Yale Clarinet Celebration with David Shifrin & Friends, December 4, 2022

Robert Blocker, Dean

faculty artist series

Yale Clarinet Celebration with David Shifrin & Friends

William Purvis, conductor

Sunday, December 4, 2022 | 3:00 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

Joan Tower b. 1938 Computer animation by Nikki Pet Max Reger 1873–1916 arr. Romie de Guise-Langlois Carlos Gardel 1890–1935 arr. Tianyi Shen

Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 5 (1993) premiere 9 Maureen Hurd Hause, clarinet Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet Nikki Pet, clarinet Seunghee Lee, clarinet Suite in E minor for solo viola, Op. 131d, No. 3 I. Moderato IV. Allegro vivace

Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet

Por una cabeza (1935)

Tianyi Shen, clarinet Kean Xiong, clarinet Amer Hasan, clarinet Jonathan López, bass clarinet

Program cont.

Kurt Weill

1900–1950

arr. James Rae Will Rowe b. 1992 Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847 arr. Eric Meisner

Suite from The Threepenny Opera (1928)

I. Overture and Ballad of Mack the Knife II. Peachum’s Morning Hymn III. The Cannon Song IV. Polly’s Little Song V. Ballad of Immoral Earnings VI. Ballad of Good Living

Kean Xiong, clarinet Amer Hasan, clarinet

Triptych for solo clarinet (2018)

Bixby Kennedy, clarinet

Lloyd Van’t Hoff, clarinet Jonathan López, bass clarinet

Emily Liushen b. 1999

Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (arr. 2012)

Zikang Wang, clarinet Amer Hasan, clarinet intermission

Kean Xiong, clarinet Jonathan López, bass clarinet

Construction for multiple clarinets (2019) Live performance premiere

Yale Clarinet Ensemble

Anna Vinitsky

b. 1983

Klezmer Duos (2020–2021)

Live performance premiere

I. Der Heyser II. Doina III. Tales of Odessa

David Shifrin, clarinet Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet

Michele Mangani

b. 1966

Eubie Blake 1887–1983 arr. Vincent Oneppo Henry Lodge 1884–1933 arr. Oneppo

Executive (2011) Arrangement premiere

Seunghee Lee, solo clarinet Lloyd Van’t Hoff, clarinet Kean Xiong, clarinet

Memories of You (1930) Temptation Rag (1909)

Vincent Oneppo, solo clarinet Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet Thomas Masse, clarinet Maureen Hurd Hause, clarinet

Amer Hasan, clarinet Tianyi Shen, basset horn Jonathan López, bass clarinet

Seunghee Lee, clarinet Andrew Grenci, bass clarinet Makana Medeiros, percussion

Edward Elgar 1857–1934 arr. Matt Johnston John Philip Sousa 1854–1932

arr. Matt Johnston

“Nimrod” from Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (arr. 2018)

Yale Clarinet Ensemble William Purvis, conductor March Medley (arr. 2011)

Yale Clarinet Ensemble William Purvis, conductor Makana Medeiros, percussion Yukiko Nakamura, percussion

As a courtesy to others, please silence all devices. Photography and recording of any kind is strictly prohibited. Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.

Artist Profiles

David Shifrin, clarinet

David Shifrin is the Samuel S. Sanford Professor in the Practice at Yale.

Where he teaches a studio of graduate level clarinetists, coaches chamber music and serves as Artistic Director of Yale’s Oneppo Chamber Music Series and the Yale in New York concert series.

Previously, Shifrin served on the faculties of The Juilliard School, University of Southern California, University of Michigan, Cleveland Institute of Music, and the University of Hawaii. Shifrin was awarded the Avery Fisher Career grant in 1987 and the Avery Fisher Prize in 2000 received prizes from competitions in Munich, Geneva, San Francisco and the concert Artists Guild in New York. He is in constant demand as an orchestral soloist, recitalist and chamber music collaborator. He made his solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1969 and has appeared with many of the major orchestras in the United States and abroad. He has served as principal clarinetist with the Cleveland Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (under Stokowski), Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and others. He collaborates frequently with distinguished chamber ensembles and began performing with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in 1982 where he served as artistic director from 1992 to 2004. From 1981 to 2020, he was the artistic director of Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, OR. and currently serves as artistic director of the Phoenix Chamber Music

Festival. Mr. Shifrin’s recordings have consistently garnered praise and awards.

He has received three Grammy nominations a Record of the Year Award from Stereo Review Magazine. Shifrin performs on Backun Lumiere clarinets Légère synthetic reeds and a “Shifrin Signature” mouthpiece by Richard Hawkins and Backun Musical Services. He is represented by CM Artists, New York.

» davidshifrin.com

William Purvis, conductor

William Purvis pursues a multifaceted career in the United States and abroad as horn soloist, chamber musician, conductor, and educator. He is a member of the New York Woodwind Quintet, the Yale Brass Trio, and the Triton Horn Trio, and is an emeritus member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. A passionate advocate of new music, he has participated in numerous premieres of pieces for solo horn, horn concerti, horn trios, and woodwind quintets by such composers as Krzysztof Penderecki, Steven Stucky, and Elliott Carter. Purvis has also been a frequent guest artist at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Boston Chamber Music Society and has collaborated with many of the world’s most esteemed string quartets.

At the Yale School of Music, Purvis teaches a studio of graduate-level horn students and has been featured many times in performances on the School’s Faculty Artist Series. He is also Director of the Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments.

A Grammy Award winner, Purvis has recorded extensively for numerous labels including Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical, Naxos Records, Koch Entertainment, and Bridge Records.

Artist Roster

Alumni

Richard Adger ’19MM ’20MMA, clarinet

Benjamin Baron ’02MM, clarinet

Sam Boutris ’17MM, clarinet

Andrew Grenci ’84MM, clarinet

Romie de Guise-Langlois ’06MM ’07AD, clarinet

Maureen Hurd Hause ’96MM ’97MMA ’02DMA, clarinet

Soo Jin Huh ’11MM ’12AD, clarinet

Hae Sol (Amy) Hur ’20MM ’21MMA, clarinet

Graeme Steele Johnson ’17MM ’18MMA, clarinet

Bixby Kennedy ’16MM, clarinet

Seunghee Lee ’92MM ’94AD, clarinet

Julie Asuma Levene ’97MM, clarinet

Thomas Masse ’91MM ’92AD, clarinet

Julie Niemeyer ’93AD, clarinet

Vincent Oneppo ’73MM, clarinet

Jo-Ann Sternberg ’89, clarinet

Joseph Vinetz, ’85ES, clarinet

Pavel Vinnitsky ’05MM, clarinet

Current Students

Harrison Copp ’26BA, clarinet

Eli Gilbert ’24BS, clarinet

Amer Hasan ’24MM, clarinet

Lloyd Van’t Hoff ’23MM, clarinet

Jalen Li ’23BS, clarinet

Emily Liushen ’24MM, composition

Jonathan Lopez ’24MM, clarinet

Makana Medeiros ’23MM, percussion

Yukiko Nakamura ‘23MMA, percussion

Margalit Patry-Martin ’24BA, clarinet

Nikki Pet ’23MM, clarinet

Tianyi Shen ’23MM, clarinet

Ben Swinchoski ’25BS, clarinet

Zikang Wang ’23MMA, clarinet

Kean Xiong ’23MM, clarinet

Diana Yang ’26BA, clarinet

Jim Zhou ’23MS, clarinet

Upcoming Events at YSM

dec 5 Liederabend Yale Opera

7:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall Free admission

dec 6 Vista: Chamber Music

7:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall Free admission

dec 7 Lunchtime Chamber Music

12:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall Free admission

dec 8 New Music for Orchestra New Music New Haven

7:30 p.m. | Woolsey Hall Free admission

dec 11 Frank Morelli, bassoon & Wei-Yi Yang, piano Faculty Artist Series 3 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall Free admission

dec 12 Tuba Studio Recital

4:30 p.m. | Sudler Recital Hall Free admission

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