 | Robert Mealy |
A new student ensemble will kick off a special concert series on Friday, Feb. 23, at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments.
The first performance in the three-concert series will take place at 8 p.m. at Sudler Hall, 100 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.
Robert Mealy, a lecturer in the Department of Music and instrumental director of Yale Collegium, will lead the new student group known as The Yale Noyse in "Melancholy and Delight," a concert of 17th-century English chamber music for strings. The program will feature works of "virtuosity and passion," including dances, airs and consorts by Dowland, Lawes, Holborne and others.
One of America's leading baroque violinists, Mealy has recorded over 50 albums of early music on all major labels. He is a frequent leader and soloist with the New York Collegium, Early Music New York and the ARTEK early music ensemble. In 2004, he was appointed concertmaster of the internationally acclaimed Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra. A noted scholar, Mealy has lectured and taught historical performance techniques at Columbia, Brown, Rutgers, Oberlin and the University of California-Berkeley. In addition to his Yale posts, he is director of the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. For his work with both institutions, he recently received Early Music America's Binkley Award for outstanding teaching and scholarship.
The second concert in the special series will take place on Wednesday, March 7, and will feature Andrea Coën on fortepiano performing works by late 18th- and early 19th-century German and Italian masters. The final concert on Tuesday, April 17, will feature Christophe Rousset on harpsichord, performing solo keyboard music of Louis Couperin, François Couperin and J. S. Bach.
The remaining two concerts will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, 15 Hillhouse Ave. Because seating is limited, advanced reservations are recommended. For information, call (203) 432-0825 or visit the museum's website at www.yale.edu/musicalinstruments/concerts.htm.
In other news, there has been a change in the previously announced line-up for the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments' annual concert series, which features performances of music in its historical context, often using restored instruments from the museum's holdings.
The Pallottelli-Wheeler concert will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25. The program will include solo and chamber works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Mozart, and will feature the use of a "grande modèle" harpsichord by Pleyel (Paris, 1928).
The concert will take place in the museum's second-floor gallery. Tickets are $20 each; $15 for senior citizens and Yale staff; and $10 for students. For information and ticket reservations, call (203) 432-0825 or visit the museum's website at www.yale.edu/musicalinstruments/concerts.htm.
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series to feature 'Melancholy and Delight'
Other concert news
Sergio Pallottelli
The fourth concert in the series on Sunday, Feb. 25, will be presented by flutist Sergio Pallottelli and harpsichordist Britt Wheeler. They replace harpsichordist Richard Rephann, former director of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, who cancelled due to an injury.
Britt Wheeler
Both Pallottelli and Wheeler are graduates of the Yale School of Music. Pallottelli has performed widely throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Australia, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He also teaches master classes throughout the world. Wheeler was formerly assistant University organist at Yale and is currently director of music at St. Francis' Church in New Haven. He has performed widely throughout the Northeast as a recitalist on the organ and the harpishord, and is co-founder of Burning Bush Baroque, an ensemble known throughout New England for its performances of 18th-century music.
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