2022-2023 concert season brochure

2022-2023 Concert Season

Robert Blocker, Dean

Welcome back to concerts at YSM! After almost two years away, we are excited to welcome you back to Yale’s concert halls to hear our distinguished faculty, outstanding students and alumni, and world-renowned guest artists in dozens of extraordinary live performances.

The 2022-2023 concert season features a dazzling variety of programming including solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestral performances of repertoire ranging from early to new music. We are particularly pleased to present a performance of the Piano Concerto in C minor by Helen Hagan (pictured), who, in 1912, became the first Black woman to earn a degree from the Yale School of Music. ​We look forward to experiencing this season with you!

Helen Eugenia Hagan (1891-1964). Photograph from the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Horowitz Piano Series Boris Berman, artistic director Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. except where noted

Sept 21

Boris Berman* Berman, whom The Boston Globe has described as “a musician of a great refinement and taste,” performs music by Brahms and Ukrainian composer and refugee Valentin Silvestrov.

Nov 2

Jan Jiracek von Arnim A performance of music by Liszt and Beethoven, including the latter’s “Moonlight” Sonata, by the artist BBC Music Magazine has called “one of the leading pianists of his generation.”

Jan 18

Melvin Chen* A program featuring Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations and 10 new variations on Diabelli’s 1819 waltz by the School’s faculty composers and alumni.

Feb 8

Wei-Yi Yang* A performance of Schumann’s Humoresque, Op. 20, Schubert’s Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D. 568, and selections from Debussy’s Études, L. 136.

Mar 8

Robert Blocker* A recital by the pianist the Los Angeles Times has said performs with “a measurable virtuoso bent and considerable musical sensitivity.”

Mar 30

Yefim Bronfman A performance by the “powerhouse virtuoso who appears unruffled by the most demanding works in the repertoire” (The Wall Street Journal).

Thur *Faculty

subscriptions Start at $74 | Students start at $37 single Tickets Start at $15 | Students start at $7

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Yefim Bronfman. Photo by Dario Acosta

Oneppo Chamber Music Series David Shifrin, artistic director Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.

Sept 27

Miró Quartet with David Shifrin*, clarinet Shifrin brings his “rhapsodic playing” and “glowing tone” (The New York Times) to a performance with the quartet whose musicians “move and breathe as one instrument” (The Baltimore Sun).

Oct 11

Brentano String Quartet* The Daily Telegraph (London) has called YSM’s longtime quartet-in-residence “an ensemble of exceptional insight and communicative gifts.”

Nov 8

Horszowski Trio A performance by violinist Jesse Mills, cellist Ole Akahoshi*, and pianist Rieko Aizawa—a group The Boston Globe has called “eloquent, enthralling.”

Dec 13

Rolston String Quartet YSM’s 2017-2019 fellowship-quartet-in-residence is one that “has both spirit and polish” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

Jan 24

Brentano String Quartet* The Los Angeles Times has described YSM’s quartet-inresidence as “one of the great musical hopes of a field overcrowded with contenders.”

Feb 14

Handel and Haydn Society A historically informed performance of music by J.S. Bach by the ensemble whose “spirit and accuracy” are “undeniable” (The New York Times).

Feb 28

Sō Percussion This group of YSM alums “has helped to ignite an explosive new enthusiasm for percussion music old and new” (The New York Times).

May 9

Chamber Music Competition Winners A performance by the winners of the School’s annual Chamber Music Competition.

*Faculty

subscriptions Start at $158 | Students $80 Single tickets Start at $28 | Students $13 May 9: Orchestra from $12; Students $6 media sponsor

Miró Quartet. Photo by Jeff Wilson

Yale Philharmonia Peter Oundjian, principal conductor Woolsey Hall Fridays at 7:30 p.m. except where noted

Sept 23

Carolyn Kuan, guest conductor Kuan, who conducts “with impressive panache” (The Seattle Times), returns to lead the orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, Copland’s Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, and Laura Karpman’s All American, which the composer told the Los Angeles Times is “about amplifying women.”

Oct 21

Peter Oundjian*, principal conductor A performance, with pianist and musicologist Dr. Samantha Ege, of the Piano Concerto in C minor

by Helen Hagan, the first Black woman to graduate from YSM, Mahler’s First Symphony, the “Titan,” and Vaughan Williams’ Oboe Concerto in A minor, with oboist Soo Min Ha ’21MM ’22MMA.

Nov 18

Peter Oundjian*, principal conductor A performance of Rachmaninoff ’s Third Symphony, Debussy’s La Mer, and Stravinsky’s long-lost and recently rediscovered Funeral Song, which had “disappeared in Russia during the Revolution,” the composer once lamented.

Jan 27

Leonard Slatkin, guest conductor The orchestra performs Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, Circuits by Cindy McTee ’78MM, and Prokofiev’s Sinfonia concertante, Op. 125, with cellist Jakob Taylor ’23MMA.

Feb 24

Yale Philharmonia in Sprague Conducting student Samuel Hollister ’18BA ’28DMA leads the orchestra in a performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503, with pianist Derek Wang ’23AD, and more.

Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

Apr 6 Thur

Peter Oundjian*, principal conductor The orchestra performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, with violinist Augustin Hadelich*, and Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony, using a new critical edition created by Professor Emeritus of Music Paul Hawkshaw.

May 6 Sat

Peter Oundjian*, principal conductor The orchestra gives a season-ending performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, with violinist Anna Lee ’23MMA.

*Faculty

Top: Peter Oundjian. Photo by Ian Christmann; Bottom left: Leonard Slatkin.

Photo by David Duchon; Bottom right: Carolyn Kuan. Photo by Steven Laschever

Subscriptions Orchestra and second balcony $53 | Yale faculty/staff $42 First balcony $79 | Yale faculty/staff $68 Samplers Save up to 15% off single-ticket prices when you purchase a Pick 3 or Pick 5 package.

Single tickets Orchestra and second balcony $12 | Yale faculty/staff $8 First balcony $17 | Yale faculty/staff $13 Free student tickets with student ID $3 surcharge for tickets purchased at the door Become a patron of the Yale Philharmonia and directly support the orchestra, our students, and the concerts we all enjoy. Give today and enjoy benefits that include complimentary tickets, reserved seating, and invitations to special events. To learn more, visit music.yale.edu/support. media sponsor

Ellington Jazz Series Thomas C. Duffy, artistic director Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall Fridays at 7:30 p.m. except where noted

Sept 16

The DIVA Jazz Orchestra A performance by the all-female ensemble The Washington Post says makes music with the “vigor and complexity of the big-time big bands.”

Dec 2

George Coleman A performance by “one of the most fluent and inventive tenor saxophonists around” (The Observer, London), an artist whose career has featured collaborations with Betty Carter, Miles Davis, Lionel Hampton, B.B. King, and Max Roach.

Feb 3

Jesse Hameen II & Elevation An evening with the local “prominent drummer … who played a big part in the revival” (The New York Times) of jazz in New Haven and a lineup that includes saxophonist T.K. Blue, guitarist Rodney Jones, bassist Nat Reeves, and pianist Zaccai Curtis.

Mar 3

Apr 2 Sun

Jane Bunnett and Maqueque A performance by saxophonist and flutist Jane Bunnett and the all-female Afro-Cuban group Maqueque, which DownBeat has said “sounds like no other today in jazz.”

Epitaph: 100 Years of Mingus Fifty years after Professor Willie Ruff (now Professor Emeritus of Music) brought more than 40 giants of jazz to Yale, including Charles Mingus, the Ellington Jazz Series, which was launched with the 1972 event, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of “one of American music’s greatest innovators” (NPR). *Woolsey Hall

Samplers Save up to 15% off ticket prices when you purchase a Pick 3 or Pick 5 package.

Single tickets Start at $23 | Students start at $10 media sponsor

Jane Bunnett and Maqueque

Yale Opera Gerald Martin Moore, artistic director Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall except where noted

Oct 28–29

Fall Opera Scenes Fri & sat | 7:30 p.m.

Two evenings of excerpts from the operatic repertoire performed with piano and featuring a cast capable of “crystalline” (Hartford Courant) performances.

Dec 5

Liederabend mon | 7:30 p.m. | free admission The singers of Yale Opera perform an evening of Russian song with pianist Emily Olin.

Dec 17

Winter Gala Concert with the Yale Philharmonia sat | 7:30 p.m. | Woolsey Hall YSM opera singers perform music from across the repertoire with the Yale Philharmonia.

Feb 15–18

Winter Opera: The Rape of Lucretia legacy theatre, stony creek, ct A fully-staged production performed with chamber ensemble. Tickets on sale January 2023 at legacytheatrect.org.

May 5&7

Spring Opera: Le Comte Ory fri, may 5 | 7:30 p.m. sun, may 7 | 2 p.m.

A fully-staged production performed with piano that showcases the “extraordinary talents” (New Haven Register) that make up the program’s cast.

Single tickets* Start at $12 | Students $5 *except Winter Opera Gala tickets Information to be announced Become a patron and support the Yale Opera. Enjoy benefits that include preferred seating and invitations to special events. The names of all donors who give $50 or more are listed in our printed concert programs. To learn more, visit music.yale.edu/support. media sponsor

Photo by Matt Fried

New Music New Haven Aaron Jay Kernis, artistic director Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall except where noted Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.

Free admission

Oct 6

Katherine Balch, faculty composer A performance of music by the composer the San Francisco Chronicle has described as “some kind of musical Thomas Edison” and works by the School’s composition students.

Nov 3

Aaron Jay Kernis and David Lang, faculty composers A performance by YSM composition faculty and students.

Dec 8

New Music for Orchestra A performance of music by the late Ingram Marshall, a longtime YSM professor of composition, and the School’s composition students, under the direction of student conductor Samuel Hollister ’18BA ’28DMA. *Woolsey Hall

Feb 9

Mar 9

Apr 20

Tania León, guest composer A performance of music by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer whom The New York Times has called “an important figure in American music” and the School’s composition students.

George Lewis, guest composer A performance of music by the composer from whom “any new piece … is cause to celebrate” (The New Yorker) and the School’s composition students.

Martin Bresnick and Christopher Theofanidis, faculty composers A performance by YSM composition faculty and students.

Tania León

George Lewis

Faculty Artist Series Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall Sundays at 3 p.m. except where noted Free admission

Oct 9

Arthur Haas & Friends

Nov 6

Wendy Sharp, violin

Nov 13

Ingram Marshall Tribute Concert with Benjamin Verdery & Friends

Dec 4

David Shifrin & Friends

Dec 11

An die Musik: A program featuring Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Fenn with Frank Morelli, bassoon, and Wei-Yi Yang, piano

Jan 22

Augustin Hadelich, violin

Jan 29

Benjamin Verdery, guitar

Feb 5

Bach in Motion with Daniel S. Lee, violin, and Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord

Feb 12

Wendy Sharp & Friends

Feb 27

Adriana Zabala, J.J. Penna, & Friends Mon | 7:30 p.m.

Mar 5

Kyung Yu, violin, with Melissa Rose, piano

Apr 4

A 75th Birthday Celebration for Boris Berman: An all-Brahms program with Ettore Causa, viola, and Paul Watkins, cello tue | 7:30 p.m.

Morse Recital Hall. Photo by Bob Handelman

YSM Ensembles Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall except where noted Days and times vary Free admission

Oct 16

Yale Choral Artists Jeffrey Douma, conductor sun | 4 p.m. | Christ Church

Dec 6

Vista: Chamber Music Wendy Sharp, director tue | 7:30 p.m.

Dec 14

Guitar Chamber Music Benjamin Verdery, director wed | 7:30 p.m.

Dec 19

Bassoonarama Frank Morelli, director mon | 7:30 p.m. | sudler recital hall

Dec 21

Yale Cellos Ole Akahoshi, director wed | 7:30 p.m.

Mar 7

Vista: Chamber Music Wendy Sharp, director tue | 7:30 p.m.

Mar 31

Yale Percussion Group Robert van Sice, director fri | 7:30 p.m.

Apr 26

Yale Cellos Ole Akahoshi, director wed | 7:30 p.m.

May 8

Guitar Chamber Music Benjamin Verdery, director mon | 7:30 p.m.

Yale Cellos. Photo by Matt Fried

Lunchtime Chamber Music Wendy Sharp, artistic director Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m.

Free admission

Oct 12

Morse Recital Hall

Oct 19

Morse Recital Hall

Oct 26

Location to be announced

Nov 9

Morse Recital Hall

Nov 16

Morse Recital Hall

Dec 7

Morse Recital Hall

Feb 8

Morse Recital Hall

Feb 15

Morse Recital Hall

Mar 8

Location to be announced

Apr 5

Morse Recital Hall

Apr 19

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Apr 26

Morse Recital Hall

Photo by Harold Shapiro

Subscriptions & samplers Purchase a full concert series subscription and enjoy special benefits, or choose a sampler to take advantage of package discounts. Visit music.yale.edu/subscribe to get started.

Subscriptions Horowitz Piano Series Orchestra from $74 | Orchestra student pricing from $37 Balcony from $96 | Balcony student pricing $49 Oneppo Chamber Music Series Orchestra from $158 | Orchestra student pricing $80 Balcony from $178 Yale Philharmonia Orchestra and second balcony $53 | Yale faculty/staff $42 First balcony $79 | Yale faculty/staff $68 Subscription benefits • Deep discounts: Subscribers receive 25% off singleticket prices, and fees are waived for subscription orders.

• Best seats: Get the best seats in the house by subscribing early and enjoy them all season long.

• Free exchanges: Our exchange policy means more flexibility for you. Plus, get the subscriber discount price for any extra tickets you purchase in the same series.

Samplers Select a Pick 3 or a Pick 5 sampler package within your favorite concert series and receive up to 15% off single-ticket prices. Samplers are available for the Horowitz Piano Series, Oneppo Chamber Music Series, Yale Philharmonia, and Ellington Jazz Series.

Patron programs We are grateful for every gift that supports our programs.

Patron program benefits are available for the Horowitz Piano Series, Oneppo Chamber Music Series, Yale Philharmonia, Ellington Jazz Series, and Yale Opera. Become a patron of your favorite series and support the Yale School of Music’s students and concert programs!

Patron program levels Gustave Jacob Stoeckel Circle $50–$124 Samuel Simons Sanford Circle $125–$249 Horatio Parker Circle $250–$499 Paul Hindemith Circle $500–$749 Charles Ives Circle $750 and up

patron program Benefits All patrons who donate $50 and more will be listed in our concert programs and will receive invitations to special events.

The Yale Philharmonia patron program offers additional benefits, including vouchers for complimentary tickets and reserved seating (Sanford Circle and above).

For more information on becoming a patron, contact the box office at 203 432–4158 or concerts@yale.edu, or visit music.yale.edu/support.

Ticketing policies & more Ticket sales Tickets may be purchased at music-tickets.yale.edu, by calling 203 432–4158, or by visiting the YSM Box Office. Admission to many events is free and requires no reservations.

Exchanges Tickets may be exchanged for another event in the 2022–2023 season through May 9, 2023. Exchanges incur a $5 fee. Visit music.yale.edu/policies for more details.

Cancellations We will make every effort to contact you if you have purchased tickets to a concert that is postponed or canceled. Visit music.yale.edu/policies for more details.

Student rush tickets For the Oneppo Chamber Music Series, Horowitz Piano Series, and Ellington Jazz Series, free student rush tickets will be offered at the Box Office for students in college and K-12 with a valid ID. When available, tickets will be distributed starting 30 minutes before each concert. One ticket per ID, subject to availability. Yale Philharmonia concerts are free with student ID.

Concert calendar Visit music.yale.edu/concerts throughout the season for updated concert information. Browse the calendar to view a full list of upcoming events. Full subscriptions, samplers, and single tickets can be purchased online at music-tickets.yale.edu.

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Livestream Many of our concerts are streamed live, online.

Visit music.yale.edu/live to watch for free.

Directions and parking Visit music.yale.edu/parking for directions, parking information, and links to helpful maps.

Programming Programs and performers are subject to change without notice.

Photo by Matt Fried

COVID-19 Concertgoers must observe Yale University and Yale School of Music’s COVID-19 protocols. Please visit music.yale.edu/policies throughout the season for updates.

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More music at Yale

Institute of Sacred Music Martin Jean, director ism.yale.edu 203 432–5180

Yale Glee Club Jeffrey Douma, director yalegleeclub.org 203 432–4136

Yale Concert Band and Yale Jazz Ensemble Thomas C. Duffy, director bands.yalecollege.yale.edu 203 432–4111

Yale Symphony Orchestra William Boughton, director yalesymphony.com 203 432–4140

Yale Department of Music Ian Quinn, chair yalemusic.yale.edu 203 432–2985

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