Schedule:

Friday June 30, 2023

New Music

The extraordinary Norfolk Fellows bring their talent and enthusiasm to the Music Shed. Whether a chamber music aficionado or novice, you will enjoy these exceptional concerts and casual environment.

Martin Bresnick Director, New Music Workshop
Lisa Moore piano/conductor
Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble

Friday July 7, 2023

8:00pm: Echoes: Ukraine | Russia

A look into the musical history of Ukraine and Russia.

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations  -  Battell Recital Hall
Join us before the concerts for a "behind-the-curtain" look into the weekend’s programs.
Join professors from the Yale School of Music to learn about the weekend’s programs.

Mykola Lysenko - Prayer For Ukraine
Vasyl Barvinsky - Piano Trio No. 1 In A Minor
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

Misha Amory  Viola
Serena Canin violin
Monica Ellis  Bassoon - Solomiya Ivakhiv  Violin
Nina Lee  Cello And  Norfolk Fellows

Saturday July 8, 2023

8:00pm: Brentano Quartet

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations - Battell Recital Hall
Join Us Before The Concerts For A "Behind-The-Curtain" Look Into The Weekend’s Programs
Festival Director Melvin Chen Talks With Festival Artists, Sharing Performers’ Insight Into The Music, The Life Of A Professional Artist, And Much More!

10:30am: Chamber Music
The extraordinary Norfolk Fellows bring their talent and enthusiasm to the Music Shed. Whether a chamber music aficionado or novice, you will enjoy these exceptional concerts and casual environment.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet No. 20 In D Major, K. 499, "Hoffmeister"
James Macmillan - Memento And For Sonny
Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet In E-Flat Major, Op. 44

Brentano Quartet - Wei-Yi Yang Piano

Friday July 14, 2023

8:00pm: Drawing from Tradition

Pieces in which composers weave multiple musical cultures together.

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations  -  Battell Recital Hall
Join us before the concerts for a "behind-the-curtain" look into the weekend’s programs.
Join professors from the Yale School of Music to learn about the weekend’s programs.

Bright Sheng - Tibetan Dance
Juhi Bansal Musical Bridges - Commission World Premiere
Florence Price - Piano Quintet In A Minor

Melvin Chen  Piano - Ranjana Ghatak   Voice And  Norfolk Fellows

Saturday July 15, 2023

8:00pm: Brentano Quartet

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations - Battell Recital Hall
Join Us Before The Concerts For A "Behind-The-Curtain" Look Into The Weekend’s Programs
Festival Director Melvin Chen Talks With Festival Artists, Sharing Performers’ Insight Into The Music, The Life Of A Professional Artist, And Much More!

10:30am: Chamber Music
The extraordinary Norfolk Fellows bring their talent and enthusiasm to the Music Shed. Whether a chamber music aficionado or novice, you will enjoy these exceptional concerts and casual environment.

Franz Josef Haydn - String Quartet In C Major, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird"
Ludwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 130

Friday July 21, 2023

8:00pm: Miró Quartet

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations  -  Battell Recital Hall
Join us before the concerts for a "behind-the-curtain" look into the weekend’s programs.
Join professors from the Yale School of Music to learn about the weekend’s programs.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet In C Major, K. 465, "Dissonance"
Caroline Shaw - Microfictions, Volume 1
Antonín Dvo?ák - String Quartet In G Major, Op. 106

Saturday July 22, 2023

8:00pm: From Baroque To Beatles

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations - Battell Recital Hall
Join Us Before The Concerts For A "Behind-The-Curtain" Look Into The Weekend’s Programs
Festival Director Melvin Chen Talks With Festival Artists, Sharing Performers’ Insight Into The Music, The Life Of A Professional Artist, And Much More!

10:30am: Chamber Music
The extraordinary Norfolk Fellows bring their talent and enthusiasm to the Music Shed. Whether a chamber music aficionado or novice, you will enjoy these exceptional concerts and casual environment.

George Frideric Handel - Water Music Suite In  No. 1, In F Major, Hwv 348
John Lennon And Paul Mccartney - A Selection Of Beatles Songs Arranged By Luciano Berio.
Mélanie Bonis - Piano Quartet No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Op. 69

Jeff Scott Horn - Stephen Taylor Oboe - Amy Yang  Piano - Adriana Zabala Mezzo-Soprano And Norfolk Fellows

Friday July 28, 2023

8:00pm: Musical Inspirations

Composers Draw Inspiration From Interesting Sources.

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations  -  Battell Recital Hall
Join us before the concerts for a "behind-the-curtain" look into the weekend’s programs.
Join professors from the Yale School of Music to learn about the weekend’s programs.

William Grant Still - Miniatures For Woodwind Quintet

Arnold Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht

Johannes Brahms Trio - For Piano, Clarinet, And Cello In A Minor, Op. 114

Boris Berman Piano - And Norfolk Fellows

Saturday July 29, 2023

8:00pm: Rendezvous With Benny Goodman

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations - Battell Recital Hall
Join Us Before The Concerts For A "Behind-The-Curtain" Look Into The Weekend’s Programs
Festival Director Melvin Chen Talks With Festival Artists, Sharing Performers’ Insight Into The Music, The Life Of A Professional Artist, And Much More!

10:30am: Chamber Music
The extraordinary Norfolk Fellows bring their talent and enthusiasm to the Music Shed. Whether a chamber music aficionado or novice, you will enjoy these exceptional concerts and casual environment.

Franz Josef Haydn - String Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
Alan Shulman - Rendezvous With Benny

A Selection Of Benny Goodman Hits Arranged By David Schiff

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Quintet In A Major, K. 581

Miró Quartet - David Shifrin  Clarinet

Friday August 4, 2023

8:00pm: Emerson String Quartet

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations - Battell Recital Hall
Join us before the concerts for a "behind-the-curtain" look into the weekend’s programs.
Join professors from the Yale School of Music to learn about the weekend’s programs.

Sarah Kirkland Snider - Drink The Wild Ayre  
Felix Mendelssohn - Viola Quintet In B-Flat Major, Op. 87
Ludwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet In E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2

Emerson String Quartet - Steven Tenenbom Viola

Saturday August 5, 2023

8:00pm: Youth¬ul Ambitions

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations - Battell Recital Hall
Join Us Before The Concerts For A "Behind-The-Curtain" Look Into The Weekend’s Programs
Festival Director Melvin Chen Talks With Festival Artists, Sharing Performers’ Insight Into The Music, The Life Of A Professional Artist, And Much More!

10:30am: Chamber Music
The extraordinary Norfolk Fellows bring their talent and enthusiasm to the Music Shed. Whether a chamber music aficionado or novice, you will enjoy these exceptional concerts and casual environment.

Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream For Piano, Four Hands, Op. 61
Richard Strauss - Suite In B-Flat Major, Op. 4
George Enescu - Octet In C Major, Op. 7

Frank Morelli Bassoon - William Purvis Horn - Raman Ramakrishnan Cello - Steven Tenenbom Viola And Norfolk Fellows

Friday August 11, 2023

8:00pm: Great Britons

A spotlight on music from turn-of-the-century Britain. Beautiful!

7:00pm: Pre-Concert Conversations  -  Battell Recital Hall
Join Us Before The Concerts For A "Behind-The-Curtain" Look Into The Weekend’s Programs.
Join Professors From The Yale School Of Music To Learn About The Weekend’s Programs.

Benjamin Britten - Phantasy For Oboe, Violin, Viola, And Cello, Op. 2
Gerald Finzi - Eclogue For Piano And Strings, Op. 10
Edward Elgar - Piano Quintet In A Minor, Op. 84

Ole Akahoshi Cello - Robert Blocker Piano - Melvin Chen Piano - Milena Pajaro-Van De Stadt Viola • James Austin Smith Oboe - Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu Violin - And Norfolk Fellows

Saturday August 19, 2023

4:00pm: Finale: Choral Cantata

The 2023 Season Finale Celebrates The Tradition Of Choral Music In The Music Shed With Mendelssohn’s Choral Cantata Hymn Of Praise — A Highlight Of The Music Shed’s First Concert In 1906. Yale Professor Of Choral Music Jeffrey Douma Leads The Litchfield County Choral Union, Members Of Yale Choral Ensembles, And Regional Singers Accompanied By The Norfolk Festival Chamber Orchestra.

10:30am: Chamber Music
The extraordinary Norfolk Fellows bring their talent and enthusiasm to the Music Shed. Whether a chamber music aficionado or novice, you will enjoy these exceptional concerts and casual environment.

Date: Friday June 30, 2023 - Saturday August 19, 2023

Location: Music Shed -  49 Battell Rd, Norfolk Historic District, CT 06058

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