Season Schedule: click here to order tickets.

The following schedule of events is subject to change. All concerts, except where otherwise noted, take place at the Yellow Barn Concert Hall in Putney, Vermont.

Young Artists Program Events: June 19th - June 27th, 2008

Date/time: June 19 Thursday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $10 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Young Artists Program concert
Program: TBA, featuring students in Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program for outstanding high school age musicians

Date/time: June 21 Saturday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $18 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Yellow Barn presents A Far Cry, an unconducted string orchestra whose members include many Yellow Barn alumni.
Program: ARCANGELO CORELLI , Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.9 in F major
EDVARD GRIEG, Holberg Suite Op.40
--intermission--
BÉLA BARTÓK, Divertimento for Strings

Date/time: June 26 Thursday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $10 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Young Artists Program concert
Program: TBA, featuring students in Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program for outstanding high school age musicians

Date/time: June 27 Friday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $10 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Young Artists Program final concert
Program: TBA, featuring students in Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program for outstanding high school age musicians

39th Festival Summer Season: July 4 - August 2, 2008

Date/time: July 4 Friday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $25 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: OPENING NIGHT (reception to follow)
Sponsored by Chittenden Bank
Program: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux")
Edward Robie, piano
MAURICIO KAGEL, rrrrrr...5 Jazzstücke
Andrea Segar, violin; Alicia Lee, clarinet; Julio Elizalde piano;
ZHOU LONG, Folk Songs
Robin Scott, Owen Dalby violins; Stephanie Fong, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
-- intermission --
HAROLD MELTZER, Giraffes (world premiere of version for flute and marimba)
Conor Nelson, flute; Ayano Kataoka, marimba
MAURICE RAVEL, Trio
Peabody Trio: Seth Knopp, piano; Violaine Melançon, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello

Date/time: July 5 Saturday - 10:30 a.m. Master Class
Admission: $7 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Master Class with violist KIM KASHKASHIAN

Date/time: July 5 Saturday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $21 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert discussion at 7:00 p.m. in the Putney Public Library.
Event: Festival concert
Program: ALFRED SCHNITTKE, Stille Musik
Violaine Melançon, violin; Emmanuelle Bergeron, cello
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, Cantata, BWV 82 "Ich habe genug"
William Sharp, baritone; Mark Hill, oboe; Ga Hyun Cho, Kathrin ten Hagen, Katie Hyun, Andrea Segar, Danbi Um, Yoon-Jung Yang, violins; Molly Carr, Paul Laraia, Yiyin Li, violas; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Tom van Dyck, double bass; Hye-Yeon Park, baroque organ
-- intermission --
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130
Ariel String Quartet: Gershon Gerchikov, Alexandra Kazovsky, violins; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello

Date/time: July 8 Tuesday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $21 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Sponsored by Southwest Strings
Event: YELLOW BARN ALUMNI CONCERT featuring the Chiara String Quartet
Program: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, String Quartet in E flat major, K428
Chiara String Quartet: Rebecca Fischer, Julie Yoon, violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory Beaver, cello
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH, Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Chiara String Quartet with Seth Knopp, piano
-- intermission --
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, String Quartet in D minor, K421
Chiara String Quartet
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Grosse Fuga in B flat major, Op. 133
Chiara String Quartet

Date/time: July 10 Thursday - 12 noon (Brattleboro Museum)
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
Admission: TBA for tickets call (802) 257-1024 [order tickets]
Event: Community Concert
Program: MARIO DAVIDOVSKY, Quartetto No. 4
Alicia Lee, clarinet; Isabelle Engels, violin; Katherine Murdock, viola; Jonathan Lewis, cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, String Quartet in G major, K387
Andrea Segar, Isabelle Engel, violins; Jessica Oudin, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello

Date/time: July 10 Thursday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $18 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Festival concert
Program: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, Oboe Quartet in F major, K370
Mark Hill, oboe; Keats Dieffenbach, violin; Paul Laraia, viola; Michael Haas, cello
GYÖRGY KURTÁG, Hommage à Mihály András
12 Microludes for string quartet
Danbi Um, Ga Hyun Cho, violins; Lisa Steltenpohl, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS, Variations on a Theme of Schumann, Op. 23
Hye-Yeon Park, Boris Berman, piano four-hands
-- intermission --
STEPHEN COXE, Blake Songs for baritone and cello
William Sharp, baritone, Jacqueline Choi, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, String Quintet in C major, Op. 29
Donald Weilerstein, Robin Scott, violins; Katherine Murdock, Yiyin Li, violas; Alice Yoo, cello

Date/time: July 11 Friday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $25 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Sponsored by Douglas Cox Violins
Please join us for a pre-concert supper and conversation with Yellow Barn musicians at 6:00 p.m. at the Front Porch Cafe.
Event: FOUNDERS' CONCERT in honor of David and Janet Wells (reception to follow)
Program: FREDERIC RZEWSKI, Les Moutons de Panurge
Stephanie Fong, Jessica Oudin, violas; Michael Haas, cello; Ayano Kataoka, marimba; Kai-Yin Huang, piano
GEORGES ENESCO, Impressions d'enfance
Donald Weilerstein, violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
-- intermission --
GUSTAV MAHLER, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
(arr. Arnold Schönberg)
William Sharp, baritone; Conor Nelson, flute; Alicia Lee, clarinet; Ayano Kataoka, percussion; Violaine Melançon, Owen Dalby, violins; Molly Carr, viola; Erica Wise, cello, Tom van Dyck, double bass; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano; Mei Rui, harmonium; Ayano Kataoka, percussion
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, String Quartet in G major, K387
Andrea Segar, Isabelle Engel, violins; Jessica Oudin, viola; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello

Date/time: July 12 Saturday - 10:30 a.m. Master Class
Admission: $7 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Master Class with violinist DONALD WEILERSTEIN

Date/time: July 12 Saturday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $21 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert discussion at 7:00 p.m. in the Putney Public Library.
Event: Festival concert
Program: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Variations for cello and piano in E flat major
on Mozart's "Bei Männern," WoO 46
Kai-Yin Huang, piano; Adelle-Akiko Kearns, cello
Mario Davidovsky Quartetto No.4 for clarinet, violin, viola and cello
Alicia Lee, clarinet; Isabelle Engels, violin; Katherine Murdock, viola; Jonathan Lewis, cello
Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 67
Boris Berman, piano; Yoon-Jung Yang, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello
-- intermission --
Johannes Brahms String Quintet in F major, Op. 88
Ariel String Quartet: Alexandra Kazovsky, Gershon Gerchikov, violins; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello; with Roger Tapping, viola

Date/time: July 16 Wednesday - 8:00 p.m.
Sweeney Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Admission: $25 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Festival concert in honor of Terry Teraspulsky
Program: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Serenade in D major, Op. 8
Katie Hyun, violin; Lisa Steltenpohl, viola; Erica Wise, cello
Fugues and Canons from J. S. Bach's Art of the Fugue, BWV1080
Donald Weilerstein, Ga Hyun Cho, violins; Nicholas Mann, viola; Jacqueline Choi, cello
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY, Synchonisms, No.11 for Contrabass and Electronics
Tom van Dyck, double bass
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY, Synchronisms, No.12 for Clarinet and Electronic Sounds
Alan Kay, clarinet
-- intermission --
STEVE REICH, Music for Pieces of Wood
So Percussion: Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting, Lawson White, Josh Quillen; with Ayano Kataoka, percussion
FELIX MENDELSSOHN, Trio in D minor, Op. 49
Julio Elizalde, piano; Robin Scott, violin; Jonathan Lewis, cello

Date/time: July 17 Thursday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $18 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Festival concert
Program: ISANG YUN, Quartet for Oboe and String Trio
Mark Hill, oboe; Kathrin ten Hagen, violin; Jessica Oudin, viola, Natasha Brofsky, cello
MAX REGER, Clarinet Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 49, No. 2
Alan Kay, clarinet; Hye Yeon Park, piano
-- intermission --
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY, Duo Capriccioso
Yoon-Jung Yang, violin; Mei Rui, piano
FELIX MENDELSSOHN, Trio in D minor, Op. 49
Julio Elizalde, piano; Robin Scott, violin; Jonathan Lewis, cello

Date/time: July 18 Friday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $21 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert supper and conversation with Yellow Barn musicians at 6:00 p.m. at the Front Porch Cafe.
Event: Festival concert
Program: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Serenade in D major, Op. 8
Katie Hyun, violin; Lisa Steltenpohl, viola; Erica Wise, cello
Fugues and Canons from J. S. Bach’s Art of the Fugue, BWV1080
Donald Weilerstein, Ga Hyun Cho, violins; Nicholas Mann, viola; Jacqueline Choi, cello
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY, Synchonisms, No.11 for Contrabass and Electronics
Tom van Dyck, double bass
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY, Synchronisms, No.12 for Clarinet and Electronic Sounds
Alan Kay, clarinet
-- intermission --
ROBERT SCHUMANN, Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Hye-Yeon Park, piano; Keats Dieffenbach, Danbi Um, violins; Stephanie Fong, viola; Emmanuelle Bergeron, cello

Date/time: July 19 Saturday - 10:30a.m. Master Class
Admission: $7 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert discussion at 7:00 p.m. in the Putney Public Library
Event: Master Class with cellist Steven Doane

Date/time: July 19 Saturday
Event: Open House at Yellow Barn
Yellow Barn invites you inside the artistic process, opening rehearsals and other events to a limited number of audience members. Please join us during this day for an experience that allows for an intimate glimpse of Yellow Barn musicians at play. Events begin with a master class with cellist Steven Doane and take us through the evening Festival concert.

Date/time: July 19 Saturday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $21 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert discussion at 7:00 p.m. in the Putney Public Library
Event: Festival concert (reception to follow)
Program: LEOŠ JANÁČEK, Violin Sonata
Violaine Melançon, violin; Edward Robie, piano
STEVEN MACKEY, Indigenous Instruments
Conor Nelson, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet; Nicholas Mann, violin; Emmanuelle Bergeron, cello; Julio Elizalde, piano
-- intermission --
BEDRICH SMETANA, Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; Michael Kannen, cello; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
KAIJA SAARIAHO, Ciel étoilé
Tom van Dyck, double bass; Ayano Kataoka, percussion

Date/time: July 21 Monday - 8:00 p.m. Master Class
Admission: $7 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Master Class with pianist GILBERT KALISH

Date/time: July 22 Tuesday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $18 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Festival concert
Program: GYÖRGY KURTÁG, Bagatelles, Op. 14d
Conor Nelson, flute, Tom van Dyck, double bass, Edward Robie, piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 74
Owen Dalby, Ga Hyun Cho, violins; Molly Carr, viola; Michael Haas, cello
-- intermission --
HUGO WOLF, String Quartet in G major "Italian Serenade"
Ariel String Quartet: Alexandra Kazovsky, Gershon Gerchikov violins; Sergey Tarashchansky viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello
AARON JAY KERNIS, The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine
Texts by F.T. Marinetti
Peabody Trio: Violaine Melançon, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Seth Knopp, piano; with Walter van Dyk, narrator

Date/time: July 23 Wednesday - 8:00 p.m.
Sweeney Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Admission: $25 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Festival concert in memory of Aurelia Baer
Program: HUGO WOLF, String Quartet in G major "Italian Serenade"
Ariel String Quartet: Alexandra Kazovsky, Gershon Gerchikov violins; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70, No. 2
Edward Robie, piano; Isabelle Engels, violin; Adelle-Akiko Kearns, cello
-- intermission --
GYÖRGY KURTÁG, Bagatelles, Op. 14d
Conor Nelson, flute; Tom van Dyck, double bass; Edward Robie, piano
CLAUDE DEBUSSY, String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Kathrin ten Hagen, Katie Hyun, violins; Paul Laraia, viola; Alice Yoo, cello

Date/time: July 24 Thursday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $18 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Festival concert
Program: STEVE REICH, Music for Pieces of Wood
So Percussion: Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting, Lawson White, Josh Quillen; with Ayano Kataoka, percussion
CLAUDE DEBUSSY, String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Kathrin ten Hagen, Katie Hyun, violins; Paul Laraia, viola; Alice Yoo, cello
-- intermission --
EDWARD ELGAR, Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
Kai-Yin Huang, piano; Andrea Segar, Owen Dalby, violins; Yiyin Li, viola; Adelle-Akiko Kearns, cello

Date/time: Friday, July 25 - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $25 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Sponsored by Chittenden Bank
Please join us for a pre-concert supper and conversation with Yellow Barn musicians at 6:00 p.m. at the Front Porch Cafe.
Event: SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT CONCERT in honor of John Michael McKenzie
Program: JONATHAN HARVEY, Trio
Curtis Macomber, violin; Amit Even-Tov, cello, Seth Knopp, piano
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH, String Quartet No.2 in A major, Op. 68
Anthony Marwood, Danbi Um, violins; Jessica Oudin, viola; Michael Kannen, cello
-- intermission --
EARL KIM, Three Poems in French
Susan Narucki, soprano, Owen Dalby, Gershon Gershikov, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; Paul Katz, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70, No. 2
Edward Robie, piano; Isabelle Engels, violin; Adelle-Akiko Kearns, cello

Date/time: July 26 Saturday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $21 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert discussion at 7:00 p.m. in the Putney Public Library.
Event: Festival concert
Program: HAKOLA KIMMO, Capriole
Alicia Lee, clarinet; Joathan Lewis, cello
JEAN SIBELIUS, String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces Intimae"
Anthony Marwood, Robin Scott, violins; Stephanie Fong, viola; Erica Wise, cello
-- intermission --
VÍTEZSLAV NOVÁK, String Quartet no. 2 in D major, Op. 35
Violaine Melançon, Keats Dieffenbach, violins; Molly Carr, viola, Paul Katz cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, Piano Quartet in E flat major, K493
Mei Rui, piano; Yoon-Jung Yang, violin; Lisa Steltenpohl, viola; Jacqueline Choi, cello

Date/time: July 28 Monday - 8:00 p.m. Master Class
Admission: $7 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert discussion at 7:00 p.m. in the Putney Public Library.
Event: Master Class with violinist ROBERT MANN
With a special performance of Robert Mann’s "Two Kinds of Slow" and "Invocation" by the composer.

Date/time: July 29 Tuesday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $18 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert discussion at 7:00 p.m. in the Putney Public Library.
Event: Festival concert
Program: WOLFGANG RIHM, Canzona
Roger Tapping, Maria Lambros, Paul Laraia, Molly Carr, violas
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Sonata for piano and violin in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2
Julio Elizalde, piano; Kathrin ten Hagen, violin
ROBERT MANN, Wind Song - Text: Native American Poetry
Robert Mann, violin; Lucy Rowan Mann, narrator
-- intermission --
FRANZ SCHUBERT, String Quartet in G major, D887
Yoon-Jung Yang, Keats Dieffenbach, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Emmanuelle Bergeron, cello

Date/time: July 30 Wednesday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $18 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Festival concert
Program: ANTON WEBERN, Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9
Ga Hyun Cho, Andrea Segar, violins; Yiyin Li, viola; Michael Haas, cello
ANTONÍN DVORÁK, Piano Trio in E minor, opus 90 "Dumky"
Katie Hyun, violin; Jacqueline Choi, cello, Kai-Yin Huang, piano
-- intermission --
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN, String Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No.2; Hob. III:32
Danbi Um, Robin Scott, violins; Stephanie Fong, viola; Bonnie Hampton, cello
LUIGI BOCCHERINI, Stabat Mater
Susan Narucki, soprano; Curtis Macomber, Isabelle Engels, violins; Lisa Steltenpohl, viola; Michael Kannen, Jonathan Lewis, cellos

Date/time: July 31 Thursday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $18 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Festival concert
Program: YORK HÖLLER, Pas de trois
Jessica Oudin, viola; Alice Yoo, cello; Tom van Dyck, double bass
ERNEST CHAUSSON, Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 30
Christina Dahl, piano, Ga Hyun Cho, violin; Jessica Oudin, viola, Michael Kannen, cello
-- intermission --
ALFRED SCHNITTKE, Piano Quartet
Kai-Yin Huang, piano; Yoon-Jung Yang, violin; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Emmanuelle Bergeron, cello
ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG, Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Isabelle Engels, Danbi Um, violins; Lisa Steltenpohl, Paul Laraia, violas; Erica Wise, Jonathan Lewis, cellos

Date/time: August 1 Friday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $21 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert supper and conversation with Yellow Barn musicians at 6:00 p.m. at the Front Porch Cafe.
Event: Festival concert
Program: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, Flute Quartet in C major, K. Ahn 171
Conor Nelson, flute; Owen Dalby, violin, Maria Lambros, viola, Adelle-Akiko Kearns, cello
GEORGES APERGHIS, Sept Crimes de l'amour
Susan Narucki, soprano, Alicia Lee, clarinet, Ayano Kataoka, percussion
BENJAMIN BRITTEN, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94
Violaine Melançon, Andrea Segar, violins; Stephanie Fong, viola; Michael Haas, cello
-- intermission --
FRANZ SCHUBERT, Piano Trio in B flat Major, D898
Mei Rui, piano; Robin Scott violin, Alice Yoo, cello

Date/time: August 2 Saturday - 12:30 p.m.
Admission: $18 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Event: Matinee Festival concert
Program: JOHANNES BRAHMS, Sonatensatz in C minor, WoO 2
Gershon Gershikov, violin; Mei Rui, piano
GYÖRGY LIGETI, Three Pieces for Two Pianos
Edward Robie, Christina Dahl, pianos
BÉLA BARTÓK, String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114
Curtis Macomber, Owen Dalby, violins; Yiyin Li, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello
-- intermission --
JOHANNES BRAHMS, Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Julio Elizalde, piano; Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; Molly Carr, viola; Bonnie Hampton, cello

Date/time: August 2 Saturday - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $25 in advance or at the door [order tickets]
Please join us for a pre-concert discussion at 7:00 p.m. in the Putney Public Library.
Event: Season Finale (reception to follow)
Program: FRED LERDAHL, Fantasy Etudes
Conor Nelson, flute; Alicia Lee, clarinet; Keats Dieffenbach, violin; Adelle-Akiko Kearns, cello, Hye-Yeon Park, piano, Ayano Kataoka, percussion
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN, Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, Op. 65
Jacqueline Choi, cello; Hye-Yeon Park, piano
-- inmtermission --
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN, Zodiac, 12 melodies of the star signs
Conor Nelson, flute; Kathrin ten Hagen, Katie Hyun, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Erica Wise, cello; Tom van Dyck, double bass; Edward Robie, piano; Ayano Kataoka, percussion
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, String Quartet in C major, K465
Ariel String Quartet: Gershon Gerchikov, Alexandra Kazovsky, violins; Sergey Tarashchansky viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello