23-24 Concert Season Brochure by Yale School of Music

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CONCERT SEASON

MUSIC at Yale.

The 2023-2024 concert season offers a compelling array of stylistically diverse programs featuring our illustrious faculty, exceptional students and alumni, and internationally celebrated guest artists in performances that promise to be as memorable as they are exhilarating.

We look forward to sharing the concertgoing experience with you in magnificent venues on campus and beyond.

Ceiling light in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. Photo by Matt Fried BORIS BERMAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

HOROWITZ PIANO

MORSE RECITAL HALL IN SPRAGUE MEMORIAL HALL

WEDNESDAYS AT 7:30PM

OCT 18 | ROBERT BLOCKER

A performance by the faculty pianist and former School of Music Dean who the Los Angeles Times has said performs with “a measurable virtuoso bent.”

NOV 8 | BORis BERmaN

A performance of music by Debussy, Mozart, Prokofiev, and Schoenberg by the faculty pianist whose playing The New York Times has said is “charged with energy and intelligence.”

DEC 13 | wEi-yi yaNg

A performance by the faculty pianist whose playing the Hartford Courant has described as “spontaneous, yet logical, lyrical and technical.”

JaN 24 | mELViN ChEN

A performance by the faculty pianist whose musicianship The New York Times has described as “precise.”

JaN 31 | héLèNE gRimauD

A performance of Bach’s formidable Chaconne (arr. Busoni, from the Partita in D minor, BWV 1004), and music by Beethoven and Brahms, by the artist The New Yorker has described as “a pianist of clean grace and insight.”

FEB 28 | EmaNuEL ax

A performance of Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata and music by Schoenberg by the artist whose “pianism is always thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous” (The Washington Post).

maR 27 | BORis sLuTsKy & ERiC zuBER

Faculty pianist Boris Slutsky, who The Baltimore Sun has said plays “with intelligence, imagination and a sense of poetry,” and Eric Zuber, whose playing the Cleveland Plain Dealer has said is marked by “interpretive finesse and intensity,” perform a two-piano program featuring Rachmaninoff’s Piano Suites and Symphonic Dances, in celebration of the composer’s 150th birthday.

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siNgLE TiCKETs Start at $17, Yale faculty/staff start at $12, Students start

at $99, Yale faculty/staff start at $79, Students start at $48

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Boris Berman

ONEPPO CHAMBER MUSIC

MORSE RECITAL HALL IN SPRAGUE MEMORIAL HALL

TUESDAYS AT 7:30PM

sEP 12 | EmERsON sTRiNg QuaRTET

The legendary ensemble, which The Washington Post has said makes music with “a devotional ease,” performs works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and George Walker as part of its farewell season.

OCT 3 | BRENTaNO sTRiNg QuaRTET

A performance by the School’s acclaimed faculty quartet-inresidence, whose musicians, The New York Times has said, “seem to be listening to the same heartbeat.”

OCT 31 | QuaRTETTO Di CREmONa

A group of musicians who The Strad has said are “internationally renowned for their extremely mature and lyrical sound” perform music by Beethoven, Ravel, and Wolf.

DEC 5 | imaNi wiNDs

A performance by the ensemble The Washington Post has called “a quintet of skilled and spirited musicians.”

JaN 16 | BRENTaNO sTRiNg QuaRTET

The School’s faculty quartet-in-residence, which The Guardian has said shares “startling musical revelations,” appears in its second performance of the season.

FEB 13 | aCaDEmy OF sT. maRTiN iN ThE FiELDs wiND ENsEmBLE

A performance of music by Beethoven, Mozart, Reinecke, and Francaix by the ensemble the Dallas Morning News has called “technically superb” and “generously expressive.”

maR 5 | TaFELmusiK BaROQuE ORChEsTRa

The celebrated period-instrument ensemble, led by guest director Aisslinn Nosky, performs a program called “Passions Revealed” featuring music by J.S. Bach, J.F. Fasch, Locatelli, Marais, Telemann, and Vivaldi.

may 7 | COmPETiTiON wiNNERs

A concert featuring performances by the winners of the School’s annual chamber music competition.

Start at $160, Yale faculty/staff start at $127, Students start at $81

Start at $31, Yale faculty/staff start at $23, Students start at $14

DAVID SHIFRIN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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GERALD MARTIN MOORE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

YALE OPERA

MORSE RECITAL HALL IN SPRAGUE MEMORIAL HALL EXCEPT WHERE NOTED & DAYS AND TIMES VARY

OCT 27 & 28 | FaLL OPERa sCENEs

Yale Opera presents two evenings of varied excerpts from the operatic repertoire, performed with piano.

Fri & Sat | 7:30 p.m.

DEC 4 | yaLE OPERa sTuDiO CONCERT

Yale Opera presents an evening of songs and arias performed with piano.

Mon | 7:30 p.m. | Free admission

FEB 17 & 18 | wiNTER PRODuCTiON*

Yale Opera presents a new production of Stravinsky’s masterpiece

The Rake’s Progress with the Yale Philharmonia, under the baton of Metropolitan Opera conductor Daniela Candillari. Sat 7:30 p.m. & Sun 2 p.m. | Shubert Theatre

Tickets go on sale Oct. 17 through the Shubert box office and Shubert.com.

may 3 & 4 | sPRiNg PRODuCTiON

Yale Opera presents a fully staged double-bill production featuring Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, performed with piano.

Fri & Sat | 7:30 p.m.

BECOmE a PaTRON and support the Yale Opera. Enjoy benefits that include preferred seating and invitations to special events. The names of all donors who give $50 or more are listed in our printed concert programs. To learn more, visit music.yale.edu/support.

siNgLE TiCKETs Start at $13, Yale faculty/staff start at $10, Students start at $6 except Yale Opera Studio & Winter Production

*Shubert Theatre (New Haven, CT) Photo by Matt Fried

THOMAS C. DUFFY, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ELLINGTON JAZZ

MORSE RECITAL HALL IN SPRAGUE MEMORIAL HALL FRIDAYS AT 7:30PM

sEP 29 | BERTha hOPE

A performance by the remarkable jazz pianist “whose contributions to mainstream and improvised musical idioms have made her elite among her peers” (NPR).

NOV 3 | FRED hERsCh

An evening with the intrepid composer and performer whom Vanity Fair has described as “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade.”

FEB 2 | LiNDa Oh

A performance by the bassist and composer whom The Wall Street Journal has called “one of the most dynamic rising stars in jazz today.”

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Save 10% off regular ticket prices when you purchase a Pick 3 package.

Start at $26, Yale faculty/staff start at $19, Students start at $11

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YALE PHILHARMONIA

WOOLSEY HALL

FRIDAYS AT 7:30PM EXCEPT WHERE NOTED

sEP 22 | PETER OuNDJiaN

The Yale Philharmonia, led by Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian and joined by mezzo-soprano Kara Morgan ’24MMA, the Elm City Girls’ Choir, and the treble voices from the Yale Glee Club, opens its 2023-2024 concert season with a performance of Mahler’s colossal Third Symphony.

OCT 20 | giaNCaRLO guERRERO

Guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero leads the orchestra in a performance of Lorin Maazel’s orchestral arrangement of Wagner’s epic Ring cycle, The Ring Without Words, whose “orchestration ... stands alone magnificently” (The New York Times).

NOV 16* | PETER OuNDJiaN

Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian leads the orchestra in a performance of Valerie Coleman’s Umoja (Anthem of Unity), Adolphus Hailstork’s JFK: The Last Speech, and Joan Tower’s Concerto for Orchestra.

JaN 26 | ROssEN miLaNOV

The orchestra, led by guest conductor Rossen Milanov, performs Smetana’s Overture to The Bartered Bride, Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, with soloist Hyojin Shin ’22MM ’23MMA, and Shostakovich’s moody Sixth Symphony.

FEB 23 ^ | samuEL hOLLisTER

The orchestra, led by conducting student Samuel Hollister ’18BA ’28DMA , with solo percussionist Michael Yeung ’22MM ’23MMA ’24AD, gives its annual performance in the School’s intimate Morse Recital Hall.

aPR 5 | PETER OuNDJiaN

The orchestra, led by Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian, performs Mozart’s Thirty-Fifth Symphony, the “Haffner,” Martinů’s Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra, with soloist Brian Isaacs ’22BA ’23MM, and Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, the “Pathétique.”

aPR 26 | PETER OuNDJiaN

The Yale Philharmonia, led by Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian, closes its season with a performance of Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer, with mezzo-soprano Kara Morgan ’24MMA, and Richard Strauss’ monumental tone poem An Alpine Symphony

BECOmE a PaTRON of the Yale Philharmonia and directly support the orchestra, our students, and the concerts we all enjoy. Give today and enjoy benefits that include complimentary tickets, reserved seating, and invitations to special events. To learn more, visit music.yale.edu/support.

PETER OUNDJIAN, PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR

* Thursday ^ Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

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Orchestra and second balcony $57 | Yale faculty/staff $47

First balcony $89 | Yale faculty/staff $73

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Save up to 15% off single-ticket prices when you purchase a Pick 3 or Pick 5 package.

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Orchestra and second balcony $13 | Yale faculty/staff $9

First balcony $19 | Yale faculty/staff $14

Free student tickets with student ID (Orchestra only)

$3 surcharge for tickets purchased at the door

Photo by Matt Fried JAY KERNIS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

NEW MUSIC NEW HAVEN

MORSE RECITAL HALL IN SPRAGUE MEMORIAL HALL

THURSDAYS AT 7:30PM FREE ADMISSION

OCT 5 | DaViD LaNg

A performance of music by faculty composer David Lang, “a fixture on the new music scene and one of its most prolific and most decorated composers” (The New York Times), and chamber works by the School’s composition students.

NOV 2 | NaTaCha DiELs

A performance of compositions by guest composer and performer Natacha Diels, whose music is “a fairy tale for a fractured world” (Music We Care About), and works by the School’s composition students.

DEC 7 | NEw musiC FOR ORChEsTRa

Conducting students Stefano Boccacci ’25MMA and Samuel Hollister ’18BA ’28DMA lead the Yale Philharmonia in a performance of orchestral music by the School’s composition students.

FEB 8 | KaThERiNE BaLCh & aaRON Jay KERNis

A performance of music by faculty composers Katherine Balch, a “superbly gifted composer [with] a compositional voice that is truly unique and full of wonder” (The Mercury News), and Aaron Jay Kernis, who has been praised for his “fearless originality [and] powerful voice” (The New York Times), and works by the School’s composition students.

maR 7 | DaViD saNFORD

A performance of compositions by guest composer David Sanford, whose music “transcends standard genre boundaries” (Gramophone), and works by the School’s composition students.

aPR 18 | maRTiN BREsNiCK & ChRisTOPhER ThEOFaNiDis

A performance of music by faculty composers Martin Bresnick, who creates “music that seems at once ancient, elegiac and awesomely new” (The New York Times), and Christopher Theofanidis, whom The Baltimore Sun has described as an “unusually skilled, communicative composer,” and works by the School’s composition students.

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FACULTY ARTIST SERIES

MORSE RECITAL HALL IN SPRAGUE MEMORIAL HALL SUNDAYS AT 3PM EXCEPT WHERE NOTED FREE ADMISSION

sEP 24 | gOLD & gLiTTER

Arthur Haas, harpischord

Daniel S. Lee, Baroque violin

OCT 1 | aDRiaNa zaBaLa, mezzo-soprano & JJ PENNa, piano

NOV 5 | wENDy shaRP, violin

with Sophiko Simsive ’18MM ’19MMA, piano

NOV 10 | CaROL JaNTsCh, tuba

FRIDAY AT 7:30PM

NOV 12 | wiLLiam PuRVis, horn

NOV 26 | DaNiEL s. LEE, violin & JEFFREy gROssmaN, harpischord

DEC 3 | Tai muRRay, violin

DEC 8 | sOOViN Kim, violin

FRIDAY AT 7:30PM

DEC 10 | PauL waTKiNs, cello & BORis BERmaN, piano

JaN 17 | BENJamiN VERDERy & FRiENDs

WEDNESDAY AT 7:30PM

JaN 21 | yaLE BRass TRiO

William Purvis, horn

Kevin Cobb, trumpet

Scott Hartman, trombone

JaN 28 | wENDy shaRP & FRiENDs

FEB 4 | FRaNK mORELLi, bassoon & wEi-yi yaNg, piano

FEB 11 | ETTORE Causa, viola & BORis BERmaN, piano

maR 3 | KyuNg yu, violin

aPR 16 | augusTiN haDELiCh, violin with Orion Weiss, piano

TUESDAY AT 7:30PM

Photo by Matt Fried