Join us for the final events of our winter Artist Residencies!
PART I: MUSIC AND CONVERSATION ON GYÖRGY KURTÁG’S 100TH BIRTHDAY
Thursday, February 19
7:30-8:30pm | Free admission
The Big Barn
49 Main Street, Putney
Melissa Wimbish, soprano
Movses Pogossian, violin
Yaoré Talibart, violin
Rosemary Nelis, viola
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
Marcus Elliott-Gaved, double bass
Seth Knopp, piano
“I compose to seek the truth.” —Composer György Kurtág
From his flight from Hungary to Paris during the 1956 uprising, to his ascension as composer-in-residence at the Berlin Philharmonic, Kurtág’s life has run alongside the avant-garde, threaded alongside so many historic movements and figures, as he created his unique compositional and artistic language.
PART II: RESIDENCY PERFORMANCE
“György Kurtág’s music has long been celebrated at Yellow Barn, in our summer festival and during past Artist Residencies. His aphoristic language takes little physical space; in a single note one hears an entire phrase—and in a phrase an entire message—but so often his work becomes the very air we breathe while listening to an entire concert program.” —Seth Knopp, Artistic Director
Sunday, February 22
2:00-4:00pm | Free admission
The Big Barn
49 Main Street, Putney VT
Tickets can be reserved in advance at (802) 387-6637 or www.yellowbarn.org
Artist Residency events are free for all audience members as part of Yellow Barn’s “Pay What You Can” program. Donations to this program are always appreciated, in advance or at the door.