PUTNEY-Yellow Barn's 56th summer season continues this week with four performances and a masterclass with cellist Laurence Lesser.
Starting the three-concert series on Thursday, July 24, is a program with four duos by Debussy (for cello and piano), Bartók (for violin and piano), Isang Yun (for clarinet and piano), and Saint-Saëns (for bassoon and piano).
These duos bookend a performance of a string quartet by Vermont-based composer Travis Laplante, and the evening concludes with a vocal trio performed by sopranos Lucy Shelton and Melissa Wimbish with baritone Nathaniel Sullivan.
Thursday night's concert is the second in Yellow Barn's series of free concerts presented in memory of beloved Putney resident and Yellow Barn audience member Eva Mondon.
Friday, July 25, brings Brahms's Viola Quintet in G major, preceded by a percussion duo performed by Eduardo Leandro and Matt Boyle, a transcription of a 17th-century lament by Monteverdi, and a string quartet based on three sonnets by Shakespeare.
On Saturday, July 26, Lesser makes his annual pilgrimage to Vermont for a morning masterclass with Yellow Barn cellists and ensembles. That evening, Yellow Barn will offer a set of songs performed by baritone William Sharp, Schubert's Overture for String Quartet, and Korngold's Piano Quintet in E major with pianist Alasdair Beatson.
Rounding the corner into Week Four, Yellow Barn's concert on Tuesday night, July 29, includes a piano trio by Brahms, two works by Schumann, and Richard Straus's "Metamorphosen."
Yellow Barn values all audience members and will make efforts to accommodate all circumstances. Its "Pay What You Can" program makes a certain number of reduced-priced tickets available for each concert. Full program details are available online at yellowbarn.org.
Tickets can be purchased or reserved online or by calling 802-387-6637. Festival Concerts are generally 2 to 2.5 hours in length, including an intermission with ice cream and blueberries for all to enjoy.
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