Yellow Barn Concert: Season Finale

Amy Beth Kirsten (b.1972) yes I said yes I will Yes. (2012) Text by James Joyce
Melanie Henley Heyn, soprano; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) String Quintet in F Major, WAB112 (1878-9)
Anthony Marwood, Astrid Nakamura, violins; Connie Pharoah, Maria Lambros, viola; Coleman Itzkoff, cello

Intermission

Toshio Hosokawa (b.1955) Renka III (Love Song) (1990) Text by Izumi-Shikibu
Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; SoYoung Choi, violin; Madelyn Kowalski, cello; Charles Overton, harp

Philippe Hersant (b.1948) For Roger (2022)
World Premiere
Krzystof Chorzelski, Hannah Burnett, violas

Traditional of St. Kilda, arr. James MacMillan (b.1959) Hirta (2016)
Anthony Marwood, Sophia Anna Szokolay, Yukiko Uno, SoYoung Choi, Evan Hjort, Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Yiliang Jiang, Valerie Kim, KJ McDonald, violins; Maria Lambros, Alexander McFarlane, Connie Pharoah, Lisa Sung, violas; Natasha Brofsky, Audrey Chen, Megan Yip, cellos; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass

Lei Liang (b.1972) Trans for solo percussion and audience (2013)
Eduardo Leandro, percussion

George Lewis (b.1952) Artificial Life (2007)
Evan Hjort, Yiliang Jiang, KJ McDonald, violins; Lara Albesano, Alexander McFarlane, violas; John Myerscough, Coleman Itzkoff, cellos; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass; Rosie Gallagher, flute; Barret Ham, clarinet; Travis Laplante, saxophone; Charles Overton, harp; Eduardo Leandro, percussion

George Gershwin (1898-1937) Our Love is Here to Stay (1937) Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
William Sharp, baritone