Media

J.S. Bach: Sonata no. 1 in b minor, BWV 1014

Violaine Melançon, baroque violin; Ilya Poletaev, harpsichord
Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montréal, April 29, 2021

J.S. Bach: Sonata no. 2 in A Major BWV 1015 for violin and keyboard

III. Andante un poco
IV. Presto
Violaine Melançon, violin; Ilya Poletaev, piano
Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montréal, April 22, 2021

Antonín Dvorák: Piano Trio in g minor, Op. 26 (1876)

I. Allegro moderato
II. Largo
III. Scherzo. Presto-Trio
IV. Finale. Allegro non tanto
Peter Frankl, piano; Violaine Melançon, violin; Edvard Pogossian, cello
Yellow Barn, Putney, VT, July 14, 2018

Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major Op. 26
II.Poco Adagio
Leon Fleisher, piano; Violaine Melançon, violin; Victoria Chiang, viola; Michael Kannen, cello
Miriam A. Friedberg Hall, Baltimore, December 10, 2007

Mind over Finger Podcast (episode 61): Becoming a Well-Rounded Artist, from February 20
Interview with Renée-Paule Gauthier

Meltzer: Brion - Sindbad - Exiles
Naxos recently published the Peabody Trio’s recording of composer Harold Meltzer’s Sindbad with late baritone, John Shirley-Quirk!

Sofia Gubaidulina: Dancer on a Tightrope
In 2009 Yellow Barn commissioned a production of Sofia Gubaidulina's Dancer on a Tightrope in collaboration with Sandglass Theater, a frequent Yellow Barn partner, to honor John Burt, Yellow Barn's 2009 Scholarship Benefit honoree. One year later Yellow Barn and Sandglass Theater reunited to videotape the production.

Violaine Melançon, violin; Seth Knopp, piano
Puppet by Ines Zeller Bass
Performed by Ines Zeller Bass, Jana Zeller, and Eric Bass
Staged by Eric Bass

LIVE RECORDINGS

Robert Schumann: Sonata in d minor for Violin and Piano Op. 121 / Sonate en ré mineur pour violon et piano op. 121
Duo M: Violaine Melançon, violin / violon; Meagan Milatz, piano
Domaine Forget, July 16, 2021 / 16 juillet 2021

IV. Bewegt

Toru Takemitsu: Distance de Fée
Violaine Melançon, violin and Joseph Liccardo, piano

Distance de Fée

Franz Schubert: Sonatina in D Major Op.137 D.384
Violaine Melançon, violin and Joseph Liccardo, piano

II. Andante

Leoš Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano
Violaine Melançon, violin and Teddy Robie, piano

1. Con moto

2. Ballada: con moto

3. Allegretto

4. Adagio

C. Matthew Burtner: Ricercar for violin and bass drum (1993)
Violaine Melançon, violin and Doug Perkins, bass drum

Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
Violaine Melançon, violin and Marina Radiushina, piano

2. Sehr lebhaft

Elliott Carter: 4 Lauds
Violaine Melançon, violin

3. Rhapsodic Musings

Charles Ives: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3
Violaine Melançon, violin and Joseph Liccardo, piano

1. Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Adagio (Cantabile)

Wayne Peterson: Brief Encounters (2014)
Violaine Melançon, violin

Dmitri Shostakovich: Seven Romances, Op. 127
Violaine Melançon, violin and Ah Young Hong, soprano

3. We were together