UPCOMING MUSIC & PERFORMANCES

Collegium Musicum
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The Grand Tour
Charles Burney and the Musical Landscape of Eighteenth-Century Europe
An investigation into the rich and varied musical life of critic and historian Charles Burney (1726-1814), based on his correspondence in the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection at the Beinecke Library. This concert features English music from the eighteenth century as well as works that Burney heard on his Continental tours.
     4:30 p.m. Lecture by Robert Mealy
     5:15 p.m. Concert by The Yale Collegium Musicum
Seating is limited. We cannot accept reservations; promptness is advised.
Location: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 292 Orange Street (corner of Wall and Orange streets)
For more information call: 203.432.2969

PAST MUSIC & PERFORMANCES

Collegium Musicum
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Molière and his Musicians
Many of Molière's comedies were not just acted: they were also sung and danced. Here we present some of the most entertaining intermèdes from Molière's collaborations with two of the greatest musicians of the seventeenth century, Jean-Baptiste Lully and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Our concert draws upon the extraordinary Pforzheimer collection of Molière at the Beinecke Library.
     4:30 p.m. Lecture/Demonstration of French baroque dance by Robert Mealy and Melinda Sullivan
     5:15 p.m. Concert by The Yale Collegium Musicum with special guest Melinda Sullivan, baroque dancer
Seating is limited. We cannot accept reservations; promptness is advised.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

A Brass Christmas
Thursday, December 13, 2007, 5:30 p.m.
Brass returns to the Beinecke with a sack full of holiday goodies. From old stand-bys to new classics, they're sure to put you in the mood of the season. Featuring songs from their Christmas album, Wassail.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

"A Portrait of Daniel Read"
Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 5:15 p.m.
A lecture with musical examples in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel Read (1757-1836). Read was a composer, tunebook compiler, singing master, combmaker (!), and merchant, who lived and worked in New Haven for most of his adult life. Musicologist Karl Kroeger, who prepared the scholarly edition of Daniel Read's Collected Works for A-R Editions, will speak about Read's life and work. His talk will be illustrated by selections of Read's music, performed by singers from the Yale Camarata, directed by Marguerite Brooks. The lecture is complemented by the exhibition "Daniel Read and the Flowering of Sacred Music in New Haven," on view at the Beinecke Library through December 22, 2007. This event is co-sponsored by the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library and the Beinecke Library.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

Collegium Musicum
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Beatrice’s Big Wedding: Music from the Mellon Chansonnier
A celebration of one of the Beinecke Library’s most splendid musical manuscripts, in this centenary year of Paul Mellon's birth. The Mellon Chansonnier was assembled in the 1470s to celebrate the Neapolitan wedding of Beatrice of Aragon and Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. Masterworks of Dufay, Busnois, and their contemporaries will come to life with the vivid sounds of shawms, sackbuts, harps, and vielles.
     4:30 p.m. Lecture/Demonstration by Grant Herreid & Robert Mealy
     5:15 p.m. Concert by The Yale Collegium Musicum with special guests Tom Zajac (sackbut, recorder), Christa Patton (shawm, harp, recorder), and Grant Herreid (lute, recorder)
Seating is limited.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

Brass presents Dance Party
Wednesday, May 2, 2007, 5:30 p.m.
A performance of music inspired by and intended for dance, this concert crosses all genres as Brass explores the best in music that sweeps us off our feet and carries us away.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

Collegium Musicum
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Newe Teutsche Lieder. Seventeenth-century German songs and dances, both festive and melancholy, drawn from the riches of the Beinecke’s Faber du Faur Collection.
     4:15 p.m. Lecture by Emery Snyder
     5:15 p.m. The Yale Collegium Musicum with the Yale Schola Cantorum, Simon Carrington, Conductor
Seating is limited.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

An Evening of Art Song!
Thursday, March 1, 2007, 5:15 p.m.
A program of art songs from the 19th through the 21st centuries. Guest performers are Adam Marks, piano, and Jennifer Beattie, soprano, from New Triad for Collaborative Arts in New York City. Active as a duo performing throughout the United States, Marks and Beattie will give premieres of new art songs by Yale College Composers, as well as selected repertoire from Copland, Debussy, Fauré, Poulenc, Schubert, and Wolf. Presented by Yale College New Music, Kathryn Alexander, Director.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

Holiday Concert by Brass
Tuesday, December 19, 2006, 5:30 p.m.
The Marble and the Ivy. Brass returns to the Beinecke Library to present a concert of holiday favorites. Celebrate the season with carols and songs as only Brass can play them.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

Chamber Music Galore!
Thursday, December 7, 2006, 5:15 p.m.
A concert of chamber music written by Yale College Composers, both students and faculty. Guest performers are The NOW Ensemble of New York City, who give chamber music a new sound and a new vitality with their performances and unique instrumentation of flute, clarinet, jazz guitar, double bass, and piano.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

Collegium Musicum
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Early Music America: Billings and the American Colonies. A seasonal concert celebrating music of the early American composers, including music written and published in New Haven in the early eighteenth century.
     5:15 p.m. Concert by the Yale Collegium Musicum with the Yale Collegium Players.
Seating is limited.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

A Futurist evening.
Thursday, November 16, 2006, 5:15 p.m.
This installation, featuring movement, sound, and images, is based on investigations of the Marinetti Libroni by graduate students in the Department of Drama. Conducted by Matthew Suttor, the performance will feature Yale undergraduates in new works inspired by the documentary and visual archives of the Futurist movement.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
Contact: timothy.young@yale.edu

Collegium Musicum
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Inventing the Past: Music of the Trouvères. An investigation into the glorious repertory of medieval French song, including works mentioned in the Beinecke’s Roman de la Rose.
     4:30 p.m. Lecture/Demonstration by Robert Mealy and Shira Kammen
     5:15 p.m. Concert by undergraduate singers of the Yale Collegium Musicum with medieval instrumentalists.
Seating is limited.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2969

Trumpet Concerto and Brass Ensemble Performances
Monday, May 1, 2006 5:15 p.m.
World premiere of an original Trumpet Concerto for Wind Ensemble, composed by Yale undergraduate Eric Nathan and featuring soloist, Alan Dean, Yale School of Music trumpet professor. The brass ensembles of the Yale School of Music will perform both Renaissance and Contemporary music.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Collegium Musicum
Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:15 p.m.
The Last of the Valois. Vocal and instrumental music from the time of Henri IV, including selections from Ballet de la délivrance de Renaud, presented by the Yale Collegium Musicum and the Yale Noyse, with guests Catherine Liddell, Tom Zajac, and Grant Herreid.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Brass.
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 5:30 p.m.
Brass. at the Opera. Virtuoso operatic arias from Mozart, Rossini, Puccini, Bizet, and more arranged for brass quintet. Classic voice as only Brass. could envision it!
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Collegium Musicum
Tuesday Jan 31, 2006 5:15 pm
Mozart: Autographs, Manuscripts and Early Editions. Choral, operatic, and orchestral music from Yale's rich store of Mozartiana, presented by the Yale Collegium Musicum with the Yale Collegium Players.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Holiday Concert by Brass.
Tuesday December 6, 2005 5:15 pm
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Collegium Musicum
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Violini e Voci. Vocal writing and the violin repertoire of early 17th-century Italy
     4:15 p.m. Lecture by Rebecca Cypess
     5:15 p.m. Concert by the Yale Collegium Musicum and Players, Richard Lalli, director
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Collegium Musicum
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Zarlino and Monteverdi between Theory and Practice. Masterpieces of 16th-century counterpoint
     4:15 p.m. Lecture by Robert Holzer
     5:15 p.m. Concert by the Yale Collegium Musicum and Players, Richard Lalli, director, with the Yale Schola Cantorum, Simon Carrington, director
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Dixie!
Tuesday May 3, 2005 5:00 pm
The quintent Brass. presents a concert celebrating the musical traditions of the southern United States. For more information about this ensemble, now in its sixth season, please visit their website at http://www.yale.edu/brass
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Collegium Musicum
Tuesday April 19, 2005 5:15 pm
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Lielle Berman Robertson, soprano
Wednesday March 30, 2005 5:15 - 6:15 pm
Students in the Yale Opera program perform songs by Benjamin Britten, Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, Gerald Finzi, Joaquin Rodrigo, and Gaetano Donizetti.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964

Collegium Musicum
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Airs de Cour. Early 17th-century French repertoire, particularly songs for voices with strings by Pierre Guédron
     4:15 p.m. Lecture/demonstration by Robert Mealy
     5:15 p.m. Performance by the Yale Collegium Musicum, Richard Lalli, director
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
For more information call: 203.432.2964