokolay, violin; Jeffrey Ho, cello; Abigail Sin, piano

Brett Dean (1961) Madame ma bonne soeur (2020-21) Text by Matthew Jocelyn (after Marie Stuart’s writings, 1559–1587)
North American Premiere
Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; KJ McDonald, Yukiko Uno, violins; Edgar Francis, viola; Mon Puo Lee, cello

Intermission

Sophia Gubaidulina (b.1931) Am Rande des Abgrunds (On the Edge of the Abyss) (2002)
John Myerscough, Mon Puo Lee, Audrey Chen, Madelyn Kowalski, Natasha Brofsky, Megan Yip, Nina Kiva, cellos; Eduardo Leandro, Matthew Overbay, aquaphones

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op.41 for string quartet, piano, and narrator (1942) Text by Lord Byron
Walter Van Dyk, narrator; Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Çiğdem Tunçelli Sinangil, violins; Krzystof Chorzelski, viola; Michael Kannen, cello; Anna Han, piano

Karin Rehnqvist (b.1957) Musik till den sovande (Music for a sleeper) (1998) Text by Jacques Werup
William Sharp, baritone; Curtis Macomber, Valerie Kim, violins; Alan Kay, clarinet; Matthew Overbay, percussion