the Yale Concert Band
Yale’s premier wind ensemble Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director with special guests
the Yale Glee Club Jeffrey Douma, Music Director Friday, February 13, 2026 at 7:30 p.m., Woolsey Hall, Yale University DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH trans. Donald Hunsberger CHARLES IVES trans. William E. Rhoads RICHARD WAGNER arr. Michael Votta/John Boyd RORY BRICCA
Festive Overture (1954) Variations on “America” (1891) Trauermusik (Trauersinfonie) (1844) Active Galactic Nuclei (2026) (world premiere for wind ensemble) - with live projections opening remarks by Charles D. Bailyn A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Astronomy & Physics, Yale University
~ intermission ~ SUSAN BOTTI
Vespers (walking in beauty)* (2022) with the Yale Glee Club, Jeffrey Douma, Music Director I. Invocation Sophie Dvorak ’26, alto Harry Pambianchi ’29, tenor Aviv Fetaya ’26, baritone II. Forget the Wars Alliese Bonner ’27, soprano Sophie Dvorak ’26, alto Harry Pambianchi ’29, tenor Aviv Fetaya ’26, baritone III. Les Distances IV. Brief Dream
V. Pied Beauty Alliese Bonner ’27, soprano Sophie Dvorak ’26, alto Harry Pambianchi ’29, tenor Aviv Fetaya ’26, baritone * commissioned with funds from the Robert Flanagan Yale Band Commissions Endowment