CELEBRATING OVER 50 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBER MUSIC
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Helena Tulve, Composer in Residence August 2 - August 8
Young Artists Program Concerts & Events June 18 - July 3
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Special Event: The Art of Fugue
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Young Artists Program Concerts & Events
June 21 - July 3, 2026
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Opening Night
Juri Seo (b.1981) Mobile from Toy Store (2022)
Juri Seo Triangle Trio (2013, rev.2016)
David Wang, Matt Boyle, Candy Guoer Pang, percussion
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) String Sonata No. 2 in A Major (1804)
Calvin Alexander, Julie Lin, violins; Bea Magdalena Sallaberger, cello; Sam Suggs, double bass
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) String Quintet in F Major, Op.39 No.2 (1787)
Matthew Truscott, Yukiko Uno, violins; Gesine Marie Hadulla, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Noah Daniel, double bass
Intermission
Compagnie (Company) Kahlua: Matthieu Benigno, Alexandre Esperet, and Antoine Noyer Ceci n'est pas une balle ("This is not a ball") (2014)
Candy Guoer Pang
George Enescu (1881-1955) Impressions d'enfance (“Childhood Impressions”), Op.28 (1940)
Donald Weilerstein, violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Oliver Knussen (1952-2018) Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke, Op.23 (1988)
Chihiro Asano, mezzo soprano
George Crumb (1929-2022) Yesteryear (2013)
Lucy Shelton, Chihiro Asano, voices; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Matt Boyle, David Wang, percussion
Masterclass: Gilbert Kalish, piano
Festival Concert
Lisa Streich (b.1985) Wunder (2023)
American Premiere
Katherine Yoon
Earl Kim (1920-1998) Monologues (1977)
Alice Van Leuven, violin; Gerard Flotats, cello; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op.65 (1846)
Julia Lichten, cello; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Intermission
Jacob Druckman (1928-1996) Valentine (1969)
Sam Suggs, double bass
Georges Aperghis (b.1945) Jactation #3 from Quatorze Jactations (2001)
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
Jörg Widmann (b.1973) Hallstudie (“Reverberation Study”) (2003)
Anna Han, Shu Wen Tay, Andrew Edwards, Seth Knopp, piano
Jörg Widmann Schallrohr ("Sound Tube") (2007)
Lucy Shelton, voice; Linda Lee, piano
Georges Aperghis Jactation #14 from Quatorze Jactations (2001)
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 12 Variations on “Se vuol ballare” (“If you would dance”) from Le Nozze di Figaro (“The Marriage of Figaro”), WoO 40 (1792-93)
Katherine Yoon, violin; Shu Wen Tay, piano
Festival Concert
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Optional Donation
In celebration of Yellow Barn’s founder David Wells on his birthday
Frederic Rzewski (1938-2021) To the Earth (1985)
Eduardo Leandro
Chen Yi (b.1953) Qi (1997)
Ji Young Kim, flute; Hayk Sukiasyan, cello; Andrew Edwards, piano; Eduardo Leandro, percussion
Lei Liang (b.1972) Gobi Canticle (2005)
Alix Vaillot-Szwarc, violin; Olivia Cho, cello
Claude Vivier (1948–1983) Zipangu (1980)
Matthew Truscott, Léon Haffner, Laura Morales Rejas, Jason Moon, KJ McDonald, Hyein Koo, Lingyu Dong, violins; Gordon K.H. Lau, Yeh-Chun Lin, Natalie Clarke, violas; Gerard Flotats, Hayk Sukiasyan, cellos; Dušan Kostić, double bass
Intermission
John Cage (1912-1992) Forever & Sunsmell (1942)
Lucy Shelton, voice; David Wang, Matt Boyle, percussion
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV1009 (1717-23)
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Jean-François Carrière, Bea Magdalena Sallaberger, Olivia Cho, cellos
Ana Sokolovic (b.1968) Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings (2009)
United States Premiere
Christian Whitacre, bassoon; Alejandro Gomez Pareja, Jean-François Carrière, Bea Magdalena Sallaberger, Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cellos; Sam Suggs, Dušan Kostić, Noah Daniel, double basses
Festival Concert
Philippe Hersant (b.1968) Sextuor (1995)
American Premiere
Daniel Meszaros, clarinet; Christian Whitacre, bassoon; Alice Van Leuven, violin; Natalie Clarke, viola; Allen Liang, cello; Linda Lee, piano
Leoš Janáček (1852-1928) Pohadka (“Fairy Tale”) (1910, rev.1912, 1923)
William Harris, cello; Linda Lee, piano
Thomas Adès (b.1971) Court Studies from “The Tempest” (2005)
Daniel Meszaros, clarinet; Julie Lin, violin; Julia Lichten, cello; Andrew Edwards, piano
Akira Miyoshi (1933-2013) Nocturne (1973)
Jonah Murphy, flute; Nikki Pet, clarinet; David Wang, percussion; Candy Guoer Pang, marimba; Sam Suggs, double bass
Intermission
Thomas Adès Three Berceuses from “The Exterminating Angel” (2018)
Yeh-Chun Lin, viola; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Echo of Songs (Cypresses, arr. for string quartet), B.152 (1865, arr.1887)
Donald Weilerstein, Lingyu Dong, violins; Gordon K.H. Lau, viola; Julia Lichten, cello
Claude Vivier (1948-1983) Paramirabo (1978)
Jonah Murphy, flute; Katherine Yoon, violin; Allen Liang, cello; Shu Wen Tay, piano
Masterclass: Donald Weilerstein, violin
Festival Concert
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Frauenliebe und Leben (“A Woman's Love and Life”), Op.42 (1840)
Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Alasdair Beatson, piano
Alexander Raskatov (b.1953) Let There Be Night (1989)
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Hyein Koo, violin; Lise Guérin, viola; Julia Lichten, cello
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sonata in C Minor for violin and obligato keyboard, BWV 1017 (1717-23)
Matthew Truscott, violin; Yun Janice Lu, keyboard
Intermission
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in B Minor, Op.64 No.2, Hob.III:68 (1790)
Julie Lin, Laura Morales Rejas, violins; Pauline Sachse, viola; William Harris, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K.593 (1790)
Matthew Truscott, Calvin Alexander, violins; Lise Guérin, Sofia Gomez Alberto, violas; Bea Magdalena Sallaberger, cello
Festival Concert
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Optional Donation
For Leon Fleisher on his birthday
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) "Schafe können sicher weiden" ("Sheep May Safely Graze") from Cantata BWV 208 (1713)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) from Ländler, D.790, Op.171 (1823)
Andrew Edwards, Shu Wen Tay, Linda Lee, Anna Han, piano
Alban Berg (1885-1935) Sieben frühe Lieder (“Seven Early Songs”) (1905-08)
Chihiro Asano, mezzo soprano; Seth Knopp, piano
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op.41 (1942)
Nathaniel Sullivan, narrator; Curtis Macomber, violin; Hyein Koo, violin; Pauline Sachse, viola; Hayk Sukiasyan, cello; Alasdair Beatson, piano
Intermission
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Cäsars Tod (“Caesars Death”) (1933)
Olaf Bienert (1911-1967) Park Monceau (1924)
Joseph Kosma (1905-1969) Barbara (1947)
William Sharp, baritone; James Crabb, accordion
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) Suite for Piano and Strings, Op.23 (1930)
Yun Janice Lu, piano; Alix Vaillot-Szwarc, Katherine Yoon, violins; Alejandro Gomez Pareja, cello
Harold Arlen (1905-1986) and Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (1943)
Julian Fleisher with Charles Overton, harp
Festival Concert
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Der Dichter spricht (“The Poet Speaks”) from Kinderszenen (“Scenes from Childhood”), Op.15 (1838)
Andrew Edwards, piano
Wolfgang Rihm (1952-2024) Am Horizont (“On the Horizon”) (1991)
American Premiere
Anthony Marwood, violin; William Harris, cello; James Crabb, accordion
Wolfgang Rihm Alexanderlieder (1975-76)
American Premiere
Chihiro Asano, mezzo soprano; Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone; Andrew Edwards, Yun Janice Lu, pianos
György Ligeti (1923-2006) String Quartet No. 1 “Métamorphoses nocturnes” (1953-54)
Julie Lin, Yukiko Uno, violins; Lise Guérin, viola; Gerard Flotats, cello
Intermission
Alex Robertson (b.2007) III. Choralebuch (for Lucy Shelton) (2026)
World Premiere
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Ji Young Kim, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet; Christian Whitacre, bassoon; Krzysztof Chorzelski, Lise Guérin, violas; John Myerscough, cello
John Zorn (b.1953) Pandora’s Box (2013)
Melissa Wimbish, soprano; KJ McDonald, Alice Van Leuven, violin; Natalie Clarke, viola; Hayk Sukiasyan, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) An die Hoffnung (“To Hope”), Op.32 (1804-05)
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone; Seth Knopp, piano
Masterclass: Laurence Lesser, cello
Festival Concert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K.546 (1788)
Anthony Marwood, Hyein Koo, violins; Gesine Marie Hadulla, viola; Allen Liang, cello
James Wood (b.1953) Déploration sur la mort de Gérard Grisey (2000)
Matt Boyle, percussion; Léon Haffner, Jason Moon, violins; Yeh-Chun Lin, viola; William Harris, cello
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) String Quartet No. 1, WV72 (1924)
Yukiko Uno, Julia Hwang, violins; Pauline Sachse, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
Intermission
Olivier Greif (1950-2000) L'Office des Naufragés (“Service for the Shipwrecked”) (1998)
American Premiere
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Daniel Meszaros, clarinet; Lingyu Dong, Alix Vaillot-Szwarc, violins; Sofia Gomez Alberto, viola; Olivia Cho, cello; Anna Han, piano
Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Nikki Pet, clarinet; Laura Morales Rejas, KJ McDonald, violins; Gesine Marie Hadulla, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Seth Knopp, piano
Festival Concert
George Crumb (1929-2022) Vox Balaenae (“Voice of the Whale”) (1971)
Jonah Murphy, flute; Jean-François Carrière, cello; Alasdair Beatson, piano
Isang Yun (1917-1995) Piece Concertante (1976)
Ji Young Kim, flute; Nikki Pet, clarinet; Curtis Macomber, violin; Pauline Sachse, viola; Bea Magdalena Sallaberger, cello; Noah Daniel, double bass; Linda Lee, piano; Candy Guoer Pang, percussion
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Sally Beamish (b.1956) La Mer (1903-05, arr. 2014-15)
Alice Van Leuven, violin; Olivia Cho, cello; Alasdair Beatson, piano
Intermission
Rebecca Saunders (b.1967) Into the Blue (1996)
Daniel Meszaros, clarinet; Christian Whitacre, bassoon; Allen Liang, cello; Dušan Kostić, double bass; Shu Wen Tay, piano; Eduardo Leandro, percussion
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Schwanengesang (“Swan Song”), D.957 (1828)
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone; Anna Han, piano
Festival Concert
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Optional Donation
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a "St. Anthony's Chorale” (1873)
Shu Wen Tay, Andrew Edwards, pianos
Jacob Druckman (1928-1996) String Quartet No. 3 (1981)
Curtis Macomber, KJ McDonald, violins; Sofia Gomez Alberto, viola; Alejandro Gomez Pareja, cello
Intermission
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54, No.2, Hob.III:57 (1788)
Julia Hwang, Ying Xue, violins; Yeh-Chun Lin, viola; Luise Buchberger, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op.70 No.2 (1808)
Seth Knopp, piano; Calvin Alexander, violin; Jean-François Carrière, cello
Festival Concert
Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha' Tate (b.1968) Talowa' Hiloha (“Thunder Song”) (1997)
Candy Guoer Pang, timpani
Terry Riley (b.1935) Cadenza on the Night Plain (1983)
Alix Vaillot-Szwarc, Calvin Alexander, violins; Lise Guérin, viola; Gerard Flotats, cello
Intermission
Lee Hyla (1952-2014) Howl (1993)
William Sharp, baritone; Katherine Yoon, Lingyu Dong, violin; Gordon K.H. Lau, viola; John Myerscough, cello
György Ligeti (1923-2006) Études for Piano (Book 1) No. 6 “Automne à Varsovie" (“Autumn in Warsaw”) (1985)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Moment Musicaux No. 2 in A-flat Major, Op.94, D780 (1823-28)
Yun Janice Lu, piano
Masterclass: Kim Kashkashian, viola
Festival Concert
Helena Tulve (b.1972) Pulss, mõõn ja voolamine (“Pulse, Ebb and Flow”) (2012)
Conor Nelson, bass flute; Linda Lee, piano
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Trois poèmes de Mallarmé (1913)
Chihiro Asano, mezzo soprano; Ji Young Kim, Jonah Murphy, flutes; Nikki Pet, clarinet; Alan Kay, bass clarinet; Curtis Macomber, Alice Van Leuven, violins; Gesine Marie Hadulla, viola; Bea Magdalena Sallaberger, cello; Seth Knopp, piano
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op.117 (1921)
John Myerscough, cello; Yun Janice Lu, piano
Intermission
Helena Tulve Stella matutina (“Morning Star”) (2012)
American Premiere
Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Helena Tulve, piano
Pēteris Vasks (b.1946) Violin Concerto No. 1 "Distant Light" (1997)
Anthony Marwood, solo violin; Katherine Yoon, KJ McDonald, Julia Hwang, Julie Lin, Hyein Koo, Alice Van Leuven, violins; Jonathan Brown, Natalie Clarke, violas; Natasha Brofsky, Gerard Flotats, cellos; Noah Daniel, double bass
Special Event
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Composer Portrait: Helena Tulve
The perception of music or sound is for me related to other sensations: smell, awareness of space, temperature, sense of my skin, my own emotional state. Earliest memories are exactly those complex recollections not directly and solely musical ones. The hum of insects mixed with the silence of birds, static heat combined with the dry smell of grass after midday... These kinds of memory-spaces have been at least as defining for me as a composer as later musical experiences. —Helena Tulve, 2026 Composer In Residence
Helena Tulve (b.1972) Meandering (2018)
American Premiere
Christian Whitacre, bassoon
Erkki-Sven Tüür (b.1959) Symbiosis (1996)
American Premiere
Hyein Koo, violin; Dušan Kostić, double bass
Helena Tulve Rimlands (2012)
American Premiere
Daniel Meszaros, clarinet; Bea Magdalena Sallaberger, cello; Seth Knopp, piano
Festival Concert
Teruyuki Noda (1940-2022) Eclogue (1970)
Conor Nelson, flute; Matt Boyle, percussion
Helena Tulve (b.1972) Ma kuulsin sind laulmas (“I heard you singing”) (2010)
American Premiere
David Wang, Candy Guoer Pang, Eduardo Leandro, percussion
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op.147 (1975) (transcr. for viola and accordion)
Sofia Gomez Alberto, viola; James Crabb, accordion
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet in C Major, Op.59, No.3 (1808)
Yukiko Uno, Léon Haffner, violins; Gesine Marie Hadulla, viola; Allen Liang, cello
Festival Concert
Helena Tulve (b.1972) Farewell, farewell (2021)
Ji Young Kim, flute; Andrew Edwards, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Contrapunctus XIV from The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 (ca.1736-1750)
Morton Feldman (1926-1987) Clarinet and String Quartet (1983)
Nikki Pet, clarinet; Ying Xue, Alix Vaillot-Szwarc, violins; Jonathan Brown, viola; Alejandro Gomez Pareja, cello
Intermission
James Wood (b.1953) Kalavinka Quartet (2017)
Eduardo Leandro, Matt Boyle, Candy Guoer Pang, David Wang, percussion
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet in G Major, K.387 (1782)
Alice Van Leuven, Laura Morales Rejas, violins; Natalie Clarke, viola; Olivia Cho, cello
Festival Concert
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Optional Donation
Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) Sombre (2012)
Conor Nelson, bass flute; Nathaniel Sullivan, voice; Eduardo Leandro, percussion; Charles Overton, harp; Noah Daniel, double bass
Helena Tulve (b.1972) In a nakht fun yeridah ("On a night of decline") (2006)
American Premiere
Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Nikki Pet, clarinet; Katherine Yoon, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Matt Boyle, percussion; Anna Han, piano; James Crabb, accordion
Helena Tulve Mondnacht (“Moonlit Night”) (2010, rev.2026)
World Premiere
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Bunte Blätter (“Colored Leaves”), Op.99, No.4 (1836-49)
Chihiro Asano, mezzo soprano; James Crabb, accordion
Anna Han, piano
Intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), arr. Detlev Glanert (b.1960) Variations on a Theme of Schumann, Op.9 (1996)
Daniel Meszaros, clarinet; Christian Whitacre, bassoon; Stephen Stirling, French horn; KJ McDonald, Alix Vaillot-Szwarc, violins; Lise Guérin, viola; Bea Magdalena Sallaberger, cello; Noah Daniel, double bass
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) String Quartet No. 2, Op.10 (1907-08)
Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Calvin Alexander, Katherine Yoon, violins; Gordon K.H. Lau, viola; Gerard Flotats, cello
Festival Concert
Helena Tulve (b.1972) Vers l'autre clarté (“Towards another light”) (for Saariaho) (2024)
American Premiere
Conor Nelson, bass flute; David Wang, percussion; Yun Janice Lu, piano; Charles Overton, harp; Léon Haffner, Sofia Gomez Alberto, Laura Morales Rejas, Lingyu Dong, Julia Hwang, Ying Xue, violins; Jonathan Brown, Lise Guérin, Gesine Marie Hadulla, violas; Olivia Cho, Alejandro Gomez Pareja, Hayk Sukiasyan, cellos; Dušan Kostić, double bass
Gérard Pesson (b.1958) Mes Béatitudes (1995)
American Premiere
Yukiko Uno, violin; Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola; Allen Liang, cello; Anna Han, piano
Michael Tippett (1905-1998) String Quartet No. 2 (1941-42)
Anthony Marwood, Léon Haffner, violins; Yeh-Chun Lin, viola; William Harris, cello
Intermission
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), arr. Hanns Eisler (1898-1962), Erwin Stein (1885-1958), and Karl Rankl (1898-1968) Symphony No. 7, for chamber ensemble (1881-83, arr.1921)
Alan Kay, clarinet; Stephen Stirling, French horn; Julie Lin, Ying Xue, violins; Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola; Jean-François Carrière, cello; Dušan Kostić, double bass; Andrew Edwards, Linda Lee, piano; Shu Wen Tay, harmonium; Eduardo Leandro, timpani
Festival Concert
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) Bassoon Sonata in C Major, FaWV N:C1 (ca.1720)
Christian Whitacre, bassoon; Noah Daniel, Stephen Coxe, continuo
Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008) Tango Alemán (“German tango”) (1977-78)
William Sharp, baritone; James Crabb, accordion; KJ McDonald, violin; Yun Janice Lu, piano
Edison Denisov (1929-1996) La vie en rouge (“Life in red”) (1973)
Chihiro Asano, mezzo soprano; Jonah Murphy, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet; Julie Lin, violin; Hayk Sukiasyan, cello; Anna Han, piano
Intermission
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) String Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op.18 (1826, rev.1832)
Lingyu Dong, Laura Morales Rejas, violins; Krzysztof Chorzelski, Gordon K.H. Lau, violas; Luise Buchberger, cello
Season Finale
Helena Tulve (b.1972) Emergence I. Flowering out of the dark (2020)
American Premiere
Yukiko Uno, violin; William Harris, cello; Stephen Coxe, piano
Philippe Hersant (b.1968) In die Ferne (“In the Distance”) In memory of Olivier Greif (2011)
American Premiere
William Sharp, baritone; Shu Wen Tay, piano
Chinary Ung (b.1942) Child Song (1985)
Ji Young Kim, flute; Yeh-Chun Lin, Natalie Clarke, violas; Charles Overton, harp
Intermission
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Piano Quartet No.1 in D Major, Op.23 (1875)
Linda Lee, piano; Hyein Koo, violin; Natalie Clarke, viola; John Myerscough, cello
Helena Tulve The Final Tune from Muukalainen (“The Visitor”) (2008)
American Premiere
George Crumb (1929-2022) Canticle of the Holy Night from A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D.1979 (1980)
Helena Tulve Higher than the soul can hope and mind can hide (2015)
American Premiere
Alice Van Leuven, violin; Jean-François Carrière, cello; Seth Knopp, piano
Seth Knopp, piano
Anthony Marwood, Alice Van Leuven, violins