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
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