Past event (2021)
CELEBRATING OVER 50 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBER MUSIC
Yellow Barn Concerts July 9-August 7
Masterclasses July 10, 17, 24
2021 Summer Gala August 1
Composer in Residence James MacMillan August 2-7
Young Artists Program Concerts June 20 and 23, July 1
Watch performances from the 2021 Summer Festival in the Big Barn
Young Artists Program Concert
Young Artists Program Concert
Young Artists Program Concert
Young Artists Program Concert
Yellow Barn Opening Night
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) String Quartet Op.11, Adagio (1936)
Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Carolin Widmann, violins; Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello
James Wood (b.1953) Rogosanti (Healing) (1986)
Matthew Overbay, percussion
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) Sonata No. 5 for Violin and Piano, Op.53 (1953)
Donald Weilerstein, violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Intermission
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Ariettes oubliées (Forgotten songs) (1885–87)
Elaine Daiber, Soprano; Gilbert Kalish, Piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Piano Concerto in C Major, K.415 (1783)
Peter Frankl, piano; Leonard Fu, Jenna Sherry, violins; Nicholas Mann, viola; Leland Ko, cello; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass
Masterclass: Gilbert Kalish, piano
At Yellow Barn masterclasses, audience members are invited to sit in the Big Barn with Yellow Barn musicians and witness the interpretive process as yellow barn faculty and guests coach participants on a wide range of repertoire.
Yellow Barn Concert
Toshio Hosokawa (b.1955) Im Nebel (In the Fog) (2013)
North American Premiere
Ansel Norris, trumpet; Anna Han, piano
Kaija Saariaho (b.1952) Oi Kuu (1990)
Barret Ham, bass clarinet; Aaron Wolff, cello
Philippe Hersant (b.1948) Une Vision d'Hildegarde (2019)
Carolin Widmann, Nathan Amaral, Yiliang Jiang, Julia Mirzoev, Yukiko Uno, violins; Luther Warren, Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, violas; Rainer Crosett, cello; Pete Walsh, double bass
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Sonata for Two Pianos (1959)
Gilbert Kalish, Sophiko Simsive, pianos
Intermission
J.S. Bach (1685-1750), transcribed by George Benjamin (b.1960) Canon and Fugue, from The Art of the Fugue (c.1742-9/2007)
Antonina Styczen, flute; Nicolee Kuester, Kevin Newton, French horns; Luke Hsu, Hee-Soo Yoon, Jenna Sherry, violins; Katherine Murdock, Lauren Spaulding, violas; Yunwen Chen, cello
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) String Quintet in B-flat Major, Op.87 (1845)
Carolin Widmann, Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violins; Rosemary Nelis, Lauren Spaulding, violas; Mon-Puo Lee, cello
Yellow Barn Concert
Dai Fujikura (b.1977) The Voice (2007)
Yen-Chen Wu, bassoon; Natasha Brofsky, cello
Steven Mackey (b.1956) Humble River (1996-7)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1757-1791) Movements from the four flute quartets (1777-8)
Antonina Styczen, flute; Julia Mirzoev, violin; Emily Brandenberg, viola; Jeffrey Ho, cello
Patrick Tsuji, flute; Randall Goosby, violin; Nicholas Mann, viola; Madelyn Kowalski, cello
Intermission
Steven Mackey (b.1956) Cairn (1994)
Steven Mackey, electric guitar
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) And then I knew ’twas Wind (1992)
Patrick Tsuji, flute; Katherine Murdock, viola; Charles Overton, harp
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op.117 (1921)
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Anna Han, piano
Yellow Barn Concert
Hans Abrahamsen (b.1952) Six Pieces (1984/2012)
Kevin Newton, French horn; Alice Ivy-Pemberton, violin; Lana Suran, piano
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op.60 (1875)
Seth Knopp, piano; Luke Hsu, violin; Nicholas Mann, viola; Leland Ko, cello
Intermission
Leos Janácek (1854-1928) From Hukvaldy and Moravian Folk Poetry in Song (1898/1908)
Kristina Bachrach, soprano; William Sharp, baritone; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Hans Eisler (1898-1962) Zeitungsausschnitte (Newspaper clippings), Op.11 (1925-6)
Kristina Bachrach, soprano; Anna Han, piano
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Horn Trio in E-flat Major, Op.40 (1865)
Nicolee Kuester, French horn; Leonard Fu, violin; Peter Frankl, piano
Masterclass: Laurence Lesser, cello
Yellow Barn Concert
Travis Laplante (b.1982) Wild Tapestry (For the Muse of Miles Davis) (2021)
World Premiere
Ansel Norris, trumpet; Travis Laplante, saxophone; Oliver Barrett, trombone; Antonina Styczen, flute; Steven Mackey, electric guitar; Charles Overton, harp; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass; Eduardo Leandro, Matthew Overbay, percussion
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) En blanc et noir (In white and black) (1915)
Peter Frankl, Yun Janice Lu, pianos
Intermission
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Amore traditore (Treacherous love), Cantata BWV 203 (1718-9)
William Sharp, baritone; Alice Chenyang Xu, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet in F Major, K.590 (1790)
Donald Weilerstein, Evan Hjort, violins; Natalie Loughran, viola; Alma Hernán Benedí, cello
Mark Applebaum (b.1967) Variations on Variations on a Theme by Mozart (2006)
Seth Knopp, piano
Yellow Barn Concert
György Ligeti (1923-2006) Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles) (2000)
Elaine Daiber, soprano; Eduardo Leandro, Matthew Overbay, Sam Um, Peter White, percussion
Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997) Piece for Ligeti (1988)
Nancarrow Sarabande and Scherzo (1930)
James Austin-Smith, oboe; Yen-Chen Wu, bassoon; Yun Janice Lu, piano
Thomas Adès (b.1971) The Four Quarters (2010)
Luke Hsu, Evan Hjort, violins; Natalie Loughran, viola; Rainer Crosett, cello
Intermission
Ligeti Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1990/1992)
Anthony Marwood, solo violin; Leonard Fu, Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Jenna Sherry, Hee-Soo Yoon, Evan Hjort, violins; Natalie Loughran, Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, Rosemary Nelis, violas; Natasha Brofsky, Yunwen Chen, cellos; Pete Walsh, double bass; Patrick Tsuji, Antonina Styczen, flutes; James Austin-Smith, oboe; Yasmina Spiegelberg, Barret Ham, clarinets; Yen-Chen Wu, bassoon; Nicolee Kuester, Kevin Newton, French horns; Ansel Norris, trumpet; Oliver Barrett, trombone; Matthew Overbay, Sam Um, percussion; Eduardo Leandro, conductor
Yellow Barn Concert, For Leon
In memory of Leon Fleisher on his birthday
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) "Schafe können sicher weiden" ("Sheep May Safely Graze") from Cantata BWV 208 (1713)
Kristina Bachrach, soprano; Patrick Tsuji, Antonina Styczen, flutes; Seth Knopp, Michael Kannen, continuo
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) String Quintet in C Major, D.956 (1828)
Leonard Fu, Hee-Soo Yoon, violins; Lauren Spaulding, viola; Jeffrey Ho, Yoshika Masuda, cellos
Intermission
Schubert Ländler, No.5 in B Minor and No.6 in G-sharp Minor, D.790
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) La Valse (1920)
Anna Han, Lana Suran, pianos
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet E Minor, Op.59 No.2, Molto adagio ("Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento") (1808)
Donald Weilerstein, Luke Hsu, violins; Emily Brandenburg, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello
Harold Arlen (1905-1986)/Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) “One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)” (1943)
Julian Fleisher, vocals; Matt Ray, piano
Masterclass: Donald Weilerstein, violin
Yellow Barn Concert
Tigran Mansurian (b.1939) Agnus Dei (2006)
Barret Ham, clarinet; Yiliang Jiang, violin; Jeffrey Ho, cello; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate (b.1968) Standing Bear: A Ponca Indian Cantata in Eight Tableaux (2015)
William Sharp, baritone; Curtis Macomber, Nathan Amaral, violins; Lauren Spaulding, Luther Warren, violas; Alma Hernán Benedí, Aaron Wolff, cellos; Sophiko Simsive, piano
Intermission
Earl Kim (1920-1998) Scenes from a Movie, Part 1, The Seventh Dream (1986)
Elaine Daiber, soprano; William Sharp, baritone; Yukiko Uno, violin; Mon-Puo Lee, cello; Seth Knopp, piano
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.97 (1893)
Donald Weilerstein, Sophia Anna Szokolay, violins; Luther Warren, Katherine Murdock, violas; Yunwen Chen, cello
Yellow Barn Concert
Eric Nathan (b.1983) Toying (2012)
Ansel Norris, trumpet
James Wood (b.1953) Kalavinka (2017)
World Premiere
Eduardo Leandro, Matthew Overbay, percussion
Brett Dean (b.1961) Seven Signals (2019)
Yasmina Spiegelberg, clarinet; Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin; Aaron Wolff, cello; Alice Chenyang Xu, piano
Intermission
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004) Movement for String Trio (2004)
Gideon Klein (1919-1945) String Trio (1944)
Randall Goosby, violin; Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, viola; Leland Ko, cello
Donald Martino (1931-2005) Cinque Frammenti (1964)
Mark Hill, oboe; Pete Walsh, double bass
György Kurtág (b.1926) Einige Sätze aus den Sudelbüchern Georg Christoph Lichtenbergs, Op. 37a (1996/1999)
Elaine Daiber, soprano; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass
Yellow Barn Concert
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in C Major, Op.54 No.2 (1788)
Julia Mirzoev, Nathan Amaral, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; Madelyn Kowalski, cello
Friedrich Cerha (b.1927) Musik für Posaune und Streichquartett (2004-5)
Oliver Barrett, trombone; Hee-Soo Yoon, Yiliang Jiang, violins; Emily Brandenburg, viola; Alma Hernán Benedí, cello
Intermission
Claude Vivier (1948-1983) Hymnen an die Nacht (1975)
Elaine Daiber, soprano; Anna Han, piano
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op.4 (1899) (arr. Eduard Steuermann, 1932)
Julia Mirzoev, violin; Mon-Puo Lee, cello; Sophiko Simsive, piano
Yellow Barn Concert
Eleanor Alberga (b.1949) Succubus Moon (2007)
James Austin Smith, oboe; Evan Hjort, Yukiko Uno, violins; Lauren Spaulding, viola; Michael Kannen, cello
Rebecca Saunders (b.1967) Disclosure (2008)
Barret Ham, clarinet/bass clarinet; Ansel Norris, trumpet/piccolo trumpet; Oliver Barrett, trombone; Lana Suran, piano; Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin
George Crumb (b.1929) Apparition, Elegiac Songs and Vocalises (1979)
Kristina Bachrach, soprano; Seth Knopp, amplified piano
Intermission
Sebastian Currier (b.1959) Night Time (1998)
Curtis Macomber, violin; Charles Overton, harp
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Violin Sonata in G Major, Op.96 (1812)
Yiliang Jiang, violin; Yun Janice Lu, piano
Yellow Barn Concert
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Andante und Variationen, Op.46 (1843)
Stephen Stirling, French horn; Jeffrey Ho, Yunwen Chen, cellos; Yun Janice Lu, Alice Chenyang Xu, pianos
Jörg Widmann (b.1973) String Quartet No. 7 (Beethoven – Study II) (2020)
North American Premiere
Leonard Fu, Sophia Anna Szokolay, violins; Rosemary Nelis, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
Intermission
Helmut Lachenmann (b.1935) temA (1968)
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Antonina Styczen, flute; John Myerscough, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.130, Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo (1825)
Yukiko Uno, Randall Goosby, violins; Luther Warren, viola; Aaron Wolff, cello
Beethoven Grosse Fuge, Op.133 (1825)
Jenna Sherry, Alice Ivy-Pemberton, violins; Jessica Bodner, viola; Leland Ko, cello
2021 Summer Gala
A Gala Performance and Champage Toast
To benefit the Yellow Barn Resiliency Fund for Music and Musicians
2:30 Arrival
3:00 Music in the garden
4:30 Champagne celebration
$150 per person
Space for this event is limited, and reservations are necessary.
Please reply to info@yellowbarn.org.
In the event of rain, the start time will move up to 10:30am.
PROGRAM
In tribute to Barry Lopez (1945-2020)
Matthew Burtner (b.1971) Elegy/Muir Glacier, 1889-2009 (violin and sound installation) (2017/2020)
World Premiere
Anthony Marwood, violin
Burtner Threnody (Sikuigvik) (The Time of Ice Melting) for ensemble and glacier ecoacoustics (2015)
James Austin Smith oboe; Sophia Anna Szokolay, violin; Sam Um, percussion
Natalie Loughran, Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, viola; Stephen Stirling, French horn;
Rainer Crosett, Mon-Puo Lee, John Myerscough, cellos; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass
Kaija Saariaho (b.1952) Six Japanese Gardens (In Memory of Toru Takemitsu) (1994)
Eduardo Leandro, Matthew Overbay, Sam Um, percussion
In all the years I have spent standing or sitting on the banks of this river, I have learned this: the more knowledge I have, the greater comes the mystery of what holds that knowledge together, this reticulated miracle called an ecosystem.—Barry Lopez
Yellow Barn Concert
James MacMillan (b.1959) …as others see us…, T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) (1990)
Patrick Tsuji, flute; Yasmina Spiegelberg, bass clarinet; Yen-Chen Wu, contrabassoon; Ansel Norris, trumpet; Sam Um, percussion; Nathan Amaral, violin; Lauren Spaulding, viola; Alma Hernán Benedí, cello; Pete Walsh, double bass
Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931) Hommage à T.S. Eliot (1987)
Rachel Schutz, soprano; Yasmina Spiegelberg, clarinet; Yen-Chen Wu, bassoon; Nicolee Kuester, French horn; Sophia Anna Szokolay, Hee-Soo Yoon, violins; Emily Brandenburg, viola; Rainer Crosett, cello; Pete Walsh, double bass
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.130 (1825-6)
Yukiko Uno, Randall Goosby, violins; Luther Warren, viola; Aaron Wolff, cello
Composer Portrait: James MacMillan
James MacMillan (b.1959)
Motet II (2012)
Leland Ko, cello
Motet III (2012)
Alan Kay, clarinet
Motet IV (2012)
Charles Overton, harp
Motet V (2012)
Stephen Stirling, French horn
in angustiis… I (2001)
Sophiko Simsive, piano
Yellow Barn Concert
Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931) Aus den Visionen von Hildegard von Bingen (1994)
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Helena Tulve (b.1972) Ithaka (2000)
North American Premiere
Lucy Shelton, voice; Anthony Marwood, violin; Yun Janice Lu, piano
James MacMillan (b.1959) Tuireadh (Lament) (1991)
Yasmina Spiegelberg, clarinet; Luke Hsu, Yukiko Uno, violins; Rosemary Nelis, viola; Mon-Puo Lee, cello
Intermission
Mario Davidovsky (1934-2019) Salvos (Saved) (1986)
Patrick Tsuji, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet/bass clarinet; Charles Overton, harp; Eduardo Leandro, percussion; Curtis Macomber, violin; Madelyn Kowalski, cello
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.47
Anna Han, piano; Randall Goosby, violin; Natalie Loughran, viola; John Myerscough, cello
Yellow Barn Concert
Liza Lim (b.1966) The Incandescent Tongue (2020)
World Premiere
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Ansel Norris, trumpet
Nicolee Kuester, French horn; Sophia Anna Szokolay, Randall Goosby, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Rainer Crosett, cello
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op.117 (1964)
Curtis Macomber, Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; Jeffrey Ho, cello
Intermission
MacMillan Three Dawn Rituals (1983)
Antonina Styczen, flutes; Alan Kay, clarinets; Yen-Chen Wu, bassoon; Nicolee Kuester, French horn; Matthew Overbay, percussion; Sophiko Simsive, piano; Yiliang Jiang, violin; John Myerscough, cello
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin, Op.42 (1918)
Rachel Schutz, soprano; Alice Chenyang Xu, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op.70 No.2 (1809)
Sophiko Simsive, piano; Nathan Amaral, violin; Madelyn Kowalski, cello
Yellow Barn Concert
Oliver Knussen (1952-2018) Songs without Voices (1992)
Antonina Styczen, flute; Mark Hill, English horn; Alan Kay, clarinet; Stephen Stirling, French horn; Yun Janice Lu, piano; Yukiko Uno, violin; Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, viola; Jeffrey Ho, cello
George Crumb (b.1929) An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) (1985/1997)
Stephen Stirling, French horn; Ayano Kataoka, Eduardo Leandro, Matthew Overbay, percussion
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Metamorphosen (1944-5) (arr. Rudolf Leopold, 1996)
Anthony Marwood, Julia Mirzoev, violins; Emily Brandenburg, Roger Tapping, violas; Mon-Puo Lee, Rainer Crosett, cellos; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass
Intermission
James MacMillan (b.1959) Why is this night different? (String Quartet No. 2) (1998)
Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Leonard Fu, violins; Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, viola; Michael Kannen, cello
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Fantasie in C Major, D.934 (1827)
Luke Hsu, violin; Lana Suran, piano
Yellow Barn Concert
James MacMillan (b.1959) Untold (1993)
Antonina Styczen, flute; Mark Hill, oboe; Barret Ham, clarinet; Yen-Chen Wu, bassoon; Stephen Stirling, French horn
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Piano Trio (1914)
Alice Chenyang Xu, piano; Alice Ivy-Pemberton, violin; Alma Hernán Benedí, cello
Intermission
MacMillan Raising Sparks (1997)
Kristina Bachrach, soprano; Patrick Tsuji, flute; Barret Ham, clarinet; Charles Overton, harp; Lana Suran, piano; Jenna Sherry, Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violins; Natalie Loughran, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
MacMillan O Radiant Dawn from the Strathclyde Motets (2007)
Yellow Barn Concert
Karin Rehnqvist (b.1957) Dådra - en sprängd koral (an exploding chorale) (1992)
North American Premiere
Oliver Barrett, trombone; Matthew Overbay, percussion
Rehnqvist Davids nimm (1984)
Rachel Schutz, Kristina Bachrach, Lucy Shelton, sopranos
James MacMillan (b.1959) Cumnock Fair (1999)
Anna Han, piano; Julia Mirzoev, Evan Hjort, violins; Luther Warren, viola; Yunwen Chen, cello; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass
Roger Tapping (b.1960) Reverberations (2021)
World Premiere
Evan Hjort, Hee-Soo Yoon, violins; Rosemary Nelis, viola; Aaron Wolff, cello
Intermission
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) String Quartet No. 2, Op.36 (1945)
Nathan Amaral, Jenna Sherry, violins; Lauren Spaulding, viola; Leland Ko, cello
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! (Exult in God in every land!), Cantata BWV 51 (1730)
Rachel Schutz, soprano; Ansel Norris, trumpet; Leonard Fu, Yiliang Jiang, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; Aaron Wolff, cello; Pete Walsh, Stephen Coxe, continuo
