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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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!
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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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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
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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
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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
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Manager of Communications Dana Astmann
Art Direction Monica Ong Reed Design Granite Bay Design
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