Concerts | Summer 2022
Friday, August 5 | 8 PM
It’s About Time | Music for Peace
VALENTIN SILVESTROV Epitaphium (L. B.)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte
OLIVIER MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time
Albert Lee narrator
David Shifrin clarinet
Ani Kavafian violin
Natalie Zhu piano
with Norfolk Fellows
A program written in war and yearning for peace. Messian wrote his Quartet for the End of Time while in a POW camp during WWII, while Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte is a biting commentary on not only Napoleon, but also Hitler, inspired by a poem by Lord Byron. Silvestrov is a contemporary Ukrainian composer who wrote Epitaphium (L.B.) as an epitaph for his wife. Festival Director Melvin Chen “thought this epitaph was a fitting way of bringing attention to what’s happening there.”
Tickets: $60 – $20, $10 Young Adults (19-35),
Kids Come Free! (under 19)
PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION
7–7:40 PM | BATTELL RECITAL HALL
Join Paul Berry and other professors from the Yale School of Music before the Friday evening concerts to learn about the weekend’s programs. We know you will enjoy the fascinating insights to be shared.
Free and open to the public.
For All Events Patrons Must...
• Be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 including any booster dose(s) when eligible.
• Show their vaccination card and photo ID at the door.
• Wear ASTM or N95-equivalent mask at all times inside the building.
Cloth masks alone are not permitted.
Not able to make it in person?
Watch performances live on our website.
