Saturday, August 3, 2019

Past event (2019)

2019 Summer Gala

Saturday, August 3 | 11:30am
Works by Strozzi, Cage, and Vivaldi

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) "Sino alla morte" from Diporti di Euterpe, Op.7 ("Until death" from Pleasures of Euterpe) (1659) | Program Note
Rachel Schutz, soprano; John Myerscough, cello; Stephen Coxe, continuo

John Cage (1912-1992) Sounds of Venice (1959) | Program Note
Eduardo Leandro, Venetian man 

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons) (1723) | Program Note
Anthony Marwood, solo violin; Mélanie Clapiès, Anny Chen, SoYoung Choi, Jaha Lee, Mann-Wen Lo, Tatjana Roos, violins; Maria Lambros, Jesse Morrison, violas; Coleman Itzkoff, Aaron Wolff, cellos; Peter Walsh, Stephen Coxe, continuo

This performance is dedicated with love to David and Janet Wells.

Note that this performance is a part of the 2019 Summer Gala, which begins at 11am and is followed by a celebratory lunch with Yellow Barn musicians. More information

Pre-Concert Discussion

Saturday, August 3 | 7:00pm

Composer and violist Brett Dean talks about his work

Season Finale

Saturday, August 3 | 8:00pm
Works by Dean, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Liang, and Cage
Brett Dean (b.1961) Some birthday… (1992)
DJ Cheek, Sarah Sung, violas; Aaron Wolff, cello
 
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op.97 “Archduke” (1811)
Claire Bourg, violin; Annie Jacobs-Perkins, cello; Alice Chenyang Xu, piano
 
Intermission
 
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826)
Marisa Gupta and Christina Dahl, piano four-hands
 
Brett Dean Winter Songs (2000) | Program Note
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Rosie Gallagher, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet; Mark Hill, oboe; Yen-Chen Wu, bassoon; Stephen Stirling, French horn
 
Lei Liang (b.1972) Listening for Blossoms (2011)
Rosemary Gallagher, flute; Noël Wan, harp; Yiliang Jiang, violin; Maria Lambros, viola; Pete Walsh, double bass; Christina Dahl, piano
 
John Cage (1912-1992) Dream (1948) (arr. 1974 by Karen Phillips) | Program Note
Sarah Sung, solo viola; Roger Tapping, DJ Cheek, Lauren Siess, Maren Rothfritz, violas