Yale School of Music concert brochure 2014–2015

CONCERTS 2014–2015

A new season begins WELCOME TO A NEW SEASON OF CONCERTS AT THE YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC! We invite you into Yale’s concert halls to hear our distinguished faculty, gifted students, and worldrenowned guest artists in a wealth of live performances.

The 2014–15 season offers an appealing variety of programming: from early music to new music, from solo and chamber music to choral and orchestral performances.

TICKETS

Except where otherwise indicated, purchase tickets online at music.yale.edu, call 203 432-4158, or visit the box office. Many of our events are free and open to the public.

YSM BOX Sprague Hall, 470 College St at Wall Street OFFICE » music.yale.edu/box-office HOURS

Mon–Fri | 10 am–4 pm | 10 am through intermission on days with ticketed events Sat & Sun | 2 hours before ticketed events through intermission

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Our website offers directions, parking info, and maps.

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LIVE STREAMING

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Many of our concerts stream live online.

Visit music.yale.edu for schedules and details.

POLICIES Seats cannot be reserved without payment.

Exchanges We are pleased to offer a new ticket exchange policy. If you have purchased tickets that you cannot use, you may exchange them for tickets to another event. Exchanges incur a $5 transaction fee. Please see our website for details.

Cancellations We will make every effort to contact you if you have purchased tickets to a concert that is postponed or cancelled.

Late arrivals will be permitted to enter only between movements. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the performance.

Cameras and recording devices are not permitted without advance permission.

Please silence cell phones and pagers.

Food and beverage are not permitted in the concert hall.

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Horowitz Piano Series

RICHARD GOODE

2014

WED 7:30 PM

PETER SERKIN

Boris Berman, Artistic Director Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall

OCT Richard Goode 01 Late works of Beethoven OCT Peter Serkin 22 Music from the Renaissance, plus Mozart and Schoenberg

NOV Boris Berman 12 Beethoven, Prokofiev, and more

2015

DEC Melvin Chen 10 Bach, Prokofiev, and Brahms JAN Peter Frankl 14 Beethoven and Schumann FEB Wei-Yi Yang 04 Scriabin intertwined with Chopin and Liszt

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MAR Robert Blocker 04 Beethoven’s “Appassionata” and more

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MAR Hung-Kuan Chen 25 Chopin, Haydn, and Schubert TICKETS Start at $13 · Students $7

Subscriptions start at $90 · Students $44

Learn about our new Patron Program supporting the Horowitz Piano Series.

See p. 19 for details.

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Oneppo Chamber Music Series

BRENTANO STRING QUARTET

2014

TUES 7:30 PM

David Shifrin, Artistic Director Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall

SEP Brentano String Quartet 23 The School’s new quartet in residence OCT Bach: Art of the Fugue 28 Orion String Quartet and Windscape

2015

NOV Jupiter String Quartet 18 Schubert, Beethoven, and Bartók JAN Brentano String Quartet 27 Charpentier, Haydn, and Brahms FEB Danish String Quartet 17 Haydn, Schubert, and Agerfeldt Oleson MAR Musica ad Rhenum 03 Music of J.S. Bach

Presented with the Collection of Musical Instruments

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MAR Letters from Argentina 31 Cho-Liang Lin, violin; David Shifrin, clarinet; and leading tango musicians

MAY Competition Winners 05 TICKETS Start at $25 • Students $12

Subscriptions from $158, Students $80 Choose 3+ concerts to save up to 20%

Join our Patron Program and support chamber music at Yale. See p. 19 for details.

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Ellington Jazz Series

RAVI COLTRANE

2014

FRI 7:30 PM

RON CARTER

Willie Ruff, Artistic Director Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall

SEP Ravi Coltrane Quartet 12 Featuring the post-bop saxophonist

with David Virelles, piano; Dezron Douglas, bass; and Johnathan Blake, drums

OCT Ron Carter Trio 24 The eminent bassist returns to the Ellington Jazz Series

DEC Mingus Big Band 05 Celebrating the musical legacy

2015

of bassist and composer Charles Mingus (1922–1979)

MAR The American Jazz Century 06 With Aaron Diehl, piano Hosted by Willie Ruff

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TICKETS Start at $20 ¡ Students $10

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Mar 6: Tickets from $12, Students $6 Subscribe and save! Choose at least three concerts to save up to 15% off single-ticket prices. new: Show your appreciation for the Ellington Jazz series by becoming a patron. Make your gift online at music.yale.edu or by calling the box office at 203 432-4158.

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Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale

JOHN ADAMS

SHINIK HAHM

2014

FRI 7:30 PM

Shinik Hahm, Conductor in Residence Peter Oundjian, Principal Guest Conductor Fridays in Woolsey Hall except where noted

SEP Mahler: Resurrection Symphony 19 With Yale Camerata and Yale Glee Club OCT John Adams, guest conductor & composer 17 With the Brentano String Quartet

This concert will be repeated Oct 19 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Please see our website for details.

NOV An American in Paris 07 Peter Oundjian, guest conductor

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2015

DEC New Music with Orchestra & Chorus 11 With the Yale Camerata *Thursday JAN Yongyan Hu, guest conductor 23 Ravel, Debussy, and Montsalvatge FEB Beethoven & Bartók *Sprague Hall 27 Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and more APR Peter Oundjian, guest conductor 10 Wagner, Korngold, and Brahms MAY Russian Legends 01 Stravinsky’s Firebird and more TICKETS Start at $10 · Students $5

Subscriptions from $56 · Students $30

Yale employee discount available. Purchase in advance to avoid a $3 surcharge at the door.

Join our patron program and enjoy special benefits.

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Yale Opera

2014

Doris Yarick Cross, Artistic Director Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall except where noted

NOV Fall Opera Scenes 1–2 A variety of scenes from both comic and tragic operas Saturday 7:30 pm | Sunday at 2 pm SAT 7:30 PM | SUN 2 PM

DEC Liederabend 08 An evening of art song

2015

MON | 7:30 PM

FEB Winter Production 13–15 Ted Huffman, stage director

With the Yale Philharmonia FRI–SAT 8 PM | SUN 2 PM *Shubert Theater

MAY Spring Production 2–3 A fully staged production SAT 8 PM | SUN 2 PM

TICKETS Fall Scenes & Spring Production:

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$10–$20 · Students $5

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Winter Production: On sale November 1 at the Shubert 203 562-5666 • www.shubert.com

PATRONS Support Yale Opera and enjoy a gala dinner and reception on opening night of the winter production.

Please contact erika.niemi@yale.edu.

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New Music New Haven

BRYCE DESSNER

2014

THU 7:30 PM

VIJAY IYER

Hannah Lash and Christopher Theofanidis, Artistic Directors Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall

OCT Paul Dresher 02 Dresher: Glimpsed from Afar for his

instrument invention, the Quadrachord

NOV Bresnick and Kernis 20 Featuring faculty composers Martin Bresnick and Aaron Jay Kernis

DEC New Music for Orchestra and Chorus 11 With the Yale Philharmonia and

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Yale Camerata *Ticketed

FEB Lang, Lash, Theofanidis 05 With Antico Moderno and Hilary

Summers, contralto. Music by faculty composers David Lang, Hannah Lash, and Christopher Theofanidis

MAR Bryce Dessner 05 Featuring Dessner’s Tenebre and

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Murder Ballads. With Sandbox Percussion *Ticketed

APR Vijay Iyer 02 Composer/pianist Vijay Iyer performs his piece Time, Place, Action with the Brentano String Quartet *Ticketed

TICKETS Admission is free except where

noted. Tickets to Mar 5 and Apr 2 are $10–$15, $5 with student ID.

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Faculty Artist Series

MELVIN CHEN

CAROL JANTSCH

RANSOM WILSON

PETER FRANKL

WENDY SHARP

JANNA BATY

2014

Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall except where noted

OCT Ransom Wilson, flute 08 Melvin Chen, piano WED | 7:30 PM

OCT Carol Jantsch, tuba 13 Music from Debussy to David Lang MON | 7:30 PM

OCT Boris Berman, piano 20 Arabella String Quartet

Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, and more MON | 7:30 PM

NOV Yale Brass Trio 05 William Purvis, horn; Allan Dean, trumpet; Scott Hartman, trombone With Mihae Lee, piano WED | 7:30 PM

NOV Wendy Sharp, violin 09 SUN | 4 PM

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NOV Janna Baty, soprano 11 Music by Villa-Lobos, Ravel,

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Schoenberg, and more TUE | 7:30 PM

NOV Alfred Schnittke’s 80th Anniversary 19 Sarita Kwok, violin; Ettore Causa, viola; Ole Akahoshi, cello; Wei-Yi Yang, piano WED | 7:30 PM

DEC David Shifrin, clarinet, and Friends 15 With the Yale Clarinets. Music by Debussy, Brahms, and more MON | 7:30 PM

YALE BRASS TRIO

BORIS BERMAN

KYUNG YU

ETTORE CAUSA

2015

Free Admission

JAN Arthur Haas, harpsichord 21 The Glorious Year 1685: Music by Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Pasquini, and others WED | 7:30 PM

JAN Wendy Sharp, violin, and Friends 25 With Marka Gustavsson, viola; Mimi

Hwang, cello; and Melvin Chen, piano Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2, and more SUN | 4 PM

FEB Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas 08 Ole Akahoshi, cello; Peter Frankl, piano SUN | 2 PM

FEB Benjamin Verdery, guitar 11 Music from Bach to Neil Young WED | 7:30 PM

FEB Ettore Causa, viola 16 Boris Berman, piano

Beethoven, Brahms, and Laderman MON | 7:30 PM

FEB Czech Chamber Music 22 Kyung Yu, violin; Ole Akahoshi,

cello; Wei-Yi Yang, piano. Music by Smetana, Dvořák, and more SUN | 4 PM

MAR Handel: La Resurrezione 24 James Taylor, tenor; Robert Mealy, violin; Avi Stein, harpsichord

Co-sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and The Helicon Foundation

TUE | 7:30 PM | BATTELL CHAPEL 11

Yale School of Music Ensembles

2014

Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall except where noted Free admission except where noted

OCT Trombone Studio Recital 06 Scott Hartman, director MON | 7:30 PM | SUDLER

NOV Yale Brass Ensemble 17 William Purvis, director MON | 7:30 PM

DEC Vista: Chamber Music 07 Outstanding chamber ensembles

share a personal take on the music.

Wendy Sharp, director

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SUN | 4 PM

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DEC Clarinet Studio Recital 08 David Shifrin, director MON | 5 PM | SUDLER

DEC Guitar Chamber Music 09 Benjamin Verdery, director TUE | 7:30 PM

DEC Bassoonarama 15 Frank Morelli, director MON | 5 PM | SUDLER

2015

JAN Piano Studio of Hung-Kuan Chen 15 Hung-Kuan Chen, director THU | 7:30 PM

JAN Yale Percussion Group 24 Robert van Sice, director

Tickets $10–$15 • Students $5 SAT | 7:30 PM

FEB Flute Studio Recital 07 Ransom Wilson, director SAT | 7:30 PM | SUDLER

MAR Vista: Chamber Music 02 Wendy Sharp, director MON | 7:30 PM

APR Yale Cellos 15 Aldo Parisot, director

Tickets $10–$20 • Students $5 WED | 7:30 PM

MAY Guitar Chamber Music 06 Benjamin Verdery, director WED | 7:30 PM

YALE CELLOS

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Lunchtime Chamber Music

2015

2014

WED 12:30 PM

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Wendy Sharp, Artistic Director Free admission

OCT YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART 15 1080 Chapel Street NOV 05

MORSE RECITAL HALL

NOV 19

MORSE RECITAL HALL

DEC 03

YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART

DEC 10

MORSE RECITAL HALL

FEB 18

MORSE RECITAL HALL

MAR YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY 04 1111 Chapel Street APR 08

MORSE RECITAL HALL

MAY 06

MORSE RECITAL HALL

Subscriptions and Samplers

SUBSCRIBE

Join us for a full concert series and enjoy special benefits that will enhance your concert season. Or choose a sampler to take advantage of package discounts.

BIGGEST DISCOUNTS Subscribers get as much as 30% off single-ticket prices.

BEST SEATS Get the best seats in the house by subscribing, and enjoy them all season long.

FREE EXCHANGES Our new exchange policy means more flexibility for you.

Plus, we’ll waive the transaction fee when you exchange subscription tickets; see our website for details.

SERIES + PRICES Oneppo Chamber Music Series: $158 & up • Students $80 Horowitz Piano Series: $90 & up • Students $44 & up Yale Philharmonia: $56 & up • Students $30 Subscriptions are on sale now: buy yours today!

SAMPLERS Samplers offer low prices and flexibility. Select either a Pick 3 or a Pick 5 package within your favorite concert series, and you’ll get up to 20% off single-ticket prices.

Samplers are available for the three series listed above as well as the Ellington Jazz Series.

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Collection of Musical Instruments

AULOS ENSEMBLE

2014

SUN 3 PM

William Purvis, Director 15 Hillhouse Ave

OCT Liederabend 05 Martin Bruns, baritone; Christoph Hammer, fortepiano. Schumann’s Liederkreis and selected songs by Schubert, Lachner, and Liszt

NOV Back to the Future 16 German and Italian music from the

2015

17th century. John Holloway, violin; Jane Gower, dulcian; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord

JAN Four Nations Ensemble 25 Strange Accents: Composers writing

in foreign styles. Music by Telemann, Leclair, Geminiani, Handel, and more

FEB Aulos Ensemble 22 Gold and Glitter: Music from Venice and Versailles

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APR El Mundo Ensemble 12 Richard Savino, artistic director

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TICKETS

MEMBERS

Works by Handel, Castellanos, Duron, de Murcia, and Salazar $25 • Seniors & Yale staff $20 Students $10 • Subscriptions $75 Tickets go on sale September 1.

Purchase online or call the Collection at 203 432-0822.

Become a member and receive discounts, newsletters, and more! Visit the website or call for details.

Collection Special Events

HOPKINSON SMITH

2014

Presented by the Collection of Musical Instruments Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall except where noted

NOV Hopkinson Smith, lute 04 Music by J.S. Bach

Tickets available through the Collection

TUE | 5:30 PM | COLLECTION

NOV Yale Baroque Ensemble Recital 18–19 TUE–WED | 5:30 PM | COLLECTION DEC Yale Baroque Ensemble 06 Sprezzatura: Virtuoso music of the Italian 17th century

2015

SAT | 4 PM

MAR Musica ad Rhenum 03 All-Bach program

Presented as part of the Oneppo Chamber Music Series • Tickets available through YSM

TUE | 7:30 PM

APR Yale Baroque Ensemble Recital 7–8 TUE–WED | 5:30 PM | COLLECTION MAY Yale Baroque Ensemble 04 The Harmony of Nations: Music from the salons of 18th-century France, Germany, and Italy MON | 7:30 PM

YBE The Yale Baroque Ensemble, directed TICKETS

by Robert Mealy, is the ensemble-inresidence at the Collection.

Free admission except where noted

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Yale in New York

LINCOLN CENTER

2014

David Shifrin, Artistic Director

OCT John Adams conducts the 19 Yale Philharmonia

Adams: Absolute Jest, featuring the Brentano String Quartet; Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 LINCOLN CENTER | SUN | 5 PM

Avery Fisher Hall

OCT WOOLSEY HALL | FRI | 7:30 PM 17 Preview Concert DEC Songs from the Beinecke 07 Featuring singers from Yale Opera performing music from the Koch Collection in Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library CARNEGIE HALL | SUN | 7:30 PM

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2015

Weill Recital Hall

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JAN Yale Percussion Group 25 Kagel’s Dressur and more Robert van Sice, director CARNEGIE HALL | SUN | 2 PM

Weill Recital Hall

JAN SPRAGUE HALL | SAT | 7:30 PM 24 Preview Concert, Morse Recital Hall TICKETS Please visit our website for details

Patron Programs BECOME A PATRON AND SUPPORT THE YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC! We invite you to show your support of our concert programs by becoming a patron of your favorite series.

We’re grateful for every gift to the Yale Philharmonia and Oneppo Chamber Music Series. This season, we are delighted to announce the creation of patron programs for the Horowitz Piano Series and Ellington Jazz Series.

GIVING LEVELS

gustave jacob stoeckel circle $25–$49 samuel simons sanford circle $50–$124 horatio parker circle $125–$249 paul hindemith circle $250–$599 charles ives circle $600 and up The names of giving levels represent prominent figures from the history of the Yale School of Music.

BENEFITS All donors $25 and above will be listed

in our concert programs and will receive invitations to special events.

The Yale Philharmonia patron program offers additional benefits, including complimentary tickets (Sanford Circle and above) and reserved seating (Parker Circle and above).

Please contact the box office at 203 432-4158 or concerts@yale.edu for more information. » music.yale.edu/patron-programs

DONATE TODAY

Make your gift by mail, by calling the concert office at 203 432-4158, or online:

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YSM Special Events

YO-YO MA

ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO

2014

Two of the leading musicians of our time Woolsey Hall

DEC Angélique Kidjo 06 A collaborative concert bringing together musicans from the Yale and New Haven communities With the Yale Concert Band Thomas C. Duffy, director Yale Percussion Group Robert van Sice, director SAT | 3 PM

2015

TICKETS On sale October 6

JAN Yo-Yo Ma 13 With members of the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale Featuring music by Bach and Haydn, as well as an open conversation between Aldo Parisot and Yo-Yo Ma celebrating the legacy of Yale’s cello program TUE | 7:30 PM

TICKETS On sale November 10

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Yale Institute of Sacred Music

RODERICK WILLIAMS

POMERIUM

Martin Jean, Director Free admission

2014

Special Events & Guest Artists SEP Oxford Schola Cantorum 20 James Burton, conductor. Music of Howells, Parry, and Tallis

SAT | 7:30 PM | CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL

SEP Pomerium 27 Alexander Blachly, director. Music for Imperial Augsburg, 1518–1548 SAT | 5 PM | MARQUAND

NOV The Choir of Westminster Abbey 01 James O’Donnell, conductor Daniel Cook, organ

2015

SAT | 5 PM | WOOLSEY

JAN The Thirteen 31 Matthew Robertson, conductor. Music from the Renaissance and Baroque SAT | 5 PM | CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL

APR Roderick Williams, baritone 06 Susie Allan, piano. Music of Purcell, ism.yale.edu

Vaughan Williams, Finzi, and more MON | 7:30 PM | MARQUAND

FREE Events presented by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music are free and open to the public except where noted

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Yale Institute of Sacred Music

GREAT ORGAN MUSIC AT YALE

2014

Free admission

OCT Liuwe Tamminga 19 With Bruce Dickey, cornetto

Music of Guami, Trabaci, Palestrina, Gabrieli, and de Murcia SUN | 5 PM | MARQUAND

NOV Lynne Davis 09 SUN | 7:30 PM | WOOLSEY

2015

NOV Jean-Baptiste Robin 23 SUN | 7:30 PM | WOOLSEY JAN David Higgs 25 SUN | 7:30 PM | WOOLSEY FEB Jonathan Dimmock 08 SUN | 5 PM | MARQUAND MAY Martin Jean 08 Messiaen: Meditations on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity

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FRI | 7:30 PM | CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL

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YALE CAMERATA

2014

Marguerite L. Brooks, Conductor Free admission

SEP Mahler: Resurrection Symphony 19 With the Yale Philharmonia and Yale Glee Club • Shinik Hahm, conductor FRI | 7:30 PM | WOOLSEY

NOV Annelies 09 James Whitbourn’s choral work

based on the diary of Anne Frank

SUN | 4 PM | CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER

DEC Advent Concert 06 Music of J.S. Bach, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Robert Kyr, and Ingram Marshall SAT | 7:30 PM | BATTELL

DEC New Music New Haven 11 With the Yale Philharmonia

2015

THU | 7:30 PM | WOOLSEY

MAR Palm Sunday Concert 29 Gabriel Jackson: Passion

SUN | 4 PM | TRINITY CHURCH ON THE GREEN

APR Yale Camerata and Yale Glee Club 17 Bernstein: Chichester Psalms;

Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Zachary Wadsworth: War Dreams Marguerite L. Brooks and Jeffrey Douma, conductors FRI | 8 PM | WOOLSEY

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Yale Institute of Sacred Music

YALE SCHOLA CANTORUM

2014

David Hill, Principal Conductor Masaaki Suzuki, Principal Guest Conductor

OCT Evensong 03 David Hill, conductor

Music of Stanford, Bax, and Howells FRI | 5:30 PM | CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL

OCT Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris 18 With Juilliard415

Masaaki Suzuki, conductor SAT | 7:30 PM | ST. MARY’S CHURCH

This program will also be performed Oct 17 in Boston and Oct 19 in New York

DEC Music of Charpentier 12 Simon Carrington, guest conductor

2015

FRI | 5 PM | CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL

JAN Handel: Judas Maccabeus 24 David Hill, conductor

SAT | 7:30 PM | ST. MARY’S CHURCH

This program will also be performed Jan 25 in New York

MAR Vespers 06 Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

FRI | 5:30 PM | CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL

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APR Beethoven: Mass in C major 30 And a new work by Roderick

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Williams David Hill, conductor. With Juilliard415.

THU | 7:30 PM | WOOLSEY

This program will also be performed May 2 in New York

TICKETS Free admission for all concerts in New Haven. Visit ism.yale.edu for details on all concerts outside of New Haven

YALE VOXTET

2015 2014

James Taylor, Director Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect Street Free admission

NOV Nicholas McGegan, guest music director 08 SAT | 7:30 PM FEB Hilary Summers, guest music director 06 FRI | 7:30 PM ism.yale.edu

Special Event

2014

THU 7:30 PM

New Haven Symphony Orchestra William Boughton, Music Director

NOV Puccini, Virtue, and Redemption 20 Tony Arnold, soprano • Members of the Yale Voxtet and Yale Opera

Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Theofanidis’ Virtue explore morality through music in two triumphant anthems WOOLSEY

TICKETS Visit www.newhavensymphony.org or call the Symphony at 203 865-0831

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Yale Collegium Musicum

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UNDERGRADUATE ENSEMBLES

2014

WEDNESDAYS

Grant Herreid, Director Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library 4:30 PM | LECTURE 5:15 PM | PERFORMANCE

NOV Italy 1614: Part Song and Monody 19 Musical explorations of the madrigal

2015

by Monteverdi and contemporaries

FEB The Politic Muse in Early America 18 Music by Billings, Hopkinson, Hewitt, Carr, and others

APR Music and Conquest 22 Medieval and Renaissance music

inspiring and inspired by the Crusades

Admission is free, but seating is limited.

Please arrive early to guarantee your seat.

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Yale Baroque Opera Project

2015

Ellen Rosand, Executive Director Grant Herreid, Artistic/Music Director

MAY L’Erismena 1–2 Music by Francesco Cavalli Libretto by Aurelio Aureli FRI–SAT | 5 PM

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University Theatre 222 York Street Free admission

Yale Choral Artists

2014

FRI 7:30 PM

Jeffrey Douma, Artistic Director Woolsey Hall

OCT Britten and Pärt 24 Pärt: Berliner Messe; Britten: Missa

Brevis; and other works, featuring organist Thomas Murray. With the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

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Yale Glee Club

UNDERGRADUATE ENSEMBLES

2014

Jeffrey Douma, Music Director Woolsey Hall except where noted

SEP Mahler: Resurrection Symphony 19 With the Yale Philharmonia and Yale Camerata. Shinik Hahm, conductor FRI | 7:30 PM *Ticketed

OCT Family Weekend Concert 11 With the Yale Bands and Yale Symphony Orchestra SAT | 7:30 PM

NOV Yale-Princeton Glee Club Concert 14 Jeffrey Douma and Gabriel Crouch, conductors

FRI | 7:30 PM

DEC Messiah Audience Singalong 07 With the Yale Symphony Orchestra $5 suggested donation at the door

2015

SUN | 1:30 PM | BATTELL

MAR Brahms Requiem 28 With the Yale Symphony Orchestra SAT | 8 PM *Ticketed

APR Yale Camerata and Yale Glee Club 17 Music by Bernstein, Vaughan yalegleeclub.org

Williams, and Wadsworth

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FRI | 8 PM

APR New Haven High Schools 22 Choral Festival WED | 7 PM

MAY Commencement Concert 16 SAT | 8 PM | SPRAGUE *Ticketed TICKETS Free admission except where noted

Yale Symphony Orchestra

2014

SAT 8 PM

Toshiyuki Shimada, Music Director Woolsey Hall except where noted

SEP All-French Program 27 Wei-Yi Yang and Eva Virsik, pianos Debussy, Saint-Saëns, and Poulenc

OCT Family Weekend Concert 11 A.P. Heinrich: The Columbiad SAT | 7:30 PM

OCT Halloween Show 31 FRI | 11:59 PM NOV Schubert and Mahler 15 Schubert: Symphony No. 7

(Unfinished); Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10

DEC Messiah Audience Singalong 07 With the Yale Glee Club

$5 suggested donation at the door

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2015

SUN | 1:30 PM | BATTELL

FEB Valentine’s Day Concert 14 Music on the theme of love by Berlioz,

Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Bernstein

MAR Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem 28 With the Yale Glee Club Jeffrey Douma, guest conductor

APR Strauss and Prokofiev 18 Margret Erlendsdottir ’15, piano

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

TICKETS Available online at yalesymphony.org or by phone at 203 432-4140

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Yale Concert Band

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UNDERGRADUATE ENSEMBLES

2014

Thomas C. Duffy, Director Woolsey Hall except where noted Free admission

SEP Joint Concert 26 With the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Band FRI | 8 PM

OCT Overtures and Icons 10 Music by Gershwin, Berlioz, Orff, and Vaughan Williams FRI | 7:30 PM

OCT Family Weekend Concert 11 With the Yale Glee Club and Yale Symphony Orchestra SAT | 7:30 PM

2015

NOV A Good Old-Fashioned Band Concert 16 SUN | 2 PM FEB American Classics 20 FRI | 7:30 PM APR Spring Concert 11 SAT | 7:30 PM MAY Twilight Concert 17 Annual rain-or-shine concert on the yale.edu/yaleband

eve of Commencement

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SUN | 7 PM | OLD CAMPUS

Yale Jazz Ensemble

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2015 2014

Thomas C. Duffy, Director Free admission

DEC The Nutcracker Swings 03 The Nutcracker Suite as arranged by

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall WED | 7:30 PM

MAR Eighth Annual Stan Wheeler 01 Memorial Jazz Concert

Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street SUN | 2 PM

Yale School of Music Robert Blocker, dean

Manager of Concert Programs Krista Johnson

Concert Office Sprague Memorial Hall PO Box 208246 New Haven, CT 06520-8246

Concert Office Coordinator Carol Jackson

Box Office 203 432-4158 music.yale.edu

Photography Christine Gatti Bob Handelman Harold Shapiro Mateusz Zechowski

Manager of Communications Dana Astmann

Art Direction Monica Ong Reed Design Granite Bay Design

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Concert Office Sprague Memorial Hall P.O. Box 208246 New Haven CT 06520-8246

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