Saturday, July 26, 2014

Past event (2014)

Masterclass: Laurence Lesser, cello

Saturday, July 26 | 10:30am

Pre-Concert Discussion

Saturday, July 26 | 7:00pm
With Lei Liang and Gao Hong

Yellow Barn Composer in Residence Lei Liang and pipa player Gao Hong bring a broad range of Chinese musical traditions to this Yellow Barn summer season. From ancient folk music to contemporary works receiving first performances at Yellow Barn, they discuss how their work has been shaped by their own cultural heritage and influenced by that of the West.

Yellow Barn Concert

Saturday, July 26 | 8:00pm
Schumann, Hong, Zhou Long, and Mendelssohn

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Piano Trio in F Major, Op.80 (1847)
Mayumi Kanagawa, violin; Frédéric Rosselet, cello; Lee Dionne, piano

Gao Hong (b.1964) Flying Dragon (2007)
Gao Hong, pipa

Zhou Long (b.1953) Soul (1987)
Gao Hong, pipa; Violaine Melançon and Brigid Coleridge, violins; Mengwen Zhao, viola; Madeline Fayette, cello

Intermission

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) String Quintet in A Major, Op.18 (1826, rev.1932)
Donald Weilerstein and Ari Isaacman-Beck, violins; Maria Lambros and DJ Cheek, violas; Ana Kim, cello

Concert Co-Sponsor

Prime Roast Coffee