YSM Alumni Reunion Concert, October 24, 2019

Robert Blocker, Dean

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Alumni Reunion Concert Thursday, October 24, 2019 | 3:00 pm | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

Robert Schumann 1810–1856

Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 1.

Zart und mit Ausdruck 3.

Rasch und mit Feuer Sam Boutris ’17mm, clarinet Sophiko Simsive ’18mm ’19mma, piano

Arnold Schoenberg 1874–1951

Brettl-Lieder (1901) Gigerlette Der genügsame Liebhaber Langsamer Walzer (from Schikaneder’s Mirror of Arcadia) Janna Baty ’93mm, mezzo-soprano Po-Wei Ger ’20mm, piano

Hans Werner Henze 1926–2012

Selections from Royal Winter Music (1976–79) Lars Frandsen ’93mm, guitar

Rebecca Clarke 1886–1979

Sonata for viola and piano (1919) III. Adagio Kim Foster ’04cert, viola Nenad Ivovic ’19mma, piano

As a courtesy to others, please silence all devices. Photography and recording of any kind is strictly prohibited. Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.

Program, cont.

Francis Poulenc 1899–1963

Trio for Bassoon, Oboe, and Piano, FP 43 I. Presto Yen-Chen Wu ’16mm, bassoon Timothy Feil ’17mma, oboe Hilda Huang ’19mm ’20mma, piano

Eleonor Sandresky b. 1957

Strange Energy #7 Eleonor Sandresky ’95mm, piano

Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847

String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20 IV. Presto Annie Fullard ’86, violin Catherine Cosbey ’12ad, violin Mason Yu, violin (Omer Quartet) Erica Tursi, violin (Omer Quartet) Jinsun Hong, viola (Omer Quartet) Eric Wong ’12ad, viola Alex Cox, cello (Omer Quartet) Atticus Mellor-Goldman ’21mm, cello

Abram Chasins 1903–1987

Fantasy on Themes from George Bizet’s Carmen, for 2 pianos Susan Merdinger ’84ba ’85mm, piano Steven Greene ’86mm, piano

Igor Stravinsky 1882–1971

Selections from L’Histoire du soldat (1918) Marche du soldat March Royale Tango – Valse – Ragtime Danse du diable Bora Kim ’16mm ’17mma ’23dma, violin Will Robbins ’17mm, double bass Bixby Kennedy ’16mm, clarinet Yen-Chen Wu ’16mm, bassoon Eric Rizzo ’19mm, trumpet Zachary Haas ’18mm, trombone Sam Um ’17mm ’18mma, percussion

Upcoming Events oct 25 Women in Composition:

Experience in a Cultural Microcosm

YSM Alumni Reunion Panel 9:00 a.m. | Morse Recital Hall

free oct 25 Chamber Music at Yale and

Beyond: Tradition and Evolution

YSM Alumni Reunion Panel 10:30 a.m. | Morse Recital Hall

free oct 25 Ludovic Morlot, guest conductor

Yale Philharmonia Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1, with Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition winner Jung Eun Kang.

7:30 p.m. | Woolsey Hall Tickets start at $12, Yale faculty/ staff $8, students free* $3 surcharge at the door

oct 26 Yale Choral Artists

YSM Ensembles An all-Brahms vocal and piano four-hands program, with faculty pianists Robert Blocker and Melvin Chen.

7:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall

free oct 28 Omer String Quartet:

Preview Concert

Yale in New York The School of Music’s fellowship quartet-in-residence performs Blueprint, by YSM alumna Caroline Shaw ’07MM, Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 8, and Schumann’s Piano Quintet, with faculty pianist Melvin Chen.

7:30 p.m. | Sudler Recital Hall

free oct 30 Lunchtime Chamber Music 12:00 p.m. | Center for British Art

free Nov 1-2 Fall Scenes

Yale Opera A variety of scenes from beloved comic and tragic operas.

7:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall

Tickets start at $12, students $5

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