Nathan: Double Concertos Stefan Jackiw, Yoonah Kim, New York Classical Players, Dongmin Kim

• Eric Nathan (b. 1983): Double Concerto for solo violin, solo clarinet and strings:
• 1 Nathan: Double Concerto for solo violin, solo clarinet and strings 15:15
• Just a Moment for two antiphonal oboes:
• 2 Nathan: Just a Moment for two antiphonal oboes 06:38
• Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings:
• 3 Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings: I. A dialogue; intimately 04:54
• 4 Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings: II. Brilliantly; vibrantly 03:19
• 5 Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings: III. Vigorously; racing 06:17
• 6 Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings: IV. Embracing; with warmth 04:13
• 7 Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings: V. Dancing; joyous 04:41
• 8 Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings: Coda Freely, with rubato; like wind 01:45
• Total Runtime 47:02

Info for Nathan: Double Concertos

Over the past five years, I’ve found myself on a journey exploring how two voices interact in sound. I’ve sought meaning in how two people can come together, separate, console, exhort, celebrate, and remember one another through music. This search has been deeply rewarding musically and personally, as it has opened new paths in my work and new friendships through collaboration.

I didn’t set out to compose a cycle of duos. This body of work emerged organically, each project arriving and unfolding step by step. Through the matchmaking and support of longtime collaborators – Dongmin Kim (New York Classical Players), Seth Knopp (Yellow Barn), and Michael Sporn – I paired with three sets of soloists whose own relationships run deep: violinist Stefan Jackiw and clarinettist Yoonah Kim, who are married; violists Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, also married; and oboists John Ferrillo and Amanda Hardy, who are not married, but share a teacher-student bond and now perform together as colleagues frequently with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Furthering these webs of connection, Double Concerto No. 2, commissioned in memory of Roger Tapping – beloved teacher and former violist of the Juilliard and Takács Quartets – was premiered and recorded by an orchestra composed of his students. Members of the Ariel, Jupiter, and Parker quartets, along with many former students, came together in Boston in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall to honor Tapping at the world premiere.

Themes of relationship, mentorship, remembrance, love, and loss infuse the music on this album. I have imagined the sonic connections between two voices engaging with forces larger than themselves – whether the orchestra and the resonance of the hall, or, outside the musical realm, the pairings of husband and wife, teacher and student, individual and collective, living and deceased, distance and closeness, past and future. To explore these ideas, I set music of the past in dialogue with sounds of the present, evoked the natural world through exploring the lines between pitch and noise, and choreographed spatial movement of sound across the stage and performance space. ...

Stefan Jackiw, solo violin (Double Concerto (2019)
Yoonah Kim, solo clarinet
New York Classical Players
Dongmin Kim, conductor
John Ferrillo,oboe (Just a Moment (2021) Amanda Hardy, oboe
Hsin-Yun Huang, solo viola (Double Concerto No. 2 (2023)
Misha Amory, solo viola
Musicians from Yellow Barn, Ariel Quartet, Jupiter String Quartet & Parker Quartet
Eric Nathan, conductor

Eric Nathan
(b.1983) music has been called “as diverse as it is arresting” with a “constant vein of ingenuity and expressive depth” (San Francisco Chronicle), and “a marvel of musical logic” (Boston Classical Review). His work has received international acclaim with performances by the National Symphony Orchestra, Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Dawn Upshaw, and Jennifer Koh, as well as at Carnegie Hall and the Aldeburgh Festival.

Recent highlights include three commissions from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, including the space of a door, premiered by Andris Nelsons and released on Naxos, and Concerto for Orchestra, which opened the 2019–20 season. Opening (2021), co-commissioned by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Koussevitzky Music Foundation, was broadcast nationally on PBS. In 2023, the Brown Arts Institute commissioned Open again a turn of light for choir and orchestra to open the inaugural performance at Brown’s Lindemann Performing Arts Center. His flute concerto The Seas Between Us will be premiered by four Mexican orchestras with flutist Alejandro Escuer. National Sawdust and VisionIntoArt commissioned Division of Time, an evening-length work for cellist Jeffrey Zeigler and Gandini Juggling for premiere in 2026.

Nathan has been commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Eighth Blackbird, Tanglewood, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Yellow Barn, and Aspen Music Festival. He is a recipient of the Rome Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has held residencies at MacDowell, Copland House, and Civitella Ranieri. His portrait albums appear on Albany Records, BMOP Sound, and New Focus.

Nathan is Associate Professor of Music at Brown University, where he received the Wriston Fellowship for teaching excellence. He is Artistic Director of Collage New Music and was Composer-in-Residence with the New England Philharmonic (2019–25). He holds degrees from Yale, Indiana University, and Cornell. Eric Nathan’s compositions are available worldwide for rental and sale by Just a Theory Press.

Stefan Jackiw
is one of America’s foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with impeccable technique. Hailed for playing of “uncommon musical substance” that is “striking for its intelligence and sensitivity” (Boston Globe), Jackiw has appeared as a soloist with the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, among others and performed in numerous major festivals around the world, including the Aspen Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City Festival, and the Celebrity Series of Boston. Jackiw frequently tours with his musical partners, pianist Conrad Tao and cellist Jay Campbell, as part of the Junction Trio. He is the recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and plays a violin made by Domenico Montagnana “ex. Rossi” c. 1730, generously loaned by a private foundation.

Yoonah Kim
Hailed by The New York Times for her “inexhaustible virtuosity”, clarinetist Yoonah Kim is an artist of uncommon musical depth and versatility. She enjoys a diverse career as solo clarinetist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, and educator. Yoonah launched her career when she won the 2016 Concert Artist Guild International Competition – the first solo clarinetist to win CAG in nearly 30 years; she is also the first woman to win first prize at the Vandoren Emerging Artists Competition and is a first prize winner of the George Gershwin International Competition and the Vienna International Competition.

Committed to new music, she has commissioned and premiered works such as Eric Nathan’s Double Concerto for Violin and Clarinet, Texu Kim’s Rhapsody in Blue for Solo Clarinet, and Andrew Hsu’s Erebus for Clarinet and Piano.

Yoonah has given recitals at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series, Washington Performing Arts’ Music in the Country series, among others. She has also appeared as concerto soloist internationally with the Maui Chamber Orchestra, New England Philharmonic, Busan Chamber Orchestra, and more.

Yoonah regularly performs as guest principal clarinet with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Princeton Symphony, and The Orchestra San Antonio and has also appeared as guest principal clarinet with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. From 2016 to 2018, Yoonah was a member of Ensemble Connect, a highly selective two-year fellowship program under the joint auspices of Carnegie Hall, The Weill Institute, and The Juilliard School. With Ensemble Connect, she performed regularly at Carnegie Hall, often in collaboration with renowned musicians such as Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Padmore, and Natalie Dessay at the Philharmonie de Paris. She is also a regular guest with chamber music ensembles such as NOW Ensemble, Jupiter Chamber Players, and Manhattan Chamber Players.

Yoonah is on the clarinet faculty at New York University and she is a Vandoren Artist.

John Ferrillo
joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as principal oboe at the start of the 2001 Tanglewood season, occupying the Mildred B. Remis Principal Oboe Chair, and having previously appeared with the orchestra several times in previous seasons as a guest performer.

From 1986 to 2001 he was principal oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Ferrillo grew up in Bedford, Massachusetts, and played in the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute, where he studied with John de Lancie and received his diploma and artist’s certificate. He also studied with John Mack at the Blossom Festival and has participated in the Marlboro, Craftsbury, and Monadnock festivals. Prior to his appointment at the Metropolitan Opera, Ferrillo was second oboe of the San Francisco Symphony, and was a faculty member at Illinois State University and West Virginia State University. He also formerly served as a faculty member at the Mannes School of Music and Juilliard School of Music in New York City and has taught and performed at the Aspen and Waterloo festivals. He currently serves on the faculties of New England Conservatory, Boston University, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

His previous BSO appearances as soloist have included Ligeti’s Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe with BSO colleague Elizabeth Rowe; Richard Strauss’s Concerto for Oboe; two collaborations with violinist Pinchas Zukerman at Tanglewood in music of J.S. Bach; Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn in E-flat major, with BSO colleagues on the opening program of the 2014-15 season; and in May 2018, Marcello’s Concerto for Oboe in C minor with Moritz Gnann conducting.

As principal oboe of the BSO, Ferrillo is also a faculty member at the Tanglewood Music Center and a member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, with whom he can be heard in BSO Classics recordings.

Amanda Hardy
joined the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra as principal oboe in November 2013 where she occupies the Clinton Graffam Chair. An in-demand artist in New England and beyond, Amanda is a frequent performer with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops, with whom she has both toured internationally and recorded. She has performed as guest principal oboe with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops, A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra, Emmanuel Music, the Des Moines Symphony, and the Boston Philharmonic.

Amanda has appeared as soloist with the Boston Pops in Symphony Hall (2009), the Portland Symphony, the Chelsea Music Festival, the Bach Virtuosi Festival, the NEC Bach Ensemble, and the Drake Symphony Orchestra. As a recipient of the Gillet Scholarship and Tourjée Alumni Scholarship Award, Amanda studied with BSO principal oboist John Ferrillo at the New England Conservatory (NEC). Amanda was winner of the 2010 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award Competition. As a chamber musician, she co-founded the St. Mary’s Quarantine Series with soprano Tamra Grace Jones, a chamber music series during the pandemic that both raised money for a food pantry in Dorchester and employed musicians during the pandemic.

Amanda recently joined the faculty at Boston University as Lecturer in Oboe, is Assistant Professor of Oboe at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and is on the faculty of New England Conservatory Preparatory School. She holds a Bachelor of Music in oboe with a piano minor from Drake University and a Master of Music and Graduate Diploma from NEC. Previous festivals include the Masterworks Festival, the Chelsea Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival and School, and Tanglewood Music Center in 2010 and 2011 where she was awarded the Mickey L. Hooten Memorial Award both summers. Her solo work can be heard on, Dancing with J.S. Bach (2019), on the Chelsea Music Festival Live label. Her teachers include John Ferrillo, Marilyn Zupnik, Anne Gabriele, and Jay Light; summer studies with Elaine Douvas and Richard Woodhams.

Hsin-Yun Huang
is recognized as one of the foremost violists of her generation, admired for her artistry on international stages, her advocacy for new music, and her dedication to mentoring young musicians. She has appeared as soloist with leading ensembles including the Berlin Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Bogotá Philharmonic, Beijing’s NCPA Orchestra, Taiwan Philharmonic, and Taipei City Symphony, performing under conductors such as David Robertson, Osmo Vänskä, Xian Zhang, and Max Valdés. She was also the first violist to appear as a concerto soloist at Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts. Festival appearances include Marlboro, Santa Fe, Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Northwest, La Jolla, and the Seoul Spring Festival, as well as tours with the Brentano String Quartet, highlighted by Mozart’s complete string quintets at Carnegie Hall. A passionate advocate for education, Ms. Huang founded VivaViola!, a hybrid platform dedicated to expanding the viola repertoire and preserving musical traditions through dialogue with distinguished artists. Recent creative projects include Strings of Soul with pipa virtuoso Wu Man; FantaC, a collaboration with Ashkenazy Ballet; and the upcoming sisila ila ila: saying goodbye, an environmental work with composer Shih-Hui Chen and director Doug Fitch.

Her recent commissions include James MacMillan’s Viola Quintet with the Brentano Quartet and Eric Nathan’s Double Concerto No. 2 for Two Violas. Her recordings include Viola Viola (Bridge Records), praised by Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine, FantaC (2020), and Viola Lens (2019). Ms. Huang serves on the viola faculties of The Juilliard School and The Curtis Institute of Music. She performs on a 1735 Testore viola.

Misha Amory Since winning the 1991 Naumburg Viola Award, Misha Amory has been active as a soloist and chamber musician. He has performed with orchestras in the United States and Europe, and has been presented in recital at New York’s Tully Hall, Los Angeles’ Ambassador series, Philadelphia’s Mozart on the Square festival, Boston’s Gardner Museum, Houston’s Da Camera series and Washington’s Phillips Collection. He has been invited to perform at the Marlboro Festival, the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, the Vancouver Festival, the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center and the Boston Chamber Music Society, and he has released a recording of Hindemith sonatas on the Musical Heritage Society label. Mr. Amory holds degrees from Yale University and the Juilliard School; his principal teachers were Heidi Castleman, Caroline Levine and Samuel Rhodes. Himself a dedicated teacher, Mr. Amory serves on the faculties of the Juilliard School in New York City and the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.

Dongmin Kim
is emerging as one of today’s most versatile and thoughtful conductors, appearing on major stages such as the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, Herbst Theatre, Seoul Arts Center, and Lotte Concert Hall. As the founding Music Director of the New York Classical Players, he has led the orchestra through more than 250 performances, three international tours across Asia and South America, and a major US tour after stepping in on short notice to lead NYCP in place of the canceled English Chamber Orchestra tour.

Dongmin’s career highlights include an appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and widely praised performances of The Magic Flute at the Seoul Arts Center. He has also appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Virginia Symphony, and Winnipeg Symphony. He is a frequent returning guest at the Round Top Music Festival, working regularly with the Texas Festival Orchestra.

He has collaborated with many of today’s leading artists, including Sumi Jo on a national US tour, as well as Miriam Fried, Donald Weilerstein, Kim Kashkashian, Cho-Liang Lin, Pamela Frank, Carter Brey, Richard O’Neill, Clara Jumi Kang, and Stefan Jackiw.

Dongmin was a recipient of the Herbert von Karajan Fellowship and previously served as the Schmidt Conducting Fellow with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. His recent recording of chamber works by Samuel Adler on Toccata Classics received strong critical praise. A native of Seoul, Dongmin studied Orchestral Conducting and Viola at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. His musical mentors include Kurt Masur, Janos Starker, Alan de Vertich, Leonard Slatkin, Imre Pallo, Thomas Baldner, and David Effron. Dongmin resides in New York City with his wife, Sally.

New York Classical Players (NYCP)
is a dynamic chamber orchestra redefining how classical music lives in our time. Founded in 2010 by music director Dongmin Kim, NYCP brings together exceptional musicians committed to artistic excellence, collective music-making, and public access.

With over 250 performances across the United States, South America, and Asia, NYCP has collaborated with renowned artists such as Miriam Fried, Donald Weilerstein, Kim Kashkashian, Pamela Frank, Charles Neidich, Sumi Jo, Stefan Jackiw, Yekwon Sunwoo, and many others.

At the heart of NYCP’s mission is a belief that music should be shared freely. Every season, the orchestra presents bold new commissions, reimagined classics, and hidden gems – all offered without charge to the public. This approach creates space for discovery, dialogue, and connection through music.

NYCP is based in New York City and guided by a dedicated board of directors and community of supporters.

Yellow Barn
an international center for chamber music, encourages discovery in the studio, classroom, and concert hall; explores the craft of musical interpretation; and illuminates our world through the unique experience of music. Twice awarded the ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming, Yellow Barn’s approach to lifelong education for musicians and audiences, commitment to quality and a unique philosophy, and programs that focus listeners in new ways, set it apart from any other chamber music center in this country.

Based in Putney, Vermont with a national agenda and an international presence, Yellow Barn draws young professional musicians from the United States, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Seth Knopp, participants in Yellow Barn’s summer festival explore music spanning a wide range of eras and genres alongside faculty members who are among the most highly regarded performers and pedagogues of our time.

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