Arthur Haas performs keyboard music by Rameau and others May 8
Recital also includes music by Corelli, Geoffroy, and Alessandro Scarlatti American harpsichordist Arthur Haas, renowned worldwide for his performances of French baroque and contemporary music, will perform at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments on Wednesday, May 8 at 5:30 pm. Haas is a member of the Yale School of Music faculty. Titled “Oh! The Things You [...]
Yale Baroque Ensemble performs Dussek, Haydn, and Mozart Apr. 4
Concert explores hallmarks of European Classical period Update 3/26/2013: This post originally listed the start time incorrectly. The concert begins at 5:30 pm. The Yale School of Music will present the Yale Baroque Ensemble on Thursday, April 4, 2013. Directed by faculty member Robert Mealy, the ensemble will perform the works of European musical pioneers [...]
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments concludes season with Les Délices New Haven debut Apr. 7
“The centuries roll away when the members of Les Délices bring this long-existing music to communicative and sparkling life.” – Classical Source (UK) The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments concludes its 2012–2013 concert season on Sunday, April 7 with the New Haven debut of Les Délices. The esteemed French Baroque ensemble will perform a program called “Age of Indulgence,” featuring music [...]
Quicksilver performs at Collection of Musical Instruments Jan. 27th
“Fresh, technically assured, and rewarding performances.” –Boston Globe The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the baroque ensemble Quicksilver on Sunday, January 27. The newly formed group will present a program called Fantasticus: the extravagant and virtuosic chamber music of 17th-century Germany. The stylus fantasticus was a hallmark of the 17th-century German avant-garde that emphasizes [...]
Concerts & master classes with clarinetist Charles Neidich, pianist Robert Levin
The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents clarinetist Charles Neidich and pianist Robert Levin in a series of performances, master classes, and workshops next week. The duo will perform a program featuring works by Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Clara Schumann (1819–1896), and Johannes Brahms (1833–1897). Those performances take place Sunday, December 2 at 3 pm and Monday, December 3 at [...]
Clarinetist Charles Neidich, pianist Robert Levin perform Schumann and Brahms Dec. 2 & 3
The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the eminent duo of clarinetist Charles Neidich ’75BA and pianist Robert Levin on December 2 and 3. Using historical instruments, the performances will feature music of Brahms and Schumann as the composers themselves might have heard them. Levin will be performing on a piano built by Johann Baptist [...]
Maccari and Pugliese offer guitar concert & class at Collection Nov. 11
The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the classical guitar duo of Claudio Maccari and Paolo Pugliese in a special event on Sunday, November 11 at 7 pm. The duo will offer Guitar Music of the Nineteenth Century: Interpretation and Performance, a concert and master class. The class will feature works for guitar by Sor and Giuliani prepared by students in the Yale [...]
Members of Yale Baroque Ensemble perform Nov. 13
Recital features Holly Piccoli, violin & David Fung, keyboards The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments will present a recital by two members of the Yale Baroque Ensemble on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 5:30 pm. Holly Piccoli, violin, and David Fung, piano and harpsichord, will perform music from the Baroque and Classical periods. The program includes [...]
Yves Henry performs on historical pianos at the Collection Oct. 28
“Smooth virtuosity… a real ability to stage-manage musical line.” –The New York Times The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the New Haven debut of French pianist Yves Henry on Sunday, October 28. The recital will explore the musical colors of pieces by Chopin and Debussy on two of the Collection’s French pianos. Mr. Henry [...]
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments opens concert season with “Crossing the Rhine” Sep. 23
“Extraordinary elegance.” –The Berkshire Review The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments opens its 2012–2013 concert season on Sunday, September 23 with “Crossing the Rhine,” a concert of 18th-century music from France and Germany featuring the acclaimed trio of Wieland Kuijken, viola da gamba; Eva Legêne, recorder; and Arthur Haas, harpsichord. Reviewing a performance by the [...]
Flanders Recorder Quartet performs Apr. 29 at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
Concert explores Venice’s sweet sounds from the Renaissance and Baroque The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the internationally acclaimed Flanders Recorder Quartet in concert on Sunday, April 29, 2012. The program is called Venezia, Il paradiso di dolci suoni (Venice, the paradise of sweet sounds) and explores music from 1400 onward. The concert takes [...]
Clive Greensmith & Wei-Yi Yang perform Mendelssohn duets Apr. 19
Featuring the historical Erard piano in the Collection of Musical Instruments The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents cellist Clive Greensmith and pianist Wei-Yi Yang in a concert featuring music of Mendelssohn on Thursday, April 19, 2012. The program will take place at 8 pm at the Collection of Musical Instruments (15 Hillhouse Avenue, New [...]
Yale Baroque Ensemble performs at the Collection Apr. 18
From Galant to Classical: chamber music of Couperin, C.P.E. Bach, and Haydn The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the Yale Baroque Ensemble, its ensemble in residence, in a concert on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The concert, which will feature chamber music of Couperin, C.P.E. Bach, and Haydn, will take place at 8 pm at [...]
La Morra performs madrigals and more Feb. 26 at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
“In a word: delightful.” –Goldberg Magazine The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the acclaimed ensemble La Morra in Lacrime di Leo: A Concert for Pope Leo X. In this program, La Morra imagines that one day, Pope Leo calls upon his musicians to play the best music popular in Italy at the time. The [...]
London Haydn Quartet performs with clarinetist Eric Hoeprich at the Collection Feb. 4 & 5
Concerts feature Haydn string quartets, Mozart Clarinet Quintet The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the acclaimed London Haydn Quartet and clarinetist Eric Hoeprich in concerts featuring Haydn string quartets and Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. The program will be presented twice: Saturday, February 4 at 8 pm and Sunday, February 5 at 3 pm. Both performances [...]
Boston Museum Trio performs French & Baroque music at the Collection Nov. 13
The Boston Museum Trio performs at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments on Sunday, November 13. The program will feature baroque music from French and German composers, including Rameau, Marais, Leclair, Buxtehude, and Bach. The concert will take place at 3 pm at the Collection (15 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven). The members of the Boston [...]
Jory Vinikour brings historical keyboards to life in Oct. 16 concert
Program features French, German harpsichords The concert season at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments opens with a performance by harpsichordist Jory Vinikour on Sunday, October 16. Vinikour, born in the U.S. and active across Europe, will perform music by Bach, Handel, Rameau, and others on French and German harpsichords from the eighteenth century. The [...]
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments joins live streaming
Masaaki Suzuki’s harpsichord recital at the Collection of Musical Instruments on Tuesday, April 26 will stream live at music.yale.edu/media. This is the first time that the School of Music will live-stream from the Collection. Suzuki performs regularly as a conductor as well as a keyboardist. In this recital, he will play music from France, England, [...]
Dorothy and Nicholas Renouf play piano duets at the Collection May 1
Performance features the Collection’s Erard grand piano from 1883 The Yale School of Music presents the piano duo of Dorothy and Nicholas Renouf in a performance on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 3 pm at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments (15 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven). The husband-and-wife duo will play music for piano four [...]
Masaaki Suzuki gives a solo harpsichord recital at the Collection April 26
“Astonishingly beautiful, even glittering, harpsichord playing and sound.” —BBC Music Magazine The Yale School of Music presents a solo harpsichord recital by the conductor and keyboardist Masaaki Suzuki on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 5 pm at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments (15 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven). Since joining the Yale faculty in 2009, [...]
Bach Collegium Japan gives master classes
On Saturday, 26 March 2011, members of the Bach Collegium Japan presented a series of midday master classes at three different venues on campus. The ensemble was at Yale to perform Bach’s Mass in B minor in Woolsey Hall that evening. Several of its members took the time to work with musicians from the Yale [...]
Student Viewpoint: master class in natural trumpet
by Andreas Stoltzfus ’11MM It was a great pleasure to go to the masterclass given by Jean-Francois Madeuf and his natural trumpet colleagues. Madeuf began the masterclass by speaking about the difference between natural trumpets and baroque trumpets. A natural trumpet has no system of valves or vent holes to alter the pitch which means [...]
Stylus Fantasticus: extravagant and experimental baroque sonatas at the Collection April 10
Robert Mealy directs the Yale Baroque Ensemble in virtuosic chamber sonatas The Yale School of Music presents the Yale Baroque Ensemble on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 3 pm at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments (15 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven). The ensemble, directed by Robert Mealy, will perform a program of avant-garde music from [...]
Members of Bach Collegium Japan give master classes at Collection of Musical Instruments
Members of the Bach Collegium Japan will offer a series of master classes on Saturday, March 26, before their performance that evening of Bach’s Mass in B minor. The three master classes will take place Saturday from 11 am to 1 pm at at various Yale venues. All are open to the public without charge. [...]
