Members of Yale Baroque Ensemble perform Mar. 27
Violinist Edson Scheid, cellist Soo Jin Chung perform Baroque and Classical selections The Yale School of Music presents a recital by Edson Scheid, baroque violin, and Soo Jin Chung, baroque cello, on Wednesday, March 27 at 5:30 pm. The concert will include music from the Baroque and Classical periods, with selections by J.S. Bach, Arcangelo [...]
Vista explores colorful range of chamber music Mar. 4
Concert features performances enhanced by commentary on the music The Yale School of Music presents Vista: A Fresh Look at Chamber Music on Monday, March 4th, 2013 at 8 pm. The Vista series features diverse student ensembles that have been selected and coached by faculty, and who offer insightful spoken commentary on the music that they [...]
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 [...]
Baroque cellist Phoebe Carrai gives master class Nov. 29
The distinguished Baroque cellist Phoebe Carrai will give a master class on Thursday, November 29, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The master class, which is free and open to the public, is generously sponsored by the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments. The event takes place in Leigh Hall (435 College Street), Room 402. Phoebe Carrai [...]
Yale Baroque Ensemble performs Nov. 30
Program features music from Corelli to Vivaldi The Yale School of Music presents a recital by the Yale Baroque Ensemble on Friday, November 30 at 8 pm. The members of the postgraduate ensemble – Holly Piccoli and Edson Scheid, baroque violins; Soojin Chung, baroque cello; and David Fung, harpsichord – will perform music spanning the early to the high baroque. The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Masaaki Suzuki to receive Bach Medal 2012
The 2012 Bach Medal, awarded by the city of Leipzig, was presented to the Japanese conductor, organist, and harpsichordist Masaaki Suzuki on June 8, at a ceremony during the Leipzig Bach Festival. Suzuki, the founder and director of Bach Collegium Japan, is a member of the Yale faculty and the director of Yale Schola Cantorum. [...]
Master class with cellist Tanya Tomkins April 21
The distinguished cellist Tanya Tomkins will give an open master class on Saturday, April 21, from 1:00 to 4:45 pm. The class takes place in Parker Hall, Room 408 in Leigh Hall (435 College Street) and is sponsored by the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments. A member of the faculty of the American Bach Soloists [...]
William Christie leads the Yale Philharmonia in all-Handel concert
Feb. 25 concert also features harpsichordist Arthur Haas, new Yale Choral Artists The Yale School of Music presents guest conductor William Christie in an all-Handel concert on Saturday, February 25. Christie, a graduate of the School of Music and the founder of the acclaimed early music ensemble Les Arts Florissants, returns to Yale to lead [...]
Yale Baroque Ensemble performs Dec. 4
Concert explores extravagant & virtuosic music of the German Baroque The Yale School of Music will present the Yale Baroque Ensemble on Sunday, December 4, 2011. Directed by faculty member Robert Mealy, the ensemble will perform extravagant and virtuosic music of the German Baroque, including music of Biber, Bach, Telemann, and more. The concert begins [...]
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 [...]
The Yale Baroque Ensemble makes its Carnegie Hall debut April 25
The Yale in New York series at the Yale School of Music presents the Yale Baroque Ensemble in its Carnegie Hall debut on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 8 pm. The concert will take place in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (57th Street and 7th Avenue, New York, NY). The ensemble, directed by Robert [...]
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, [...]
The Pleasure Garden: Concerti from Handel’s London
Robert Mealy leads baroque orchestra in music of Handel, Festing, and Boyce The Yale School of Music presents a program for baroque chamber orchestra called The Pleasure Garden: Concerti from Handel’s London on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street at the corner of Wall Street, New Haven). London’s [...]
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. [...]
Paolo Pandolfo and Thomas Boysen present concert and master classes at Collection of Musical Instruments
By Susan Thompson, curator The Italian viola da gamba virtuoso Paolo Pandolfo was joined by the masterful Norwegian lutenist and guitarist Thomas C. Boysen in a concert at the Collection of Musical Instruments on Sunday, 27 February 2011. Their program, which was entitled La Viole Luthée, featured “musical conversations” in the Renaissance style (an improvised [...]
Johanna Novom and Avi Stein perform at Collection of Musical Instruments Feb. 24
The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents a recital with baroque violinist Johanna Novom and harpsichordist Avi Stein on Thursday, February 24 at 5:30 pm at the Collection (15 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven). The program will feature sonatas of Arcangelo Corelli, Heinrich von Biber, Domenico Scarlatti, and J.S. Bach, as well as shorter pieces by [...]
