Robert Blocker, Dean
ysm special events
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
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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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